The Rundown

Get up close and personal with a truly staggering number of cows. Ben Loewith of Summit Station Dairy and Bill Van Nes of St. Brigids Dairy talk Holsteins, Jerseys, organic, conventional, grass fed and more. Jennifer Howe describes her customer-facing experiences at Summit Station and Stephen LeBlanc, Director of Dairy at Univeristy of Guelph clears up some common misconceptions about dairy quality and safety in Ontario.

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The Agenda's week in review features a look at the Robinson Huron Treaties settlement, the Rogers takeover of Toronto sports, a possible all-out war in the Middle East, and a rise in youth violence in Ontario.

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Statistics show youth violence is on the rise in Ontario. The Agenda looks at what's causing the spike in youth crime, the severity of the offenses, and what solutions could put young people on a brighter path.

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How should we remember Sir John A Macdonald? At the newly resdesigned Bellevue House in Kingston, visitors can see that Macdonald had many accomplishments as Canada's first prime minister, but he also left behind a complicated legacy.

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With many provincial youth detention centres being closed, what happens to the young offenders behind their walls? And where will the money saved from their closure go? Jessica Evans is an assistant professor of criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University, and she joins us to explain.

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Yale historian Timothy Snyder talks to Steve Paikin about his latest book "On Freedom" - what it is, how it's misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival.

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One year after Hamas's attack on Israel, the war in Gaza shows no signs of stopping. Now following Israel's incursion into Lebanon, and Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel, is the Middle East on the verge of a full-blown regional war?

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What do the following Toronto sports teams have in common: the hockey Leafs, the basketball Raptors, baseball's Blue Jays, soccer's Toronto FC, hockey's Marlies, and the football Argonauts? Answer: Rogers now owns them all. What does that mean for the communications juggernaut, and more importantly, for those of us who expend too much emotional energy cheering for those teams?

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Until Jackie Robinson's arrival in 1947, baseball banned players of colour. But something extraordinary happened this season: A new attempt to right the wrongs of history. Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, joins The Agenda to explain this forgotten history.

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that First Nations communities were owed billions of dollars from the Canadian and Ontario government as part of the Robinson Treaties settlement. Some nations say the settlement is an underpayment. The Agenda looks at why some of the settlement has not been paid, and what it might take to correct this historic wrong.

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