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Catherine McKenna joined me in person for a live recording of this episode at the Naval Club of Toronto here in our east end. We discussed her new book ‘Run Like a Girl', lessons learned from her six years in federal politics, the reality of political harassment, the tension between party loyalty and telling it like it is, and why we should be wary of “grand bargains” on climate with oil and gas companies.Catherine served as Environment and Climate Change Minister from 2015-2019 and Infrastructure Minister from 2019-2021. She's now the founder and CEO of Climate and Nature Solutions and chairs a UN expert group advising the Secretary General on net zero commitments.Read further:Run Like A Girl - Catherine McKenna (2025)https://www.catherinemckenna.caChapters:00:00 Introduction & Run Like A Girl Book05:32 Lessons from Politics: Hard Work & Balance08:52 Climate Barbie & Political Harassment15:26 Running for Office in Ottawa Centre23:17 Being a Team Player vs. Speaking Truth32:05 Leaving Politics40:30 Climate Policy & the Oil & Gas “Grand Bargain”48:24 Supporting Others in Politics52:56 Carbon Pricing Communication Failures59:13 Gender Balance, Feminism & Cabinet01:04:04 Final Thoughts & ClosingTranscript:Nate Erskine-Smith00:02 - 00:38Well, thank you everyone for joining. This is a live recording of the Uncommon's podcast, and I'm lucky to be joined by Catherine McKenna, who has a very impressive CV. You will know her as the former Environment Minister. She is also the founder and CEO of Climate and Nature Solutions, a consultancy focused on all things environment and nature protection. And you may or may not know, but she's also the chair of a UN expert group that gives advice to the Secretary General on net zero solutions. So thank you for coming to Beaches East York.Catherine McKenna00:38 - 00:56It's great to be here. Hello, everyone. And special shout out to the guy who came from, all the way from Bowmanville. That's awesome. Anyone from Hamilton, that's where I'm originally found. All right. Nice, we got a shout out for Hamilton. Woo-hoo.Nate Erskine-Smith00:57 - 01:19So I ran down a few things you've accomplished over the years, but you are also the author of Run Like a Girl. I was at, you mentioned a book launch last night here in Toronto, but I attended your book launch in Ottawa. And you can all pick up a book on the way out. But who did you write this book for?Catherine McKenna01:21 - 02:58So, I mean, this book has been a long time in the making. It's probably been five years. It was a bit of a COVID project. And you'll see, it's good, I've got my prop here, my book. But you'll see it's not a normal kind of book. So it has a lot of images of objects and of, you know, pictures, pictures of me getting ready to go to the state visit dinner that was hosted by Obama while I'm trying to finalize the text on climate. So it's got like random things in it, but it's intended for a much broader audience. It's really intended to inspire women and girls and young people. And I think that's particularly important right now because I work on climate and I think it's really hard. Do people here care about climate? Yes, I imagine here you care about climate. I mean, I actually think most Canadians do because they understand the wildfires and they see the smoke and people are being evacuated from communities and you can't get insurance if you're in a flood zone. But I do think in particular we need to bolster spirits. But also it's a book, it's really about how to make change. It's not like people think it's like a political memoir. So I think, you know, fancy people in politics will look at the end of the book to see if their name is there and maybe be disappointed if it isn't. But it's not really that kind of book. It's like I was a kid from Hamilton. I didn't want to be a politician. That wasn't my dream when I grew up. I wanted to go to the Olympics for swimming. And spoiler alert, I did not make the Olympic team, but I went to Olympic trials.Nate Erskine-Smith02:59 - 02:59You're close.Catherine McKenna03:00 - 04:05I was, well, closest, closest, but, but it wasn't, I mean, you know, life is a journey and that wasn't, it wasn't sad that I didn't make it, but I think it's just to hopefully for people to think I can make change too. Like I didn't come as a fully formed politician that was, you know, destined to be minister for the environment and climate change. So in particular for women and young people who are trying to figure out how to make change, I think it's a little bit my story. I just tried to figure it out. And one day I decided the best way to make change was to go into politics and get rid of Stephen Harper. That was my goal. He was my inspiration, yes, because we needed a new government. And yeah, so I really, really, really am trying to reach a much broader audience because I think we often are politicians talking to a very narrow group of people, often very partisan. And that's not my deal. My deal is we need everyone to be making change in their own way. And I want people who are feeling like maybe it's a bit hard working on climate or in politics or on democracy or human rights that you too can make change.Nate Erskine-Smith04:06 - 05:17And you were holding it up. I mean, it's a bit of a scrapbook. You've described