The Craig Needles Podcast

Episode 251: Friday Round Table with Shawn Lewis, Kelly Ziegner and Jared Zaifman

On this week's Friday Round Table, the Craig is joined by London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, Elgin-Middlesex United Way CEO Kelly Ziegner and London Home Builder's Association CEO Jared Zaifman to tackle the top stories of the week.

The discuss whether building is happening fast enough in London, the province not giving the city housing funding, the potential sale of the LCBO and traffic safety in London.

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Episode 250: Mike Moffatt and the Blueprint for Better and More Housing

Economist Mike Moffatt joins Craig to talk about the new report from the Task Force for Housing and Climate, called the Blueprint for Better and More Housing.

Canada needs homes. And we need them fast. How do we get them?

Mike goes over recommendations for federal, provincial, and municipal governments.

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Episode 249: Friday Round Table with Jennifer Dunn, Jessie Rodger and Ryan Gauss

On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined by London Abused Women's Centre Executive Director Jennifer Dunn, ANOVA Executive Director Jessie Rodger and political insider Ryan Gauss.

They talk about whether encampments are part of the "fabric" of London - as a city staffer said this week.

Also, increased CCTV in the downtown core and whether a lopsided by-election loss in Durham is a sign of bad things to some for the Trudeau Liberals.

Episode 248: New Covent Garden Market studio, male breast cancer awareness

The Craig Needles Podcast and Classic Rock 98.1 have a new home!

The new, extra studio is at the Covent Garden Market, in the heart of London's entertainment district. Market GM Amy Shackleton and John Fyfe-Millar, the market's board chair, joined Craig on the podcast to discuss the new partnership and the exciting days ahead.

Then, Brian Lynch, a patient at the London Health Sciences Centre, joins Craig to talk about his male breast cancer diagnosis and the stigma surrounding that illness.

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Episode 247: Friday Round Table with Shawn Lewis, Mojdeh Cox and Carol Dyck

The hot debate surrounding the city's budget is the big topic on this week's Friday Round Table.

Craig is joined in the studio by London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, activist Mojdeh Cox and former Green party candidate Carol Dyck to break it all down.

The group also discusses budget problems at the Thames Valley District School Board and Brian Mulroney's legacy.

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Episode 246: Chief Thai Truong and Board Chair Ali Chahbar on policing in London

As debate over London's policing budget intensifies and council gets set to make a decision, London Police Chief Thai Truong and London Police Services Board chair Ali Chahbar join Craig in the studio to discuss the sticker shock felt by some in the community over the $672-million price tag.

 

What will be the markers to show this sort of expenditure is successful? Do we really need a new training centre? Or a new LAV?

 

Those questions and more in a wide-ranging conversation.

 

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Episode 245: Friday Round Table with Cheryl Miller, Jeremy McCall and Scott Kitching

On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined in the studio by former city councillor Cheryl Miller, former council candidate Jeremy McCall and Blackburn Media News Manager Scott Kitching.

They discuss the man who killed four members of Our London Family being found to be a terrorist, the final week of a tumultuous London budget process, and have a conversation about council debate surrounding graphic anti-abortion posters in London.

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Episode 244: Friday Round Table with Kelly Elliott, Ryan Gauss and Nathan Caranci

On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined on the panel by former Thames Centre Deputy Mayor Kelly Elliott, and political insiders Ryan Gauss and Nathan Caranci.

They discuss the city's budget Hunger Games (Craig's words) and whether having agencies openly lobby council is a good thing.

Then they look at the upcoming by-election in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex and whether it will tell us much about where Ontario voters are at ahead of the 2026 election.

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Episode 243: J Stevens on the state of radio and a new show

J Stevens is the new morning show host on Classic Rock 98.1!

J and Rubino launches this week, and J sat down with Craig to talk about his new role, the state of the radio industry and how local radio still matters.

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Episode 242: Friday Round Table with A.J. Wray, Scott Collyer and Shawna Lewkowitz

Craig is joined by a panel of PhD candidate A.J. Wray, political insider Scott Collyer and former federal NDP candidate Shawna Lewkowitz.

They talked about London's budget priorities - from police, to transit, to libraries - as well as the future of media after the news of another round of massive layoffs at Bell.

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