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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Halton’s Boundary Expansion Vote - Paul Sharman...
Originally Aired February 22, 2022 Halton Regional Council has just taken one of the most important votes it is likely to take this decade. At a meeting that went late into the evening last Wednesday, with over 50 delegates attending to give th...
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Rebroadcast - Grandmother’s Voice - Indigenous ...
Originally aired June 21, 2022 At the same time as the history of the Residential Schools was exploding on the front pages of newspapers, two women in Halton were creating something new and unprecedented with the potential to do much to bring about...
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Rebroadcast - Alex Bishop: Whatever Happened to...
Originally Aired April 12, 2022 There is carnage on the streets of Hamilton in recent weeks.It's too easy in the world of journalism and current affairs to reach for overly dramatic language when describing a problem. Too easy to suggest a disagre...
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Rebroadcast - The 905 Round-up: The Shawna Stol...
Originally aired on April 21, 2022We have talked about a lot of bad behaviour at city halls in the two years this podcast has been running. We've seen bullying and threats on social media. We have seen councillors who see their entire reason for exi...
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ReBroadcast - The Canadian Way: Eleanor McMahon...
Originally aired on March 15, 2022 Among the unexpected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, surely one of the better ones is a nationwide rediscovery of the Canadian outdoors.Today we are joined by Eleanor McMahon, President and CEO of the ...
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905 Round-Up: Rent’s Up, Gary’s Back, and Peel ...
In our last episode before our summer break, we look at some different stories from around the 905. Rents have jumped in the last year. Why, and what are we doing about it? Gary Carr has announced he is running for Regional Chair again, torpedoing Ja...
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905 Round-Up: Alan Kan talks about what to expe...
We invited back to the podcast, fellow amateur municipal political pundit Alan Kan. For those who might not remember Alan writes the #munipoli matters newsletter, focusing on the news and politics of municipalities not just here in the 905 but acro...
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905 Round-up: Withering House Prices / Whither ...
For the first time in a long time home-owners and home-buyers in the 905 are facing the prospect of house prices that go down instead of up. Is this entirely bad? A needed but hopefully limited adjustment triggered by interest rates? An unexpected fi...
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Myles Rusak Jams withThe 905er about the Sound ...
It's time to look forward to summer again.One of the largest music festivals in Canada happens right here in the 905. This year bands like Finger Eleven, The Trews and The Tea Party are playing to crowds of hundreds of thousands on Father's Day wee...
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Join Us On YouTube For Our Live Election Webcast
Join us on YouTube at 9pm this evening (2nd June) when the polls close as Roland, Joel and special guests discuss the Ontario election results and what they mean for the 905 region. Here's the link you'll need: https://youtu.be/AMBnJb-JqT0
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905 Round-Up: Ontario’s Election is Missing, Pr...
Don't miss our election night live stream on Thursday. We'll spice up this election or die trying. Either way, it should be a fun evening for our listeners, and we're hoping to have some special guests. Join us and drown your sorrows or unexpectedly ...
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The 905 Round-Up: Bateman Highs and Lows
The saga surrounding Robert Bateman High in Burlington continues!First off we look at the Aird & Berlis report clearing the City Council of wrong doing in the Shawna Stolte disciplinary matter. While technically they are in the right, there is a bi...
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The 905 Round-Up: The Proof is in the Polling
Here is The 905 Round-Up!Coming off our episodes on the Green Party, NDP and Ontario Liberal Party platforms, we get a chance to dive into some polling data! Abacus Data issued a poll on Monday, May 16th, which seemed to back up a lot of what Rolan...
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2022 Provincial Election - The Ontario Liberal ...
In keeping with our coverage to date of the Ontario Provincial Election, here is Joel and Roland's take on what works and what doesn't in the Ontario Liberal Party Platform.This episode of The 905er is brought to you by our sponsor:South River Brew...
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The 905 Round-Up:Tory Riding Bonuses and Scanda...
This week saw the media and political parties foam at the mouth at the revelation by the NDP that Lisa MacLeod, Ontario PC MPP in Nepean was given an allowance of $44,000 over the last four years from her riding association. Further investigation sa...
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2022 Provincial Election: The Green Party Platform
The Green Party of Ontario's platform gets the 905er treatment today. But first, are we even smart enough to manage to download the darn thing? Listen to find out.This episode of The 905er is brought to you by our sponsor:South River Brewing. List...
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The 905 Round-Up: Elections Season is Here, so ...
Joel and Roland take a look away from the Ontario election beginning and focus on the municipal candidates declaring their candidacy for this falls election. Why is there such ridiculousness around the public property not being used for campaigning?...
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2022 Provincial Election - The NDP Platform
Following our interviews with the leaders of the Greens and Ontario Liberals in the last two weeks, we take a look today at the NDP's platform for the election which gets properly underway on Thursday. The NDP are first out of the gate with their ful...
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The 905 Round-Up: A Mayor’s Response and COVID’...
The 905 Round-Up is up and running!Coming off our coverage of the Burlington City Council's decision to reprimand Councillor Shawna Stolte we look at the very public and lengthy response to the situation from Mayor Marianne Meed-Ward. The Mayor pin...
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The Party Leaders Speak – Steven Del Duca
In the second of our interviews with Ontario party leaders, this week we are joined by Steven Del Duca, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. Steven Del Duca was first elected to the legislature in 2012 when he became MPP for Vaughan following the ret...
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The 905er Asks the Leaders the Tough Questions ...
As promised, we are bringing you our talks with the leaders of the major Ontario political parties prior to the campaign starting next month.We had wanted to do this for some time leading up to the election. A chance to sit down with the various le...
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The 905 Round-Up: The Downside of Nomination Me...
This episode of the 905 Round-Up is short and sweet this week. Due to Joel feeling under the weather it was decided to keep this episode to the point. As well, despite Joel's assertions, the day after recording this episode he tested again and disc...
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Halton Police Chief Steve Tanner Discusses the ...
[The incorrect file was initially uploaded with this episode. It has now been corrected.]At the same time as society has been dealing with COVID-19, another public health crisis has been taking place. This is the epidemic of deaths being caused acro...
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The 905 Round-up: Keanin, Bob and Judi too.
The mayoral race is heating up in Hamilton as a familiar face finally throws his hat into the ring. Meanwhile, Waterdown and Flamborough area councillor Judi Partridge announces she’s not running again, bringing the remaining Hamilton council to ...
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Maureen Wilson and Rory Nisan: Where was the De...
Rory Nisan is a city and regional councillor for Ward 3 in Burlington and Halton and Maureen Wilson is a councillor for Ward 1 in Hamilton. Both of them join us today to give their perspective on why the municipal votes in Hamilton and Halton to...
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