it. And it's also honest. I mean, there was some media coverage of it that was sort of saying, oh, you said this about Trudeau, calling him a loofer. And there's a certain honesty about I've lived in politics and I'm going to call it like it is. But what I find most interesting is not the sort of the gotcha coverage after the fact. It's when you go to write something, you said you're not a writer at the launch that I saw in Ottawa, but you obviously sat down and were trying to figure out what are the lessons learned. You've had successes, you've had failures, and you're trying to impart these lessons learned. You mentioned you sort of were going down that road a little bit of what you wanted to impart to people, but you've had six years in politics at the upper echelon of decision-making on a really important file. I want to get to some of the failures because we're living through some of them right now, I think. Not of your doing, of conservative doing, unfortunately. But what would you say are the lessons learned that you, you know, as you're crystallizing the moments you've lived through, what are those lessons?Catherine McKenna05:19 - 07:12It's funny because the lessons I learned actually are from swimming in a way that actually you got to do the work. That, you know, you set a long-term goal and, you know, whatever that goal is, whatever you hope to make change on. And then you get up and you do the work. And then you get up the next morning and you do the work again. And sometimes things won't go your way. But you still get up the next morning. And I think it's important because, like, you know, look, I will talk, I'm sure, about carbon pricing. We lost the consumer carbon price. There's a chapter. It's called Hard Things Are Hard. I'm also, like, really into slogans. I used to be the captain of the U of T swim team. So I feel like my whole life is like a Nike ad or something. Hard things are hard. We can do it. But yeah, I mean, I think that the change is incremental. And sometimes in life, you're going to have hard times. But the other thing I want people to take from it is that, you know, sometimes you can just go dancing with your friends, right? Or you can call up your book club. I would sometimes have hard days in politics. And I was like, oh, gosh, that was like, what? happened. So I'd send an email, it would say to my book club. So if you have book clubs, book clubs are a good thing. Even if you don't always read the book, that would be me. But I would be SOS, come to my house. And I'd be like, all I have is like chips and wine, but I just need to hang out with regular people. And I think that's also important. Like, you know, life is life. Like, you know, you got to do the work if you're really trying to make change. But some days are going to be harder and sometimes you're just trying to hang in there and I had you know I had I have three kids one of them they're older now one of them is actually manning the the booth selling the books but you know when you're a mom too like you know sometimes you're going to focus on that so I don't know I think my my lessons are I I'm too gen x to be like you've got to do this and INate Erskine-Smith07:12 - 07:16learned this and I'm amazing no that's not writing a graduation speech I'm not I'm not writing aCatherine McKenna07:16 - 08:43graduation speech and I don't know that you know the particular path I took is what anyone else is going to do I was going to I went to Indonesia to do a documentary about Komodo dragons because my roommate asked me to so that led me to go back to Indonesia which led me to work for UN peacekeeping and peacekeeping mission in East Timor but I think it's also like take risks if you're a young person Like, don't, people will tell you all the time how you should do things. And I, you know, often, you know, doubted, should I do this, or I didn't have enough confidence. And I think that's often, women often feel like that, I'll say. And, you know, at the end, sometimes you are right. And it's okay if your parents don't like exactly what you're doing. Or, you know, people say you should stay in corporate law, which I hated. Or, you know, so I don't know if there's so many lessons as a bit as, you know, one, you got to do the work to, you know, listen to what you really want to do. That doesn't mean every day you're going to get to do what you want to do. But, you know, if you're really passionate about working human rights, work on human rights, like figure out a way to do it and then also have some fun. Like life can feel really heavy. And I felt that during COVID. I think sometimes now after, you know, looking at, you know, social media and what Donald Trump has done or threatened to do, it can feel hard. So I think it's also OK to to just check out and have fun.Nate Erskine-Smith08:44 - 08:46I like it. Well, there aren't lessons, but here are three important lessons.Catherine McKenna08:48 - 08:50I am a politician. It's good. Well, it's OK.Nate Erskine-Smith08:50 - 09:57You mentioned a few times really writing this book in a way to young people and specifically to young women to encourage them to to make a difference and to get involved. and yet politics, we were both drawn to politics, I think for similar reasons, and it is one of the most important ways to make a difference, and I wanna get to