Time to Change the Script on Vaccines
2021-10-02
Our co-host Joel MacLeod, had an opinion piece published in The Spec this morning. A link to it is here.Read More …
Thursday Roundup – Vaccine Passports and the Anti-Everything Movement
2021-09-23
Vaccine Passports are finally being unveiled in Ontario. However, after being requested by public health for the summer, the rollout has been typical of the Ontario PC government. It’s messy and uncoordinated. However, they are here now and what does that mean for avoiding a possible fourth lockdown in the 905? Read More …
Conservative Candidate’s Silence Leaves Vaccine Question Unanswered
2021-09-19
At a pandemic election, vaccination status is a crucial question that tells us a lot about a candidate’s beliefs. Yet Emily Brown in Burlington and other CPC candidates appear not to want to admit whether they are vaccinated or not.Read More …
“Worse Than Their Worst Nightmares”: Adrian Gordon Helping Sherpas Left High and Dry By COVID-19
2021-08-20
COVID-19 reached the Nepali Himalayas late, but the effects reached it early, and will likely continue for years after the rest of us have returned to something we can call ‘normal’.
Halton resident Adrian Gordon is working to help the people who have helped him over five decades as they face the nightmare of COVID-19 variants and incomes that have disappeared.Read More …
Rebroadcast: 37. Alyssa Brierley Fights for the Right for Affordable Housing
2021-08-18
Alyssa Brierley, Executive Director of the Centre for Equality Rights in Housing, joins us to discuss the waves of evictions that have been happening in Ontario since the summer and the wider context of a chronic shortage of affordable housing across Toronto and the 905.Read More …
Rebroadcast: Mike Moffatt – A Moving Story of Ontario’s Rising House Prices
2021-08-17
Where Ontarians are moving is moving. Mike Moffat joins us to explore the untold story of Ontario’s housing costs, and some of the unexpected – and unplanned – trends that are emerging because of the GTHA’s spiralling house prices and rapid population growth.Read More …
Rebroadcast: Episode 2: Back to School in a Pandemic
2021-08-04
As we recharge the batteries with a summer break, we hope you enjoy some highlights from the 905er’s first year.Read More …
Jason Cassis Opens Up About Opening Ontario Up
2021-07-13
Almost exactly a year ago, Jason Cassis of Equal Parts Hospitality was one of the first guests on the 905er Podcast, discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry. He returns now to give us an update on all that has happened in the interim – and there is a lot.Read More …
Justin Chandler Reports on Hamilton’s Rebecca Towers
2021-05-25
Three Hamilton apartment buildings have seen major outbreaks of Covid-19 in recent weeks, all of the more transmissible UK-origin variant. The worst instance was in Rebecca Towers, where well over 100 cases have been identified. To discuss this topic in detail we invited on Justin Chandler. Justin is TVO.org’s Hamilton-Niagara Bureau reporter, covering current affairs in the region.Read More …
Crisis? What Crisis? Why Do Local and Provincial Responses to Climate Emergency And Pandemic Suck?
2021-05-13
Joel and Roland roll up their pant legs and wade into a political mire of floods, climate emergencies, enfeebled andRead More …