Ontario Today Phone-Ins from CBC Radio

Our regular gardening expert Paul Zammit has some tips on spring pruning and takes your gardening questions. Paul is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College.

As Ontario looks to prevent tickets from being resold for higher prices than their original value, we hear about your experiences in the ticket resale market. Our guest is Vass Bednar, managing director of the policy think tank the Canadian SHIELD Institute.

Your stories with our guests: 17-year-old youth rights advocate, Jaden Braves, and Christopher Dietzel, Co-investigator at DIY (Digitally Informed Youth), at Western University.

Your calls and Sara Grimes, professor in communication studies and Wolfe chair in scientific and technological literacy at McGill University. We also speak with Roblox's senior director of product policy, Eliza Jacobs.

In the wake of the bombshell Project South investigation and arrest of several Toronto officers, we hear from listeners about what it takes to rebuild trust in police and we hear from the former director of the Special Investigations Unit, Ian Scott for his thoughts. We also speak with Shamso Elmi, co-founder of Mending a Crack in the Sky, about the impact of the arrests on police trust in the community she advocates for.

Your stories with professor Sue Winton, York University Chair in Policy Analysis for Democracy and director of the Public Education Exchange. We also hear from Lea Ann Mallett, executive director with the Learning Disabilities Association of Peel Region and chair of the Special Education Advisory Committee at Peel.

We hear your thoughts on expanding the Island Airport so that it could accommodate jet planes. Our guest for the first half hour is aviation management expert John Gradek, a faculty lecturer at McGill University.

Ahead of St. Patrick's Day, our regular gardening expert Paul Zammit has some thoughts on using clover in your yard and garden. He also takes your gardening questions.

Your stories with Cory Doctorow, author of the book "Enshitification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It."

We hear how higher fuel prices are affecting you -- whether it's heating your home or running your business. With us for the hour is freelance writer Shawn McCarthy. He covered the global energy beat for the Globe and Mail newspaper for many years. Also joining us is energy analyst Bob McNally, he is author of the book Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices.

We hear your stories with Dr. Claudio Soares, principal investigator of Canada's first study into the effects of microdosing non-hallucinogenic psilocybin in the treatment of anxiety. Dr. Soares is a physician at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre's Mental Health and Addiction program.

As the scope of the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens, you tell us what you're hearing from loved ones in the region. Our guests are a former Canadian ambassador to Israel Jon Allen and executive director of the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, Younes Zangiabadi.

Our regular gardening expert Paul Zammit starts the show with some shopping and planting tips for summer blubs and takes listener questions.

We hear from drivers in northern Ontario about the close calls they've experienced driving on Highways 11 and 17. We also hear from Kapuskasing Mayor Dave Plourde.

Your stories with Renée Sylvestre-Williams, author of a new book called: The Singles Tax: No-Nonsense Financial Advice for Solo Earners. She writes The Budgette, a newsletter about money for single people.

Your stories trying to navigate the online space as images and video generated by artificial intelligence multiply exponentially. Our guest for the hour is Philip Mai, executive director and senior researcher at the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. We also hear from CBC's Christian Paas-Lang who works at CBC's Visual Investigations Unit.

Callers share their stories about gender bias getting in the way of pain management. Our guest is Dr. Tania Di Renna, a pain doctor and anesthesiologist. She is also medical director of the Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute.

We talk about recent changes to Canada's immigration system and the leadership of Minister Lena Metlege Diab. Our guests are University of Ottawa immigration and refugee law professor Jamie Liew and Ihor Michalchyshyn, executive director of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress.

We hear from various voices from across Ontario's Iranian community and we hear from veteran Canadian diplomat Dennis Horak who was Canada's Head of Mission to Iran from 2009 to 2012 and we hear from CBC senior business reporter and Iranian Canadian Anis Heydari.

This year Canada celebrates 30 years of Black History Month -- a tradition that started in Ontario. We speak with the interim president of Ontario's Black History Society, Cali Braithwaite-Walton and long-time member and interim board director Linda Carter, about this year's theme "History Starts at Home." We hear from callers about what they learned about Black history at home and we jump into Orillia, Ont. to hear about events run by Alasoba Kelsy-Braide, founder of Orillia and Area Black Community Association.