you. There are other ways to make a difference, of course, but there's a bit of a tension, I think, in what you're writing, because you're writing this encouragement to make a difference, and politics is so important, and on the flip side, you document all sorts of different ways that politics has been truly awful, the absurdity of, I knew the ridiculous idiocy of Climate Barbie, but I didn't actually appreciate that you had these bizarre men coming to your house to take selfies in front of your house. That's just a next-level awfulness. And so how do you, when you're talking to young people, to encourage them on the one hand, but also you don't want to shield them from the awfulness, and we all want to make politics a more civil, better place, but these are problematic tensions.Catherine McKenna09:58 - 10:42Yeah, I mean, look, I thought a lot about what I wanted to say about like the hate and abuse that I got, but also my staff got. I mean, they come to my office and start screaming. And of course, everything's videotaped. So and, you know, there were incidents at my house. And so I first of all, I believe in being honest. Like, I just believe in it. I believe that people deserve the truth. But also in this case, I wasn't looking for sympathy. I'm out of politics. I don't need sympathy, but we need change. And so I think the only way, one of the only ways we get changed, and you know how hard it is to get policy, like online harm legislation. We still have not gotten online harm. In a way, it's kind of unfathomable that we can't just get it. Like, we know that online.Nate Erskine-Smith10:42 - 10:43C5 happened real quick, though. Don't worry.Catherine McKenna10:43 - 10:43Okay.Catherine McKenna10:44 - 10:48Well, luckily, I'm not in politics anymore. I'm not in politics anymore.Catherine McKenna10:48 - 11:48I just do my thing. But I do think that by documenting this, I'm hoping that people will read it and say, well, wait a minute, that's not OK, because that's how we will get the support to get legislation to make sure that we hold social media platforms accountable. that's the way that we will be able to get people to say to politicians, you cannot go and do personal attacks and then go spread them online to get to get clicks. And that we can get proper protection for politicians, which I don't love, but actually we need that sometimes. So I think that it is important to say that I don't want people to feel down because I have multiple purposes in the book. Like people are talking about this. And I've had a number of my female politician friends saying thank you for stepping up because now people are taking it more seriously because they're like wow that was bad like climate barbie sounds kind of quaint now but climate barbie led to a whole bunch of things that led to a bunch of things that led to rcmp finally being outside my house whichNate Erskine-Smith11:49 - 12:05wasn't amazing but at least i felt safe but it's one thing to say quaint but it normalizes a misogyny that is that is awful right yeah so it's and it might it might not be a direct threat it might not be taking a selfie outside of your home which is an implicit threat but it is it's normalizing an awfulness in our politics.Catherine McKenna12:06 - 12:10Yeah, I mean, it is. From other politicians. It was a former minister in Harper's CabinetNate Erskine-Smith12:10 - 12:11who started it, right?Catherine McKenna12:11 - 12:21It was, or at least amplified it. We'll go there, like the climate Barbie. Okay, so climate Barbie is, it's quite weird because now my kids are like, well, Barbie went to the moon.Catherine McKenna12:21 - 12:22Barbie was an asteroid.Catherine McKenna12:23 - 14:57Quinn is here, like, you know, Barbies are, like, you know, not that big a deal. The thing is, if you are my age, if anyone here is 50 or over, I think you're pretty clear when someone who's 50 or over calls you climate barbie there's a lot going on in that and i said nothing like i was actually baptized climate barbie very early on um by a rage farming alt-right outlet they are not media and that's what they do this is their game they go after progressives to make money actually um for clickbait but i didn't do anything for so long um and i guess my team was lovely and i had a lot of really awesome women and they're like just don't do it because you'll they'll know that you know they can go after you um and so i'm at the un actually it's like seven years ago i was just at the un last week yes i heard donald trump but i was there to work on climate but it was the same thing it was the end of a really long day i was going back to the hotel i was actually in the hotel lobby some crabby hotel with my team and i look at my phone i was like why is my twitter exploded what has happened and then i see the climate barbie tweet and i said to my team. I said, okay, I'm sorry. I'm just going to have to deal with this situation. And they knew, like, I'm, when I say I'm dealing with it, I'm going to deal with it. And so I, I, you know, I'm a lawyer by training. So I, you know, try, I am Irish. I've got the hot headed side and then I've got the lawyer rational side. So I was like, okay, what am I going to say? There's going to call it out, but in a way that isn't falling into the trap of just calling names. So I said, it's in this book. I'm not going