Mary Wiens

Thursday May 23, 2013

Homecare

One of NDP leader Andrea Horwath's main conditions for supporting the Liberal government's budget was shorter wait times for homecare. This morning, the CBC's Mary Wiens brings us a story about the relationship between one PSW and a young man with severe disabilities.
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Categories: Columnists, Mary Wiens, Past Episodes

 

Tuesday January 22, 2013

Regent Park Mothers

The news of a 15 year old's execution-style killing in a Regent Park stairwell has residents in the building feeling anxious, especially mothers. The CBC's Mary Wiens met with a few of them.
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Categories: Columnists, Mary Wiens, Past Episodes

 

• May 2013
  • Thu., 23 – Homecare
     
  • Thu., 16 – Stuck in Traffic: A series on commuting across the GTA
     
• January 2013
  • Tue., 22 – Regent Park Mothers
     
  • Fri., 18 – "Joyless Commute"
     
  • Fri., 18 – Jamestown Crescent
     
• December 2012
  • Wed., 5 – Fresh Start And A Hot Meal
     
  • Tue., 4 – Food Charity
     
• November 2012
  • Fri., 23 – The Bombing Has Stopped
     
  • Mon., 19 – Fighting Continues
     
  • Thu., 8 – Self Driving Cars
     
  • Tue., 6 – Climate Change Art
     
  • Thu., 1 – He Made A Big Difference
     
• October 2012
  • Wed., 31 – Towers And Views
     
  • Mon., 29 – Crime Map
     
  • Mon., 8 – Bridging The Gap
     
• September 2012
  • Tue., 25 – Sharing Office Space
     
  • Tue., 18 – "Toronto Juggernauts"
     
  • Mon., 17 – Regent Park
     
• July 2012
  • Thu., 26 – "Encounter Camp"
     
  • Thu., 19 – Witnessing A Violent Death
     
  • Wed., 18 – A Walk Through The Neighbourhood
     
  • Thu., 5 – More Than A Cooling Centre
     
• June 2012
  • Tue., 19 – "Tougher Than Academics"
     
  • Wed., 13 – Regent Park Quilt
     
  • Tue., 12 – Census Portrait #2
     
  • Mon., 11 – Census Portrait #1
     
• May 2012
  • Tue., 29 – Bowing Out
     
  • Fri., 18 – Foreign Investors
     
  • Wed., 9 – Condo Problems
     
  • Fri., 4 – Not Refugees?
     
  • Thu., 3 – Lakshmi: A Hindu Goddess Reinterpreted
     
• March 2012
  • Mon., 12 – A Different Future
     
  • Fri., 2 – "Nothing For A Rainy Day"
     
• February 2012
  • Fri., 3 – A Fork in the Road: A week-long series from Mary Wiens
     
• January 2012
  • Mon., 16 – Eritrean Community Centre
     
• December 2011
  • Wed., 21 – "Beyond Food Banks: Ending hunger in Canada"
     
• November 2011
  • Thu., 24 – Throw-away buildings
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 19 – The Darker Side
     
  • Tue., 18 – Roma Mothers
     
• September 2011
  • Tue., 27 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System"
     
  • Thu., 22 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 3
     
  • Wed., 21 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 2
     
  • Tue., 20 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 1
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 22 – It's all about books this weekend!
     
  • Wed., 20 – Bellweather Riding
     
• September 2010
  • Mon., 27 – Civic Muscle
     
  • Mon., 13 – Civic Response
     
  • Thu., 9 – Civic Muscle 4
     
  • Wed., 8 – Civic Muscle 3
     
  • Tue., 7 – Civic Muscle 2
     
  • Mon., 6 – Civic Muscle 1
     
• July 2010
  • Fri., 16 – Omar Wellington
     
• June 2010
  • Sun., 27 – The Inbetween Time
     
  • Fri., 4 – Working Man
     
  • Tue., 1 – Dignitas
     
• May 2010
  • Fri., 21 – Liquid Assets 5
     
  • Thu., 20 – Liquid Assets 4
     
  • Tue., 18 – Liquid Assets 2
     
  • Mon., 17 – Liquid Assets
     
  • Fri., 14 – Walkerton Remembered
     
  • Wed., 12 – Remembering Walkerton
     
  • Mon., 10 – Cpl. Christopher Klodt