27. Let’s start the holidays on a good note this year
2020-12-03
As we wind down each year, we tend to reflect on what has passed. Let’s face it though, 2020 hasRead More …
26: Dylan Buskermolen Shows Us The Kids Are Alright
2020-12-01
Dylan Buskermolen is originally from Burlington and was studying at Queen’s University with plans to pursue a law degree when he was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. The diagnosis changed this life, and while it has brought enormous challenges that he is still having to confront, it has also led Dylan in positive directions in his life and career that he never considered before.Read More …
25: All the Premier’s Men – Developers, Donations and the Destruction of Environmental Protections
2020-11-26
Joel and Roland discuss the connection between political donations and the policy priorities of the Ford government. If any single subject can be said to encapsulate the priorities of the provincial government since 2018, it must be the efforts to weaken the legislative checks and balances on what can be built where, and who gets to have a voice in shaping development proposals.Read More …
24: Hassan Basit and Janet Sumner – Throwing Conservation Under the Omnibus?
2020-11-24
We are joined this week by Haassan Basit, CEO of Conservation Halton, and Janet Sumner, Executive Director of CPAWS Wildlands League, to talk about the province’s proposed major changes to the powers of Conservation Authorities in Ontario as part of the budget ‘omnibus’ Bill 229.Read More …
23: Seeing Red – Could Stricter COVID Regulations Have Been Avoided with More Foresight?
2020-11-19
Joel and Roland discuss the latest changes to COVID-19 restrictions across the 905 and ask whether we could have avoided reaching this stage with some better planning from the province and less dickering from some municipalities.Read More …
22: Laura Meffen and Jill Davis explain the Forgotten Costs of COVID-19
2020-11-17
Laura Meffen and Jill Davis are not doctors. Nor are they nurses or PSWs. But nobody knows the price to be paid for being on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic better than they do.Read More …
21: The 905er Remembers the Battle of Normandy
2020-11-12
We talk to Alex Fitzgerald-Black of the Juno Beach Centre headquartered in Burlington, about how the centre came to be, its mission, and the challenges of COVID-19.Read More …
20: The 905er Remembers the Battle for Europe’s Skies
2020-11-10
This week we talk to Dave Rohrer, CEO of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (warplane.com) in Hamilton about their mission in preserving Canadian history, and the challenges of COVID-19.Read More …
19: How to Win Friends and Influence Premiers
2020-11-07
Roland and Joel discuss their interview with Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader, and in ‘other news’ they look at Whitby’s Canada Christian College and how Charles McVety’s support for Doug Ford could be hastening legistlation to make it a university.Read More …
18. Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader Converse about Caledonia
2020-11-03
Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader came on are co-hosts of the One Dish, One Mic radio show on AM 610 CKTN each Sunday. They were both 2020 CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowships recipients, and joined Joel and Roland to bring them up to speed on the backround to the Caledonia land disputes.Read More …