Hockey equipment, musical instruments, boxes of childhood art and trophies pile up in the basement. Adult kids and their parents confess the push and pull of their relationship to all that stuff. Our guest is The Globe and Mail's retirement reporter Meera Raman.

The premier thinks students should consider the job market before they decide what to study after high school. We hear your reaction and hear from someone who spent a career researching higher education including student outcomes, Ross Finnie. He is now professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa. We also hear from Paul Clipsham with Skills Ontario.

We hear how recent violence in Mexico is affecting you, your family and potentially travel plans. Our guests are: Solange Marquez Espinoza an international affairs analyst at the University of Toronto and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and we hear from travel expert Amra Durakovic, spokesperson with Flight Centre Travel Group Canada.

Your thoughts on whether it's time for Canada to go to the polls and we hear from Aaron Wherry, a senior writer with the CBC's Parliament Hill bureau.

Paul Zammit shares some easy ways to get children interested in growing plants from seeds and takes your gardening questions. He's Ontario Today's regular gardening expert, with us every Monday.

Your stories with Josipa Petrunić, the president and CEO of Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium.

Your calls about the ongoing fuel shortage crisis in Cuba and we hear from Mark Entwistle, a former Canadian ambassador to Cuba and we hear from Cuban economist Ricardo Torres at American University in Washington, D.C.

We hear your thoughts on changes to the province's Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and hikes to tuition. Our guest is higher education policy researcher Elizabeth Buckner. She's an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Our regular gardening expert Paul Zammit is in to talk about growing fresh greens inside -- things like sprouts and leafy greens-- so you can enjoy fresh produce all winter. He also takes your gardening questions.

We hear what it was like for you to fall head over heals in love with someone and we speak with a researcher who looks at what happens when we develop a romantic interest in someone, especially in early adulthood. Diana Peragine is an instructor and postdoctoral research fellow at the Biopsycho​social Investigations of Gender Lab at the University of Toronto.

Your stories with guests who represent some of the people working at Ontario hospitals, the folks who run them, and the number crunchers. Guests include Michael Hurley, president of CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, as well as Jeffrey Novak, Ontario's Financial Accountability Officer, and the CEO of the North Shore Health Network, Tim Vine.

Nine people were killed and at least 25 more were injured after a mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday. We hear how the news affects you and we hear from Dr. Gail Beck, a child and youth psychiatrist at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.

A focus on the fifth estate documentary: Missing Black Boys, which charts the journey of boys as young as 14 and 15 from the GTA lured into gangs and shipped away to rural and northern Ontario to sell drugs. Featured in the documentary are our guests O'Shea Stewart, a Toronto-area school counselor and community advocate Shana McCalla, who founded Find Ontario Missing Boys.

As Canada sets up a permanent consulate in Greenland, we hear your thoughts on Canada's interest in the semi-autonomous territory and we hear from Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail's Europe correspondent.

Ontario Today's regular gardening expert Paul Zammit talks about the benefits of indoor gardening and he takes your gardening questions.

We hear why you'll be watching the games this winter and speak with long-time CBC Olympics correspondent Scott Russell. We'll also hear from CBC host and reporter Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco who will be covering the games from Italy.

Your thoughts on how hard it can be to get into certain university programs in Ontario and we hear from education expert Sachin Maharaj at the University of Ottawa as well as CBC Toronto reporter Alina Snisarenko.

Your insights on the barriers still in the way of the promised military and reserve expansion with CBC Defence reporter, Murray Brewster on the government's plan. Also with us: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen's University, senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute.

Your observations about the rising unrest and tension between citizens in Minneapolis and the federal government with Lucan Way, distinguished professor of Democracy at the University of Toronto. We also hear from Minneapolis-based radio host Jason DeRusha.

Our regular gardening columnist Paul Zammit takes your questions and offers some tips on finding the right seeds to start this winter and spring.

The federal government says its topping up the GST tax credit by 50% this year, and will raise it by 25% over the following four years -- to make living expenses more affordable for low and modest income families. It'll now be called the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit. So what do Ontarians think of the idea? We hear from listeners as well as someone who advocated for the change -- Rachel Samson, with the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

Your stories with Jay Ingram, veteran science writer, journalist and broadcaster. His new book is called:“The Science of Pets.” which looks at the evidence to date and the questions on the minds of the 30 million Canadians who own a pet.