Journalist Margaret Wente on being An Accidental Canadian
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Jul 18, 2005
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- June 6, 2020 - 46:21Forty miles north of Honduras, near the bay Island of roatan, is a spectacular and pristinely preserved coral atoll: the mesoamerican reef.
- June 6, 2020 - 46:22Explore the wild blue caribbean waters of cozumel, a lush paradise packed with marine surprises.
- June 6, 2020 - 59:06Antiques expert Mark Hill learns how intricate figures are put onto a piece of Wedgwood, and he gets a sneak preview of the Titanic auction.
- June 6, 2020 - 4:02Smoked meat sandwiches weren't the only attraction at Nate's Deli. The man behind the counter was Dave Smith.
- June 5, 2020 - 4:50When the summer beach season ended, Port Dover became a sleepy little town. That changed in 1981 when a small group of motorcyclists came together on Friday the 13th. Now, over 100,000 bikers gather in this lakeside community every Friday the 13th.
- June 5, 2020 - 46:23The Belize Barrier Reef is the second largest coral reef system in the world.
- June 5, 2020 - 54:23A look through the eyes of a group of 20-somethings at the obstacles they face in making their mark on the world.
- June 5, 2020 - 24:00It's the end of summer and that means baby cedar wax wings fill the aviaries at and the rehabilitation team is working around the clock to keep up with their feeding demands.
- June 5, 2020 - 24:00The medical team tries desperately to save an opossums badly injured toe. But once in surgery it looks like an amputation is the only viable solution.
- June 5, 2020 - 6:54What are northern Ontario communities doing to mark June as Pride month?
- June 5, 2020 - 18:12University of Toronto epidemiologist Colin Furness explains Ontario's new testing strategy and gives his take on whether it will work to further contain COVID-19 in the province.
- June 5, 2020 - 35:29Anti-Black racism protests underline the need for meaningful discussions - and lasting change.
- June 4, 2020 - 23:02Rabbi Bernard Baskin gives his view of the COVID-19 pandemic from the point of view of a 100-year-old.
- June 4, 2020 - 9:35Leora Eisen about her TVO Original documentary, Rescuing Rex, about international dog adoption.
- June 4, 2020 - 27:37Artists talk about how their projects have been affected by the pandemic.
- June 3, 2020 - 30:37How are post-secondary institutions planning their return to school for September?
- June 3, 2020 - 23:41What will college and university classes look like in September?
- June 2, 2020 - 28:39Has the COVID-19 pandemic added too much risk to Canada-U.S. trade relations?
OPINION: Affordable housing. Bike lanes. Patio space. Council is finally making moves it should have made decades ago — but will its new attitude outlast the pandemic?
He played with some of the greatest Hall of Famers ever — and was pretty darned good himself. Al reminds me of how much I miss baseball.
Can you imagine Ken Dryden and Bobby Orr as teammates with the Boston Bruins? It almost happened.
- TVO.org speaks with Donna Duncan, CEO of the Ontario Long Term Care Association about stigma, critical staffing shortages — and what LTC should “look like, feel like, and be.”
The latest coronavirus updates from across the province.
In 1970, the AM pop-music powerhouse was in the running to be the second-most-listened-to radio station in North America. But 50 years ago today, the CRTC announced new guidelines — and changed the station.
- TVO.org speaks with Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, about funding, staffing, COVID-19 — and why she calls the LTC system a “disaster.”
After a number of food banks in Thunder Bay ceased operating, the city moved to a new centralized model. Critics say it raises public-health risks — and limits access to food for the people who need it.
- OPINION: My daughter is six months old. I’m already thinking about how — and when — to tell her about racism.
