
Closer Look - Insightful, credible, unfiltered conversations that matter
In cities and towns across Ontario — and at Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill — our journalists work for you. Their mission is to dig for answers and tell you what they find. This new podcast from Village Media — ‘Closer Look’ — is all about the stories we tell. Every weeknight, hosts Michael Friscolanti and Scott Sexsmith go beyond the headlines with insightful, in-depth conversations featuring our reporters and editors, leading experts, key stakeholders and big newsmakers.
Podcasting since 2022 • 144 episodes
Closer Look - Insightful, credible, unfiltered conversations that matter
Latest Episodes
Trump’s man in Canada stops by our podcast, insists we can still be friends
Pete Hoekstra is Donald Trump’s U.S. Ambassador to Canada, which means he spends a lot of time answering questions about the pressing issue of the day on this side of the border: tariffs.The President's musings about Canada be...
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Bonnie voyage? Liberals decide this weekend if Crombie stays or goes
Judgment day looms for Bonnie Crombie.The Ontario Liberal leader faces a mandatory leadership review at the party’s annual general meeting this weekend, and it’s
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Is it time to ban sports gambling commercials? This might convince you
Here’s a sure bet: If you watch a sporting event tonight, you’re going to see a gambling ad. They’ve become ubiquitous ever since the Ontario government legalized sports betting across the province in 2022.But doctors are
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When did Ontario schools become so violent?
By every measure, violence is skyrocketing inside Ontario schools.According to a survey released earli...
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Where is Nicole Morin? 40 years later, there’s still hope for an answer
Forty years later, it remains one of Canada’s most perplexing unsolved mysteries: What happened to Nicole Morin?On July 30, 1985, the eight-year-old girl left her penthouse apartment in west-end Toronto to meet a friend for a ...
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