News and Politics with a Local Voice
This week on Open Sources Guelph things are not going according to plan. From Queen’s Park to Parliament Hill, our provincial and federal governments are missing the goal posts and are facing some rather harsh scrutiny. And speaking of scrutiny, we will talk to one of our city councillors about making the tough decisions that you probably didn’t like about next year’s city budget. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #546) Show Notes for December 4, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we catch up on our reading. In this all-news edition of the show, we will learn about the current condo crisis in Canada, and while we’re learning about alliteration, we will talk about literature. In Alberta, they’re taking more lessons from the MAGA movement by making a list of books they hate and checking it twice, and speaking of MAGA, their figurehead may or may not be dead depending on the day. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #533) Show Notes for September 4, 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 are so back! Back on the campaign trail that is!! Yes, there’s now a full-blown federal election across Canada and to kick things off on this show, we’re going to talk about the opening moves by party leaders, the opening faux pas by a provincial leader, and how this election is going to look very different for all the voters in the Royal City no matter what riding they’re in (?). Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #511) Show Notes for March 27, 2025”
This week on Open Sources Guelph we’re in a recovery phase. On Tuesday, we saw the end of an epically long election that had more ups and downs than the scariest roller coaster, and hopefully there will be some solid results to discuss. Closer to home, we will look at the latest non-solution to Ontario’s homeless crisis and the latest unfounded attack on Canada’s trans community from the likeliest source. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #492) Show Notes for November 7, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, can you smell what the show is cooking?! That’s an old reference, but it might have new relevance if a certain wrestler turned actor decides that he wants to be a politician now. Somehow, this idea is far less concerning than the company that the Premier of Alberta is keeping, and speaking of concerning, we will play host to a member of our local city council who’s going to talk about that big budget conundrum. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #450) Show Notes for November 16, 2023”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we will usher in meteorological summer by casting some sunshine on key issues. For instance, there was an election this week in Alberta and it was a close one (relatively speaking in a Alberta terms), and there was more election talk in the House of Common as nobody’s happy with the former Governor General investigating interference. Also, since it’s summer, let’s talk about farming! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #428) Show Notes for June 1, 2023”
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