to get exactly right, but it was something like, would you use that kind of language with your girlfriend, wife, mother? You're not chasing women out of politics. Your sexism is going to chase women, whatever it was. And what was so interesting about this, and this is why in this book, I do the same thing, is that it went viral. And I wasn't trying to do this. I was trying to shame him so he would stop. And people like would stop me in the streets. And it would be, you know, conservative men, they'd be like, I'm a conservative, I'm ashamed. This is not acceptable. And I really appreciate this. This is how you stand up to bullies. And I thought, oh, this is important that we do this every once in a while, because often as a woman, you're kind of supposed to take it because otherwise you look a bit weak. And I realized actually the power is other people saying that this is not okay. So I actually appreciate that you call it out. You will see in my book. I will just let me see if I can find it. I also, like, kind of bizarrely, a bunch of, like, men would send me Barbies with really mean notes.Catherine McKenna14:57 - 15:04So they'd go to a store, buy a Barbie, then go and find the address of my constituency office or my ministerial office,Catherine McKenna15:05 - 15:32and then send it with a note that they personally addressed. Like, that's kind of weird. So anyway, the funny thing is, I guess, is it funny? I don't know. It's just it. There's a Barbie. This is actually a picture of one of the Barbies that was sent. We would normally put our Barbies in the Christmas toy drive. I guess we figured might as well give it to, you know, kids that would like the Barbie. But I found one when I was cleaning up my office. And I was like, oh, I'm going to just keep that. I'm going to like, you know, just keep that. So you can...Nate Erskine-Smith15:32 - 15:33No one's sending you Barbies.Catherine McKenna15:33 - 15:38I have a book of just... No one's sending you Barbies. Glorious things that people have sent, like written notes that people have sent over the yearsNate Erskine-Smith15:38 - 16:33where you're just like, this is the most bizarre thing to have received. And, you know, in 10 years in politics, the scrapbook grows. So speaking of, you mentioned Harper being an inspiration of sorts. You also have said, I'm just a regular person who wanted to make a change. And politics, you also said, I didn't want to be a politician. I want to be an Olympian. But you also document Sheila Copps as someone you looked up to. You mentioned your dad being very political. And Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the person in politics who was a bit of an inspiration for your dad and family. And so Harper, obviously, a motivating force for me as well in the lead up to 2015. I think there's a whole class of us in the lead up to 2015 that wanted a different kind of politics. How did you get on the ballot, though? It was you were a lawyer and you thought, no, this is this particular moment. Were people tapping on the shoulder and saying, come on, Catherine, now's the time?Catherine McKenna16:37 - 18:52Yeah, I mean, it's kind of a funny story because women often have to be asked multiple times. The thing is, I'd already been asked before 2015. And it's kind of funny because I saw my friend last night who's part of the story. So when Stéphane Dion was running, I went back to Hamilton. So that's where my parents, my dad passed away. But that's where my parents lived. And I was walking up my street. And the head of the riding association was like, would you like to run? So the election, I think, was already called. I'm pregnant. I live in Ottawa. And so I was like, oh, maybe I should think about that. So I asked my friend. He's like, well, I guess you won't have to knock on doors. So that was my first time getting asked. I did not run then. But I ran a charity that did human rights, rule of law, and good governance. I'd started this charity after having lived abroad with a friend. And, I mean, it was like banging your head on a wall in the pre-Harper times. We were trying to support human rights. We were working with indigenous youth in Canada focused on reconciliation. I cared about climate change. I was like, all of these things I'm trying to do outside of the system are a complete and utter waste of time. So I thought, OK, we've got to get rid of the government. So that's my theory of change now. My theory of change was create this charitable organization, and it's just not getting the impact. So I decided I was going to run, but I was in Ottawa Centre. So I don't know if many of you know Ottawa Centre. It's actually where Parliament's located, so it's great. It's a bike ride to work. But it was Paul Dewar, who was a really beloved NDP member of parliament. His mother had been mayor. And I really like Paul, too. But the reality is you've got to win, right? So you've got to win enough seats so you can form government. So I ran for two years. And it's interesting because I just decided to run. I canvassed, and so maybe the woman, this will maybe resonate a little bit. So I was like, okay, I really want to run, but I kind of need permission. I don't know why I thought I needed permission, but I did. So I went the rounds. And I like the Liberal Party, but it can be like an inside club. And I wasn't from Ottawa Centre. And so I think people were like a bit perplexed. They're like, we're kind of keeping this riding for a star candidate. And I was like, okay, what the heck? Who's a star?Catherine McKenna18:52 - 18:53Like, what's a star candidate?Catherine McKenna18:53 - 19:07Is that like a male lawyer who gives a lot of money to the Liberal Party? Like, I was like, seriously, what is a star candidate? Yeah, that's what it is. