• This is Toronto

  • By: CBC
  • Podcast

This is Toronto

By: CBC
  • Summary

  • Tap into the stories that the GTA is talking about. Hosted by David Common. If you listen to one Toronto podcast, make it this one. From the team that brings you CBC Radio’s Metro Morning.

    Copyright © CBC 2024
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Episodes
  • How an Ajax student became a Rhodes Scholar... by performing in Murder on the Orient Express
    Nov 25 2024

    Noah Rudder didn't think he was a good student, growing up. He shares the story of his path to the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Plus, with Canada tightening immigration targets, Ukrainians who fled the war are pushing for a pathway to permanent residency. A Ukrainian who fled to Canada makes the case, along with the director of the settlement group Pathfinders for Ukraine.

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    21 mins
  • The province is protecting itself from being sued by injured cyclists. This lawyer calls that 'undemocratic'
    Nov 22 2024

    CBC guest host Jill Dempsey speaks to biking law specialist, lawyer David Shellnut about the government's move to protect itself from being sued by cycling or pedestrian victims in its bike lanes removal bill. Plus, former Wiggles star Emma Watkins, a.k.a. Emma Memma, comes to studio in costume. She kicks off the 2024 Santa Claus Parade.

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    15 mins
  • A former diplomat and fellow at Toronto's Munk School weighs in on the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court
    Nov 21 2024

    John Allen is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and former Canadian ambassador to Israel. He weighs in on the arrest warrants issued against Israel's Prime Minister, and a Hamas leader. And tech analyst Carmi Levy explains why so many users are flocking away from Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter.

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    20 mins

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