Category: Guelph Politicast

GUELPH POLITICAST #416 – Day of Mourning 2024

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If it’s the end of April, then you know it’s time for the annual National Day or Mourning. Although the pandemic is over, it’s worth remembering there was a whole class of workers who had to keep working as it happened, and that meant intentionally putting themselves at risk. This was important, but even before the pandemic, workers across Canada in all sorts of work were taking risks every day, often unknowingly, and they still are. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #416 – Day of Mourning 2024” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #415 – Doors Open Preview

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Doors Open Guelph is one of dozens of similar events across Ontario that celebrates local history and heritage by throwing open the doors to buildings that are typically pretty inaccessible to the general public. There’s no shortage of history and heritage nerds in Guelph who all have their favourites so how are the sites chosen, why are they chosen, and why are these buildings on the 2024 tour? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #415 – Doors Open Preview” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #414 – Tiny Homes, Big Impacts

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We’ve heard a lot about tiny homes lately as the housing crisis has gotten worse, but they’ve been a thing for a while. Somehow, it’s both a niche real estate trend, and a new innovation in accommodating Canada’s unhoused population, but it’s the latter that we’re interested in today because we’re going to talk about one of Guelph’s two tiny home projects meant to tackle homelessness. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #414 – Tiny Homes, Big Impacts” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #413 – ARCH is Gone But Their Services Remain

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HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health, or ARCH, suddenly announced its closure last week. Losing ARCH impacts a wide variety of people in Guelph and area, whether that’s HIV prevention and care, needle exchanges and harm reduction, or gender affirming and trans healthcare. For these people, ARCH has been the first and only place they could turn for help, so who’s going to fill the void? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #413 – ARCH is Gone But Their Services Remain” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #412 – A Climate Action Check-In

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The City of Guelph has two goals, one to be a net zero community by 2050 and the other to be 100 per cent powered by renewable energy at the same time, and while 2050 is still a good 26 years away, it’s going to get here sooner than we think. This week, we’re going to go over the climate action report card, how is Guelph doing as we’re trying to turn the tide? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #412 – A Climate Action Check-In” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #411 – Raw Audio News

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The last few weeks have been busy news weeks, so on this edition of the podcast we’re going to lift the veil of news gathering and take you behind the scenes to see how the sausage the media gets made. To do that, we’re going to talk to an Ontario cabinet minister about promises, hear from local fire officials about safety, and discuss how best to not get scammed. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #411 – Raw Audio News” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #410 – Buses and Trains Wanted!

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As listeners familiar with the work of Guelph Politico are aware, improved transit is a pretty big part of the mission, and more often than not, we’re talking about local transit. But did you know that transit can take you to places outside of Guelph’s urban boundaries? This is somewhat tricky because regional transit, both to and from Guelph, is lacking, and we’re not alone. That’s where a new advocacy group wants to make a difference. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #410 – Buses and Trains Wanted!” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #409 – Advanced Repeat

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It’s rare these days to work in the same place for over four decades, but when you go to the Guelph Public Library this week you may notice that one long-time face is no longer around. Maybe you didn’t notice because you were so obsessed with the thought of heading into the DVD stacks to find more Denis Villeneuve flicks, high on the hit from Dune: Part Two. If any of this sounds right, this podcast is for you! Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #409 – Advanced Repeat” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #408 – Greg Dorval Has Things to Say

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One of the problems covering issues of homelessness in the media is that it’s hard to find people to be the face of those issues. You see this in just about every news story, “person X is experiencing issue A”; it’s a way of personalizing the issue and making it relatable to the audience, and it’s one of the reasons why the homelessness crisis is so unrelatable. That’s where Greg Dorval entered the picture a few weeks ago. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #408 – Greg Dorval Has Things to Say” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #407 – Mike’s Homes

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When the Ontario Legislature resumed sitting this week, Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner wasn’t sitting alone as the only Green member. The fact that Aislinn Clancy won handily in Kitchener Centre might be a sign that people are interested in listen to Green ideas, and the Legislature will get a chance to show they they’re listening next week by sending Schreiner’s private member’s bill to committee and naturally, he thinks they should! Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #407 – Mike’s Homes” →