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. I don't know. You are a male. I ran when I was 29 and had no money.Nate Erskine-Smith19:07 - 19:09That was a setup. That was a setup.Catherine McKenna19:09 - 20:15No, it wasn't. Okay. Anyway, we'll just blow by that one. You're a little bit unusual. Okay. So we'll take you out of that. But anyway, it's quite funny because then I was like, and then people were like, actually, you should just get the party to go get you another riding that's winnable. So I was like, okay, on the one hand, you need a star candidate here for this great riding that, but on the flip side, no one can win. So I was like, okay, I don't really know. So I looked at, like, you know, I'm not a fool. I was a competitive swimmer. I want to win. So I looked at the numbers, and I realized, like, you know, if Justin Trudeau was then leader, if we did super well, we were in third place, and it was two years out. But if I worked really hard and we did super well, there was a shot at winning. So I just decided I'm going to run. And I got the chapters called The New Girls Club. And then I had men supporting me. It was fine. But I literally had a lot of women who were just like, I don't know if you can win. This is kind of bonkers. You're doing it. But I'm going to step up and give you some money. I'm going to go help sell nominations. And at that point, you had to sell them. And no one wanted to buy a nomination.Catherine McKenna20:15 - 20:20People are like, I don't want to be a party. I want to join a party, especially a liberal party.Catherine McKenna20:22 - 21:04And so those of you who are thinking about politics, how do you win a nomination? I was trying to sell memberships and people weren't buying them. I was like, oh gosh, every night I'm going out, I've got these kids and I'm going out and talking to people. And I'm spending two hours and getting one or two nominations, people signing up. So I actually realized it was my kids' friends' mothers whose names I didn't know. I just knew their kids. And I think they were like, wow, we don't really know anyone that would go into politics. But we actually think you'd be pretty good. And your kids would kind of nice. And I don't know. I'll just sign up. I don't care.Catherine McKenna21:04 - 21:06And so it was actually really heartening.Catherine McKenna21:07 - 23:15And I will say, like, for all the bad of politics, and there is some bad for sure. And you will read about it in my book. That campaign for two years, like, we knocked on more than 100,000 doors. We had the highest voter turnout in the country. We had, I had my own rules. Like, I was like, we're going to do this in the way that I believe in. and you know some like some of it was following the bomb a snowflake model like you know we wanted to run hard but we also engaged kids and it wasn't like we had just like a kid area we would have kid canvases and I just felt important to me and we went to low income parts of the riding where some people said they're not going to vote or we went to university we went to university residents they're like they're not going to vote actually they turned out in strong numbers and I got a ton of volunteers who, and people that knew my name, because like someone who knows someone who knows someone. So it was great. But I will say like, that's the one thing about getting involved in politics. You may be here. I met a couple of you who said younger people who said you'd like to run. You can do it. You don't need permission. You're gonna have to hustle. You're gonna have to build your team. But this isn't an in club. And I do sometimes worry that politics feels like an in club and it shouldn't be that like we need everyone who wants to step up and get involved in however they want to get involved to be able to do that and so that's my lesson read that chapter hopefully you feel quite inspired and when I knocked on the last door I didn't know if I would win or not but I knew we'd left it all on the ice and I felt great like I was like we also have another woman who has run here it's Kelly is it Kelly who's run a couple times you know what it's like like you build a team. Now you were in a super hard riding. I do hope you run again. But it, it's just this feeling of doing something that matters and bringing people together in a common cause that is bigger than yourself. And it's about believing you can improve lives and you can tackle climate change. So that was a great I hope you read it and feel like you can do it too, if you want to run because you can, I will say you got to work hard. That is one of the most important thing doors gotNate Erskine-Smith23:15 - 23:36got a knock on doors well so i want to get back to though you were emphasizing one this idea of an insider culture but at the same time the need to have a really local presence and it was people who who were on the ground in the