Open Sources (Ep. #439) Show Notes for August 31, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting you ready for Labour Day! No, not the holiday weekend widely considered the last break of the summer, we mean the “fight the power” version where you get out on the streets and fight for workers’ rights. We’ve got work on the mind with labour negotiations for Ontario’s teachers, and we’ve got fighting on the mind with the latest from Ukraine. In terms of a labour fight, we’ve got someone who’s a picket line right now. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #439) Show Notes for August 31, 2023” →

Open Sources (Ep. #438) Show Notes for August 24, 2023

This weekend on Open Sources Guelph, we go from one mess to another. We will look at the political fight to make progress on fighting climate change, and then we will look at the fight to hold Donald Trump to account as he’s arrested again in an entirely different jurisdiction. And finally, for the interview this week, we will talk to a person that’s fighting the good fight on the drug poisoning crisis on our community ahead of a very special occasion. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #438) Show Notes for August 24, 2023” →

Open Sources (Ep. #437) Show Notes for August 17, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re back from summer vacation, and it was nice that everyone waited till the first part of August to launch their biggest scandals. We’re going to talk about one of those on this week’s show, a scandal that intersects with housing, the environment, and government process in what we like to call a trifecta, but in this case we’ll just call Greenbelt-gate. We’ll discuss that, and we’ll talk to a person on the frontline of fighting high rents! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #437) Show Notes for August 17, 2023” →

Open Sources (Ep. #436) Show Notes for July 27, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re a four quadrant success. We’re going local, provincial, national and international with the news this week, and this is what we’re talking about in no particular order: There’s a new map of Guelph and you may not like it in the south end, patronage is back in Ontario, the prime minister hopes that new cabinet faces will solve all his problems, and Florida Man is still being Florida Man. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #436) Show Notes for July 27, 2023” →

Open Sources (Ep. #435) Show Notes for July 20, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we don’t do summer fun, we do serious issues. One the one hand, there’s a refugee crisis in Toronto that no one has an explanation for, and on the other hand you have a presidential candidate saying crazy things, and you can’t call him a Republican this time. We’re serious on local news too, and one of our friends from city council is stopping by to lend a first-person view on big issues facing our city hall right now. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #435) Show Notes for July 20, 2023” →

Open Sources (Ep. #434) Show Notes for July 13, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, things get awkward. It’s hard enough to criticize your political enemies, but what happens when you criticize your friends and then you have to fly off to Europe and see them face to face? That’s one question this week, and another question is how concerned we should be about a mosquito-borne disease that’s making a local-ish comeback? In the second half of the show, we will hear from the woman who hopes to hold on to a nearby riding for team orange. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #434) Show Notes for July 13, 2023” →

Open Sources (Ep. #433) Show Notes for July 6, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, the weather is hot, and so are the topics! It’s an all news show this week as we look to some international news that happened in own backyard, and some international news that happened in France but has a very familiar tone to it. In news from across Canada, we’ll talk about the problem with News Brunswick, or its premier at least, and why your favourite leader of His Majesty’s loyal opposition is changing things up, for the better(?). Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #433) Show Notes for July 6, 2023” →