We welcome back multi-award-winning journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld to the podcast. How does an auto journalist who says Canadian gas is still cheap and what Canada needs most of all is fewer cars, not better ones, survive at the National Post?Read More …
We recap a three and a half hour live stream of coverage of the municipal election results in the 905Read More …
Did you miss the fun of the live results show on Monday? You did? Well do we have a treat for you. Over three hours of talk and analysis as the election results came in from across the province. We know you’ll want to listen to every minute.
And, you know what, the results were a lot of fun in some cities. There was genuine excitement in three cities at least where the mayoral race was extremely close, and it was an evening that saw a significant amount of change in quite a few places, even if other cities didn’t see any change at all.Read More …
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.”Read More …
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.”Read More …
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?Read More …
Racism has entered the Hamilton municipal race. Last week in Ward 14, candidate Kojo Damptey’s bus shelter ad was vandalizedRead More …
The Halton Catholic School Board has released the reports which lead to the censuring and suspension of Trustees Vincent IantomasiRead More …
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?Read More …
As we’ve mentioned before, we can’t cover every race, but we can highlight some of the races we think are most interesting. This week we’re focusing on the Halton Regional Chair race. For the first time since the position became elected in 2000, there are three candidates in the race with clearly established credentials and contrasting platforms. Andrea Grebenc, former chair of the Halton District School Board did reply, and joined us to set out why she thinks she’s the right choice for the job.Read More …
