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May 2012 Archives

Body parts suspect

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The criminal mind at the centre of an international manhunt.

 

Jim Van Allen, former manager of the OPP Criminal Profile Unit and President of Behavioral Science Solutions Group, sheds light on the killing and dismembering of a man in Montreal.

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Bracing for bath salts

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First a seizure in Ottawa. Now the drug the Miami "face-eater" was on is raising concerns with addictions specialists here.

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Timing babies

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Your conversations about when to "pull the goalie".

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CLICK HERE to learn more about assisted reproduction in Canada.

Thunder Bay flood

thunder-flooding-620.jpgHomes are flooded by sewage. Appliances are floating in the basement.

 

Thunder Bay declares a state of emergency.

 

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Body parts in the mail

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New details are emerging about a severed body. Plus, a forensic scientist on what we can learn from the evidence.

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Fifty Shades of Grey

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It's hot in more ways than one.

 

Why E.L. James' erotic trilogy is flying off the shelves.

 

An open line conversation with Russell Smith, Globe and Mail columnist and author of two books of erotic fiction: Girl Crazy and Diana: A Diary in the Second Person.

 

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Cardinal opposes law enshrining GSAs

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Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto and President of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario says government legislation intrudes on freedom of conscience.

 

Under proposed anti-bullying legislation students will have the right to form gay-straight alliances clubs despite opposition from school administration

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CLICK HERE to read Cardinal Collins' letter opposing Gay Straight Alliance clubs.

How do you feel about a trip to the zoo?

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The elephants are in the process of leaving the Toronto Zoo. The seals and the lynx are saying goodbye to London.

 

Critics say those animals don`t belong there. But would you still go to a zoo without lions and tigers?

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Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs

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Under the new Accepting Schools Act, schools won't be able to stop students from calling a club a "gay-straight alliance."

 

The Minister of Education announced the amendment to its anti-bullying bill late Friday.

 

The new wording speaks to a situation at St. Joseph Secondary School in Mississauga where students wanted a GSA club. But the Catholic school insisted it be called the Open Arms Club.

 

The Ontario Catholic Trustees Association still objects to the name. The group's president says he hopes the amendment won`t pass.

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What difference does it make if these clubs are called Gay Straight Alliances?

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Gardening: Hybrid Poplar

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Plus Ed Lawrence's advice on roses, oaks and tomatoes.

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Student loan paid off in cash

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Alex Kenjeev from Toronto walked into his bank carrying a grocery bag with $114,460 in cash and paid off his student debt, all in one go.

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Exultet cru X Pinot Noir 2010

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Konrad Ejbich features a pinot noir from Prince Edward County.

 

Ontario Price: $29.95 (includes bottle deposit)

Producer: Exultet Estates

Address: 1106-1112 Royal Road, Milford, ON, K0K 2P0

Telephone: 613-476-1052

Email: info@exultet.ca

Url: http://exultet.ca/

Availability: From the winery, by visit, by phone, or by online order; and at LCBO Vintages stores throughout the province.

 Email Konrad with your question

 

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EI history will affect your claim

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Human Resources Minister Diane Finley laid out changes to employment insurance.

 

The longer and more frequently someone claims employment insurance, the broader their job search will have to be and the lower the wages they must be willing to accept. The government will send out twice-daily job alerts to people on EI.

 

NDP MP Peggy Nash says the changes don't address the problem.

 

CLICK HERE for details on what will happen to employment insurance.

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Passing the cottage on to the kids

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Financial advice from Elaine Blades, Director for Estate Services at Scotia Private Client Group on how to navigate probate, trusts and capital gains tax.

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Talking to teens about sex

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The Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa is raising eyebrows.

 

It was designed for teens 12 and up. But complaints prompted the museum to raise the age of unaccompanied visitors from 12 to 16.

 

Is 12 too early to tell all?

 

 

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Industry calls on government to end CP strike

cp-strike.jpgFive-thousand CP Railway workers walked out at midnight.

There is already a call for back-to-work legislation.

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Toronto woman dies on Everest descent

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Shriya Shah-Klorfine put off having kids, took a second mortgage and paid $100,000 to experience a life-long dream.

 

Why take the risk when the stakes are so high?

