Host Richard Ouzounian interviews actors, choreographers, broadcasters, comedians, filmmakers, and other pivotal artists in the vibrant cultural life of Ontario.
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Dec 19, 1999
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- January 24, 2020 - 28:02Provincial funding cuts have forced the City of Toronto to make some hard choices about its budget shortfall. Budget Chief Gary Crawford believes in finding efficiencies, but City Councillor Shelley Carroll believes that new revenue tools are needed.
- January 24, 2020 - 54:21Through intimate conversations with former violent extremists director Karen Winther asks: What prompted their decision to leave?
- January 23, 2020 - 24:07One of British artist Luke Jerram's projects, ,Play me, I'm Yours,, involves placing pianos in public parks, at bus stops and in train stations for anyone to play and enjoy.
- January 23, 2020 - 4:33Nestled between major highways, Unionville's historic Main Street is a charming, small-town oasis. In 1969 local residents saved their main street from encroaching developers. Now every June, the Unionville Festival kicks off with a big parade.
- January 23, 2020 - 59:17Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
- January 23, 2020 - 52:18Chef Angela Hartnett learns how a 3D printer could soon become an essential kitchen gadget.
- January 23, 2020 - 4:58The Cameron House on Queen Street West has been home to some of Canada's most beloved musicians since the early '80s.
- January 23, 2020 - 44:38The 128-storey Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world.
- January 23, 2020 - 4:50When The Bookshelf first opened in 1973, downtown Guelph was vibrant and full of well-established shops. Businesses came and went, but The Bookshelf grew to include a café, cinema, and event space, becoming a home for local artists and authors.
- January 23, 2020 - 36:40Queen's Park has bailed out the horse-racing industry, but is that a sustainable financial model going forward? We look at the future of horse racing in Ontario.
- January 23, 2020 - 17:29The province has taken over the enforcement of Ontario's animal cruelty laws. We learn what that means for the welfare of animals.
- January 22, 2020 - 8:01Ontario Hubs field producer Jeyan Jeganathan talks to a family of Syrian immigrants about flight, arrival, and settlement.
- January 22, 2020 - 30:30Foreign affairs experts discuss Canada's response to the plane crash shot down by an Iranian missile that killed 57 Canadians.
- January 21, 2020 - 19:47Gary Crawford, Toronto's budget chief and Shelley Carroll, the city's former budget chief, discuss municipal budgets during a time of cutbacks.
- January 21, 2020 - 34:26Benjamin Dachis, Enid Slack, and Jennifer Pagliaro discuss how Ontario's municipalities will finance their futures to ensure they thrive as they grow.
- January 20, 2020 - 57:24before a live audience on an issue about which many people feel strongly in an age of increasing economic inequality.
- January 17, 2020 - 24:28The Agenda reviews its top stories, from GTA growth, happiness at work, political inaction on climate change, and fostering children's well-being.
- January 17, 2020 - 8:21TVO's eastern Ontario Hub journalist David Rockne Corrigan discusses his research on the growing incidences of student-on-teacher violence in Ontario's elementary schools.
In Chatham-Kent, a new community trust is aiming to buy land, build homes, and alleviate the region’s housing woes.
Dunder Mifflin Night. Britney Spears Appreciation Day. Friends Night. The Ottawa 67’s are looking at zany ways to boost attendance — and they’re not the only ones.
- OPINION: So far, the unions have been pretty smart about all this. But public opinion could still easily turn against them
- At an event this week, three of Canada’s most prominent former MPs peeled back the curtain on the realities of being a woman in politics.
In Ontario, more than 80 per cent of Indigenous people live off-reserve, but public-health data about them is almost non-existent. A new research initiative aims to change that.
- OPINION: We may not agree that cities need more money. We should at least agree that they need different sources of money.
ANALYSIS: Debates about debates are a great Canadian pastime. So let’s talk about who should be up on that stage and who shouldn’t.
ANALYSIS: Last week, members of the debate commission and an advisory committee met to discuss how the federal English-language debate went. The verdict? Not very well.
Inspired by Andreescu and Raonic, more and more people want to hit the ball around in the winter. There are few covered courts in the province, but tennis boosters are hoping to change that.
