Why Halton Catholic Trustees Were Censured
2022-10-17
The Halton Catholic School Board has released the reports which lead to the censuring and suspension of Trustees Vincent IantomasiRead More …
Caryma Sa’d On Why the Freedom Convoy Came to Oakville
2022-09-28
Last week, a picture shared to social media of a trans woman teacher at Oakville Trafalgar High School erupted into an international controversy.
Covering that demonstration was Caryma Sa’d. You are no doubt aware of Caryma’s work on covering the Freedom Convoy. Well today she joins Joel and Roland to share what she saw and why this high school attracted so much attention.Read More …
905 Round-up: Another Fight with the Teachers is Brewing; Corporate Donations Still Dominating Politics
2022-09-08
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?Read More …
905 Round-Up: Rent’s Up, Gary’s Back, and Peel School Board is Dysfunctional
2022-06-28
Rents have jumped in the last year. Why, and what are we doing about it? Gary Carr has announced he is running for Regional Chair again, torpedoing Jane McKenna’s hope of an easy election to be regional chair of Halton. Does McKenna have what it takes to be a serious challenge to Carr? We look for evidence. And Peel District School Board has a racism problem, as trustees resist doing what the province has ordered them to do, and abolish streaming.Read More …
905 Round-up: Keanin, Bob and Judi too.
2022-03-31
The mayoral race is heating up in Hamilton as a familiar face finally throws his hat into the ring.
Last week the announcement that Halton District School Board was re-allocating all its librarian teachers caused a stir online. What’s it all about?Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Pride and Progressive Housing
2022-01-27
HCDSB does the right thing; the province’s Housing Affordability Taskforce has some big ideas, and Hamilton City Hall turfs the homeless of its doorstep.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Covid Deja Vu, Lawn Sign Loopholes and More Pride for HCDSB
2022-01-13
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.Read More …
905-Round-up: Lauren Wallis of Halton Parents for Change
2021-09-30
Following our Tuesday episode with Halton Catholic School Board Chair Patrick Murphy, we speak with Lauren Wallis of Halton Parents for Change (https://haltonparentsforchange.ca/, @HaltonPFC).
Lauren gives her perspective on Chair Murphy‘s account of recent dysfunction at HCDSB and the Pride flag debate, and what needs to be done make the board function effectively.Read More …
100: HCDSB Chair Patrick Murphy Discusses Dysfunction at the Board
2021-09-28
In June, Halton Catholic District School Board took the unusual step of ordering an investigation into its own dysfunctional behaviour, including the board‘s discussion of the Pride flag, which brought international attention to the board‘s division. Board Chair Patrick Murphy discusses the report and what can be done to improve trustee behaviour in an in-depth interview.Read More …
So you want to defend Ryerson?
2021-09-13
If you care more about the name of a school than the bodies of thousands … and yes it is thousands … of children who died alone, separated from their loved ones, their way of life, their language, malnourished, abused, alone and confused, then I truly despair.Read More …