A pair of new reports show how Ontario's opioid crisis disaproportionately affects First Nations. Chief Glen Hare told us about the causes, effects and impact.

Build it now, junk it later. Cheap furniture is a problem for the environment but one global company is starting a program to buy back old items in good condition. We talk to Candice Batista, an environmental journalist, and founder of Eco Hub.

We talk to Gaelle Fedida about a new program in Quebec aimed at keeping women safer from violence. The program was announced just days before the sombre anniversary of the murder of fourteen women at a Montreal University is marked across the country.

How can municipalities improve their relationship with Indigenous communities? Some are creating relationship agreements. We learn from from Mayor Wendy Landry.

Today we remember the Ecole Polytechnique massacre of 14 female engineering students in Montreal. In Kingston, they will be reinforcing the lessons learned from that tragic expression of gender violence by taking bedsheets to the streets. We learn more.

Gleaners Food Bank in Belleville is slammed for the holiday season with high demand and few volunteers. We talk to Susanne Quinlan who is the Director of Operations.