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This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re straining to do some explaining. How can you make sense of the news when the news barely makes sense? This is going to be really put to the test this week as we get into the ups and downs of the War in Iran, and then we will turn our attention to this race to referendum in Alberta. Maybe things closer to home will be easier to understand and we have a guest that will help us do that. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #568) Show Notes for May 7, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, it’s a lot. There was another disaster involving guns in America, but this time the target was some of the most powerful people in the country. Here in Canada, the Premier of B.C. seems to have stepped in a deep puddle with Indigenous people, but perhaps we can find some salvation with a good economy news story? Out special guest this week will help us make sense of that last one. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #567) Show Notes for April 30, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going to have our dessert first. Predictably, we have some thoughts about the Premier of Ontario going plane shopping, but more seriously then that there are some serious issues in the province’s jails that we need to talk about. Speaking of talks, there’s one being hosted at the Kitchener Public Library on kids and tech, and we will have two of the panelists for a little pre-show chat. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #566) Show Notes for April 23, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, the winds are changing. There’s a lot of hot air about the result of three federal byelections this week and what that means for Canada, and there’s some good news from eastern Europe where some other election results might paint a positive picture. Closer to home, we will talk to a member of city council about working collaborative with other governments and an election closer to home. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #565) Show Notes for April 16, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we recover from the Easter weekend. See the guy in this picture with the Easter Bunny? He made it very hard to relax with some very vivid saber-rattling over the pointless war he started in the Middle East. Closer to home, we will talk about trains and plans for trains, plus the attack on the newest federal leader that might indicate a greater degree of confusion in the discourse.
Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #564) Show Notes for April 9, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re trying to go for the under-reported stories. First, we will journey to Cuba where somehow things have gotten even worse for the people that live there even without a war (yet). Then, we will consider an important court case out of the United States that might start to generate some accountability for the harms of social media. For more physical harms, like hunger, we have a special guest to discuss those issues. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #563) Show Notes for April 2, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we go federal again. It’s been a busy week for three of the country’s main parties, and there are busy times to come in at least one case. On this edition of the show we will look ahead to this weekend and one party’s crucial vote, we look back at a federal leader’s busy itinerary abroad making new friends, and we will consider the last year under Canada’s first-time politician turned first-term PM. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #562) Show Notes for March 26, 2026”
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