 

Our guest is Kent Moore, a University of Toronto physics professor who studies high-altitute climbs.

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Southeby's Important Canadian Art opens at the ROM

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One-hundred-and-forty Canadians paintings, including this Mountain on Athabaska River by Lawren Harris are expected to fetch as much $6m at Southeby's auction on Thursday in Toronto.

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Gardening: Dry conditions

Ed Lawrence offers advice on how to help your trees and shrubs survive a dry summer.

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Hallie Cotnam hosts Ontario Today

On Tuesday, Hallie Cotnam will be in the host's chair for Ontario TodaHalliephoto-8520.jpgy.

She is filling in for Rita Celli for the next year while Rita is on maternity leave.

A lot of you already know Hallie.

She's worked at CBC in Ottawa for ten years and before that at CBC in Windsor and Quebec.

She's hosted both Ottawa Morning and Ontario Today, and been an enthusiastic fan of this show as a listener.

She is looking forward to her conversations with you.

Provincial PCs say somebody's lying

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Hearings into the scandal at Ornge ambulance are due to wrap up soon.

 

Progressive Conservative MPP Frank Klees says Liberal Party insiders gave contradictory testimony and more time is needed to get to the bottom of what really happened.

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When medical errors are made

New research shows that if a doctor is going to be wooly-headed it's in those graveyard shift hours when we'd normally be sleeping.

Our guest is Dr. Patrick Croskerry, a professor of emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

 

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Too uptight about time?

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Eleven-year-old Sam from Hamilton says kids have the right attitude toward time.

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Is no job a bad job?

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The Federal Government wants to make it harder for people to turn down work while they're on EI.

 

Is there no such thing as a bad job when you're on EI?

 

CFIB Chief Economist Ted Mallett supports the government's plan. The CAW's EI specialist Laurell Ritchie is concerned. Hear both perspectives, plus get the picture from callers who have first hand experience with EI.

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Ornge under fire after two deaths linked to delays

ornge.jpgJudy Dearman's husband got to a hospital in Ottawa faster in his own car than she could get there by air ambulance. It took 6 hours to get her there from Barry's Bay, a 2-and-a-half-hour drive away.

 

Toronto trauma surgeon Dr. Avery Nathens says Ontario is clearly far from where it needs to be in providing emergency access to care when patients need it most. The Chair of the Ontario Trauma Network researches how to improve trauma care and how efficently patients are moved within the system.

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Firefighters' fight for WSIB

firefighter.jpgA life time of breathing smoke and fumes can kill you. But only some cancers are recognized as a hazard of fighting fires.

 

Firefighters in Ontario are trying to change that. They want more support for families who lose their loved ones to cancer.

 

Did your family fall through the cracks?

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Plus, what's being done to prevent firefighters from getting sick.

 

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Police perspective on inadmissible evidence

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Investigators in the Michael Rafferty trial worked 36 hours straight on a warrant. It was 225 pages long.

 

But in the end, evidence from his laptop and cellphone was ruled inadmissable.

 

Hear how police work is changing in response to court decisions on the accused's right to privacy.

 

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Cross-cultural relationships

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Different cultures coming together in romance.

 

Is it multicultural bliss? Or not enough in common?

 

Our guest, Faizal Sahukhan, is a psychotherapist who specializes in cross-cultural relationships.

 

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Jeweller catches a thief

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When Liz Dick of Precision Jewellers in Windsor figured out the scam, she strung the man along just long enough for the police to arrive.

 

Hear how she thwarted the thief, plus callers stories too.

 

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10K Race Rescue

race toronto.jpgToronto nurse Jules McKernan was at the right place at the right time to save a woman's life.

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Gardening: Growing Horseradish

horseradish-thumb-496x252-84798.jpgIt may be ugly but it goes beautifully with barbecued steak. Learn how to grow horseradish and all kinds of other things with Ontario Today's expert gardener, Ed Lawrence.

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Bieber to help London pregnant teens' home

beiber 2.jpgThe Salvation Army says its Bethesda Centre in London will close in June if it doesn't raise $1m.

 

A group of alumni moms are trying to raise that money with some high profile help.

