Dan Karpenchuk
Canada correspondentWBFO’s comprehensive news coverage extends into Southern Ontario and Dan Karpenchuk is the station’s voice from the north. The award-winning reporter covers binational issues, including economic trends, the environment, tourism and transportation.
Karpenchuk’s long career in public broadcasting began in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He currently works in the Toronto region.
Dan's reports for WBFO have included stories about Toronto's hot housing market, the energy industry and the failure of retail giant Target's foray into the Canadian market. He provides listeners with insights on Great Lakes issues, the arts, health trends and other topics that are important to our audience. His reports help listeners to better understand how residents on both sides of the border are impacted by issues and events.
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Nearly six million Canadians are without a primary care physician, and wait times for specialists are months or even years long. Now, the Canadian government is targeting U.S.-based doctors and others to move to Canada in its latest immigration push. -
ICE as it's become known, placed a rush $10 million order with the Canadian company Roshel, late in November. The Brampton, Ontario, based defense manufacturer is to supply 20 armored vehicles before year's end. -
Most of the drugs were aimed at the Canadian market with less than 1% traveling south of the border, according to officials. -
The move is meant to help "Lost Canadians" who were born outside of Canada to Canadian parents or grandparents, but weren't granted citizenship due to a number of gaps. Parliament estimates this change will create around 115,000 new Canadian citizens, many of whom currently reside in the U.S. -
It’s about this time of year that thousands of Canadian pensioners, or ‘snowbirds,’ go south for the winter. A new survey suggests more are deciding to stay home or fly elsewhere, anywhere but the U.S. -
As children head back to school, Ontario has lifted the mandatory 5-day isolation rule for people with COVID-19. However, at least one infectious disease expert is predicting a massive eighth wave of the virus. -
The government of Ontario Premier Doug Ford has released a plan it says will stabilize the health care system after weeks of refusing to acknowledge the system was in crisis. -
The head of the Canadian Medical Association has warned that Canada’s health care system is collapsing, and many hospitals are facing what they call “crisis” staffing shortages. -
There are renewed calls to free the only surviving orca at Ontario’s Marineland. The calls come after a video showing Kiska in isolation and moving slowly near the surface of the water. -
Ontario is just a day away from Stage Three of its economic reopening and it’s fueling the debate over vaccine passports.
