Covid-19 – The 905er

Dawn Danko Dishes on the HWDSB’s New Masking Policy

Joel Macleod — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000

This month, the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board reinstituted a masking policy. A decision which, to no surprise, drew the attention of both

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905 Round-up: Another Fight with the Teachers is Brewing; Corporate Donations Still Dominating Politics

Roland Tanner — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Back to school and the province wants another fight with the teachers. Because two years on the COVID frontlines says ’pay cuts’, right? Oh and corporate donations were banned years ago. So why are corporate donations still a thing?

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Maureen Wilson and Rory Nisan: Where was the Debate over Mask Mandates?

Roland Tanner — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:00:07 +0000

Rory Nisan is city and regional councillor for Ward 3 in Burlington and Halton and Maureen Wilson is councillor for Ward 1 in Hamilton. Both of them join us today to give their perspective on why the municipal votes in Hamilton and Halton to repeal mask mandates were so one-sided, when the public seems far from united on the wisdom of abandoning masks.

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The 905 Round-Up: Fewer Masks & Why Can’t Parties Get Along More Often?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:25:00 +0000

Milton Reporter, Laura Steiner returns to The 905er to share her insight on 905 politics, as we discuss the Liberal/NDP federal agreement and its implications for the proviincial election. And something, something, the pandemic is over, right? Yeah, right.

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The Canadian Way: Eleanor McMahon and the Trans Canada Trail

Roland Tanner — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Among the unexpected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, surely one of the better ones is a nationwide rediscovery of the Canadian outdoors. Eleanor McMahon describes the numerous ways in which in the first thirty years since the Trans Canada Trail concept was born, it has come to embody and symbolize something truly important for our heterogenous nation.

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The 905 Round-Up: Paying Tribute to Mayor Mulkewich

Joel Macleod — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 20:39:32 +0000

This week, Burlington lost an elder statesman of local politics. Former Mayor Walter Mulkewich passed away this week. His legacy

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Todd Coleman Explains the Future of COVID-19

Roland Tanner — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000

As the Omicron variant continues to paralyze the 905 and all of Ontario, we asked epidemiologist Dr Todd Coleman what we should be doing to live with COVID-19 as we enter the third year of this pandemic.

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A Polite Suggestion to Ontario’s Big City Mayors: Shut Up

Roland Tanner — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:16:07 +0000

The mayors are at it again. What don't they understand about political interference in a public health issue?

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The 905 Round-Up: Covid Deja Vu, Lawn Sign Loopholes and More Pride for HCDSB

Roland Tanner — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:54:06 +0000

Our first episode of 2022, has our intrepid hosts looking down the barrel of another lockdown and shutting of schools to mark the start of the year. Plus how City Halls hide things in plain sight and Halton Catholtic School Board is having another crack at the Pride flag debate.

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Urz Heer Shares How a Peel Community Turned the Tide on COVID-19

Roland Tanner — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:30:09 +0000

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.

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