 

Sarah Brooks is with a group called Save Bethesda. She lived at the home for pregnant teens with Justin Beiber's mom, Patti Mallette, when the Bieb was born. 

 

On May 12, the Save Bethesda group announced that, Justin Bieber is donating some money from sales from a new song, Turn to You, It's not clear whether that will be enough to keep the place open. 

 

Hear her story, plus a conversation with Louise Moody of Humewood House in Toronto about whether there is still a stigma associated with teen pregnancy. 

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Another bail out for the auto sector?

li-chrysler620-cp01513895.jpgNow that demand for cars is picking up, the provincial government is considering more money for the auto industry.

 

Hear CAW president Ken Lewenza`s argument for more taxpayer dollars.

 

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New guidelines for school fundraising

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Bake sales, spaghetti dinners and magazines.

 

A lot of fundraising goes on at schools.

 

Education Minister Laurel Broten explains what is supposed to be paid for with your tax dollars.

 

CLICK HERE to read the new guidelines.

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Tricks your pets can do

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A cat that can turn off the TV; a crow that talks; a dog that collects newspapers.

 

How about a dog that doesn't jump up on visitors?

 

Stories of impressive pets and advice on how to train them.

 

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Sudbury to process Ring of Fire chromite

ring-of-fire-620.jpgNorthern Ontario`s mineral deposits of a key ingredient in stainless steel are promising to make a lot of people rich.

 

The question is who.

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Tim Hortons Baby

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Hear a mother`s account of delivering her newborn with help from the counter staff.

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The dumbest thing you've done when you lost it?

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When athletes lose it, the results can be spectacular.

 

Amare Stoudamire smashed the glass of a fire extinguisher with his fist after the Knicks' 104-94 loss in Miami.

 

But he's not alone. Sometimes the lizard brain takes over.

 

Hear callers' confessions about the times they lost their cool and psychologist Jordan Peterson's calm perspective on anger.

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Doctors' Pay

doctors fees.jpgThe Ontario Medical Association says imposed cuts in OHIP fees will mean a cut to services for patients.

Is the provincial government on the right track?

 

One in five of health care dollars in Ontario is spent paying doctors.

How they are paid affects the quality and the cost of the health care you receive.

 

In partnership with Healthy Debate, an on-line magazine about health policy produced by a team of physicians, policy advisors and researchers at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario Today asks what's the best way to pay doctors. 

 

CLICK HERE and HERE to read more from Healthy Debate.

 

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Ontario reduces doctor fees

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Ontario's Health Minister Deb Matthews is imposing a wage freeze on doctors who perform procedures like cataracts to say the system 340 million dollars.

 

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Gardening

Ed-Lawrence.jpgEd Lawrence is our horticultural expert and he is in to answer your questions.

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Rob Ford's tussle with The Toronto Star

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Toronto's Mayor confronts a reporter behind his house, taking pictures for a story about the Fords' application to buy public property.

 

What's fair game for people in public life?

 

Postmedia reporter Stephen Maher and callers debate whether Daniel Dale had any business being next to Rob Ford's home.

 

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Camping: What exactly is it you don't like?

ontario parks.jpg Ontario Parks is trying to convince more people to give it a try.

 

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Ontario gets tough with cellphone companies

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The Ontario government says its been

listening and it's introducting legislation to better protect consumers .

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Is Ontario tuition fair?

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Quebec students have been protesting tuition fee increases for more than 2 months. Meanwhile, Ontario students pay the highest tuition in the country.

 

Why aren't they in the streets?

 

Our guest is at the table when tuition increases get hammered out.

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Parents with disabilities fight to keep infant son

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Social workers threaten to take an away the son of a Mississauga couple who both have cerebral palsy unless the infant receives round-the-clock care from an "able-bodied attendant."
 
Are there limits to independence for parents with disabilities?
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How close is too close?

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Are the lights on that ribbon of highway urban chic or driving out of your mind?

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Rita's Goodbye

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Where is Rita going?

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Hydro Prices Rise

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Households and small business will pay more.

But a new report from the Ontario Energy Board shows big electricity users are getting a break.

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Brangelina: "I do" and "I don't"

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Seven years and six children later, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are getting married for the kids.

 

People get married for millions of reasons.

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