News and Politics with a Local Voice
This week on Open Sources Guelph, election fever is becoming an election pandemic! (Too soon?) Now that Labour Day and Back to School is in the rearview mirror we can dedicate all of our attention to our local elections, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do on this edition with another quintet of candidates including a young person, another young person, a young mother, a business owner, and an incumbent. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #584) Show Notes for September 10, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re increasing the labour pre-Labour Day! Starting this week, and for the next several weeks, we will be covering the mayor and city council elections here in the Royal City by not just talking to some of the candidates… We’re going to talk to all of them! Well, we’re at least going to try and talk to all the ones that want to talk to us. First up, we’ve got five perspective city councillors, some who are incumbents and some who are challengers! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #583) Show Notes for September 3, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re building bridges. And speaking of bridges, we will talk about a famous new bridge down in Windsor, which may now be a monument to the latest phase of the Canada/U.S. trade war. In other news, we will talk about a new study that paints a worrying picture of Canada’s healthcare system (again!), and in the interview we will focus on local matters and the end of the council term with a member of Guelph city council. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #580) Show Notes for July 30, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we make deals, or rather we just deal with it. In the first half, we will talk about the deal with the federal government’s attempt to rein in the excesses of big tech and why the war in Iran might finally be over, or not. In the second half, we’ve got a member of Guelph city council who’s going to talk about the deal with the very busy meetings last week at city hall and some of the town’s favourite controversies! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #574) Show Notes for June 18, 2026”
This week on Open Sources Guelph we boogey! And yet, there’s not much time to celebrate because the news keeps on coming. We will see who won the B.C. Conservative leadership race and talk about what the next steps, and then we will look at a certain prime minister’s weak spot when it comes to a very green issue. Closer to home, we have a guest from Guelph city council to talk about, among other things, the next council. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #572) Show Notes for June 4, 2026”
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, 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”
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