November 25, 2018

Hazing is alive and well in Canada, it seems, despite so many efforts to root it out.

*Contributed as a call screener for the episode. 

November 18, 2018

It used to be known as "getting your bell rung."
 

After a violent whack to the head a player got a whiff of smelling salts and got back on the ice or playing field.

*Contributed as a call screener for the episode. 

October 28, 2018

It's the kind of news that can keep you lying awake at night.

This week, the Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate again. It's now 1.75 per cent, the highest it's been in nearly a decade.

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*Contributed as a digital program assistant for the episode. 

October 14, 2018

For the past 95 years in Canada marijuana was a controlled drug and if you got caught smoking a joint or possessing weed, there was a distinct possibility you'd wind up in the slammer. But, times have changed. In just three days, anyone of age in this country can get legally stoned.

*Contributed as a call screener for the episode. 

October 07, 2018

I was in the middle of a quarrel with my teenage son over reducing his screen time when it dawned on me: the pot was calling the kettle black.
 

From the moment I got my smartphone, it became an extension of my body.

*Contributed as a call screener for the episode.

September 23, 2018

It was anything but calm when a tornado ripped through Ottawa-Gatineau Friday evening. 

*Co-produced episode. 

September 02, 2018

What a week it's been on free trade. On Monday, U.S. Donald Trump announced a deal between Mexico and the U.S. He said if Canada wanted in, we had to agree by Friday. Though we now know, that deadline was flexible.

*Co-produced episode. 

August 30, 2018

The U.S.-Mexico trade deal has left Canada on the defensive, and made success in the NAFTA negotiations more difficult, according to a Conservative MP.

*Co-produced segment.

August 27, 2018

A prison strike in the U.S. is spreading across the border, as inmates in Nova Scotia join advocates in calling for an end to conditions advocates are likening to slavery.

*Co-produced segment. 

August 23, 2018

If Democrats move too quickly to try to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump, they risk failing and effectively vindicating him, said an expert on constitutional law.

*Co-produced segment.

August 21, 2018

When wildfires get as ferocious as the ones ravaging Western Canada right now, firefighters can't do much more than let them run their course, according to an expert in risk management.

*Co-produced segment. 

August 20, 2018

The West must work with Saudi Arabia to resolve the conflict in Yemen because the violence could get worse if the Kingdom pulls out, according to an expert in international relations.

*Co-produced segment. 

August 16, 2018

A co-ordinated newspaper rebuttal to U.S. President Donald Trump's attacks on the media is unlikely to change people's minds, according to a veteran journalist.

*Co-produced segment. 

August 14, 2018

As the Turkish lira tumbles, one expert warns the county's currency crisis could spread beyond its borders, particularly other European economies.

*Co-produced segment. 

August 05, 2018

We want to talk about those dreams — the ones we've pursued and the ones we want to.  Have you ever wished you could leave your day job and do something completely different. 

*Contributed as a call screener for the episode.

July 01, 2018

​School is over, summer is on... cue the Canadian wilderness! Camping, cottages, long hikes - and possibly, a life-changing encounter with a wild beast. What was your unexpected encounter with a wild animal?

*Co-produced episode. 

June 25, 2018

Longtime AIDS advocate Ron Rosenes was among 250 gay men arrested in the 1981 bathhouse raids in Toronto.

*Co-produced segment.

June 20, 2018

​Ontario's carbon tax days are numbered, according to Ontario premier-designate Doug Ford who announced last week he intends to live up to his election promise and end the cap-and-trade program.

*Co-produced segment.

June 19, 2018

​A recent spate of shootings in Toronto illustrate policing and prevention strategies aren't working, argue anti-gun advocates who are urging the city to focus on a new solution.

*Co-produced segment. 

June 24, 2018

​For anyone entering their golden years — or anyone who cares for an aging or ailing loved one — the evidence coming out of the Elizabeth Wettlaufer inquiry this week has been haunting.

*Contributed as a call screener for the episode.

June 08, 2018

Doug Ford's election in Ontario means we are "condemned to live in interesting times," according to former Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton.

*Co-produced segment. 

May 30, 2018

A New York Times report based on 16,000 pages of ISIS documents is facing backlash over the decision to remove the files from Iraq.

*Co-produced segment. 

May 27, 2018

​In the history of relations between Indigenous peoples and settlers in this country, one issue has been a constant from coast to coast to coast. That issue is land — and land dispossession.

*Contributed to as a call screener for the episode. 

April 30, 2018

It's been a difficult, shocking week for residents of Toronto. Later this evening thousands will gather to honour and remember the victims of Monday's van attack. 10 people were killed and 14 injured after a rental van barrelled along a sidewalk plowing into pedestrians.

*Contributed to as a call screener for the episode. 

April 22, 2018

​It's been just over a year since Stuart McLean died. Like so many of you, we here at Cross Country Checkup miss turning on the radio to hear his stories about "the world's smallest" record store, The Vinyl Cafe, and the lives of Dave, Morley and their family.

*Contributed to as a call screener for the episode. 

February 21, 2018

​The Retreat & Links at Silvies Valley Ranch is revolutionising golf — with the help of goats.

*Produced radio interview and web story. 

February 01, 2018

​Elon Musk is notorious for his eccentric ideas. But the billionaire entrepreneur has come up with a new invention that isn't sitting right with everyone — recreational flame-throwers.

*Produced radio interview and web story. 

January 26, 2018

They held on to it as long as they could. But now, they've cut the cheese.  

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For over 50 years, the village of Stilton, England, has hosted a huge annual cheese rolling event. But this year, the event won't be rolling out.

*Produced radio interview and web story. 

February 08, 2018

Nigel the gannet died as he lived — alone and surrounded by phonies.

*Produced radio interview. 

January 31, 2018

At least two Iranian women have been arrested in Tehran in recent weeks for taking off their headscarves in protest — and activist Masih Alinejad says the phenomenon is spreading across the country.

*Produced radio interview. 

January 26, 2018

James Bouhuys knew he had a problem — he was spending far too much on Funko Pops, the cutesy, bobble-headed collectable toys. His home was crammed with more than 1,000 of them at that point.

*Produced radio interview. 

January 24, 2018

Jonathan Ben-Dov says deciphering one of the last obscured parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle with “about half the pieces thrown away.”

*Produced radio interview. 

January 11, 2018

Jada Yuan beat out thousands of applicants to land a coveted New York Times gig that will see her travel all over the world within the span of a year.

*Produced radio interview.