- Why does it seem like young Canadians are committing more crime?
Wednesday, August 20th 2025
Canada is slowly starting to become desensitized to crime involving youth - not because it's no longer worrisome, but because it happens more often than not.
Why are 13 year old's finding themselves at the centre of homicide investigations? Why are 17 year old's being held on remand and not picking out what post-secondary educational program they want to go into? Are the headlines telling a different story than that of the data?
Host Maria Kestane speaks to Dr. Kim Varma, a criminology professor at Toronto Metropolitan University to discuss what we can make of this growing trend of crime headlines surrounding youth teens, and how all corners of society are responsible from keeping youth from getting acquainted with the justice system.
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- What is restorative justice and how could it transform our judicial system?
Tuesday, August 19th 2025
Amanda Carrasco lived through a childhood full of deep, complex trauma.
She endured sexual abuse by her brother, her family was violently murdered and she was left to pick up the pieces. Instead of burying her pain, she did the opposite: Amanda sat face-to-face with her abuser and the man who killed her loved ones. Her goal? The pursuit of truth, accountability and a path to healing.
Host Melanie Ng speaks with Amanda about her shocking new memoir “Becoming The Brave One” and the transformative potential of restorative justice as a way to help survivors and communities.
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- What kind of damage is artificial intelligence doing to the environment?
Monday, August 18th 2025
Data centres are being used to power tech companies all around the world.
In the U-S alone, there are more than 5-thousand facilities.
And the facilities use up valuable resources, which could leave some communities without things like water – according to a new report.
Host Kris McCusker speaks to Miguel Yanez-Barnuevo and Dan Bressette with the Environmental and Energy Study Institute about the second of 3 reports, which take a deep dive into the environmental impacts of technology and things like artificial intelligence.
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- Weekend listen: Are Canadian farmers going to be okay after the latest tariff threat?
Sunday, August 17th 2025
Being a farmer in Canada isn't easy at the best of times, and there's a new big challenge ahead.
This week, China announced a hefty tariff on our canola products, which happens to be this country's largest agricultural export.
Billions of dollars are at stake - so how damaging could this be?
Host of In This Economy?! Mike Eppel speaks with Mike von Massow, a professor in the Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.
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- What’s at stake as Trump and Putin meet in Alaska?
Friday, August 15th 2025
The West has long sought to make Vladimir Putin a pariah over the bloodshed in Ukraine.
But the Russian leader will break out of international isolation and step foot on U.S. soil, welcomed by an American president eager to fulfill his promise of stopping the war.
European leaders who held a virtual conference with Donald Trump earlier this week, say he agreed ceding land can only be negotiated by Kyiv.
But behind closed doors, without the war-torn country represented in the room, anything can happen.
Host Caryn Ceolin speaks with history professor Elizabeth Wood about what Putin and Trump each want, and why there are still lingering fears their summit could end up selling out Ukraine like one of Trump’s real estate deals.
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