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The federal government has pledged to end homelessness in the next decade, and is putting up billions to do it. But will it work? Hear from two people with first-hand experience making meaningful change.

Ontario's transit building agency is cutting its number of public meetings down to two per year. City Hall reporter Isaac Callan has been looking into concerns around Metrolinx's transparency.

Investigations about the people who get hurt when the systems meant to protect us fail, hard. Not by accident, not from poor planning, but because someone chose to do wrong — and others chose to do nothing. In When it All Went Wrong with chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault as your guide, CBC’s best journalists go deep over multiple episodes to reveal the fault lines in institutions we’ve come to trust and the fates of people caught in the middle. The latest investigation, The Missing Boys, follows two teens who disappear after being lured by gangs to traffic drugs far from home. Hosted by Mark Kelley, this four-episode story is a co-production with CBC’s the fifth estate. This is episode one of the investigation, episode two is available here: https://link.mgln.ai/WIAWWxTORxS1Ep2 More episodes of When it All Went Wrong are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/WIAWWxTOR

A government memo shows that wages will be frozen for early childhood educators across the province next year. With wages already struggling to keep up with the cost of living, is childcare a sustainable profession?

A Canadian-Danish bicycle infrastructure expert claims Toronto is out of step with every other global biking city, as the province removes bike lanes on Bloor and beyond. We take a trip to Copenhagen and hear why Toronto is such an outlier.

School board trustees in Toronto have been stripped of many of their duties, including communicating with students' parents and guardians. But one trustee plans to hold her own meetings anyway.

Waymo is starting to test its self-driving cabs on the streets of Toronto, with plans to launch the service in 2028. But critics worry about safety, regulation and what the move will do to the ride-hailing industry.

We've focused a lot on the mayoral battle between Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow. But the race for Toronto's mayor is much more crowded than that. Reporter Haydn Watters dives into the other 51 names you'll see on the ballot.

After winning the mayoralty in a byelection three years ago, Olivia Chow wants to be re-elected, with a pitch that includes affordability measures like a TTC fare freeze and a city-wide school lunch program. She joins Chris in-studio.

A massive security breach has put a pause to Toronto Crime Stoppers. Tech specialist Carmi Levy explains what this means for the program, and the thousands of people who have submitted tips over the past 25 years.

He's running on a platform that includes fewer taxes, more police officers and a different approach to municipal finance. Critics say his plans are unrealistic, and accuse him of flip-flopping on issues like bike lanes. Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford joins Chris in-studio.

As Oshawa residents prepare to elect a new mayor, one of the key issues facing the city is the drug and homelessness crisis. CBC's Chris Glover sat down with three people working hard on the front lines to talk about the reality they are seeing on the ground, and the change they'd like to see with this election.

On the day construction crews were supposed to start removing a bike lane in Etobicoke, protesters blocked the way. And a cycling advocacy group is trying to take Ontario's government all the way to the Supreme Court.

Scarborough has been front and centre in Toronto's current race for mayor. Reporter Haydn Watters breaks down why Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow are spending so much time talking Scarborough and how voters there could decide who wins.

After weeks of polling in third place, Chris Alexander has officially dropped out of the race to become Toronto's mayor. He came in to explain that decision, and where it leaves the election.