The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)
Hosted by Jeyan Jeganathan, The Rundown delivers original journalism and in-depth analysis of the social, political, cultural, and economic issues that shape life in Ontario. Each episode focuses on one topic that’s making headlines, examining it from different angles and through diverse point...
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What's Behind Canada's Romance Book Boom?
Romance novels have become one of Canada's fastest-growing publishing genres, with print sales soaring, ebook readership growing, and dedicated romanc...
Can Students Help Save Canada's Queer History?
For generations, many 2SLGBTQ+ stories were left out of history books, archives, and classrooms, raising questions about whose experiences are preserv...
Who Should Control Ontario's Water Infrastructure?
As Ontario municipalities face growing pressure to repair and expand aging water and wastewater systems, some are asking whether new governance models...
Why Are So Many Young Men Suffering in Silence?
Young men are often told to tough it out, but a new report from GreenShield and Mental Health Research Canada suggests many may be struggling in silen...
Can Indigenous Voices Reshape Canada's Next Big Projects?
Canada is preparing for major nation-building projects while entering trade talks with the United States and Mexico, promising partnership with Indige...
How Should Canada Handle CUSMA & Trump?
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with world leaders at the G7 in France, trying to position Canada in an increasingly uncertain global order, new questi...
Why Is Northern Ontario Still Waiting on Infrastructure?
Closures on Highways 11 and 17 can cut off entire northern communities and disrupt supply chains, raising questions about why long-standing calls for...
Can Mobile Clinics Fix Ontario's Care Gap?
What do recent shifts in public health policy reveal about how care is delivered, and who can access it? After a woman was killed outside a Toronto co...
Are Data Centres Taking Over?
The federal government has unveiled a two-billion-dollar AI strategy aimed at boosting jobs, skills training, and business growth, alongside plans to...
How Do High-Speed Rail and E-Bikes Fit into Ontario's Future?
Politicians have been promising high-speed rail in Canada for decades, and with a new federal plan now on the table, questions remain about whether it...
What Happens When Community Spaces Vanish?
What happens when the spaces people rely on to connect outside of home and work begin to disappear? The idea of the "third place," first defined by so...
What's Next for Cuba?
As conditions in Cuba worsen, President Donald Trump's intentions toward the island remain unclear, raising questions about what happens next and what...
Alberta Referendum: How Far Could It Go?
In just a few months, Alberta voters may weigh a referendum on separation as a coalition pushes the case for staying in Canada. What's driving the ren...
Is Canada Becoming Uninsurable?
As extreme weather drives parts of the U.S. toward becoming effectively uninsurable, what signals are emerging in Canada as fires, floods, and drought...
How are Voters Feeling About the Ford Government?
OSAP. School boards. Airports and jets. As Queen's Park breaks for the summer, the Ford government is facing growing scrutiny over a series of high-pr...
What Makes Ontario... Ontario?
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell reflects on her time as Ontario's lieutenant governor and what defines the province she served for nearly a decade...
Why Is It So Hard for Young People to Find Jobs Right Now?
What's behind the growing challenges facing young job seekers, and could global oil disruptions add further pressure to the economy? As youth unemploy...
What Would Airport Privatization Mean for Canadians?
TQuestions are now being raised about whether Canada's aviation system is facing a dual test of structure and capacity at a critical moment. For decad...
Are Weight-Loss Drugs Reshaping How We Eat?
Researchers and analysts are beginning to ask whether two powerful forces are quietly reshaping how and why people eat: the rise of GLP-1 medications...
Can We Understand Nature's Language?
Researchers are beginning to investigate two frontiers that challenge long-held assumptions about the natural world: how animals communicate and wheth...
Is Ontario Transit Becoming Less Safe?
Some transit riders say the experience in Ontario is changing, with more visible drug use and increasingly unpredictable behaviour on buses, streetcar...
Another Virus to Worry About?
What can a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship tell us about broader public health risks, and are there warning signs closer to home that we may...
Could Surveillance Pricing Be the Future in Ontario?
Is surveillance pricing reshaping what Ontarians pay, and what happens when labour protections fail the people they are meant to protect? As affordabi...
Are Drones Reshaping Canada's Defence?
Who controls the systems that shape Canada's security, and how prepared are we for what comes next? We examine the growing use of unmanned aerial vehi...
Should Canada Join Eurovision?
Is Canada ready to step onto the Eurovision stage, and what would that say about how the country sees its cultural role internationally? After the fed...
Where Are Canada's Undeclared Firearms?
Only about half of prohibited assault style firearms were declared under Canada's federal buyback. Tens of thousands may remain outside the system ahe...
Should Schools Ban Phones and Social Media?
Is limiting cellphone use in schools enough, or should Ontario go further by restricting social media and phones on school property? As the province c...
What Are the Real Limits of Fertility?
A women's reproductive health expert offers plain talk on the real limits of fertility and what women should understand before planning a pregnancy. T...
What Becomes of Cases Tied to Corrupt Officers?
When police officers are charged with alleged corruption, what happens to the cases they worked on? We examine how those investigations are reviewed a...
Will Canada Let Residential School Testimonies Be Lost?
What happens to the stories of residential school survivors if they are never preserved, and is Canada prepared to let them disappear? With a Supreme...
How Realistic Is Ontario's Push Toward Electric Vehicles?
How realistic is Ontario's push toward electric vehicles, and is the province prepared for what comes next? As places like Norway show what large scal...
Can Ontario Build Its Way Out of Jail Overcrowding?
Why is Ontario turning to prison expansion after years of chronic jail overcrowding, and what do internal documents reveal about the true cost and imp...
What Happens When Ontario Shrinks Conservation Authorities?
On April 18, West Nipissing declared a state of emergency as flooding overwhelmed roads and threatened homes. For residents, the footage raises urgent...
Who’s Really in Charge of Ontario’s Cities?
What does Ontario’s Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 actually change, and who ends up with more power at the local level? TVO Today columnist and...
How Science is Silencing Depression with Magnetic Waves
Millions take medications like SSRIs and SNRIs for mental-health conditions and feel the benefits. But what if your depression is hard to treat? One o...
How is School Board Control Changing in Ontario?
As the province moves ahead with a proposed education bill, the education minister says trustees will still have a role, but one that will "change sig...
What Is Breaking Canada's Veterinary Care System?
Why is veterinary care getting harder to access just as more Canadians bring pets into their homes? With clinics facing staff shortages and burnout, a...
How Do Global Shocks Show Up at the Grocery Store?
Why does a narrow stretch of water halfway around the world matter so much? TVO Today producer Lucas Meeuse breaks down the Strait of Hormuz, a key gl...
Are Ontario Hospitals Taking Out Loans to Survive?
Through Freedom of Information requests, journalist Stacey Kuznetsova and critical care doctor Blair Bigham uncovered that some Ontario hospitals are...
How Do You Sell Canadian Films to Canadians?
As Canada marks National Canadian Film Day, new data from Telefilm Canada shows 2025 was one of the weakest box office years this decade for Canadian...