- Ontario Place: Yours to discover spa treatments?
Monday, December 19th 2022
Guest: David Rider, City Hall bureau chief
Ontario Place is in the news as the plans for a massive spa on the site move through City Hall. While the 155-acre site on Toronto’s waterfront is an urban park now, the new plan includes a five-level subterranean parking lot for more than 2,000 vehicles that taxpayers might be on the hook for. The place where many made memories might look very different in the future.
This episode was produced by Brian Bradley, Sean Pattendon and Raju Mudhar.
Audio sources: Retro Rabbit Years, Classic 90’s Commercials and The W/O/C Archives (YouTube)
- Scrooged: The scams of Christmas present (a true rhyme podcast)
Friday, December 16th 2022
Guests: Nichelle Laus, former police officer, business owner and TikTok creator, and Stephen Lautens, an author, lawyer and podcaster
Deck the halls for holiday times, fa la la la la, la la la la.
Keep an eye out for these crimes, fa la la la la, la la la la.
These are scams for the season, fa la la la la, la la la la.
Play this podcast for that reason, fa la la la la, la la la la!
This episode was produced by Brian Bradley, Sean Pattendon and Raju Mudhar.
- Are pension plans funding human-rights abuses in China?
Thursday, December 15th 2022
Guest: Jeremy Nuttall, investigative reporter
Chances are, like most Canadians, you have no idea how the country’s big pension funds are investing your money. A report is revealing that multiple federal and provincial funds are investing in Chinese companies complicit in human rights abuses and pension funds of several other Western countries have done the same. Jeremy Nuttall, an investigative reporter for the Star, joins “This Matters” to share what we know.
This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Paulo Marques and Brian Bradley.
- The pains of transit projects: Metrolinx and various disputes around the city
Wednesday, December 14th 2022
Guest: Lex Harvey, transportation reporter
Public transit is something that is always difficult to get built in the Toronto area. Case in point: several transit lines are to be built in the next decade, and already skirmishes are happening. There have been complaints about the state of the years-delayed and overbudget Eglinton Crosstown, concern about the fate of mature trees at Osgoode Hall and questions from parents and kids at an east end school where transit work is underway. Metrolinx, the agency responsible, is taking a heavy hand of community complaints. Is it all par for the course or are there bigger questions to be asked?
This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.
Audio source: Breakfast Television and CityNews
- The Barry and Honey Sherman murders: Kevin Donovan reflects five years on
Tuesday, December 13th 2022
Guest: Kevin Donovan, chief investigative reporter
It has been five years since the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman. The police say it is an active investigation, but there are have been no arrests and only one very mysterious suspect. Noting a lack of progress, family members have increased the cash reward up to $35 million for information that leads to the culprit or culprits. What do we know about the day the Shermans were killed and, five years on, where is the police investigation currently focused?
This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.
Audio source: CBC
