Why There Is No Episode This Canada Day
2021-07-01
Please see above for our reasons why we decided not to the post an episode this Canada Day. We inviteRead More …
Jay Kana of Modern Mississauga Shares His Take on the Flavour of the 905
2021-06-29
This week we’re turning our attention to Mississauga and asking whether Canada’s sixth largest city is maybe one of the most misunderstood and underestimated cities, not just in the 905, but across Canada. To discuss this with us, we invited on Jay Kana, the owner and editor in chief of modernmississauga.com. Read More …
Mariam Manaa Chosen as Burlington’s Ontario Liberal Candidate
2021-06-27
The members of Burlington’s Ontario Liberal riding association selected Mariam Manaa to be their candidate for the 2022 election last night.
The contest was between Manaa and Andrea Grebenc, Chair of the Halton District School Board, and the result may be considered an upset with the little-known Manaa emerging the winner against an opponent with an established local profile who had won two previous elections.Read More …
The 905 Round Up – What’s in a Name? Macdonald and Ryerson Renamings
2021-06-24
The debate over statues of John A. MacDonald and keeping the name of Egerton Ryerson on public schools has rekindled in the last month. The discovery of 215 children in unmarked graves in Kamloops and the continued discovery of more unmarked graves in various Residential Schools across the country have given cause to examine these men’s legacy. We talk about the true complicated legacy of these men and what a better way for Canadians to memorialize and learn about accomplishments in the past might be.Read More …
Mayor’s Spending, ‘Performative’ Actions Criticized by Kearns, Stolte, Sharman
2021-06-23
Three of Burlington’s seven member council have issued a strongly worded rebuttal that appears to be a response to a message sent at 6:40am this morning by Mayor Marianne Meed Ward via her Twitter account. The tweet tacitly stated that three unnamed councillors, who could be deduced to be Councillors Lisa Kearns (Ward 2), Shawn Stolte (Ward 4) and Paul Sharman (Ward 5), had voted against additional Rainbow Crosswalks in Burlington.Read More …
Lisa Kohler of Halton Environmental Network asks “How do we have a sustainable economy?”
2021-06-22
Lisa Kohler Executive Director of Halton Environmental Network and Halton Climate Collective joins us to speak about Milton’s Highway 413 about-face, the CN Rail Hub, the Regional Official Plan, and about a host of environmental initiatives happening right now.Read More …
We’re not Erasing History; We’re Learning It
2021-06-19
Statues are not history, and few things are more boring to historians than statutes of Victorian worthies … right until the moment they are pulled down.
Among the hysteria about “cancelling Canada’s history”, millions are learning important facts about Canada’s past. So is it history the statue-defenders want to protect? Or a mythological past that hides the brutal truths?Read More …
905 Round-up: Two steps forward, one step back?
2021-06-17
In our Thursday 905 Round-up this week we have three stories that have dominated new cycles in different parts of the 905, in some cases for almost a decade. Two will be viewed as positive steps, and one seems entirely negative. Judge for yourselves.Read More …
Sarbjit Kaur Joins The 905er to Explain How our Institutions Need to do Better on Racism
2021-06-16
The combined tragedies of the discovery of 215 unmarked children’s graves in Kamloops, followed by the horrific act of Islamophobia resulting in the murder of a family in London, has shaken this country.
We invited Sarbit Kaur on to discuss the need for our political leaders and the media to do better on this topic.Read More …
Graham Crawford and iElect Hamilton Part 2 – Positively Main Street (and King Street)
2021-06-10
In part two of our interview with Graham Crawford of iElectHamilton.ca we look at all Hamilton has to offer as one of the most naturally fortunate cities in Canada, and consider what a city might look like that escaped the rut of unambitious and parochial leadership.Read More …