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Longtime London, Ontario media personality Craig Needles talks about the biggest stories in the Forest City with local newsmakers and commentators.
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Craig is joined in the studio by City of London Budget Chair Elizabeth Peloza, political insider Ryan Gauss and former London city councillor Cheryl Miller for this week's Friday Round Table.
They talk about who is to blame for London failing to meet provincial housing targets, city hall offering to help out some businesses dealing with issues surrounding homelessness and the idea of getting high school students onto LTC busses to get to and from school.
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Some people buy products because they're environmentally friendly.
However, in some cases, they're just marketed that way.
Dr. Wren Montgomery, an Associate Professor of Sustainability at Ivey Business School, joins Craig to talk about 'greenwashing'.
What is it? How do you spot it? Why to companies do it?
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined in the studio by London City Councillor Sam Trosow, Green Party candidate Carol Dyck and Blackburn Media News Manager Scott Kitching to talk about this week's top stories.
They dive into the City of London's winter homelessness response, why it took the city so long to finally send out green bins and the Trudeau government backtracking on the carbon tax.
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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Sarah Jama has been booted from the Ontario NDP caucus.
The recently elected Hamilton MPP was removed following her controversial statements on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and issuing a letter indicating she may sue Doug Ford.
Some Ontario NDP members are furious and the party is in disarray.
Journalist Erica Ifill joins Craig to share her thoughts on how leader Marit Stiles handled what happened and what the next steps for the party might be - both provincially and federally.
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig welcomes United Way Elgin Middlesex CEO Kelly Ziegner, former Thames Centre Deputy Mayor Kelly Elliott and former London City Councillor John Fyfe-Millar to talk about the week's top stories.
They discuss the largest housing development in London's history being approved by council, the cancellation of a downtown festival for 2024, the potential of a teacher's strike in Ontario and the legal battle between Premier Doug Ford and NDP MPP Sarah Jama.
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Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Craig is joined in the studio by London Abused Women's Centre Executive Director Jennifer Dunn, activist Mojdeh Cox and former London city councillor Roger Caranci.
They talk about the RCMP's criminal investigation of the Ford government, the LHSC stepping up to combat homelessness by creating a new apartment building and whether city hall needs a lobbyist registry.
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Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
Wednesday Oct 11, 2023
With some concerns in the community about how homeless hubs will impact neighbourhood - Craig asked CMHA Regional Director of London, North Middlesex and Huron Pam Hill to join him on the podcast and discuss those issues.
What will security be like? What will the rules be for the people living at the hubs? How quickly to they hope to get the people from the hubs to permanent housing?
They tackles these questions and more on the Craig Needles Podcast, which is brought to you by Clearview Auto Glass.
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Another busy news week in London and Craig welcomes city councillor Steve Lehman, former Green party candidate Carol Dyck and political insider Nathan Caranci to the studio to break it all down.
First, they discuss the council approval of the homeless hub locations.
What will the markers for success be for this plan? How well council, as a whole, handled this discussion? The panel tackles those questions and more.
Then, they discuss the biggest housing development in London's history at 50 King. Neighbours aren't happy. Should council approve it next week?
Also, York Development has, rather than affordable units, promised $500,000 to Indwell. Is that the wave of the future?
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Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
As London City Councillors get set to vote on the final approval for the locations of the city's homeless hubs, Corrine Rahman joins the podcast to explain why she's opposed to the location at 705 Fanshawe Park Road.
She discusses concerns about communication with residents and business owners in the area, and why she's supportive of some of the hubs - just not the one in the northwest end.
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
A busy news week!
Craig is joined by City of London budget chair Elizabeth Peloza, lawyer Matthew Reid and political insider Scott Collyer to break it all down.
They discuss the locations for the city's homeless hubs, an integrity commissioner complaint against a city councillor, some pushback to a major residential building in downtown London and the Nazi scandal for the former speaker at the House of Commons.
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