The 905er Podcast
The 905er is a news, politics and discussion podcast for the GTHA region focusing on the region outside central Toronto where 4 million people live, but where news coverage and discussion hardly exists. Presented by Roland Tanner and Joel MacLeod, long-time activists, volunteers and sometimes even wannabe-politicians, we aim to provide a lively weekly podcast featuring interviews with people in the news, round-table discussions, analysis and more. It aims to be intelligent, though-provoking, lively and entertaining. Get bonus content on Patreon
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905 Round-Up: Cowardly Candidates and Who’s Win...
For this episode of the Round-Up we examine a disappointing trend in Halton of candidates for public office not showing up for debates.In the race for Halton Catholic School Board Trustees, a major debate was cancelled due to numerous candidates dec...
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Halton Regional Chair Race - Andrea Grebenc
As we’ve mentioned before, we can’t cover every race, but we can highlight some of the races we think are most interesting. This week we're focusing on the Halton Regional Chair race. For the first time since the position became elected in 2000, ther...
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905 Round Up: Activists, Coyotes and Politics W...
It seems that in the 905, it belongs to the coyotes and we just live here. Coyotes continue to dominate the discussion around dinner tables in Burlington where 4 coyotes have been put down. Response from City of Burlington has been its people's fault...
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Taking the P Out of Politics: Racing to the Bot...
Regular guest Alan Kan joins us again to chat about the latest news from the municipal election trail. And leading the pack for 'oh, good grief, really?' moments in this election are the good cities of Brampton and Hamilton.We look at the latest sto...
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905 Round-Up: When the Landlords Make the Rules
It's rare that we get to focus on federal politics when talking about the 905 region. However, we found our chance to with a story by Davide Mastracci over at Readpassage.com. His hard work discovered that close to 40% of all MP's were either landl...
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Caryma Sa’d On Why the Freedom Convoy Came to O...
Last week, a picture shared to social media of a trans woman teacher at Oakville Trafalgar High School erupted into an international controversy. The showed the teacher in question wearing overly large prosthetic breasts covered with a tight sweater...
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The 905 Round-Up: Corruption, When it Fits
It was brought to our attention that Burlington Councillor Paul Sharman's campaign was collecting donations from developers, which was helping to fuel his fourth time being elected to Burlington City Council. It brought people claiming that he was co...
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The Race for Milton: Zeeshan Hamid
It may be over 20 years since Gord Krantz faced a serious challenger in Milton. Back then it was Colin Best who got as close as 1000 votes to beating Krantz, before settling for a long career as a Milton councillor. Zeeshan Hamid, first elected in 20...
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905 Round-up: Scrooge McFord and the Coyotes
We live in a country where the prime minister can't even declare a national day of mourning. So Ontario's workers will work while millions upon millions elsewhere in Canada and the Commonwealth nations either spend the day watching the funeral of the...
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The Race For Hamilton - Keanin Loomis
In the run up to the municipal election on October 24th we want to give our listeners the opportunity to hear directly from candidates in some of the most hotly contested and important races. Unfortunately we simply can’t cover every candidate in eve...
45 min
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905 Round-up: Another Fight with the Teachers i...
On the first day back at school we ask whether the province is looking for another fight with teachers, to restart the battle that was called off in March 2020. But teachers have been on the frontline of the COVID battle for the last two years, so do...
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The 905er Asks: ”What Makes a Strong Mayor”
As is the PC government's style since 2018, especially when it comes to municipal matters, a surprise announcement with major implications for at least two cities was announced as part of the throne speech on August 9th. It wasn't in the PC election ...
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Alan Kan and Laura Steiner Bring The 905er Up t...
We have on this episode, old friends of the podcast!Laura Steiner of the Milton Reporter and Alan Kan of the Munipoli Matters Substack join us to give us their expert analysis of what this falls' municipal election could look like. As well as what ...
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The 905 Round-Up - We’re Back from Summer!
Well we're back folks!After a restful recovery over the summer, from the tumult which was our most recent Ontario election, Joel and Roland decided to return to behind the microphones. Just in time for another election! This falls' municipal elect...
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Rebroadcast - The 905 Round-Up: Mayoral Rumours...
As one Ontario election ends, it appears that immediately we look at the upcoming municipal election in the fall.More specifically the rumours surrounding former Ontario NDP Leader, Andrea Horwath. For a little while now, the rumour mill has been c...
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Rebroadcast - The 905 Round-Up: Bully Councillo...
Last week Mississauga's city council got in the news for something they didn't do. Specifically failing to address allegations of intimidation and vandalism on the part of one Councillor against another. Karen Ras repeatedly brought to the ...
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Rebroadcast - The 905 Round-Up: The Tories True...
Originally aired on April 5, 2022 Don't worry, you didn't miss the week! Due to a scheduling conflict, our Thursday episode of The 905 Round-Up is today!This week had huge news in Hamilton. Local area MPP Donna Skelly earned some local...
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Rebroadcast - A Stony Silence? Sarah Harmer, Gr...
Originally aired on March 22, 2022 If you live in the 905 Region, there is a good chance you live relatively close to a gravel quarry, and there’s a good chance that the existence of the quarry is or has been controversial. Aggregates, to give them...
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Rebroadcast - 2022 Provincial Election: The Ont...
Originally aired May 24, 2022 Last but not least, we present our review and take on the Ontario PC Party's platform, or lack thereof, for the provincial election.This episode of The 905er is brought to you by our sponsor:South River Brewing. Lis...
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Rebroadcast - Flavio Volpe Discusses the Afterm...
Originally aired on March 1, 2022 Last year, we had on to the podcast Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association of Canada. We discussed their made in Canada entry into the world of electric vehicles. A ...
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Rebroadcast - The 905 Round-Up: Peel Trouble an...
On this episode of The 905 Round-Up, we have a special guest. Alan Kan writes a municipal politics blog titled #munipoli Matters. He is from Mississauga and often writes about what is going on in Peel Region. We invited him on to the podcast t...
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Rebroadcast - Denise Davy Discusses the Root Ca...
In the last few weeks for this podcast, you might have noticed that a theme has appeared. Homelessness has crept into the forefront of discussions here in the 905. Especially in Hamilton, where the city has struggled to get a handle on the problem ...
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Rebroadcast - 905 Round-Up: Patrick Brown wants...
Originally aired March 10, 2022 You just can't keep Patrick Brown out of the news this week, as his plan to run for the federal CPC leadership sees him put one story behind him, while another story is exploding in Brampton. We discuss what it says ...
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Rebroadcast - Mayor John Taylor Takes on the Ho...
Originally aired March 8th, 2022 On February 8th, the province’s Housing Affordability Task Force released its report on how to make housing more affordable in this province. Nobody can claim the recommendations aren't radical. And while the...
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Glyn Bowerman of Spacing Radio
Originally Aired June 14, 2022 This week we are joined by Glyn Bowerman of the Spacing Radio podcast. Spacing is something special and increasingly rare - a quarterly magazine printed on paper. But Spacing is also an important website and a highly ...
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