The 905 Round-Up: Stag and Doughs and Resignations
2023-02-14
The Premier hosted a Stag and Doe for his daughter’s wedding last year and surprisingly all of his closest developerRead More …
The 905 Round-Up: The Nuclear Option
2023-02-09
Another weekly brace of stories affecting the 905. When is disrupting a democratic meeting appropriate? Uncle Doug is building nuclear power plants. Uncle Justin is thowing money at the provinces to spend on healthcare to make up for the fact the premiers won’t throw enough money at it themselves.Read More …
Postcards from the Tram – What Edinburgh Can Teach the 905 About LRT
2023-02-07
Roland spent most of January in Scotland, and took the time to record his impressions of Edinburgh’s Tram network, which opened it’s first phase in 2014. The tram’s construction was anything but smooth (sound familiar?), but now it’s here, what’s it like?Read More …
905 Round-Up – Hurricane Hazel Departs
2023-02-02
Laura Steiner sits in for Joel as we discuss the late Hazel McCallion’s legacy for Mississauga and the 905 region. And we share some first impressions (recorded before Tuesday’s interview with Kate Graham – go and listen to it if you haven’t heard it yet) on the 40 Liberal insiders who have put their names to an attempt to co-opt Mike Schreiner from the Ontario Greens.Read More …
Kate Graham Talks About That Liberal Letter
2023-01-31
At 10am on Sunday former Ontario Liberal leadership hopeful Kate Graham posted an open letter on her Twitter account which certainly achieved something Ontario’s Liberals have not done too often lately–it got people talking about the Ontario Liberals.
The letter was a public invitation, signed by forty prominent Liberals, including such noteable party grandees as Greg Sorbara, Deb Matthews and Lyn McLeod, for Mike Schreiner, leader of the Ontario Green Party, to throw his hat into the ring to run for the Ontario Liberal leadership.
Kate Graham joins us today to answer these questions and more in a fascinating exclusive interview.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Roland Returns to the Show!
2023-01-30
Roland returns to the show, and Joel has the privilege of bringing him up to speed on all he’s missedRead More …
Michael Twigg Shares with The 905er a New Vision for The Greenbelt
2023-01-24
The Greenbelt continues to be front stage in Ontario politics. Doug Ford’s reversal on his stance to allow developers toRead More …
The 905 Round-Up: Laura Babcock Guest Hosts
2023-01-19
Joel is joined by guest host Laura Babcock for this episode. The last municipal election saw Hamilton being the onlyRead More …
Frank Domenic Chats with The 905er
2023-01-17
While searching for stories to cover on this podcast, we often look through social media to keep an eye onRead More …
905 Round-Up: Laura Steiner Guest Hosts
2023-01-12
With Roland on a break for a bit, we reached out to a former guest of the podcast, Laura SteinerRead More …