community who who ultimately helped get you over the finish line the nomination i mean here you know sandy's working the bar i went to high school with his kids andCatherine McKenna23:36 - 23:41he signed up in the nomination you got sandy and he got us a beer and and you got claire and fredNate Erskine-Smith23:41 - 24:44here who again i went i went to high school with their kids and they signed up in the nomination probably for joining the Liberal Party for the first time. And you go down the list, and there are people who are behind you locally. And in part, I think when you get started, now you go, okay, well, I know this person in the party, I know that person in the party, I've lived in the party for 12, 13 years. But I was 29 when I was starting to run the nomination. No one was tapping me on the shoulder and going, like, you're a star candidate, whatever that means, as you say. And so it does require that desire to say, no one has to ask me. I'm going to go do it and I'm going to build my own local team. But it also gets, I think, at another tension of who is your team? Because you say at one point, sometimes you need to be on the outside so you can push the inside to do more. And so you're on the outside now and you can be probably more honest in your assessment of things and more critical. I have tried, though, at times over the 10 years to play that same role in caucus.Catherine McKenna24:46 - 24:49What? Nate? I thought you were always all in on everything. Yeah, all in on everything.Nate Erskine-Smith24:50 - 25:32But it does get to this idea of team. It's like, be a team player, be a team player, be a team player. And the answer back is, well, who's your team? And yeah, sure, of course the team is the Liberal caucus, but the team is also people in Beaches of East York, the people who are knocking doors with the nomination, people who are knocking doors in the election. And they also want accountability. They also want the party and the government to be the best version of itself. And so do you find you were when you think back at the six years that you were in. I mean, cabinet's a different level of solidarity, obviously. But do you think it's possible to navigate that, you know, critical accountability role inside the tent? Or do you think it's essential as you are now to be outside to play that, you know, that that truth function?Catherine McKenna25:34 - 25:46I mean, that's a that's a really hard question because I mean, I'm a team person. I just sound like I was captain of a swim team. But that doesn't team. So it's different. Like, I'll just have to distinguish like being in cabinet.Catherine McKenna25:47 - 25:52Like you do have cabinet solidarity. But in cabinet, let me tell you, like I spoke up.Catherine McKenna25:52 - 26:50I like everyone didn't didn't always like it, but I felt like I had an obligation to just say things. And that was as much to myself as it was to anyone else. But then once you do that, you know, there is this view that then you stand with the team or else you leave cabinet. That is hard. That is hard. But it's probably less hard than being in caucus where you feel like you might have less influence on the issues. The one time I felt this was actually when I was out, but it was hard to do. And this is when I spoke up and I said I felt it was time for Justin Trudeau to step down, like to like have a leadership race to allow someone new to come in. And it was funny because I got like all these texts like and I was out. Right. So you think not such a big deal. But I got texts from people and like saying, who do you think you are? Like, you know, we're a liberal team. And I was like, OK, this is weird because I get team, but team doesn't equal cult.Nate Erskine-Smith26:52 - 26:52Welcome to my world.Catherine McKenna26:56 - 28:06Nate and me, are we exactly the same? Probably not exactly the same, but no, no. but I think it's true because I was like, well, wait a minute. We also owe it to, in that case, it was also like, we got to win. Are we going to just go? Is this the way it's going? We're just going to allow us to go down even though it's clear that the wheels have come off the cart. And that was hard. But I thought about it, and I was just so worried about the other option. Like Pierre Paulyab, that was too much. And I was like, okay, if I can make a bit of a difference, I will take a hit. It's fine. But I like, look, there is it is really hard to navigate that. And I mean, obviously, if it's super chaotic and no one's supporting things, I mean, the government will fall and you can't get agendas through. There does have to be some leeway to say things like that is important. It's that line and the tension. And I know you've you've felt it. And, you know, we haven't always been on the same side of those things, probably. But that is hard. That is hard. And I don't know that there's any easy answer to that because you can't always be in opposition because you can't govern.Catherine McKenna28:07 - 28:09So I would actually put that to you, Nate.Catherine McKenna28:10 - 28:38No, but I think it's an interesting question for you because, as I said, I was in cabinet, so it was a little bit easier. I mean, you literally have to vote with the government. But for you, there were times that you decided to, you know, be your own voice and not necessarily, well, not