Since the Ford govenment took power, no one's been inspecting mechanics', electricians' or plumbers' certifications. Lee Caprio, with the IBEW Local 353, makes a case for why you should check that tradespeople have the right qualifications.

Ontario Today Phone-Ins from CBC Radio

Should you care if tradespeople are certified?

An Indigenous musician's family story of loss and recovery, and reflections on how many are still grappling with the damage done by the Canadian government removing Indigenous children from their families.

Repercussions of residential schools, with Cody Coyote

Plus Ed Lawrence's advice on nematodes, white pines, squirrels and more.

Gardening for Governor Generals

The Olympics have been hit by controversy after controversy -- not about sport but things like bathing caps, shorts, marijuana. A conversation about fighting barriers to sport, with Chantique Carey-Payne, Head Coach for the Gryphon Swimming team at the University of Guelph; and Prof. Charlene Weaving, Chair of Human Kinetics at St. Francis Xavier University.

When athletes have to fight to compete

A wide mix of political perspectives with analysis from Eric Grenier, author and publisher of TheWrit.ca. He also runs CBC’s Poll Tracker.

How voters feel about a fall election

The Toronto lawyer who created a website that listed businesses with fully-vaccinated staff or requiring customers be vaxxed, shut down the website after attacks. Reaction and analysis with Canadian Civil Liberties lawyer and former Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant.

Safe To Do Ontario website shut down

Veteran cybersecurity experts Aron Feuer and Richard McDonald walk you through what to do if you're attacked and how to protect yourself from hackers.

Ransomeware: Are you at risk?

Ed Lawrence recommends checking zucchinis, cucumbers and beans morning and evening to avoid vegetables getting too big, overly seedy and tough. Plus advice on topsoil, carrots, tomatoes with blossom end rot, and much more.

Gardening: Harvesting advice

In her memoir My Mother's Daughter, the world champion hurdler describes her devastating fall at the 2004 Olympics and how she drew strength from her mother's story of overcoming adversity. She says we are all hurdlers in a sense. How did you come back from a fall?

Olympian Perdita Felicien: How you come back from a fall

Sunnybrook cancer surgeon Dr. Tony Eskander says tumours were missed and pretty much every cancer patient experienced delays even if they don't know it. First-person stories of loved ones lost and lives saved during the pandemic.

What COVID did to cancer diagnosis and treatment

Indigenous people can now reclaim names taken from them at residential schools. But it's not that simple. Just ask our guest Carleton University Assistant Vice-President Kahente Horn-Miller or any of our callers about what's in a name.

When cultural naming practices come up against Western norms

Advice from financial literacy and credit counsellor Pamela George.

Financial abuse: How to spot the warning signs

This sumac-like tree can be a real problem for other plants, sewers and foundations. Plus Ed Lawrence's advice on LDD moths; white spots on euonymus; transplanting asparagus and rhubarb; phlox and much more.

Gardening: Rethinking Tree of Heaven

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