The Craig Needles Podcast

Episode 271: Friday Round Table with Skylar Franke, AJ Wray and Carol Dyck

On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined at the Covent Garden Market studio by Ward 11 councillor Skylar Franke, PhD candidate AJ Wray and former Green Party candidate Carol Dyck.

Among the topics is the city hall conversation surrounding gas powered lawn mower use after 6 p.m., office to housing conversions, the troubles with transit as west London develops and the potential hub on Wellington being shot down.

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Episode 270: New LHSC boss talks vision, hospital reputation

The London Health Sciences Centre has a new acting President and CEO.

David Musyj, who had been President and CEO at Windsor Regional Hospital, is temporarily taking over the top job at LHSC in the midst of ongoing questions about the LHSC's travel scandal and the absence of CEO Jackie Schleifer Taylor.

What are Musyj's priorities? Why did the take on the London challenge?

He spoke with Craig to talk about the answers to those questions and other issues facing London's biggest hospital.

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Episode 269: How is vaccine misinformation impacting our health?

During the pandemic, the term vaccination became a lightning rod for controversy and misinformation.

Now, illnesses like measles and whooping cough that were once thought to be a thing of the past are making a return.

Dr. Jia Hu, a physician and public health advocate, joined Craig to examine the issue and discuss possible solutions.

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Episode 268: Friday Round Table with Cheryl Miller, Steve Cordes and Steve Holland

On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined in the studio by former city councillor Cheryl Miller, YOU Executive Director Steve Cordes and CUPE Local 101 President Steve Holland.

 

They breakdown the latest issues at London Police Service where three senior officers are off on leave.

 

Then, they look at a similar story at London Health Sciences Centre (17:50), where a Windsor executive is taking over the top job after years of shuffling in the executive offices at the hospital.

 

Also, Craig and the panel talk about council rejecting the idea of hearing a funding pitch from SafeSpace (27:10) and look at the latest on a hub proposal on Wellington Road being called 'dead' (45:32).

 

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Episode 267: Jessie Rodger on frontline social services

Jessie Rodger, the Executive Director of Anova, joins Craig to talk about social service agencies that have been highly scrutinized in London over the last month.

They discuss sex work laws, addictions challenges and other issues facing these organizations in the community.

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Episode 266: Friday Round Table with Shawn Lewis, Kelly Ziegner and Sarah Browning

For this week's Friday Round Table, Craig welcomes London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, Elgin-Middlesex United Way CEO Kelly Ziegner, and political insider Sarah Browning to the studio to talk about the week's top stories.

They discuss proposed changes to the council code of conduct, the ongoing feud between councillor Susan Stevenson and social service agencies in the city, whether free bus rides might catch on in London.

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Episode 265: Susan Stevenson and Steve Cordes on non-profits, hubs

After a social media challenge to come on the podcast and discuss their differences, Y.O.U. Executive Director Steve Cordes and councillor Susan Stevenson join Craig at the Covent Garden Market studio to have a discussion about key issues.

They talk about homeless hubs, the non-profit sector in London, poverty, drug use in London and more.

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Episode 264: Friday Round Table with Shawna Lewkowitz, Jeremy McCall and Scott Kitching

Craig is joined at the Covent Garden Market studio by former NDP candidate Shawna Lewkowitz, former council candidate Jeremy McCall and Blackburn Media News Manager Scott Kitching.

They talked about the ongoing debate about health and homelessness in London, the Ontario crackdown on cellphones in class, a PC win in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, Pierre Poilievre being tossed from the House of Commons and the growing number of voices suggesting a Loblaw boycott this month.

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Episode 263: Susan Stevenson talks social media controversies

Ward Four councillor Susan Stevenson joined Craig in the studio to talk about some of her posts on Twitter which have drawn harsh criticism.

They go over tweets about the London Abused Women's Centre, Safe Space, ANOVA and others.

They also debate sex work, homelessness plans, encampments, her integrity commissioner reports and more.

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Episode 262: Friday Round Table with Jennifer Dunn, Mojdeh Cox and Ryan Gauss

Craig is back from vacation!

He welcomed London Abused Women's Centre Executive Director Jennifer Dunn, political insider Ryan Gauss and activist Mojdeh Cox to the Covent Garden Market studio to talk about the issues of the week.

They discussed Pierre Poilievre's bizarre stop at an extremist protest in Atlantic Canada, a local Conservative MP being kicked off of an Ottawa committee, TVDSB administration staffers telling trustees they don't feel like doing their jobs and a London City Councillor finding herself in hot water on social media - again.

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