Katherine Barber is the editor of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. She takes us on a quick tour of the history of the English language.
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Jun 05, 2006
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January 26, 2022 - 52:59
A mind-altering odyssey about one man's quest to prove a growing imbalance in our brains, and help us understand how this makes us increasingly unable to grapple with critical economic, environmental and social issues.
January 26, 2022 - 51:59
1917: People have had enough of the war. Uprisings are brewing, like the one that toppled the czar in Russia.
January 26, 2022 - 22:04
Dr. Williams & Dr. Pettifer team up to figure out if a 21 year old cat will survive tooth surgery; Dr. Bryer treats a tiny dog with a deadly virus; Dr. Boyd performs surgery on a working dog with bone fragments in its legs.
January 26, 2022 - 21:57
Dr. Boyd works to help a cat who has survived a house fire; Dr. Williams treats a dog with heartworm; Dr. Gray performs eye surgery.
January 26, 2022 - 29:02
The lives of a rambunctious Syrian refugee family of 13 intersect with their community of enthusiastic sponsors in Picton, Ont.
January 26, 2022 - 1:28:30
What does an addict need to change to kick addiction? At the Westover Treatment Centre in Ontario, it's just one thing-everything. Come Clean follows addicts through a 19-day residential substance dependence program and for 18 months afterwards.
January 25, 2022 - 51:11
In Ontario's Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve, scientists, climbers and even quarry companies come up with innovative ways to co-exist with, restore and enhance the natural world.
January 25, 2022 - 45:27
Beneath an upmarket shopping arcade in Leeds city centre archaeologists discovered the remains of children and teenagers.
January 25, 2022 - 45:14
The tabloids' voracious appetite for royal stories feeds an insatiable hunger for regal revelations. The Royals decry the intrusion, but over the last 60 years the press has repeatedly dug up tales of Royal misbehavior.
January 25, 2022 - 29:42
Rising home prices and a pandemic exodus from larger cities is contributing to unaffordability in rural parts of the province.
January 25, 2022 - 26:04
How are local governments responding to the ongoing opioid crisis?
January 24, 2022 - 20:55
What can be done to make rural communities attractive for employment opportunities?
January 24, 2022 - 33:56
What can be done to improve relations between Indigenous communities and their local governments?
January 21, 2022 - 8:00
What does permafrost in decline mean for Canada and other northern hemisphere countries? Then, how are people documenting milestones differently during the pandemic.
January 21, 2022 - 7:47
Northwestern Ontario Hub journalist Charnel Anderson provides an update on the COVID-19 outbreak in Bearskin Lake.
January 21, 2022 - 19:39
On what would have been his 100th birthday, we remember the legacy of former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Lincoln Alexander with former Ontario premier Bob Rae and Erika Alexander.
January 21, 2022 - 19:19
Mike Millian, president of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada, provides some context around new mandates for truck driver vaccines, and what it means for supply chains.
January 20, 2022 - 18:34
Toronto's medical officer of health Eileen de Villa discusses a new initiative to help combat the opioid crisis.
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