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This Matters

The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What’s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those ... Read more

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What do companies owe essential workers before and after COVID-19?

What do companies owe essential workers before and after COVID-19?

Employees are taking care of business but are businesses taking care of employees? Within a matter of weeks, Canadians, ... Read more

13 Apr 2020

21mins

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Fraught properties: COVID-19 and the real estate market

Fraught properties: COVID-19 and the real estate market

"If you don’t need to buy or sell you should be staying home right now," John Pasalis, president or Realosophy, a broker... Read more

17 Apr 2020

21mins

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23 million people, 6 deaths: How Taiwan tackled the COVID-19 crisis

23 million people, 6 deaths: How Taiwan tackled the COVID-19 crisis

While most of the world continues to be shut down during the pandemic, in Taiwan, society continues to function. The tin... Read more

22 Apr 2020

19mins

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ER doctor speaks from the frontline of COVID-19 and about what we can do to help

ER doctor speaks from the frontline of COVID-19 and about what we can do to help

What is it really like to serve on the frontline of a pandemic? What are doctors and nurses seeing in emergency rooms? H... Read more

2 Apr 2020

23mins

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Young, healthy Star reporter says getting COVID-19 so much worse than expected

Young, healthy Star reporter says getting COVID-19 so much worse than expected

Raju Mudhar speaks to fellow Toronto Star journalist May Warren about her experience with COVID-19. She discusses how sh... Read more

3 Apr 2020

17mins

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Do we have the data we need to reopen Canada?

Do we have the data we need to reopen Canada?

Does Canada have the data and the planning in place for an exit strategy that will help get through this crisis sooner t... Read more

23 Apr 2020

20mins

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Is it ok to go outside for a walk?

Is it ok to go outside for a walk?

Raju Mudhar speaks to Kate Allen, the Star’s science and technology reporter, and asked under what circumstances it’s sa... Read more

7 Apr 2020

15mins

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Why some white supremacists are celebrating the pandemic

Why some white supremacists are celebrating the pandemic

Adrian Cheung talks to Ben Makuch, national security reporter for Vice News, about why some neo-Nazis and white supremac... Read more

6 Apr 2020

15mins

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Migrant workers keep you fed. Do they need help?

Migrant workers keep you fed. Do they need help?

Low-wage migrant workers are a significant part of Canada’s agricultural workforce—almost half of the agricultural labou... Read more

21 Apr 2020

20mins

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Untouchable: How COVID-19 hit organized crime

Untouchable: How COVID-19 hit organized crime

From drugs to gambling to theft and more, COVID-19 has also had an adverse effect on the criminal organizations and gang... Read more

20 Apr 2020

19mins

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Are you the perfect quarantine parent? (No and there’s no need to be)

Are you the perfect quarantine parent? (No and there’s no need to be)

Yesterday, as Ontario races to get ahead of the COVID-19 curve, the government announced that children won’t be returnin... Read more

1 Apr 2020

21mins

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A (now isolated) scientist who isolated the COVID-19 virus explains the fight for a vaccine

A (now isolated) scientist who isolated the COVID-19 virus explains the fight for a vaccine

Scientists all over the world are working on finding ways to test and develop vaccines for COVID-19. Raju Mudhar talks w... Read more

30 Mar 2020

19mins

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All about CERB (Canadian Emergency Relief Benefits)

All about CERB (Canadian Emergency Relief Benefits)

Saba Eitizaz speaks to employment lawyer Hermie Abraham to help answer some of the questions around the emergency help--... Read more

14 Apr 2020

22mins

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Indigenous communities, systemic racism and COVID-19

Indigenous communities, systemic racism and COVID-19

Many Indigenous communities face big challenges: fewer doctors, inadequate housing and water that isn’t safe to drink. A... Read more

16 Apr 2020

20mins

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Crime, COVID-19 and how bad actors will take advantage of this pandemic

Crime, COVID-19 and how bad actors will take advantage of this pandemic

From fraud to cyber-attacks and terrorism, bad actors may be trying to take advantage of this COVID-19 pandemic. Raju Mu... Read more

31 Mar 2020

18mins

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Not thinking straight? What happens to our minds during a pandemic

Not thinking straight? What happens to our minds during a pandemic

We’ve barely had a chance to process the COVID-19 pandemic that has up-ended every element of our live. So what happens ... Read more

26 Mar 2020

19mins

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Pandemic politics: A different Doug Ford

Pandemic politics: A different Doug Ford

Just as COVID-19 has changed almost every aspect of society, it is also definitely not politics as usual. Leaders are be... Read more

15 Apr 2020

22mins

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Soccer, the NBA, finally the Olympics. How pro sports lost to COVID-19 but warned the world

Soccer, the NBA, finally the Olympics. How pro sports lost to COVID-19 but warned the world

When “accidental hero” Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, and more NBAers followed, it triggered a domino effect ... Read more

27 Mar 2020

22mins

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Millennials, Gen Xers, and women facing increased pressure taking care of kids and parents during COVID-19

Millennials, Gen Xers, and women facing increased pressure taking care of kids and parents during COVID-19

Many millennials and gen Xers are stuck in the middle, having to deal with young children and older parents who often ha... Read more

25 Mar 2020

24mins

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Viral inequality: Coronavirus might be an equalizer but society is not

Viral inequality: Coronavirus might be an equalizer but society is not

Some people can work at home, avoid transit, connect to colleagues and friends via Zoom, order supplies to their door, s... Read more

8 Apr 2020

22mins

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