Reporter's Notebook:
Stories by Mary Wiens

Mary Wiens is a producer for CBC Radio One in Toronto.
Her work can be heard on Metro Morning.

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2009

David Pecaut | Dec. 11

David Pecaut shared his thoughts on Toronto's future in this remarkable letter.

Deepak Chopra | Aug. 9

Mary Wiens talks to Deepak Chopra about collective consciousness.

Padre Pio | Aug. 7

Mary Wiens visits the neighbourhood near the Sunrise Propane explosion and hears the story of Padre Pio.

Stolen Children | Jul. 24

Mary Wiens' series on First Nations' men and women who survived the Residential School system wins a Gabriel Award.

Picket Line Pressure | Jul. 10

Mary Wiens spoke to two women on the picket line about their frustration with the city workers' strike.

Empress Michiko and the World Above the Clouds | Jul. 08

Mary Wiens tells how The Empress of Japan began a correspondence with an English teacher in Toronto.

A Good Servant - e-Health in Ontario | Jun. 24

Despite the scandals, online health management is an idea whose time has come.

Laid-off Workers | Mar. 23

Meet the people behind the statistics of Canada's recent downturn in employment.

Banktown | Mar. 9

The history behind Canadian banks' stellar reputation and the implications for us as the residents of a bank town.

2008

Reality Check | Sept. 2

Meet four Torontonians on the front lines of economic change.

Inheriting the Credit Crunch | Jan. 21

Meet four Torontonians on the front lines of economic change. Are electronic transactions and easy credit making it harder to manage our money?

2007

A Preventable Tragedy? | July 20

Retired window repairman George Christopoulos wants to solve the problem of infant deaths from highrise falls.

A Time for Change? | Jul. 20

Deputy Chief Coroner Jim Cairns thinks the time is right for a systematic way to avoid the highrise falls that are killing toddlers.

It takes a Value Village | Jul. 1

Photogallery: A group of newcomers to Canada pick up some new life skills shopping at Value Village.

A Man for All Seasons | Jul. 1

Photogallery: Rex Harrington passes on his most famous role as a dancer.

2006

Corporal Christopher Klodt | Sept. 19

Chris' injuries in Afghanistan left him paralysed, but he still supports the mission.

Five things about Omar | Jul. 21

Joy Wellington remembers five things about her son Omar, who was killed on July 14, 2006.

To help or not to help? | Jul. 20

Should you risk interfering with a fight? In Flemingdon Park, 17-year old Omar Wellington was murdered after a beating in plain sight of his neighbours. Mary spoke with two generations of women with different opinions.
This story is the winner of the 2006 RTNDA award.

A special responsibility? | Jan. 9

The Reverend Eugene Rivers is credited with helping to dramatically reduce Boston's gun crime in the 1990s. He called on black leaders in Toronto to take ownership of the gun violence carried out by young black men on other black men.