Ontario Morning Podcast - Wednesday September 29, 2021
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Sep 29, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:57:19
A group of researchers tested opioid levels in six rivers around the province and found that long-term exposure could possibly prevent fish from laying eggs. Chris Metcalfe from the School of the Environment at Trent University tells us about their study; Nutritionist and author Julie Daniluk discusses alternatives to refined sugar in our diet; Premier Doug Ford wants to make a deal on child care with the federal government. But what will it take to get there? We ask Carolyn Ferns who's with the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care; Matthew Johnson of Media Smarts a Canadian not-for-profit centre for digital and media literacy.comments on the decision by Facebook to pause development of a kids's version of Instagram; Catholic Bishops in Canada are pledging thirty million dollars to help support residential school survivors. They have also issued an apology for the suffering caused by the residential schools, most of which were run by the Catholic Church. Cora McGuire-Cyrette of the Ontario Native Women's Association offers her reaction; Our books editor Tara Henley shares her conversation with the Kingston authors Craig Jones and Josephine Matyas about their new book, "Chasing the Blues: A Traveler's Guide to America's Music." Sarah Milton volunteered to be part of the trial of Medicago's COVID vaccine. But Health Canada's approval of the drug is still pending which means that although Sarah is fully vaccinated she is unable to qualify for the province's vaccine certificate; Ian Deslaurier tells us about the 'secret garden' he and other volunteers are creating in a municipal property along the Ennismore Waterfront Park Trail.

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