Latest podcasts
- NHL hub cities, eh?
Thursday, July 9th 2020
The good ol’ hockey game is about to come back, with the NHL set to confirm its choices of Toronto and Edmonton as its two hub cities where it will house players, teams and staff as it gets set to resume the season and hold the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It actually took a lot for the NHL to get here, and to discuss that, Raju Mudhar is joined by Kevin McGran, who covers the Leafs and The NHL for the Toronto Star. He’s here to tell us everything we need to know about the NHL’s hub cities plan.
- Pizza Pizza Policegate
Wednesday, July 8th 2020
Pizza Pizza has been voluntarily serving up customer information to the police without a warrant. The Star has learned multiple police investigators obtained phone numbers and then went to a contact at Pizza Pizza to search their data for information. This Matters is joined by Jim Rankin, a Crimes, Courts and Justice reporter at the Toronto Star, who broke this story.
- Un-masking the mandatory mask policy
Tuesday, July 7th 2020
Toronto’s Associate Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vinita Dubey talks to Saba Eitizaz about the new mandatory mask policy, what we need to do to protect ourselves and others, and why there is such confusion and contention regarding this issue.
- The not-too-distant future of travel
Monday, July 6th 2020
How do we travel now? What are the ways that are safest? Travel bubbles, a road-trip renaissance, camping, RVing, longer and more meaningful trips, visiting friends and family. Sarah Khan, travel writer, talks to Adrian Cheung about what the future of travel looks like and why this could be the great re-set on how we see the world. The way we travel has changed, perhaps forever.
- Should armed police be on the mental health frontline?
Friday, July 3rd 2020
John Sewell, former Toronto Mayor and member of Toronto Police Accountability Coalition, speaks to Saba Eitizaz about why the police are on the mental health frontlines and what can be done to avoid these tragic outcomes. One of the questions being raised is why are police the first responders to mental health emergencies and why are “wellness checks” being conducted with the help of guns and body armour?