Number 387
For years, medical examiners have been trying to give back a name, dignity, a memory to migrants lost at sea. This film tells their story.
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Nov 18, 2020
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- November 25, 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.
- November 25, 2020 - 50:04The heart of eastern North America's last, great forest corridor is threatened by development, but the people of Ontario's Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve are determined to keep it intact.
- November 25, 2020 - 3:54Many childhood memories were made at the Regent Theatre, which began as an opera house in 1918. Its doors are still open.
- November 25, 2020 - 24:00The rescue team responds to a call about an opossum stuck in a fence, but what they find isn't the type of animal that plays dead.
- November 25, 2020 - 1:08:37Running Wild reveals the staggering impact of outdoor cats on the environment, spotlighting the cat crisis in Cornwall, Ontario and the advocates fighting for humane solutions.
- November 24, 2020 - 4:14In 1973, David and Penny Chapman bought an old creamery and started a small business in Markdale, a village south of Georgian Bay.
- November 24, 2020 - 4:45The Empire Hotel was once an elegant landmark on Huntsville's thriving main street. Joni Mitchell was rumoured to have written "Raised on Robbery" there. When a kind landlord bought the hotel to create affordable apartments, a fire ended his dream.
- November 24, 2020 - 59:24Alice Roberts follows archaeologists as they excavate Iron Age Britain's most spectacular grave - a Yorkshire chariot burial.
- November 24, 2020 - 58:58When Saddam Hussein is captured by coalition forces in December 2003, politicians in the White House believe this will be the turning point they need to bring democracy to Iraq.
- November 24, 2020 - 27:25The explorer and best-selling author discusses his book, "Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey Through the Fragile Arctic."
- November 24, 2020 - 26:56The filmmaker and participants in TVO's Original documentary "Running Wild: The Cats of Cornwall," talk about the feral feline problem in that Ontario city.
- November 23, 2020 - 32:54We explore economic inequality and its impact on democracy and politics.
- November 23, 2020 - 21:30Leading expert in business management Roger Martin discusses his book, "When More is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency."
- November 20, 2020 - 21:29The Agenda looks back on its week of programming, including pandemic literature, library services during COVID-19, post-war Iraq, and Doug Ford's approach to the pandemic.
- November 20, 2020 - 7:54What 's the result of Ontario's fairly recent requirement that municipalities have a system for accountability?
- November 20, 2020 - 24:48The award-winning author and journalist discusses her new audio series, "Seven Truths."
- November 19, 2020 - 21:33What is the state of Canada-U.S. relations during COVID-19 and beyond?
- November 19, 2020 - 32:29Should Canadians spend time in the southern U.S. amid rising COVID-19 numbers?
- Province set to ease hotspot restrictions.
- The Tories changed provincial regulations with the aim of getting people into housing faster — but advocates say the new approach could create new issues and exacerbate homelessness.
- ANALYSIS: Nominally, Toronto and Peel region are facing a four-week lockdown. But don’t start making holiday plans — it’s almost certain to last longer.
- Ontario's chief medical officer retiring.
- Over the past year, residents have been seeing more and more of them: pinhole leaks in copper pipes. They suspect they know why — but the city isn’t talking.
- Three families. Three languages. One goal: to speak through the generations.
- Three Canadian political trailblazers share their thoughts on what it will take to get more women elected.
- OPINION: Companies such as Uber Eats and DoorDash charge ruinous commissions. It’s time for Premier Ford and Mayor Tory to stand up for the small businesses being destroyed.
- TVO.org speaks with an expert on cold-chain logistics about freezers, dry ice — and why we may need to call in the military.
