For “defying apathy and the law,” and for saving lives, the volunteers at the Moss Park supervised injection/overdose prevention site are our Torontonians of the Year.
Very excited to share that the search is over!
@CBCIsmaila
is the new host of Metro Morning. He'll officially take the chair on August 24. A big welcome from the whole team!
We asked a number of PC MPPs to appear on the show this AM to talk about Premier Ford's actions yesterday. All, including the Premier,
@SteveClarkPC
and
@C_Mulroney
, denied our requests for an interview.
"Make services great again!" Would you support, as
@gordperks
is pitching, an increase in property taxes if it means more money for repairs and maintenance for roads, libraries, parks and community housing?
Substandard snow clearing... A transit system that feels like it's creaking and where seats are at a premium... An affordable housing & homelessness crisis... This AM, we kick off a series looking at the cracks beginning to appear in our city.
This is Kim Holmgren. For 21 years, he has been
@metromorning
’s tech. There would be silence on air without him. Today, he’s retiring. Congrats, Kim, and enjoy sleeping in!
This is the series of quilted banners being unveiled at North York Civic Centre today in tribute to the victims & survivors of the Yonge Street van attack.
Did you hear this cover of "Burn" from Hamilton, the musical, on the show today?
It's by Marlee Schwartz , a 16-year-old student at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. She and her fellow students are hosting a virtual concert this weekend, called "Covid Creations."
Last year, we introduced you to the young trumpeter William Leathers, who was crowdfunding to raise tuition to go to Julliard. He raised the money, he’s in school and at 8:20 am he returns to say thanks and play his horn.
Tomorrow morning, we will celebrate the life and legacy of our brilliant and brilliantly funny friend and colleague
@ingwongward
. We'll talk about why she refused to think of herself as "brave" in the face of death and how she changed how we talk about ability and disability.
A group of over 200 doctors, nurses and professors came together to call for the end of for-profit long term care homes.
@NaheedD
explains why now is the time to make big changes.
It's Matt's last week -- and we're looking back at the past 10 years with him on the show. It's hard to fit a decade's worth of interviews into 10 photos, but here's a look at some of our favourites. (thread)
AMAZING NEWS: This morning, we broke $1,000,000 for Sounds of the Season, our annual fundraiser for local food banks.
This will mean so much to so many.
The moment
@CBCIsmaila
found out 👇:
Q. "If we do lift the restrictions and have kids back in school fully, are we going to be in lockdown again soon after that?"
A. "Yes"
Dr. Peter Juni, Scientific Director of the province's science table.
Listen to the whole interview here:
"People with breast cancer are supposed to be ourselves as we were before, but also better & stronger & at the same time heart-wrenchingly worse. We are supposed to keep our unhappiness to ourselves but donate our courage to everyone." Astonishing writing:
Congratulations to
@mattgallowaycbc
to being named one of
@torontolife
's most 50 most influential people. He's in great company with many frequent guests of the show and city builders.
Tired of cigarette butts scattered on the street outside bars and restaurants?
@anabailaoTO
will ask council this week to make cleaning them up the responsibility of bar and restaurant owners, as a condition of licence.
Our host
@davidcommon
is working from home... hosting the show live from his basement. So here’s his ‘home office’ — now show us yours! Share your photos, and home office hacks.
#MMworkfromhome
Here is Aaron Kriss, 15, with a few of his 93 tomato plants.
He has so many that his neighbours are helping out by making space in their backyards.
His goal is to make tomato sauce this fall, to raise money for charities. 🍅
We took the show on the rails this week and broadcast a special edition of Metro Morning from a GO Train. Matt and the team travelled through three GTA swing ridings, picking up guests along the way. Here's a look at how we did it.
And when I am asked
what does reconciliation mean to me
I will say I want their lives back
I want them to live, to soar
I want to hear their laughter
See their smiles
Give me that
And ill grant you reconciliation
-- Chief Stacey Laforme's poem, Reconciliation
@RStaceyLaforme
It's been a great ride these past couple of months. Thanks to both the off and on-air teams
@metromorning
. And to you--our listeners, really....a big thank you for being so kind and for supporting me while I guest host this show. See you soon.
