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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 Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
On this week's Friday Round Table, London Abused Women's Centre Executive Director Jennifer Dunn, activist Mojdeh Cox and Classic Rock 98.1 Program Director Dan Wylie come to the studio.
Craig and the panel discuss human trafficking in London, the government's handling of Paul Bernardo being moved to a medium security prison, 1290 CJBK being shut down by Bell and the rising cost for the Volkswagen battery plat in St. Thomas.
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Barb Maly, the executive director of Downtown London, stops by the studio to chat with Craig about all things in the core. In a wide ranging conversation, talk about housing, safety, vacant office space, and the Health and Homelessness plans.
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
On this week's Friday Round Table, City of London budget chair Elizabeth Peloza, and political insiders Ryan Gauss and Nathan Caranci join Craig to talk about the issues of the week.
They discuss how this week's air quality problems could impact federal and provincial politics, as well as the price of homes and rent in London and what some new data tells us about the housing market.
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, the first openly gay person elected to London City Council, joins Craig to talk about a disturbing series of stories in the community and about his remarks to kick off Pride month in the city.
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
A report at London City Hall says emissions in the city are on the way up and we aren't on pace to get to net zero by 2050. How do we fix that? What steps do we take? Councillor Skylar Franke joins the podcast to share her thoughts.
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
When objections to certain planning decisions are made due to heritage concerns - is this just thinly veiled NIMBYism?
Craig and historian Robyn Schwarz break that down on this episode of the podcast.
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
City of London budget chair Elizabeth Peloza, former city councillor Cheryl Miller and PhD candidate A.J. Wray join Craig for this week's Friday Round Table.
They talk Budweiser Gardens improvements, downtown vacancy rates, heritage homes and David Johnston's decision to not have a public inquiry into foreign election interference.
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Should the City of London spend millions in tax dollars to renovate and expand Budweiser Gardens?
It was an intense at times debate at city hall on Tuesday. Craig was there, and on this episode of the podcast he lays out the facts and shares his conversation with Budweiser Gardens General Manager Brian Ohl and Tourism London General Manager Cheryl Finn.
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig welcomes London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, political insider Nathan Caranci and Blackburn Media news manager Scott Kitching.
They talk about proposed improvements at Budweiser Gardens that the city of London is being asked to pay for. Then, they talk red light cameras and about a school that had about a third of their students absent on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Violence in schools has been a regular talking point in Ontario's education system - and it has reached a boiling point at some London schools.
Craig Smith - the President of ETFO in Thames Valley - joins the podcast to talk about what's happening W. Sherwood Fox School in the south end of the city.
There's worries about the safety of staff and students, and some in the school community have called this school year "the most challenging and traumatizing that we have
seen."
Smith discusses how what's happening there is similar to other schools in the system, and what needs to be done to make significant change.