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You’re the top! The CN Tower turns 50 this week

Season 2 · Episode 12

Thursday, June 25, 2026 • Duration 47:05

Longtime chief supervising engineer Jamil Mardukhi was there when the concrete was being poured and he kept a watchful eye on the CN Tower for the rest of his career. He tells Mary Wiens and Craig White of Urban Toronto about building something that the world had never seen.

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Why do municipalities keep taking natural gardeners to court?

Season 2 · Episode 11

Sunday, May 31, 2026 • Duration 43:59

In this episode, Mary Wiens asks landscape gardener Sean James whether the courts are the best place to settle complaints from neighbours about natural gardens. Or whether this question will really be settled in the court of public opinion.

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A running reading marathon

Season 2 · Episode 10

Friday, May 29, 2026 • Duration 32:40

In 1984, Silvia Ruegger became the first Canadian woman to run an Olympic marathon. Her Canadian record wouldn’t be beaten for an impressive 28 years. After a career-ending accident, Silvia would never try to break her own record again. But that wasn’t what she cared about anymore. For the rest of her life she brought running and reading to kids in some of Toronto’s most vulnerable communities.

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Gen Z goes back to church

Season 2 · Episode 9

Saturday, April 4, 2026 • Duration 53:24

A new generation’s search for spiritual meaning takes them in a very different direction than their parents. For Adam Adachi and Francis Lamonica, both in their early 20s, a low point in their lives led them to organized religion, via the Guardian Angels Parish in Brampton. What they’ve found is something more personal than the faith of their parents’ generation.

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After 27 years in prison, a chance at freedom

Season 2 · Episode 8

Friday, March 27, 2026 • Duration 59:32

Nathanael Williams killed a man when he was barely 16. He spent most of his life growing and maturing in Canada’s tough and sometimes unfair prison system, where he’s always been held accountable. At 43, he hopes he will soon be released. Mary Wiens joins former CBC colleague Kim Steffler as Nathanael tells his story. And they meet a Corrections officer who helps Black inmates like Nathanael prepare for parole hearings.

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A brother’s search for justice in Syria

Season 2 · Episode 7

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 • Duration 56:22

Bashir Harba is one of thousands of Syrians who came to Toronto to escape a brutal civil war. But one thing still haunts him: his brother’s death in a notorious Syrian prison. On the latest edition of The Torontonian, you’ll hear Bashir’s story. And we’ll tell you about another Canadian, Bill Wiley, whose efforts have already brought some Syrian war criminals to justice.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine – celebrating 30 years in Toronto

Season 2 · Episode 6

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 • Duration 36:50

Growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution, Mary Wu was trained to become a ‘barefoot doctor’. Here in Toronto, she led the campaign to have acupuncture regulated in Ontario. She also founded one of the most prestigious TCM schools in North America. Looking back over the past 30 years, Dr. Wu says she was made for this – bringing the ancient wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine to Canadians

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Meet the two Steves

Season 2 · Episode 5

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 • Duration 28:46

A lot of Torontonians love subway trains, streetcars and buses as kids. But not all of them grow up to be passionate advocates for moving Torontonians around. Mary Wiens and guest host Emmett Shane spoke to Steve Munro and Steve Wickens — two of Toronto’s toughest transit watchdogs.

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Turning offices into homes

Season 2 · Episode 4

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 • Duration 31:15

Lots of Toronto office buildings in the downtown core are sitting vacant. A Toronto entrepreneur wants to convert them into co-living units for young adults stuck at home with their parents. But are building owners ready to give up on the dream that office workers are coming back?

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Goodbye to the Imperial Pub’s cold beer, old couches, and warm vibes

Season 2 · Episode 3

Thursday, November 13, 2025 • Duration 30:21

The Imperial Pub – one of Toronto’s oldest pubs – closes this week. The pub opened in 1944 in the middle of WWII – but saying how old it is doesn’t capture why so many Torontonians feel that when this pub closes, it will take a bit of Toronto’s heart and soul with it. Mary Wiens asked owner Fred Newman what it means to him.

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