Ontario Morning Podcast - Wednesday December 29, 2021
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Dec 29, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:00:22
Following the release of Canada's updated plan to plant two billion trees, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the program is on track to plant 30 million this year. We talked to Nature Canada about whether accelerating tree planting is the best fight against climate change. Have you had the experience of opening social media to check one quick thing, and then you go down the rabbit hole of posts for the next hour? Tech columnist Manjula Selvarajah shares three tips for getting a handle on doomscrolling and getting the best out of social media. A married couple from southern Ontario, a chef and accountant, were fed up with rat race. So they packed it all in to start a farm in a remote village in Northern Ontario, where they now raise chickens, ducks and turkeys. Ontario is preparing to announce new guidance on COVID-19 testing. We learn more from Raywat Deonandan who is Associate professor and epidemiologist at the University of Ottawa. Fashion lovers in Kingston can celebrate one of their own. Designer Amelia Rose Viveiros is featured in British Vogue's January edition. She talked about her being recognized by the venerated magazine. As COVID cases surge, more Ontarians are being encouraged to work remotely. For BIPOC employees, the transition to working from home has been a welcome break from office microaggressions. CEO of Divonify Colleen James and educator Natasha Burford will tell us about the positive effect it's had on workers. If your waistline has expanded over the holidays, you are not alone. Many of us are battling weight issues especially during COVID. Toronto author Mark Schatzker has a new book out that may help. It's that time of year, the weird no man's land that exists between Christmas and New Year's. And with COVID cases surging and events being cancelled en-masse, chef and filmmaker Andie Bulman thinks this week is the perfect time to bring back the double feature. Lightning never strikes the same place twice or so the saying goes. In 2019, a Sudbury church was destroyed by not one, but two lightning strikes. We talked to Reverend Erin Todd who says it may have been a blessing in disguise.

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