Pressure cracks and unstable ice led a death in Prince Edward County; Former deputy minister maintains that a major restructuring of Local Health Integration Networks will do little to reduce the costs in the province; Study confirms that from producer to consumer, close to 60% of our food is wasted; How universities will respond to funding sho ...…

The trauma that can be created by climate change; CBC's Queen's Park reporter Mark Crawley reveals that the province will likely disband LHINs Local Health Integration Networks; Ryan Gibson explains why he's encouraged that the federal government has created a new Ministry of Rural Economic Development; Cooking for one with Joshna Maharaj; Poli ...…

The Ontario Trucking Association says bringing in foreign workers may be the solution to the shortage of drivers; OPSEU head Smokey Thomas talks about how his members and the L .C.B.O can reduce the high level of shoplifting; Rob Benzie of the Toronto Star looks at province's coming review of regional governments; Marketing teacher Sam Fiorella ...…

Sociology professor Jasmin Zine talks about her study of the attitudes of Muslim youth she calls the 9-11 generation - who grew up in the aftermath of the terror attacks on the U-S; More on how cannabis retailing will unfold here Ontario following last weekend's lottery with lawyer Trina Fraser and Aaron Switzer, senior policy advisor at Ontari ...…

Business consultant Allison Graham discusses Bell Canada's request to the access customers' data; Jay Rosenthal looks at how pot retailing may - or may not - develop in Ontario now that 25 names have been selected to start stores; American air traffic controller Drew MacQueen talks about how the partial government shutdown has been affecting hi ...…

Former diplomat Colin Robertson talks about the importance of heeding travel advisories from the Canadian government; New program from the province to raise awareness of mental health issues among farmers and people in agriculture; Veterinarian and dog devotee Sharon Bell explains why some dogs do need winter clothing; New regulations for drone ...…

For the first time in several years, the number of fire fatalities in the province went up, and many of those were preventable according to Gravenhurst Fire Chief. Workplace expert Rubina Ahmed-Haq looks at apps that connect you to the healthcare system directly. Queens Park reporter Mike Crawley talks about the key issues Premier Doug Ford fac ...…

Body Image Advocate, Deep Fake Videos, Ontario Bird Count, H1N1 Update, Sex Ed Challenge, Inspiring New Year Reads

Sexual Abuse and Harassment in Sport, Pot Lottery, Havelock Rink Update, Autism Exclusion, Giant Puzzle, Syria Future

Lyme Disease, Peterborough Train, Thin Ice Survival, Kim's Convenience Season 3, Reading Resolutions

Assisted Dying, Holiday Spending, Dry January, How to Follow Through on Your Goals All Year Long

Corn Infected by Fungus, Gas Prices, 'Rebel Dad', Robinson-Huron Treaty Annuities,

Micro-plastic Diversion, Downtown Revitalisation Grants, New Year Fitness, Tattoo Research

Holiday entertaining - now that cannabis is legal; Movie reviewer Di Golding has some recommendations for some binge-watching over the holidays; Former Ontario Privacy Commissioner Anne Cavoukian talks about the risks of paying for cannabis products with credit cards; The Certified Master Sugar Artist Beatriz Muller builds cityscapes with ginge ...…

Community Food Centres in Canada; How to have an eco-friendly Christmas; Scott Regehr looks back at some of the inspiring stories in sports in 2018; Small communities not eligible to open retail cannabis operations because of provincial restrictions; Kawartha Food Share is collecting donations using the 'reverse Advent calendar'; Head of Canadi ...…

Rinkwatch users local observers to report on ice conditions at local rinks to help compile information on climate change; Update on service from Canada Post; Donations to local Barrie charities are not meeting the needs of the community; Helping people to escape and recover from exploitation in the sex trade; Books that make good gifts; A new s ...…

Reaction to province ending funding to college of midwives; Update on Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U-S election; Emergency session at the legislature to deal with impending strike at O.P.G. and the continuing controversy over the O.P.P.; Provincially ordered policy on free speech at Ontario colleges and u ...…

New law to help prevent impaired driving; Barrie property management company is converting student housing to shared residences for seniors; Industry analyst has reaction to the province's announcement that to begin only 25 licences will be issued to private cannabis retailers; A documentary on the novella 'The Little Prince'; Queen's Park bure ...…

Industry analyst has reaction to the province's announcement that to begin only 25 licences will be issued to private cannabis retailers; A documentary on the novella 'The Little Prince'; Queen's Park bureau chief for the Toronto Star talks about Ron Taverner's decision to postpone his appointment to head of the O.P.P. pending an investigation ...…

