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Blame Toronto: If students go hungry at breakfast, that may not be Doug Ford’s fault

OPINION: The Progressive Conservatives are cutting funding for public-health agencies. Critics say that will put Toronto’s school-nutrition program at risk — but only city council can do that.

Matt Gurney

Southwestern

Why tobacco is making a comeback on Ontario farms

An industry many had given up for dead a decade ago is now on the rebound — and that has some experts worried about the implications for public health.

Mary Baxter

Environment

Food waste is a $31-billion-a-year problem. Here’s how you can help solve it

Breaking with our culturally ingrained tendency to excess may seem difficult — but these eight simple ways of cutting back on waste are a good start.

Corey Mintz

Steve Paikin talks to guests on The Agenda set.

Innovation

A Perilous Data Deficit?

Rational debate on The Agenda depends upon empirically provable facts, but we often face a serious dearth of statistical research. A look at the data deficit in Canada, why it's lacking and the implications for policy making.

Indigenous

What is reconciliation? Indigenous educators have their say

Is hanging Indigenous art in an office "reconciliation?" Indigenous experts take a look at what it really means to reconcile.

Peterborough

From parking lot to park: Why Depave Paradise is tearing up asphalt across Ontario

Volunteers throughout the province are turning old infrastructure into new gardens — part of a larger movement toward greening urban spaces.

David Rockne Corrigan

Society

The NHL: A Ridiculous History

Hockey is serious business in this country but it's also fodder for the humour and insight of sportswriter Sean McIndoe. He joins The Agenda to examine our national pastime and his new book, ,The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL".