Tag: Alberta

Open Sources (Ep. #538) Show Notes for October 9, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re thankful that dysfunction is a national phenomenon. We will head out west where there is inter-party friction in British Columbia’s official opposition, and then we will look at a dispute between teachers and a provincial government in an entirely different part of the country. In even more serious news, we will mark the second anniversary of a devastating war by talking about the people covering it. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #538) Show Notes for October 9, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #475) Show Notes for June 27, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re bummed. Our long weekend plans collapsed like so much roofing that may or may not be a threat to some school kids on a class trip! Fortunately, there is lots of news and politics to chew on including surprise closures of tourist attractions, a surprising electoral victory and even a not-so-surprising one out west. As for the rest of the show, we’ve called the police, and they’re here to talk!! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #475) Show Notes for June 27, 2024” →

Open Sources (Ep. #404) Show Notes for December 8, 2022

This week on Open Sources Guelph. we’re coming home for Christmas (at least so far as the news is concerned). We’re going to Alberta where there’s some interesting new legislation to parse, and then we will catch-up with our old friends in the Green Party who also made some interesting choices. In Guelph though, we’re going to sit down with another new city councillor to talk about local issues big and small. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #404) Show Notes for December 8, 2022” →

Open Sources (Ep. #383) Show Notes for June 30, 2022

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we end the month by catching up with the news, and boy there was a lot of it. From the United States will talk about the inevitable and closer to home we will talk about the new front bench at Queen’s Park. In the second half of the show, we’ll look at the UCP leadership race out west before tracing our way back home and the potential reprise of everyone’s favourite convoy. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #383) Show Notes for June 30, 2022” →

Open Sources (Ep. #344) Show Notes for September 23, 2021

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we still have a lot to say about the 2021 Federal Election. We will dedicate the first half of the show to talking about all the election news we didn’t cover on Monday night, and what the results mean going forward. In the second half of the show, we will talk about the return of a certain Alberta Premier to the national stage, and the latest from a certain angry Florida retiree. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #344) Show Notes for September 23, 2021” →

Open Sources (Ep. #338) Show Notes for August 5, 2021

This week on Open Sources Guelph, it’s a Canadian affair. We’re digging into matters of provincial interest with the a new plan for a favourite old school tourist attraction, and the potential courting of COVID disaster in the Wildrose province. In national matters, we’ll consider the latest rumours around the possibility of a fall election, and that cold chill you’re feeling might be connected to Trudeau’s immediate predecessor. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #338) Show Notes for August 5, 2021” →

Open Sources (Ep. #316) Show Notes for March 4, 2021

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we going to go far north if only in spirit because we can’t presently leave our protective bunkers. Dr. Pierre Fogal, a certified climate change hero, will take us around 80 degrees north this week as we talk about his work and his research at the Arctic Circle. Before that, we will stick closer to home with Alberta politics, and then go far afield with the intelligence report about the high-profile murder of a journalist. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #316) Show Notes for March 4, 2021” →