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The City of Kingston has been awarded $3.2 million dollars for blowing past the province's housing targets. Mayor Bryan Paterson joined us to talk about the strategy and how they’ll be using this extra cash. 

The City of Kingston and the downtown B-I-A have decided to install a synthetic ice surface in the downtown core of ice rinks. We spoke with Marijo Cuerrier,  the executive Director of the BIA, about the reason behind the change from traditional to synthetic.

The Erie Street Community Church in Collingwood will soon have to scale back its hours after the site was found unhygienic and food contaminated. We spoke to Rhonda Day,  head of the Mobile Soup Kitchen ,which stocks the pantry, about this decision.

The Young Town Museum in Omemee,later Lindsay, was Trevor Hosier’s love letter to Rock N Roll from the 50s, 60s and 70s. The museum, named after Neil Young, featured items from Young as well as personally owned and worn items from the likes of John Lennon,Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Knicks, just to name a few. We spoke to Trevor Hosier about the timeless museum.

This Week, House Leader Paul Calandra said Ontario will support the NDP’s Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act. The decision is an about-face for the Progressive Conservative government who rejected the recommendation last year. We spoke with Kirsten Mercer, counsel for the group 'End Violence Against Women Renfrew County', about the inquest.

Gothic Huron: Heroes, Rogues, Murders, Daring, Bawdy Houses and Other Tales is a book about the death cult period of Huron county. It speaks of tales of heroic and villainous deeds while diving into the county’s fascination with death and tragedy of the Victorian Era. We spoke to Author David Yates about this gothic revelation.

Students at Lakehead University are learning the skills required to build a successful business from the Ingenuity incubator. To find out more about the program, we spoke to Sidney Howlet, a recent graduate successfully launched her climate change business, about how it helped build her business. 

A new bylaw in Coburg that puts conditions on local homeless shelter operation had put many shelters and transitional housing in jeopardy with its restrictions and conditions. This has spurred much discourse that has echoed on the show from Ike Nwibe, the Executive Director of Transitional House. That being said, Coburg Mayor Lucas Cleveland spoke with us to give his perspective.

Kelley Ward, the founder of Lost Boys Hope, runs an animal rescue organization based in Barrie that's been saving cats and dogs from Ontario to Manitoba. We spoke to her about her business.

The goal of Green Bowl Foods is to take leftovers and create something nutritious and good for the environment. That could mean taking the pulp from carrots or the barley from brewed beer and “upcycling” the ingredients into a wholesome meal. We spoke with owner Max Jamshidian, about their business.
Three Orillia women embark on a journey of help from mother to mother

 The Mom Collective is a volunteer organization powered by social media, and created by 3 local women. It was created as a space for women in Orillia to find support during or after a crisis strikes. We spoke to Amy Scully, one of the founders, about her organization.

Irrepressible: Yukon's Martha Black is a book chronicling the journey of the second congresswoman elected to the house of Commons, Marth Black. From her unconventional life as a businesswoman to  congress woman, Author Enid Mallory tells all.

Recently, the city of Kingston enacted a ban on daytime camping in their effort to manage the homeless encampment at city parks. Now the town of Cobourg has introduced a new bylaw that puts conditions on shelters and transitional housing. It's called the Emergency Care Establishment By-law. We spoke to Ike Nwibe, the Executive Director of the Transition House Coalition of Northumberland, about the effects of this new law.

In January of 2024, snowboarder Liam Brearley took home his first gold medal in the slopestyle event at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation World Cup in Switzerland. Now the 21 year old recently took home Canada’s first Crystal Globe Trophy in a slopestyle competition. We've reached him in Whistler, BC where he's training.

Dr. Andrew Tennenztap recently found a new and more reliable method for fresh water testing. This new method is said to break down the molecular DNA of a water source to make it easy to track changes right to their origin. We spoke with him about this amazing discovery.
An influx of churches in Bracebridge have relinquished ownership of local cemeteries. That in turn has created financial pressure for the town which is more than the town can bear. The council is asking the province to step in with a financial boost to ease the burden. We spoke to Mayor Rick Maloney about his plight about the situation.
Six years ago Jodi McDaniel signed up for the AncestryDNA test program for health reasons. What she didn't expect was that it would lead her on a journey towards a family member she never met before, her biological father. McDaniel joined us to tell the story.

The students at Georgian College are hosting a special Royal Tea party to support kids who have lost a loved one. They’ve partnered with the Seasons Centre for Grieving Children for this event. We spoke to one of the college students, Kendra Siebert, and a guest, Honestie Slessor, about the upcoming event.

For the first time in over 70 years, the Napanee Beaver is no longer a family-owned paper. Managing Editor Adam Prudhomme assumed ownership of the local paper which has been serving the local community since 1870. We spoke to him about this momentous achievement. 

Superior Court Judge Robert Centa ruled that the Safe Streets Act violates the presumption of innocence and prohibits panhandling in certain locations which violates freedom of expression rights. Barrie Councillor, Keenan Aylwin, spoke to us about the ruling.