A councillor quits after a colleague allegedly appears to have repeatedly vandalized her car. In Burlington, big bucks are being budgeted for Bateman, but the public has no idea how much or on what terms because of the use in camera meetings.Read More …
Durham media! Do you exist? We need you!
Mississauga has developed it’s last bit of greenfield. What does this tell us about both the past and future of the city?
Why can Ontario’s mayors stick to jobs where they might actually help?Read More …
Peel was hit hard by COVID-19, but today, the region is the top spot in Canada for vaccination rates. Urz Heer of the Canadian Muslim COVID-19 Task Force joined us to explain how the Peel community came together to make a great thing happen.Read More …
Is Brampton getting screwed by the province again while Mississaugua gets a massive new hospital? Why?
Burlington Taxi’s collapse has left many questions, and some are looking for a single person to blame. Is that fair?
And good news on subsidized housing …Read More …
Irene Ford joins us from the grassroots Stop the 413 group to discuss the latest developments and the many reasons why she believes Highway 413 should be stopped. Can you guess what might be motivating the government?Read More …
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 …
Joel and Roland welcome back Shannon Gillies to discuss some of the problems with how debates on urban planning and intensification are discussed, how inevitable public resistance to change is handled, and how it can prevent us approaching the more complex discussions that need to happen if we are to design the best possible cities for our future. Then we look at the recent revelations with regard to Brampton’s CAO, whose problematic career in Niagara has followed him to Brampton in what many would suggest is an entirely predictable manner.Read More …
Have regional MOHs lost faith with the province? Are they willing to use their powers to overrule a province which always does too little, too late? And why would Burlington be spending money to police parks when the malls are jammed?Read More …
San Grewal of The Pointer gives a passionate and articulate account of why the 905 matters and how it has been failed by politicians and legacy media alike in an episode you won’t want to miss.Read More …
MPP Sam Oosterhoff apparently found the provincial advice to cover his mouth with a piece of paper or cloth overly arduous last year, and was proudly photographed ignoring the rules the rest of us are expected to keep. But this week he has again shown he is willing to advocate government control of a far more intimate part of women’s anatomy. Why won’t the premier get to grips with his unruly backbencher?Read More …
