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Adrian Cheung

Adrian Cheung

Podcast Co-Host/Producer at Toronto Star Online

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Toronto’s encampments and homeless crisis: a view from the ground - Toronto Star

Hundreds of encampments have popped up in Toronto’s city parks since the start of the pandemic. On “This Matters” we hear first-hand stories from Dom, an encampment resident who lives in Alexandra Park, who shares his experience surviving on the street. Lorraine Lam, an outreach worker from Sanctuary Toronto, joins part two of the episode to talk about what the city needs to do to help the most vulnerable.
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Could the 2020s be the Roaring Twenties again? - Toronto Star

In the early 1920s, the world began to transform. The job market exploded. Culture, nightlife and the arts flourished. Long-held beliefs about gender, race, religion and politics were being challenged. It was the Roaring Twenties. A century later, as we begin to climb out of the COVID-19 pandemic, could we be headed for a Roaring Twenties in the 2020s?
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15 years worth of data shows most SIU charges against police get dr...

In Ontario, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigates cases of assault, serious injury and death, when a police officer is involved in the incident. A new research report looking into 15 years worth of SIU charges and their outcomes found a majority of cases ended in a withdrawal of charges or acquittal. We look deeper into the numbers to understand how cases play out in the courts and whether rules are different for police officers in the criminal justice system. Guest: Wendy Gillis, T…
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How the ‘model minority’ myth fuels anti-Asian racism and white sup...

A reckoning of anti-Asian racism and violence has been ongoing in the wake of the shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, along with the thousands of reports of anti-Asian incidents during the pandemic. While both Canada and the U.S. have torrid histories of racism, how have long-running stereotypes and the ‘model minority myth’ of Asian Canadians and Americans turned into violence? Three Asian-Canadian (Adrian Cheung, Evy Kwong and Angelyn Francis) journalists talk about the myth playi…
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Your one (or two?) dose summer guide to reopenings and travel

With 58 per cent of Canadians (and counting) having received a first dose of a COVID vaccine, many are eagerly diving into a “one-dose” summer. Now, with more vaccines on the way, the timeline for second doses will make it a “two-dose” summer for some. Today, we answer many questions for the months…
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Behind 6ixBuzz’s controversial rise

6ixBuzz began as a simple meme and joke Instagram account on all things Toronto, but in just a few short years, it has grown into a media empire. While some laud them for being a voice for Gen Z and racialized communities, others say they represent the worst of the internet: a toxic space fostering…
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How Alberta and Saskatchewan lost control of COVID’s fourth wave

We look at the political decisions in Alberta and Saskatchewan that brought them to this moment and whether they can control the fourth wave.

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New Zealand abandons COVID-Zero. Is hope of elimination over?

New Zealand has avoided mass outbreaks, large number of deaths and high case counts, and in doing so has been heralded by COVID-Zero supporters as the poster-child of the strategy to eliminate the virus.
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What you need to know about the Canada-U.S. land border reopening

As Canadians get ready to cross the land border once again, we sort through the many questions that still remain on how the reopening will work amidst the politics of the pandemic.
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The pandemic pet boom is driving a vet shortage emergency

More than 900,000 Canadians got a pet who didn’t have one before, an Abacus Data research poll shows.
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Long COVID in kids and the hope of a children’s vaccine

Little is known about long COVID in children, flipping the misconception that the worst of the illness only impacts adults and seniors.
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Is COP26 the turning point in fighting climate change?

COP26, the United Nations-led summit on climate change is underway in Glasgow, where world leaders and their delegates are meeting for a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change
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COVID outbreaks are surging in schools. What can we do about it? - ...

COVID outbreaks have surged in Ontario schools since November leaving the question about what we can do to slow the spread before the holidays.
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Vaccine Hunters are back for kids’ vaccines and third-dose boosters

For more than a million Canadians, volunteers for Vaccine Hunters Canada have been heroes and messengers of hope in the difficulties of the pandemic.
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The Omicron Variant: what we know and what we don’t

News and serious worry over the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spread almost as quickly as the virus itself.