
This is Toronto
Hosted by Chris Glover · CBC
4.9from 19 ratings
- 227
- Episodes
- 213
- Transcribed
- 19
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About This is Toronto
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.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Nov 2024
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
213 of 227 episodes have a transcript.

15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Oshawa's frontline workers are fighting the drug crisis

14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cyclists are pushing back against the plan to rip out bike lanes

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Toronto's race for mayor runs through Scarborough
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How Oshawa's frontline workers are fighting the drug crisis
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] One of the things that always comes to mind for me is when we were even thinking about the homelessness piece of it too, which is really a huge component over the last six or so years. When somebody has a safe place to lay their head at night and they know where their next meal is coming from, there isn't anything they can't work on. If those two things are not in place, people kick into survival mode and they do whatever they have to do to survive. And that's what we're seeing a lot of on the streets right now because there is nowhere for them to go. That's why we're seeing more public use. That's why we're seeing folks being more isolated and more opportunity for overdose. […]
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- Haydn Watters
- Chris Alexander
- Torontonian
- Urban planner
- Rory White
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- 4.9 / 5
- 19 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 32
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Chris Glover host the show. Published by CBC.
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