Ontario Today
with Kathleen Petty
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The Toronto Star and Gawker.com say they've seen a cellphone video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what appears to be crack cocaine.

 

Gawker is asking readers to donate cash to buy it so they can post it for all to see. They're well on their way to raising the $200,000 asking price

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Why would you pay to see that video?

Donna Freitas surveyed thousands of American college students about hooking up and found most felt bad or ambivalent about their sex life.

 

How did you feel after hookuping?

The deal for a casino in Toronto is likely dead. But the Province is convinced it can still bring in $1.3 billion from gambling. How do you feel about the direction gaming is going in this province?

Paul Godfrey is out as chairman of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

He explains his differences with the Premier over a special deal for Toronto to host a downtown casino.

Senator Mike Duffy has resigned from the Conservative caucus and will sit as an Independent amid controversy over his  expense claims.

 

What would restore your faith in the Senate?

 

She didn't have cancer. She was preventing it from happening. After DNA testing, Angelina Jolie realized she had an 87% chance of getting breast cancer.

 

What you do to prevent yourself from getting cancer.

Research shows Ontarians are disengaged from politics. We explore why with David Tsubouchi, a former cabinet minister in Mike Harris's Common Sense Revolution. He laments what he sees as the deterioration of political discourse.

 

Tsubouchi has written a memoir called Gambatte: Generations of Perserverance and Politics.

 

Read the Bruce Anderson column we discussed.

Most of us identify with a particular religious faith. But many of us don't actively participate. New medical research suggests those who attend religious services have lower rates of depression.

 

What do you get out of your religion?