Saloni Bhugra
About
An Indian born-Toronto based journalist, who is passionate about social-political news and enjoys creating multi-platform stories.
Bhugra is a 2022 CBC Joan Donaldson Scholar.
As a Donaldson, Bhugra worked with CBC's News Network, World Report, World This Hour, and Calgary.
Bhugra also established CBC's permanent bureau in Lethbridge, before returning to Toronto to work for Metro Morning and CBC Toronto.She is currently working as CBC's Brampton Bureau reporter.She is also a humanitarian aid worker for The Safe Space Project.
Reporting
- Race to log in first for Canada's permanent residency pilot 'like the hunger games'
- This company isn't licensed to build in Ontario. Why is it advertising home projects under construction?
- India detaining, ejecting Canadian man is the latest example of revived 'blacklist' for Sikhs: experts
- Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes
- Regulator seeks to revoke Ontario homebuilder's licence, alleging illegal building and selling
- As Brampton, Ont., aims to curb illegal rentals, records show local councillor co-owns non-compliant property
- 117 homebuyers out millions, as Ontario builder admits to selling homes without legal approvals
- Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa: '777 Allan Gardens Park is my home': a resident of a park encampment talks about getting through winter
- Rally in support of truck convoy organizers outside Lethbridge courthouse
- Women's health at risk as Lethbridge battles severe obstetrician shortage, doctors warn: WEB PIECE
- Women's health at risk as Lethbridge battles severe obstetrician shortage, doctors warn: VIDEO
- Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa: The homeless problem worsens: Why it's not just a public health concern, but a human rights crisis
- Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa: Want to turn your home into a net zero emissions house? Retrofit coach Paul Dowsett explains how
- 'I don't want drugs anymore,' says first Blackfoot graduate from drug treatment court
- First Nations youth in Lethbridge among groups most impacted by poverty, report says
- Lethbridge charity helps kids, young adults with special needs through horseback riding
- At 10, Ishaan couldn't speak or write. At 17, he's an award-winning poet
- Discovery of genetic root of son's autism gives Calgary family hope for a cure
- #BookTok: How TikTok trending books make it into young hands and our movie watchlists
- Racialized Canadians look to federal parties for leadership — and real change
- Child Sexual And Physical Abuse: "Safe People Aren't Always Safe"
- Why victims of assault can’t say no — and can’t speak up
- Retirement home residents complain about mistreatment and food quality
- Indian Domestic Helpers Considered “Dirty”: 70 years after untouchability was banned
- Mixed race “Blindian” couples speak on the struggle to unite and fit in
- Minimalism: "What You Own, Owns You"
- Federal Elections 2018 polls
- 2020 U.S. elections: Republicans cling to Senate majority in a tight race
- It might be time for a new party to vocalize BIPOC concerns, says poet George Elliott Clarke
- Advocates call for safer public spaces for gender minorities
- Unofficial ban on critiquing minority cultures allows dictators to flourish: Banoo Zan
- Service industry workers face harassment by anti-vax protestors
- Jeff Clarke Profile on interviewing technique
- Residents on Eglinton west construction
- Det. Constable Trevor Merza on Find Them Fridays
- Arts story: The ultimate wave of MeToo movement hits with a flood of books and movies
- Paper: Cloaked websites and social media
- Analysis- reporting on indegenous communities
- Toronto Fatal Collisions- Who, When and How: A Visual Analysis
- Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa: Ruckus Women want to make some noise
- Airbnb host says $40K lost after guest jailed on drug, gun charges
Metro Morning
- A plan to ensure safe shelter in extreme cold: Councillor Ausma Malik on why we need change now
- Want to turn your home into a net zero emissions house? Retrofit coach Paul Dowsett explains how
- These international students are trying to help new students settle in Canada
- Budget Chief Shelley Carroll weighs in on proposed new taxes to help overcome Toronto's fiscal pressures
- Architect Ken Greenberg still has design and environmental concerns about Ontario Place development.
