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ANNOUNCER: For over 4,500 years, it has been a cradle of civilization. You get a grasp on the world, which is rapidly expanding. I can have my own view of the universe, and I can accommodate different views from different systems. The result, a dazzling collection of art and architecture. Journey through the ages with Dr. Sona Datta. MAN: For as long as the sun and the moon last, this gift must be protected. Continues tonight at 10. ANNOUNCER: Name That Town. Here's how Cobalt was named for a common metal that's now a hot commodity. This is Willet Green Miller, he became Ontario's first provincial geologist in 1902. The next year, massive mineral deposits were discovered in north/eastern Ontario, near the Timiskaming and North Ontario Railway. Miller decided to name the new mining camp, "Cobalt Station." Cobalt was one of the metals found in the ground there. Historically, cobalt was used to give a distinctive blue colour to glass and ceramics. But the prospectors who soon piled into the area, weren't there for the cobalt. They were after silver. The rush that followed was a milestone in northern Ontario's transformation into a major mining hub. By 1910, the town of Cobalt ranked 4th in the world for silver production. During this boom, the cobalt present in the rock was... Well, kind of a drag. It made smelting and refining the silver more difficult. Cobalt's silver production peaked in 1911, after that, the boom times became a distant memory. While silver stayed in the popular imagination as a precious metal, cobalt was... Let's face it, mostly forgotten. Sure it was an ingredient in some batteries and used in some industrial equipment, but it would be a stretch to say cobalt captured anyone's imagination. Until today. Between 2016 and early 2018, the price of cobalt rose nearly 300 percent. That's a lot of green, no matter where you're from. Why the surge in price? Elon Musk. Well, more to the point. The high-performance batteries in electric cars made by Musk and other automakers. Those batteries need cobalt. Lots of it. Mining companies are suddenly turning their attention back to those old, abandoned mines near the town of Cobalt. It's believed that large deposits of the once unwanted metal are still in the ground there. Time for a new mining boom, anyone? May is Leave A Legacy month. During this month we're asking you to consider the impact that you can make by leaving a gift in your will to TVO. By doing so you support TVO's commitment to fostering lifelong learning and providing equitable access to educational resources for all Ontarians. Your gift ensures that TVO can continue to innovate and create programming that reflects diverse perspectives enriching the lives of people and strengthening communities across the province. Your legacy could help shape the future. So thanks for considering this. (Serene music) You want me to what? You want me to go around the world... 80 days? It was game changing. It's changed travel programs forever. That was where the fun began. I'm standing on the top of the world! Britain was to send an ambassador abroad. I mean, we could do a lot worse than send Michael Palin. ANNOUNCER:But this time, Michael Palin is travelling back to revisit some of his most memorable adventures. It's better than first class. Anything could happen, and you have to be able to deal with it. It was actually unrehearsed. This was a whole new fresh way of looking at the world. But he was in there with the people! Whether around the world, from pool to pool, the pacific rim, the Sahara, and the Himalayas. That kind of travelling, you are learning things all the time. Michael Palin: Travels of aLifetime. Begins Friday at 10pm. MAN: We're asking today why Chinatown matters. MAN 2: It's a gateway to millions of immigrants who continue to come here. ANNOUNCER:Chinatowns throughout North America are under threat. Because of COVID, we lost a lot of business. We're basically neighbours to a lot of very wealthy and affluent neighbourhoods. MAN 3: Construction of a new City Hall destroyed half of Chinatown and now big developers are moving in. If governments don't support these kind of small neighbourhoods it's a disaster long-term. MAN 4: The city wants to build one of the largest vertical jails in all of the world. They want to demolish this entire enormous building. But they won't disappear without a fight. WOMAN: This is a really a battle

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(Serene music) >> Narrator: "the agenda" with steve paikin is made possible through generous philanthropic contributions from viewers like you. Thank you for supporting tvo's journalism. >> Steve: tonight on "the agenda"... >> Speaker: I think this election is really a referendum on where mississauga was to go on the next 50 years. Does it want to continue to sever their commuters of toronto to come to work or is it really see itself in a vision as a city? >> Steve: for much of the last half century or so, many people have regarded mississauga as that bedroom community next to toronto. But, of course, it is much more than that. Over the years, mississauga has grown to be ontario's second largest economy and third largest city by population. Now, for the first time in more than four decades, there's a real mayor's race where the outcome is anything but assured. The next mayor will continue mississauga's transformation from suburb to city, and has the potential to become a significant player in a vote-rich area that will undoubtedly be a factor in future federal and provincial elections. And with that, let's welcome, in hamilton, ontario, zachary spicer, associate professor at york university's school of public policy and administration. And with us here in studio, sue shanly, chair of the mississauga residents' association network, rahul mehta, policy director at more homes mississauga, and noor javed, who covers the 905 for the toronto star. It's great to have e3 here here in our studio and zachary nice to have you on the line as well. 45 years and only two mayors. Hazel mccalla and anne bonnie crombie who of course has left to become the --there's been a election, voting is june the tenth and if you haven't followed the campaign so far, noor will get us up-to-date here on the food the candidates are. >> Noor: sure there is 20 people running for mayor. There are clear front wonders, and it's only been a few polls that have come out on the last month or two and think it's interesting that 4 members of council are running and they have kind of become the front runners. Out of those and based on polling, carolyn parrish who is a household name for many in canada has had a clear lead in the polls. And a bit behind her is the liberal mpp and alvin ted joe who is on counsel who has been quite vocal on a lot of the progressive things policies and third and hued asko the counsellor has a close forth I guess you could say, it's close party much at this point. So those are the 4 main front runners but there is 20 or 16 other candidates people are looking for a different voice. >> Steve: to follow up, carolyn parrish might know because she was a long time member, alvin ted ran for the leadership against steve del duca, that was a contest ago, those names maybe familiar for that reason. Zachary, to you next. What do you think people are looking for in a mayor right now? >> Zachary: they are looking for policy positions for sure, housing is top of mind, absolutely. So is affordability. But looking back at mississauga's recent history I think what they are really looking for is a champion for the city. The last two previous mayors have been very very vocal champions, very prominent provincial actors as well and I think that voters are also kind of looking for someone who will shift that image to a certain degree along with an issue alignment, that is protecting the city right now. >> Steve: let me get you on that soup. What are people looking? For in mayor. >> Sue: they are looking for someone who is a leader for the city and a voice for the residents I think that's kind of been lacking. And we need to have somebody that can keep strong, we have a lot of challenges facing us. Got the province that we are dealing with, bill 23, bill 112, we've got a lot. >> Steve: what do these numbers mean? >> Sue: bill 23 is the more homes built faster, which means that the ford government is mandating intensification in mississauga. >> Steve: some people like that

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