The Rundown

More than three million homes in Ontario use natural gas for home heating. And it accounts for about 10 per cent of the energy supply in the province's electrical grid. But municipalities across the province are saying ,no, to new natural-gas fired power plants citing climate change concerns. Does this signal the beginning of the end for natural gas in the province? Do we need to ditch natural gas? Or do we need it to ensure we have affordable and reliable power?

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Building on its research and recommendations in Opportunities for Rural Ontario in a Post-Covid World, the ROMA Board of Directors undertook extensive research into to the barriers to accessing health services. ROMA's Closer to Home brings insight into the issues, discusses innovations solutions, and provides recommendation for a healthier and sustainable rural Ontario. To discuss these issues, we welcome: Robin Jones, chair of ROMA; Michael Nolan, chief emergency services, Country of Renfrew; and Dr. David Savage, Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

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Half the human population menstruates, yet the biological process still seems like a mystery. Canadian author and obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Jen Gunter shares insights from her latest book, "Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation," and reveals some fascinating biological, social, and political details.

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Thirty-four years ago, Sault Ste. Marie's city council overwhelmingly passed a resolution to make it an officially unilingual English city. Results were mixed then. Now, the city has returned to the French-English controversy but with a very different outcome. To discuss how this issue has played out historically and is now being viewed, we welcome Mayor Matthew Shoemaker.

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Recently officials in Belleville declared a state of emergency, after paramedics responded to 23 drug overdoses in a span of just two days. It's another deadly chapter in the ongoing opioid crisis in the province, and country. For insight, we welcome Jennifer Cormier, executive director of the John Howard Society of Belleville, and Dr. Carolyn Snider, emergency physician at Unity Health Toronto.

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In the past few months, troubling news about the financial health of Ontario's post-secondary institutions has come to light. Many colleges and universities face serious deficits in the years to come. After the federal government announced a cap on international students, that made the situation worse. To discuss this troubling issue, we welcome Jeff Casello, associate vice president of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, and a professor at the University of Waterloo; Anne Sado, president emeritus of George Brown College; And Alex Usher, CEO of Higher Education Strategy Associates.

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How are food insecurity challenges affecting rural Ontario? From the ROMA conference, this panel looks at how rural municipalities, the agricultural sector, and community organizations can come together to support food security. Panelists: Carolyn Stewart, CEO, Feed Ontario;
Drew Spoelstra, president, Ontario Federation of Agriculture; Sara Epp, assistant professor, Rural Planning & Development, University of Guelph; and Christine MacDonald, chief administrative officer, Bruce County.

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In 1995, the Toronto Raptors became one of two Canadian teams to join the NBA. The chances of extinction were high. Jeyan Jeganathan talks to Alex Wong about his latest book, "Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors," and how a maverick entrepreneur and an unlikely cast of characters built the Toronto Raptors from the ground up.

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With the Ontario Legislature set to resume next week, we focus on issues that have bedevilled the current government: the Greenbelt and the dissolution of Peel Region, two issues that Premier Doug Ford has famously taken firm stands on, then thought better of it and retreated. Panelists: Columnist and former Stephen Harper speechwriter, Michael Taube; Kim Wright of Wright Strategies and a former NDP adviser; and Martin Regg Cohn, the Toronto Star's Queen's Park columnist.

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At the 2024 Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto, The Agenda talks to Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario about the state of food banks in the province, and the innovations in the sector.

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