- Spa architect says revised Ontario Place development has more public park space
- https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-39-metro-morning/clip/16004227-air-canada-captain-pilots-evacuation-flight-hometown-yellowknife
- How could public pressure impact Greenbelt decisions? Conservative strategist weighs in
- 76-years-old tennis fan has used every vacation for 25 years to volunteer at the National Bank Open
- Saloni Bhugra breaks down how Northern College stranded 500 International students by revoking their admissions
- Indigenous musician remembers the legacy of Robbie Roberston
- A busker on his journey from playing drums with his mother as a kid, to remembering her on the streets of Toronto
- Student is trying to make university courses more appealing with eye-catching posters
- Two international students, living in packed units with strangers, share their student housing sagas
- Second generation restaurant owner talks about the importance of the first Patty Fest in Eglinton West
- One week in, local producers and distributors are feeling the effects of the GTA Metro strike
- Research ethicist breaks down the case of Henrietta Lacks, the woman known for her immortal cells
- Indian rice export ban adds another layer of challenge to already stretched food banks
- 'King Gilgamesh' is a play based on an epic journey, by a refugee artist who's been on his own
- Grocer story owner urges customers to not hoard rice after India's export ban
- Strike by thousands of Metro workers continues
- A young cricketer from Scarborough talks about playing in his first-ever professional tournament -- the Global T20
- Toronto cricketer talks about overcoming hurdles to make his dream come ahead of the Global T20 tournament
- Advocates worry about loss of community and safety as Strathcona hotel shelter set to close
- This musician has been busking in Toronto for over a decade, and now his band is releasing its first record
- Chef Dev talks about being named 'Duck Mouth' by family for loving the famous Guyanese duck curry, and how to make it perfect
- This entertainer will get your toes tapping while you learn about a 250-million-year-old extinction event, and more
- Inspired by his brother, magician Keith Brown's journey has taken him around the world -- including a doctor's office, after he swallowed a needle
- This outreach worker is crowdfunding to feed, provide essentials for refugees on the street
- UNIFOR President and Ontario Economic Development Minister discuss the impact of the Stellantis deal
- Here are the best and worst GTA transit systems, according to The Toronto Region Board of Trade
- Struggling with her life path at 30, Flora Le got on a motorcycle and rode across Vietnam. She's sharing her story at the Toronto Fringe Festival
- The future of Toronto's Fringe Festival is in jeopardy, organizer says
- Residents of the Allan Gardens encampment say it's a 24/7 job to keep up with the unprecedented number of homeless people in tents
- After the winning the mayoralty, Olivia Chow discusses the election, priorities and how she'll lead Toronto
- Olivia Chow will be Toronto's mayor. How does she get housing built?
- Olivia Chow will be Toronto's mayor. How does she get housing built?
- 25 in 25: Voters in Willowdale explain why they still haven't made up their minds -- if they're voting at all
- They may not all be able to vote, but high school students have thoughts on what Toronto's next mayor needs to do
- Immigration lawyer says while international student deportation freeze is a breath of relief, the legal battle continues
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Photography
Video Reporting
Minimalism: "What We Own, Owns Us"
Sharing the Bounty
Nuit Blanche 2019
Wait times in Canada
THESIS
A Pew Research of 2014 shows the rising gap between the Republicans and the Democrats since the 1990s. The gap has doubled from 10 percent to 21 percent. Such increasing polarization can be seen around the world; giving rise to extrajudicial movements and right-wing extremism. This project takes the recent examples of such extremism in North America: the January 6, 2021 riots in the States and the Truck Convoy 2022 in Canada. Poet Laureate and professor at the University of Toronto George Elliott Clarke has written a poem about the convoy, comparing it to the Brink's Coup. He gives historical context tracing the issue as back as the Hayes Tilden Compromise, to Adrien Arcand, and now the Truck Convoy; all with an underlying issue of race. International affairs professor at Carleton University and extremism analyst Stephanie Carvin point out the several driving forces of such extremism and the potential danger our future might hold. NDP member of the House of Commons, Alistaire MacGregor, and international relations professor at the University of Toronto Arnd Jurgensen, point out the economic factors that pull people on both ends of the political spectrum, and why some political parties are playing a dangerous game of “riding a tiger.”
And some poetry for fun