Episode 2 of The Dark Years 1929-1939 examines the years 1932-1935, a period when the Toronto Daily Star sees its subscriptions rise by following popular stories with wide appeal. Some of the stories featured in this episode include: the Ted and Rose Bates story and trial for the alleged murder of their son which highlights the difficult times in the West during the Depression, the birth of the Dionne Quintuplets, the conditions of the labour camps, the On-to-Ottawa Trek and the Regina riot, ...

Episode 1 of The Dark Years begins at the end of the Roaring '20s in the newsrooms of the Toronto Daily Star, a big city newspaper whose popularity comes from its appeal to "the little guy." Reporters at the newspaper shed light on "The Dark Years" by collecting stories and anecdotes from the ordinary people who lived through the daily hardships, humiliations and hungers that defined the Great Depression. Events commented on in this episode include: Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his frien...

In Episode 3 of The Dark Years 1929-1939, human interest stories in The Toronto Daily Star continue to focus on the Dionne Quintuplets and how they became big business. Other key stories covered in the final years of the decade include: the General Motors of Canada strike, the Civil War in Spain and the rise of fascism and the visit to Canada of King George VI in 1939 who brought with him fifty tons of gold to finance the inevitable war. The series ends with the Great Depression suddenly over...

Started in Europe, the Living Library is introduced in California. The project's main idea is to "check out" a person instead of a book. The process allows the borrower to face those individuals who make them uncomfortable or have never fully understood. The "lending time" promotes dialogue to get past one's own stereotypes. The Living Library has expanded to Canada.