LRT – The 905er

Postcards from the Tram – What Edinburgh Can Teach the 905 About LRT

Roland Tanner — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:05:00 +0000

Roland spent most of January in Scotland, and took the time to record his impressions of Edinburgh's Tram network, which opened it's first phase in 2014. The tram's construction was anything but smooth (sound familiar?), but now it's here, what's it like?

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Rebroadcast: 905 Round-up: Bratina Announces Plan to Quit in a Huff Over LRT, Eventually.

Roland Tanner — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:00:38 +0000

In this week's 905 round-up, Joel and Roland discuss the backstory to Bratina's scheduled resignation, and how the anti-LRT lobby in Hamilton, despite their skill at losing elections where they put LRT front and centre, refuses to go away. But now anti-LRT Liberals like Bratina, Vito Sgro and Judi Partridge can't turn to Donna Skelly and the PCs to do their dirty work, do they have a leg left to stand on?

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Rebroadcast: Laura Babcock Asks: Why Can’t Hamilton Have Nice Things?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000

With the guarantee of over $3 billion in funding from the federal and provincial governments to fund LRT - and only LRT - in Hamilton, Laura Babcock joins us to ponder why Hamilton City Council is still hesitant to move ahead.

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Jay Kana of Modern Mississauga Shares His Take on the Flavour of the 905

Roland Tanner — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:16:23 +0000

This week we’re turning our attention to Mississauga and asking whether Canada’s sixth largest city is maybe one of the most misunderstood and underestimated cities, not just in the 905, but across Canada. To discuss this with us, we invited on Jay Kana, the owner and editor in chief of modernmississauga.com.

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905 Round-up: Two steps forward, one step back?

Roland Tanner — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:10:00 +0000

In our Thursday 905 Round-up this week we have three stories that have dominated new cycles in different parts of the 905, in some cases for almost a decade. Two will be viewed as positive steps, and one seems entirely negative. Judge for yourselves.

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Graham Crawford and iElect Hamilton Part 2 – Positively Main Street (and King Street)

Roland Tanner — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:28:00 +0000

In part two of our interview with Graham Crawford of iElectHamilton.ca we look at all Hamilton has to offer as one of the most naturally fortunate cities in Canada, and consider what a city might look like that escaped the rut of unambitious and parochial leadership.

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905 Roundup: Clown Cars and Crosswalks

Roland Tanner — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 06:50:11 +0000

Hamilton councillors face the challenge of voting on a $3.1 billion gift from the federal and provincial governments and vote for sleepy nap-time instead. Will the horn on the Hamilton's political clown car wake them? Parp! Plus we look at LPAT being LPAT and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal's intervention in the HCDSB Pride flag debate.

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905 Round-up: Bratina Announces Plan to Quit in a Huff Over LRT, Eventually.

Roland Tanner — Thu, 20 May 2021 11:04:00 +0000

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Laura Babcock Asks: Why Can’t Hamilton Have Nice Things?

Roland Tanner — Tue, 18 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000

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