Ribbit, a customer loyalty program started in Peterborough, is expanding to the Toronto area; Scott Regehr reports on how Canada's snow cross racers have suspect that some athletes from other countries may not be competing 'clean' ; Seniors duped or coerced in to becoming drug 'mules'; The progress at the COP24 climate change talks in Poland; R ...…

British Prime Minister Theresa May survives a leadership vote but much uncertainty remains about Brexit; Our Queen's Park reporter, Mike Crawley, on the latest controversies over the appointment of Ron Taverner to the head of the O.P.P. and about keeping a van purchase 'off the books'. Head of the Ontario Medical Associations comments on the pr ...…

What vehicles are most likely to be stolen in Canada - and how you can protect yourself from theft; Charles Burton, of Brock University and a former diplomat to China talks about the detention of another former Canadian diplomat, Michael Kovrig, and the extradition proceedings against businesswoman Meng Wanzhou; Syrian refugees mark three years ...…

Canada and the Powering Past Coal Alliance at the COP24 meetings in Poland; Bruce Davidson of Walkerton expresses his concern that the Ontario PC government's proposed Bill 66 could compromise water standards; Local mayors meet with the Premier; Young dancer in the National Ballet's production of 'The Nutcracker'; How online location services c ...…

Social prescriptions for mental health; Analysis of U-N Global Compact on Migration; Brexit vote; Tweed vintner cannot get VQA designation for his award-winning wine; New legislation proposed by the PC government could allow municipalities to permit development in the Greenbelt; Eric Johnson of CBC's Go Public looks into Air Canada's apparent u ...…

Policy Analyst with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business considers what kind of 'red tape' the province can cut; Globe and Mail reporter Carly Weeks discusses Health Canada's warning about the risks of talc; Local Prince Edward County vintner Richard Johnson has reaction to the news the L.C.B.O. is again listing Norman Hardie's wines ...…

Four different landlords say they've been scammed by the same professional tenants to live rent free, claiming their southern Ontario properties were left with thousands of dollars worth of damage. Rubina Ahmed-Haq introduces to a couple of women from Venezuela who now work to help other immigrant women fulfil their career dreams. Provincial af ...…

Sustainable eating - changing diet to reduce our carbon footprint; The legacy or U-S President George H.W. Bush; Local police department will publish names of people charged with impaired driving; 'The Other: A Strange Christmas Tale' premieres tonight at the 4th Line Theatre; Barrie walk-in clinics will provide prescriptions for medical cannab ...…

Municipalities need to better prepare to cope with climate change: study; Emilie Cushman has made Forbes Magazine Top 30 Under 30 List with her innovative new method to vet university admissions; Kenn Richard offers his reaction to the feds announcement that Indigenous people will get control of their own child welfare system; What's organic an ...…

The annual 'Hunger Report' from the Association of Ontario Food Banks; Peterborough entrepreneur talks about what the year has been like after winning the 'Win This Space' competition last year; What's next for NAFTA 2.0?; Mayor-elect for the Township of Muskoka Lakes talks about the need to balance road safety with threat of pollution from ove ...…

Professor of law and business, Gilles LeVasseur, talks about the challenges faced by M.P.P.'s who sit as independents following Amanda Simard's resignation from the Progressive Conservative caucus; An 'advent calendar' for those in need - every day put aside something aside to donate; Rod Phillips, Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservat ...…

Preview of the G20 meeting in Buenos Aries; CBC's Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley explains what we might expect when the province announces its carbon reduction plan today; Help for victims of financial fraud; UNICEF study shows that not all children are sharing equally in Canada's relative prosperity; Ontario's French Language Commissioner; ...…

Peterborough's new mayor talks about how her city will be affected by GM's layoffs in Oshawa; Lanark County turns to Iceland for advice on how to address drug and alcohol use by teens; Brad Cook who specializes in job re-training explains what Oshawa auto-workers may need to do to re-enter the workforce; Another study shows that young people ar ...…

Dino Chiodo, auto director for Unifor has responds to GM's decision to shut down the Oshawa plant; Haydn Watters travels to Sturgeon Falls, a town with a history of lobbying successfully for French-language government services; Charlotte Yates, automotive policy analyst looks at the factors that led GM to the decision to close the Oshawa plant; ...…

The environmental effects of shopping online; Research says stereotypes about Canadians and Americans are revealed by Twitter users; Looking back one year after major consolidation and cuts to local newspapers in Ontario; Preview of the landing on Mars of the InSight probe; Announcement of G-M's intention to close the Oshawa plant and rumours o ...…

Margery Holman formerly of the U. of Windsor provides a broader to context to hazing behaviour in light of the students charged at St. Michael's College in Toronto; Local historian Paula Niall recounts how Polish soldiers were trained in Owen Sound during World War Two; Reaction to the province's proposed reforms to social assistance; In opposi ...…

