Halton – The 905er

Chandler Levack: “I Like Movies” in the 905 region

Roland Tanner — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000

We are joined by Chadler Levack, writer and director of “I Like Movies”, telling the story of Lawrence Kweller, a 17 year old boy attending Aldershot School in Burlington who is obsessed with movies and movie-making and who is hired to work in his local video store.

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The 905 Round-Up: Brian Lilley Ruins Everything

Roland Tanner — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Brian Lilley waded into the Hamilton Centre By-election with an accusation of antisemitism against the NDP. The Liberals jumped on his bandwagon, and the NDP fought back. Who does it help?

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905 Round-Up: Is Doug Ford Good for Democracy?

Roland Tanner — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 17:41:17 +0000

As Doug Ford pursues his vision of paving over the greenbelt to help out his developer friends, resistance is popping up in unexpected places. Most recently the Association of Municipalities of Ontario has made public their concerns regarding Bill 23. Namely that they project a cost of approximately $1 Billion a year to municipalities due to loss of development fees. As well as the untold projected costs of environmental damages due to the consequences of potentially building on flood plains or watersheds in the Greenbelt. What is Doug Ford's response? It turns out that AMO has been excluded from committee meetings.

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Franz Hartmann Talks to The 905er About Saving the Greenbelt

Roland Tanner — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:28:01 +0000

Franz Hartmann of Ontario Greenbelt Alliance joins us today to talk about the group and Doug Ford letting developers destroy the Greenbelt.

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The 905 Round-Up: Health Care Collapse and Land Grabs for the Rich

Roland Tanner — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:24:30 +0000

The gloves are off for the PC Government as they attack anything and everything that stands in the way of their most generous donors. Meanwhile healthcare approaches collapse, and the minimum wage falls further and further behind the actual minimum cost of living.

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905 Round-Up: Doug Ford Rolls Over for CUPE

Roland Tanner — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:16:50 +0000

WOW!!! What a week! Doug Ford blinked before the entire province this week by capitulating to CUPE and revoking Bill 28. This happened as a result of the mobilization and solidarity of the labour movement in Ontario, the likes of which haven't really been seen in a few generations. While that might sound like a reason to celebrate (it is), Doug Ford and his team haven't wasted any time to back track on previous promises that they've made to voters. Namely to keep the Greenbelt intact.

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Public Spat Between Kearns and Parr Intensifies

Roland Tanner — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:09:05 +0000

Kearns states that Parr was unwelcome at a campaign event because of Parr's prior "disgusting use of language designed to incite hurt and embarrassment". At the event, she claims he "shoved his phone in my face in front of my children, family, friends and supporters telling me to 'call the cop's' .... Which we did."

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Ward 2’s Kearns slams behaviour of Gazette’s Pepper Parr as “disgusting”, “unacceptable”

Roland Tanner — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:16:35 +0000

Parr "published a comment about me by a competitor that I should have my mouth duct-taped. He once again used this language directly in a more recent article - first hand."

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905 Round-Up: Bad Trustees, MEXIT and Who’s Ahead in Hamilton?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:17:00 +0000

Halton Catholic Trustees behaving badly, ’MEH-XIT’ for Mississauga, and Hamilton has a mayoral race where either likely winner is ... pretty good actually? Shurely shome mishtake?

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905 Round-Up: Cowardly Candidates and Who’s Winning in Hamilton?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:17:59 +0000

If a candidate skips debates, interviews, media opportunities, and, er, everything, why on earth should we vote for them? And if Andrea Horwath and Bob Bratina are concentrating their fire on Keanin Loomis in Hamilton, what does that tell us about the Keanin Loomis campaign?

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