Ontario Morning Podcast - Wednesday August 26, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

Sometime last weekend, dozens of turtle nests at the Westbrook wetland were destroyed. Hundreds of eggs were illegally removed. Mabyn Armstrong of Turtles Kingston, a conservation group, is convinced it was a case egg poaching; Annie Kidder of People for Education, discusses the infusion of money from the federal government for schools and discusses if a move towards 'pod teaching' and private schools could undermine public schools; Kelly Zou is fourth-year commerce student at Queen's University. She explains why she created the Instagram post 'Stolen By Smith' where others students have recounted alleged incidents of racism and other inappropriate behaviour; Molson-Coors Canada is partnering with Hexo of Belleville to produce a number of cannabis drinks. We asked Jameson Berkow, a freelance cannabis journalist in Toronto, what reception he thinks they'll get from consumers; Kerry Clare, editor of the website 49th Shelf, recommends some reads for someone with a lot of time on their hands. Like someone going on sabbatical; Pedro Antunes,the chief economist with the Conference Board of Canada outlines their projections for Ontario's economy which they now recognize was hit harder than they had first estimated.

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