Warning about American romaine lettuce contaminated with e-coli; CBC's Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley looks at some of the controversies dogging the P-C party; Barrie-area M.P. talks about visits to Vancouver and Toronto to research safe injection sites; Toxic school culture; Family doctor Joshua Tepper says that research indicates that sta ...…

How will the Canada Post labour dispute affect retailers?; Canoes are now classified as vessels under the law, which may have severe consequences for a man charged with impaired operation in the death of a boy; More on protocols at Kingston General Hospital to respond to violent incidents at the facility; Vintage radio collection being sold; Si ...…

Reaction to a new survey on the prevalence of bullying in the workplace; Changes in regulations with respect to the marketing of e-cigarettes to young people; Carol Jolin, president of the L'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario expresses his disappointment in cuts announced by the province; Cobourg womens' shelter is operating over capacit ...…

Canadian Rural innovation Summit in Belleville; Economist Michael Veall discusses what he thinks we'll see in Finance Minister Bill Morneau's eonomic update on Wednesday; Commemorating in poetry Viola Desmond, whose image is on the new ten dollar bill; Employment lawyer Robert Boswell talks about the conditions under which employers may require ...…

Matt Cullen talks about the effort by some O.H.L. players to be considered employees; Host Carol Off marks the 50th anniversary of CBC Radio's 'As It Happens'; Economist Ian Lee has analysis of the province's economic update; A special museum exhibit where the kids are the curators; Provincial Finance Minister Vic Fedeli; A new standard for the ...…

Local councillor says Barrie should consider lowering the speed limit in some neighbourhoods; Our provincial affairs reporter Mike Crawley looks at the province's upcoming economic update and talks about some of the revelations in former P.C. leader Patrick Brown's new book; Critical doctor shortage in Kingston; The CBC's Colin Butler recounts ...…

Where is the current labour dispute with Canada Post headed?; More and more older teens and young adults are plagued by perfectionism; In response to the Premier's advertising billboards, a Brock professor asks is Ontario really 'open for business'? ; Researcher Claire Oswald explains how road salt is affecting the environment; What are the cri ...…

The NHL and players reach a tentative agreement for compensation for concussions and head injuries; Family doctor, Peter Lin, discusses the increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel disease; Popularity of recreational cannabis is putting pressure on supply of medical marijuana; Soil health; Lawyer Michael Spratt discusses the reach of the publ ...…

Psychiatrist Dr. Dallas Seitz of Queen's University co-authored a study that says not enough consideration is given to helping people with mental problems that may follow a traumatic injury; Rob Benzie of the Toronto Star looks at the various resignations and scandals that have plagued the new P.C. government over the last couple of weeks; Wint ...…

The Bells of Peace will ring across the country on Remembrance Day including St.George's Cathedral in Kingston; Childrens' experience growing up during the First World War; College students offer a course in financial literacy for high school kids; Pickering author mails out postcards to the current residents of homes where people who had serve ...…

A new book from the Vimy Foundation 'They Fought in Colour'; Political scientist Lydia Miljan discusses the P.C. government's response to the allegations surrounding the resignation of minister Jim Wilson; Politicians and sex scandals; Should kids hockey have a 'mercy' rule?' Facebook launches dating site in Canada; Veteran activist says the Ca ...…

Some tips on tracking the history of people who served during the First World War; Science Meets Parliament - a program where politicians team up with scientists; Analysis of the results of yesterday's midterm elections in the U-S; Couple planning coast-to-coast-to-coast trek across Canada; Peterborough plan to pair young farmers with more esta ...…

Reports of rising rates of alcohol abuse among women in Canada; Former Progressive Conservative staffer responds to reports of allegations of sexual misconduct by now former cabinet minister, Jim Wilson; Veteran Family Program assists in the transition from military to civilian life; Flood prevention; Humane Education a program which brings ani ...…

Bob McKeown of the fifth estate on Transport Canada and regulations regarding seat belts in commercial coach buses; Natalie Harris of Barrie has been nominated for a Premier's Award for her work helping paramedics and other first responders; Changes recommended to 9-1-1 service; Preview of U-S mid term elections; The CBC's Jackie Sharkey looks ...…

CBC's Marketplace challenges the value of food sensitivity blood tests; New proposed rules and regulations for drones; Lakeridge Health in Oshawa takes a new approach to dealing with the opioid problem; The Brier curling championship is coming to Kingston in 2020; Democrat pundit from Buffalo talks about the upcoming midterms in the U-S; The O. ...…