Shawna Stolte: The Myths and Reality of Life as a Councillor
2021-03-30
Burlington’s Councillor Shawna Stolte joins us to explore the dichotomy between the real and imagined job of local government politicians.Continue Reading
What if we could live in the future, today?
2021-03-23
This pandemic has presented options that we never needed to contemplate before. Working is becoming decentralized. The old model of planning of creating suburbs for people to live while commuting to a larger city on highways is outdated and quite frankly dead. Read the full article on Joel MacLeod.caContinue Reading
Talking about International Women’s Day with Paddy Torsney
2021-03-09
Every International Women’s Day in the 905, Paddy Torsney organizes and host an IWD Breakfast Event. The event focuses on the highlights and accomplishments of women of note in the region. This year marks a significant milestone of 25 years. We wanted to talk about this accomplishment, and the importance of International Women’s Day for our society. As well as the impact adding more women to leadership roles can have for our society. Paddy is a long time friend of both Roland and Joel, she is a former Member of Parliament for Burlington, and is currently the Ambassador of theContinue Reading
A New Generation’s Statement Against Racism
2020-06-13
Estimates suggest nearly 10,000 people marched in Burlington on June 4th. When I reached New Street, the start of the march had already passed out of sight to my left on its way towards City Hall. To my right I could see a solid mass of people coming towards me for as far as the eye could see, far beyond Guelph Line towards Walkers. I felt like checking the GPS on my phone. Was I really still in Burlington? When I walked back along New Street an hour later, the stream of people was still coming, finally starting to dwindle,Continue Reading