On Tuesday, we introduced you to 17 year old Toronto trumpeter
@leathersboy
. Friends were crowdfunding the tuition to get him to Julliard. After two days, the money has been raised (and he's created a scholarship fund). Nice one, Toronto.
Every day at work is a blast for crossing guard Kathleen Byers, who dances her way across the intersection of Queen and Shaw.
Video shot by
@imani_walker_
"For years, I ignored my panic attacks and convinced myself I was fineIt took a 2 a.m. trip the ER to realize I wasn’t." At 7:40,
@joe_cressy
on anxiety and mental health:
What happens when you want to be the best swimmer in the world and a normal teenager? As mentioned, here's
@katrinaonstad
's fascinating profile of
@OleksiakPenny
:
We're two days away indoor dining and gyms reopening in Peel & York Region.
This morning,
@CBCIsmaila
spoke with Peter Juni, the Scientific Director of the province's Science Advisory Table. He says he and his table "had no input" on the province's new rules.
👇👇👇
Space enthusiasts Alfie Chan and Tharan D'Silva will be on the hunt for Mars this weekend.
They are best friends who connected over their love of
@Cmdr_Hadfield
.
A community organization is poised to take over The Rose of Sharon, Canada's only long-term care facility dedicated to Korean seniors, instead of a for-profit company, as originally planned.
More on how the residents' families rallied here:
Meet our new host Ismaila Alfa. He will officially step into the role on Monday, Aug. 24. CBC Toronto News at 6 anchor
@DwightDrummond
chatted with
@CBCIsmaila
about what he’s most looking forward to. Read more:
At 98-years-old former
@citymississauga
Mayor Hazel McCallion still makes the trek into our studio. This time to talk about the 1979 train derailment. It happened during her first year in office.
We were scheduled to speak tomorrow AM with Dr Rueben Devlin, the Premier's special advisor on healthcare, on his plan to change the health care system but he cancelled this afternoon due to "unforeseen circumstances."
UPDATE: Leaked draft bill reveals Ford government's plans to dissolve the LHINs & potentially force the mergers of hospitals in the name of "integration."
Health Minister Christine Elliott will hold a 3:30 news conference to respond.
#onpoli
#onthealth
Priced Out. Next week, we explore the affordability crisis in Toronto and why so many people find themselves priced out of the city they want to live in. And we're broadcasting live from Hamilton, where so many of them also headed to. Sound familiar?
Tomorrow on
@metromorning
,
@Raptors
boss Masai Ujiri on pressure, making women leaders in his organization and why he called on Toronto to believe in itself.
#WeTheNorth
Via
@SmithRaps
: Masai Ujiri on the city taking basketball hoops down because of noise complaints.
“We'll take those courts to Africa. I don't know what the details of this is, but my first reaction is anywhere there's a basketball court it's a good thing."
The noise of revving engines at all hours, keeping TVs on to cover the noise of racing cars & motorcycles. Sleepless GTA residents want more to be done to silence the streets.
Does the noise of racing engines drive you to distraction too?
Peel educators hope to continue being 'positive role model' for other Black students after winning Canada's top teaching prize. Rachel Luke and Jason Bradshaw are now recipients of the 2021 Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence.
LISTEN:
At 7:40, we'll remember Teva Harrison, who pledged to "live like a tornado and suck the marrow out of life" in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis, and wrote about her life in a wonderful graphic memoir, In Between Days.
My inimitable wife,
@robotpilot
, died peacefully in her sleep last night. Her great joy was the kindness that people show, and the magic evident in the every day bits of living. She was a pure beating heart. Carry magic with you. Hold people close. The world needs it.
Maureen Hawthorne, 93, got her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine in Markham. She says she dressed extra warm in-case she had to line up. Plus, the hat hides her "COVID-hair."
For years,
@OntarioAdvocate
has drawn attention to the lives and tragic deaths of children like Katelynn Sampson and how agencies failed those children. Yesterday, he learned his office will be closed. Irwin Elman here at 8:10.
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, will be on the show with
@RebeccaZandberg
tomorrow at 7:40 a.m.
Do you have a question for him?