This is Toronto

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Get to know Toronto beyond the headlines. From City Hall showdowns to housing market woes, TTC growing pains to why so many bathrooms are in basements, we sort through the news, the noise and the stories driving Toronto and the GTA. Brought to you by CBC’s Metro Morning.

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Can we really end homelessness in the GTA?

2026-11-12 · 21 min

The federal government has pledged to end homelessness in the next decade, and is putting up billions to do it. But will it work? Hear from two people with first-hand experience making meaningful change.
Is Metrolinx moving to make itself less accountable?

2026-11-11 · 11 min

Ontario's transit building agency is cutting its number of public meetings down to two per year. City Hall reporter Isaac Callan has been looking into concerns around Metrolinx's transparency.
Weekend Listen: When it All Went Wrong

2026-11-07 · 43 min

Investigations about the people who get hurt when the systems meant to protect us fail, hard. Not by accident, not from poor planning, but because someone chose to do wrong — and others chose to do nothing.In When it…
Why GTA childcare workers are getting no pay raise next year

2026-11-05 · 10 min

A government memo shows that wages will be frozen for early childhood educators across the province next year. With wages already struggling to keep up with the cost of living, is childcare a sustainable profession?
Cities worldwide are building bike lanes. Toronto is taking them out

2026-11-04 · 12 min

A Canadian-Danish bicycle infrastructure expert claims Toronto is out of step with every other global biking city, as the province removes bike lanes on Bloor and beyond. We take a trip to Copenhagen and hear why…
A Toronto school board trustee plans to defy the province

2026-10-29 · 10 min

School board trustees in Toronto have been stripped of many of their duties, including communicating with students' parents and guardians. But one trustee plans to hold her own meetings anyway.
Is Toronto ready for self-driving taxis?

2026-10-28 · 17 min

Waymo is starting to test its self-driving cabs on the streets of Toronto, with plans to launch the service in 2028. But critics worry about safety, regulation and what the move will do to the ride-hailing industry.
$1000 cheques, 100-lane highways: Meet who else is running to be Toronto's mayor

2026-10-24 · 12 min

We've focused a lot on the mayoral battle between Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow. But the race for Toronto's mayor is much more crowded than that. Reporter Haydn Watters dives into the other 51 names you'll see on the…
Olivia Chow makes her case for re-election as Mayor of Toronto

2026-10-23 · 20 min

After winning the mayoralty in a byelection three years ago, Olivia Chow wants to be re-elected, with a pitch that includes affordability measures like a TTC fare freeze and a city-wide school lunch program. She joins…
Has a data breach at Crime Stoppers left thousands of tipsters in danger?

2026-10-22 · 9 min

A massive security breach has put a pause to Toronto Crime Stoppers. Tech specialist Carmi Levy explains what this means for the program, and the thousands of people who have submitted tips over the past 25 years.

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Oldest episode in feed: 11/2024 · over 2 years
Typical length: 15 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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