when I say not necessarily, not support, you know, the government's position. like how did you make decisions on that like how do you decide this is the moment i'm going to do that sometimes i care but i don't care as much or maybe i've done it you know a few times and iNate Erskine-Smith28:38 - 31:51should stay together like how did you how do you make that choice so i i think that uh trudeau and running for his leadership one thing that drew me to him actually he was calling for generational renewal at the time which which appealed to me but he was also talking about doing politics differently and whether that promise was entirely realized or not you know you lived around the cabinet table you you know more than me in some ways but I would say the promise of freer votes was incredibly appealing to me as the kind of politics that I that I want to see because I do think you you want that grassroots politics you want people to be it sounds trite now but that idea of being voices for the community in Ottawa not the other way around but there is a there's a truth to that. And so how do you get there and also maintain unity? And I think they navigated that quite well when in the leadership and then it became part of our platform in 2015, he articulated this idea of, well, we're going to have whipped votes on platform promises. Do I agree with everything in the platform? No, but I'll bite my tongue where I disagree and I'll certainly vote with the government. Two, on charter rights and human rights issues. And then three, and this is more fraught but on confidence matters more fraught i say because there were moments where they made certain things confidence matters that i didn't think they should have but you know that was that was the deal and that was the deal that you know you make with constituents it's the deal that you make with with members of the liberal party beyond that i think it's more about how you go about disagreeing and then it's making sure that you've given notice making sure that you've explained your reasons i i've i've uh i've joked i've been on many different whips couches but uh andy leslie i thought was the best whip in part because he would say why are you doing this and you'd run through the reasons he goes well have you have you engaged with them like do they know yeah well have they tried to convince you otherwise yeah and but here are the reasons okay well sounds like you thought about it kid get in my office and it was a there was a you could tell why he was an effective general because he he built respect as between you uh whereas you know the other approach is you have to vote with us. But that's not the deal, and here's why. And it's a less effective approach from a whip. But I would say how you, you know, I've used the example of electoral reform. I wasn't going and doing media saying Justin Trudeau is an awful person for breaking this promise, and, you know, he's, this is the most cynical thing he could have possibly have done, and what a bait and switch. I wasn't burning bridges and making this personal. I was saying, you know, he doesn't think a referendum is a good idea. Here's why I think there's a better forward and here's why I think we here's a way of us maintaining that promise and here's why I don't think we should have broken the promise and you know different people in the liberal party of different views I think the way we go about disagreeing and creating space for reasonable disagreement within the party outside the party but especially within the party really matters and then sometimes you just have to say there's an old Kurt Vonnegut line it's we are who we pretend to be so be careful who you pretend to be and I think it's double each room politics and so you know you want to wake up after politics and think I did the thing I was supposed to do when I was there. And sometimes that means being a good team player, and other times it means standing up and saying what you think. Okay, but back to questions for you.Catherine McKenna31:52 - 31:57Do you like that one? That was pretty good. Just put Nate on the hot speed for a little bit.Nate Erskine-Smith31:59 - 33:01You can ask me questions, too. Okay, so I was going to ask you why not politics, but you've sort of said, I've heard you say you felt that you were done, and you did what you came to do. But I want to push back on that a little bit, because you did a lot of things, especially around climate. First climate plan, you put carbon pricing in place, a number of measures. I mean, that gets all the attention, and we can talk about the walk back on it. But there's stringent methane rules, there were major investments in public transit, there's clean electricity. You run down the list of different things that we've worked towards in advance. And then we talk about consumer carbon pricing, but the industrial carbon piece is huge. Having said that, do you worry you left at a time when the politics were toxic, but not as toxic as they are today around climate and certainly around carbon pricing? And do you feel like you left before you had made sure the gains were going to be protected?Catherine McKenna33:02 - 33:11I think the lesson I learned, you can never protect gains, right? Like, you're just going to always have to fight. And, like, I can't, like, when am I going to be in