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Feb 7, 2025 • 25min

Why steroids might not give you that ‘superhero’ body you see online

Bodybuilder Greg Doucette says he regrets taking anabolic steroids for a decade, but at the time he felt his goals weren’t achievable without them. He talks to Matt Galloway about the growing pressure young men feel to use drugs to achieve the physiques they see on social media, and what habitual steroid abuse does to your body.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 20min

Windsor’s workers in the firing line of Trump’s tariffs

Thousands of Windsor’s autoworkers have been rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that America doesn't need Canadian cars. Matt Galloway spent a morning at the Backroad Cafe in Windsor — across the street from the Stellantis auto plant — to talk to workers worried about the threat that Trump’s tariffs pose to their livelihoods in the auto industry, as well as the region’s substantial agricultural sector.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 28min

Windsor and Detroit are old friends. Could tariffs change that?

Donald Trump’s threats have left many Canadians angry at the U.S., but things are more complicated in Windsor, a city full of people deeply connected to their neighbours across the river in Detroit. Matt Galloway went there to talk to folks on both sides of the border about their shared history and community — and the future of that friendship.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 23min

She found beautiful art in a bargain bin. How’d it get there?

When Sonja Krawesky found a pair of bright and beautiful sculptures in a bargain bin at a Hamilton, Ont. store, she knew there had to be a story behind them. Her quest to find out where they came from led to a new friend — and a lesson about the kindness of strangers.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 12min

An asteroid may hit in 2032. How can astronomers stop it?

An asteroid the size of a football field is hurtling towards our planet, with a roughly 1.6 per cent chance of impact in 2032. Those may seem like good odds, but it’s prompted astronomers to issue the first ever Potential Asteroid Impact Notification. We look at what’s being done to avert catastrophe — and what researchers are learning from a different asteroid, which might contain clues about how life developed here on Earth.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 20min

Trump’s threats are a big boost for patriotism in Canada

The threat of tariffs and Donald Trump’s jibes about Canada becoming "the 51st state” have sparked a surge of unity and patriotism in this country. Author Andrew Potter and entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson discuss what it means to be Canadian in this moment of uncertainty.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 16min

Liberals were out of touch after pandemic: Karina Gould

Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says her government was out of touch with Canadians who were struggling in the aftermath of the pandemic. She talks to Matt Galloway about what responsibility she bears as a cabinet minister at that time, and how she'd rebuild trust if she becomes party leader.
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Feb 5, 2025 • 25min

The hippie trail trip that changed Rick Steves’ life

Rick Steves had his first puff of a joint in Afghanistan while he was travelling the Hippie Trail in 1978, the overland route from Istanbul to Kathmandu. The travel writer and entrepreneur talks to Matt Galloway about how that trip made him think about the world differently — and why he says others should seek out mind-expanding travel, too.
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Feb 4, 2025 • 24min

Balancing cancer care with quality of life

Cancer treatments are designed to extend a person’s life, but can be so debilitating that some patients can’t truly enjoy the time they gain. A new study published in Lancet Oncology is calling for treatments that take quality of life into account, balancing living longer with feeling better.
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Feb 4, 2025 • 20min

Trying to ‘Buy Canadian’? Here’s what to check at the store

“Buy Canadian!” became a rallying cry under the threat of Trump’s punishing tariffs, but how easy is it to find Canadian products on supermarket shelves? And what’s the difference between something labelled “Made in Canada” versus “Product of Canada”? Matt Galloway takes a trip to the grocery store to see what people are putting in their baskets, even with the tariffs on hold. 

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