News and Politics with a Local Voice
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’ve got fighting words. People are riled up here in Ontario about some more bad bills, and people in the U.S. are riled up about another week of living in Trumpland including his most dangerous moves against civil liberties yet. If you’re a Canadian concerned about these things, you might want to listen to this week’s guest because he has some ideas on how to fight back! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #523) Show Notes for June 12, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going dull. You can’t make friends with salad? We disagree! And to help prove that we’re going to get out the scorecards for the first two weeks of business with the new Canadian government and the first year of business for the U.K.’s government. In other news, we’ll go super local looking at one neighbourhood with that area’s council representative! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #522) Show Notes for June 5, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph we’re talking war and price. No, you read that right. On the war front we’re going back to Gaza where the prospects for peace have not improved, and along with that it’s going to get tougher to express your thoughts on war if you’re protesting in Toronto. As for price, that’s what we’ve got our guest here to talk about as we dig into money matters with an expert. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #521) Show Notes for May 29, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we get back to basics, and by “basics” we mean our two favourite agitators. Yes, it’s time again to talk about the two Ds, Donald and Doug. One is turning American democracy inside out and the other is turn provincial environmental policy upside down. And for the interview? We will get an education with our special guest, a teacher! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #520) Show Notes for May 22, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re making a sad face. Not just about the condition of our New Democratic Party, but also because there’s another flashpoint in the world that’s using violent means to reach violent ends. At least everything local is cool, right? Well, not so fast, because we have another guest from city council who will be stopping by to set us straight. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #519) Show Notes for May 15, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re throwing shade. What do you do when you’re in the White House and forced to do a media availability with a crazy person? Make faces at the camera, of course. We’ll talk about Carney’s new place as everyone’s favourite anti-Trump figure, some complicated feelings post-election in Alberta, and then we’ll talk to the man who now formally represented Guelph in the House of Commons. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #518) Show Notes for May 8, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph we get back to normal. No more election talk for at least a year now. Well, maybe a bit more election talk. We will talk about everything we didn’t know on election night and what it means, and then we will get back into the normal work of proctoring developments at the Ontario government and Guelph city council, and on the subject of the latter, we have a guest for that. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #517) Show Notes for May 1, 2025”
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