Civic Strike
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Video Stories

What's happening to the water run off at dump sites?
(runs 2:05) Watch

We test the air at temporary dump sites in Toronto
(runs 2:47) Watch

We test the quality of beach water during the strike (runs 2:46) Watch

Tips on how to reduce your garbage during the strike
(runs 1:48) Watch

Illegal dumping is providing a playground for rats
(runs 2:20) Watch

Are ambulance drivers in a work slowdown? (runs 2:55) Watch

The strike is already affecting Caribana (runs 2:16) Watch

Ambulance response time questioned in a fatal coronary (runs 2:20) Watch

The strike could mean swimmers are losing their edge (runs 1:53) Watch

Toronto's wildlife population could explode because of the strike (runs 2:32) Watch

Garbage bins are overflowing and Toronto is looking trashy (runs 2:13) Watch

How the strike is bringing out the best in some (runs 1:54) Watch

Michelle Cheung shows you what to do during the strike (runs 2:08) Watch

Many volunteer run programs are being affected by the strike (runs 1:51) Watch

Why the strike is affecting how people cool off (runs 1:50) Watch

Audio Stories

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Mark Ferguson. He's president of CUPE local 416, representing Toronto's outside workers. Listen (runs 8:15)

Guest host Jane Hawtin spoke with Toronto city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong. He plans to vote against the tentative agreements reached between the city and CUPE locals 79 and 416. Listen (runs 8:15)

Guest host Jane Hawtin spoke with Dianne Birch. She is one of the workers in CUPE 79 who will vote on the agreements reached between the union and the city. She's a registered dietitian with Toronto Public Health and works with pregnant women who live on the street. Listen (runs 8:18)

Guest host Jane Hawtin spoke with Toronto Mayor David Miller about the tentative agreements reached with CUPE locals 79 and 416. Listen (runs 8:20)

Guest host Jane Hawtin spoke with Stephen Dupuis about the backlog in building permits. He is the president and CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Association. Listen (runs 5:13)

The CBC's Mary Wiens spoke with two strikers who are part-time workers with CUPE 416. Listen (runs 7:43)

Guest host Jane Hawtin spoke with Alan Hall, about the Windsor and Toronto strikes. He is the director of Labour Studies at the University of Windsor. Listen (runs 7:36)

CBC's Colin Butler spoke with staff at the Sunnyside Pavilion Cafe about the effect the nearby temporary dump site is having on their business. Part 1 (runs 1:01) Part 2 (runs 1:13)

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Brian Patterson, president of the Ontario Safety League, about ambulance response times. He wants a coroner's inquest into the recent death of a local man. Listen (runs 5:46)

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Nicholas Longstaff and Suzanne Burkhardt about the ways some communities are coming together to make life better during the strike. Listen (runs 7:49)

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Jennifer Lewington, the Toronto City Hall bureau chief for The Globe and Mail, to find out more about rumours of progress in negotiations Listen (runs 7:07)

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Toronto Mayor David Miller after an offer was made to the unions and a counter offer was proposed Listen (runs 9:17)

Mary Wiens tells us about one worker who worries that every day she spends on the picket line, she is failing pregnant women on the street. Listen (runs 6:52)

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Toronto Mayor David Miller after an offer was made to the unions and a counter offer was proposed Listen (runs 9:17)

Andy Barrie spoke with Toronto Island entrepreneurs who have been hit hard by the strike Listen (runs 9:32)

Andy Barrie spoke with Toronto city councillors Case Ootes and Joe Mihevc about the pros and cons of reconvening city council Listen (runs 9:32)

Mary Wiens sat down on the front steps of Metro Hall with picketer Anissa Voisin, who is losing patience with the strike Listen (runs 6:12)
An extended version of the interview is also available. Listen (runs 20:26)

Andy Barrie spoke with Globe and Mail reporter Jennifer Lewington about the city workers' strike, and with the chair of the Crown Employees Grieveance Settlement Board, Susan Stewart, about the role a mediator might play in the dispute. Listen (runs 9:44)

Andy Barrie spoke with union leaders Ann Dembinksi and Mark Ferguson. (runs 8:58) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with Tom Nudds, a professor of wildlife biology at the University of Guelph, about the relationship between garbage and animals. (runs 6:32)Listen

Friday host Matt Galloway spoke with Gideon Forman, the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, about trash health concerns. (runs 6:30) Listen

Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Boris Steipe about the garbage protest in the Christie Pits neighbourhood. (runs 5:48) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with Carol Wilding, president of the Toronto Board of Trade about the effect of the strike on business. (runs 7:16) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with Toronto Mayor David Miller about the first week of the strike. (runs 7:22) Listen

Guest host Jane Hawtin spoke with CUPE Local 79 president, Ann Dembinski, and with Mark Ferguson, president of CUPE Local 416. (runs 8:42) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with Kevin Gaudet, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation, and also with longtime Toronto city councillor, Joe Mihevc about whether the strike should be resolved by legislation (runs 6:23) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with Richard Majkot, Executive Director of The City of Toronto Administrative, Professional, Supervisory Association Incorporated about non-union workers. (runs 3:08) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with some of our listeners about the strike (runs 11:18) Listen

Andy Barrie spoke with the Toronto Mayor David Miller at the beginning of the strike. (runs 7:37) Listen

Friday host Matt Galloway spoke with CBC Windsor reporter, Sean Henry about the garbage strike in Windsor. (runs 5:43) Listen

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