Open Sources (Ep. #495) Show Notes for November 28, 2024


This week on Open Sources Guelph, we wish we could shake it off. It would be our wildest dream to come on the radio one week and have something normal to talk about, but we knew this was trouble when we saw it cross our newsfeeds this week. We’re going to discuss what happened in Montreal last weekend, an arrest warrant for a controversial world leader, and final thoughts about the 2025 Guelph budget with one of our councillors. Hopefully, no bad blood there. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #495) Show Notes for November 28, 2024”

Open Sources (Ep. #490) Show Notes for October 24, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re keeping things provincial. We’re going around the country to talk about the latest news coming out Queen’s Park now that the government is back at work there, and then we’re going to check out the new provincial governments who will take their seats in Fredericton and Victoria. For the interview this week, we’re keeping things in Guelph where one of our local councillors is going to talk about gas! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #490) Show Notes for October 24, 2024”

Open Sources (Ep. #482) Show Notes for August 29, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting our bearings. In this late summer mode, we’re looking to the coming election south of the border and the constantly changing game there, meanwhile on this side of the border the Federal Liberals are hoping that they have enough juice to change their own game. Meanwhile, here in Guelph, the game is “musical chairs” and the players are Guelph city council and community members experiencing homelessness. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #482) Show Notes for August 29, 2024”

Open Sources (Ep. #480) Show Notes for August 1, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re doubling the cast. As a summer treat, we have not just one, but two different guests including a federal cabinet minister, and she will be followed by a member of our local city council who will talk to us about the year at city hall so far. And yes, we will also have news, which this week will centre around what is perhaps the most hated corporation in all of Canada! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #480) Show Notes for August 1, 2024”

Open Sources (Ep. #469) Show Notes for May 2, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we reconnect with our roots. It’s been a busy week for student protests and campus shutdowns, and it’s not escaped media attention, but getting less media attention is B.C.’s move to re-criminalize drugs, which may be a big step backwards. As always, this media is focused on local, and we will talk to a city councillor that maybe making a move from local to national. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #469) Show Notes for May 2, 2024”

Open Sources (Ep. #468) Show Notes for April 25, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we mark Earth Week by discussing some of the news that happened on this planet. We will travel from Washington D.C. to Kiev where there’s finally some good news in that war effort, but it’s just too bad that there wasn’t any good news when it comes to funding our regional transit system. Also, we will talk and act locally with one of our Guelph city councillors. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #468) Show Notes for April 25, 2024”

Open Sources (Ep. #464) Show Notes for March 28, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph we’re all about the bling, bling! Money matters matter to us this week as we tackle the debate around the carbon tax and the follow-on debate about confidence, and then we will talk about the updated fiscal picture of Ontario and our brand new provincial budget. Also, w will get some straight dope about current political conditions in Guelph direct from city hall. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #464) Show Notes for March 28, 2024”