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After successfully cracking down on the notorious unsanctioned car rallies of the infamous Labour Day long weekend "takeovers," the town of Wasaga Beach is looking at the province to establish a task force. Danny Rodgers, the General Manager of the Development Services Division of the town, spoke with us about it.
Mississauga MPP Kaleed Rasheed has resigned over contradicting accounts of a trip to Nevada with a Greenbelt developer. His surprise resignation came yesterday after media reports alleged that Rasheed had gotten a massage at the same Las Vegas hotel spa at the same time as Shakir Rehmatullah, who is one of the developers. This is despite him telling the Integrity Commissioner otherwise under oath. Charlie Pinkerton, the Queen’s Park reporter who first broke details of the Vegas trip, gave us the details in studio
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reminding parents to get those records up to date before an important deadline. According to public health, roughly twenty percent of grade 11 and 12 students in the region don't have up to date immunization records. Dr. Colin Lee, the Associate Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, spoke more on the matter.

Canada has set goals to eradicate poverty, and made commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development launched in 2015 at a UN Summit. Campaign 2000 monitors Canada's progress on ending poverty. Leila Sarangi, their national director, gave us the update on Canada’s progress.

You might be surprised to know that cookbooks are included in the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections at Queen's University. Those rare books are set to be at a pop-up exhibition of historical and local community cookbooks for Doors Open Kingston. Curator Brendan Edwards joined us to share some classic tips from the collection.

A surge in shoplifting across the world has hit home as Canadian businesses have been ramping up efforts to curb shoplifting over the past year. As price tags go up, thieves become more creative. Bruce Winder, a retail analyst and author, broke it down for us.

A group of Owen Sound residents packed a recent council meeting, pleading for help from the city, after years of suspected drug activities and noise problems in their neighborhood. As city staff investigate the issues and prepare for a report , the Deputy Mayor Scott Greig explains to us what's going on, and what the city can and will do to help.

The heads of Canada's five largest grocery chains were summoned to Ottawa to meet with Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, to talk about stabilizing rising food prices. The federal government says it has reached an agreement with the big five grocers and have given them until Thanksgiving to submit their individual plans. Sheila Block, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, spoke more on the integral meeting.

What could 2.7 million dollars do to change the lives of homeless people in Peterborough? Quite a bit, according to Christian Harvey from One City Peterborough. He joined us to talk about the latest city investment and the programs it will help fund.

Metroland Media Group has announced more than 70 weekly newspapers will cease print publication and hundreds of employees will lose their jobs as the company seeks bankruptcy protection. We examined its impact on the communities affected as well as the media landscape with journalism professor April Lindgren.

Today Queen's unveils a unique new Indigenous gathering space -- a large wooden roundhouse that stands in stark contrast to the gray limestone dominating campus.How far does this new space go toward reconciliation? We spoke to an Indigenous administrator and a student at Queen's

There's a new picnic table in Kingston, which doesn't sound like a big deal -- but it is to the men who made it. We heard how building a table over the summer also built important social connections.

Do you have an exciting Friday night ahead? Local singer Jason McCoy is set to have a memorable one as he looks forward to being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Association's Hall of Fame.

A closer look at the track involved in the most recent Kingston train derailment, and why all the warning signs before that were ignored.

A decade ago, students at Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School waged a passionate campaign to save their school and unique community. They lost, but a new generation is taking up their fight in a play that debuts tonight.

As the school year gets underway, teachers are getting to know their students, and noticing their skills and talents. Years ago, one teacher suspected his student's talent would lead her to become an author -- and this summer, the prediction came true.

"It is all about greed" Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison did not try to hide his feelings about a Trenton landlord's decision to evict long-time tenants. The mayor joined us to explain why he used those words, and what the municipality could do to help.

A personal care bank in Peterborough was vandalized last week, but that isn't stopping the people who put it there from continuing to provide much needed resources in the community.