politics? So I'm, like, 120?Catherine McKenna33:12 - 33:12Like, sorry.Catherine McKenna33:14 - 34:43And it is really true. Like, when I, the weird thing, when, so I'd been through COVID. I had three teenagers, one who, as I mentioned, is here. And I really thought hard. Like, I turned 50. And, like, I'm not someone who's, like, big birthdays. It's, like, this existential thing. I wasn't sad. It was, like, whatever. But I was, like, okay, I'm 50 now. Like, you know, there's what do I want to do at 50? I really forced myself to do it. And I really felt like, remember, I got into politics to make change. So I just thought, what is the best way to make change? And I really felt it wasn't, I felt personally for myself at this point, it wasn't through politics. I really wanted to work globally on climate because I really felt we'd done a lot. And I did think we kind of landed a carbon price. and we'd gone through two elections and one at the Supreme Court. So I felt like, okay, people will keep it. We will be able to keep it. So I just felt that there were other things I wanted to do, and I'd really come when I – you know, I said I would leave when I had done what I'd come to do, and that was a really important promise to myself. And I really want to spend time with my kids. Like, you give up a lot in politics, and my kids were going off to university, and I'd been through COVID, and if any parents – anyone been through COVID, But if you're a parent of teenage kids, that was a pretty bleak time. I'd be like, do you guys want to play another game? And they're like, oh my God.Audience Q34:43 - 34:44As if, and then they go to their bed.Catherine McKenna34:44 - 35:15They'd be like, I'm doing school. And I'd be like, as if you're doing school, you're online. Probably playing video game. But what am I going to do, right? Let's go for another walk. They're like, okay, we'll go for a walk if we can go get a slushie. And I was like, I'm going to rot their teeth. And my dad was a dentist. So I was like, this is bad. But this is like, we're engaging for 20 minutes. Like it was really hard. And so I actually, when I made the decision, like, but the counter, the funny thing that is so hilarious now to me is I almost, I was like, I'm not going to leave because if I leave, those haters will thinkCatherine McKenna35:15 - 35:16they drove me out.Nate Erskine-Smith35:16 - 35:18So I was like, okay, I'm going to stay.Catherine McKenna35:18 - 35:20And like, it was bizarre. I was like, okay.Nate Erskine-Smith35:20 - 35:21I don't want to stay when I'm staying. I don't want to stay.Catherine McKenna35:21 - 35:46I don't think this is the most useful point of my, like, you know, part of what I, you know, this is this useful, but I'm going to stay because these random people that I don't care about are actually going to say, ha ha, I chased her out. So then I was like, okay, well, let's actually be rational here and, you know, an adult. So I made the decision. And I actually felt really zen. Like, it was quite weird after I did it, where it was actually politicians who would do it to me. They'd be like, are you okay?Catherine McKenna35:47 - 35:49And I'd be like, I'm amazing.Catherine McKenna35:49 - 36:05What are you talking about? And, like, you know, it was as if leaving politics, I would not be okay. And then people would say, like, is it hard not to have stuff? I was like, I'm actually free. I can do whatever I want. I can go to a microphone now and say whatever. Probably people will care a lot less. But I don't.Nate Erskine-Smith36:05 - 36:07You can do that in politics sometimes too.Catherine McKenna36:08 - 36:08Yes, Nate.Nate Erskine-Smith36:09 - 36:09Yes, Nate.Catherine McKenna36:09 - 39:32We know about that. Yeah, it was just. So anyway, I left politics. I was not. I do think that what I always worried about more than actually the haters thinking they won. It was that women and women and girls would think I love politics because of all the hate. And once again, I'll just repeat it because it's very important to me. The reason I say the things that happened to me in the book is not because I need sympathy. I don't. We do need change. And I felt when I left, I said I would support women and girls in politics. One of the ways I am doing it is making sure that it is a better place than what I had to put up with. Now, sadly, it's not because it's actually worse now. I hear from counselors. I hear from school board trustees. I hear from all sorts of women in politics, but also men, however you identify. Like, it's bad out there. And it's not just online. It is now offline. People think they can shout at you and scream at you and take a video of it, like put it in the dark web or wherever that goes. So, you know, that's bad. But I feel like, you know, people are like, oh, we got to stop that. And that's what's important. There's a nice letter here. So as I said, I have like random things in here. But there's this lovely gentleman named Luigi. I haven't talked about Luigi yet, have I? So I was at the airport and this gentleman came over to me. And I still get a little nervous when people, because I don't know what people are going to do. Like I probably 99% of them are very nice, but it only takes one percent. So I always get like slightly nervous. And I don't mean to be because I'm actually, as you can see, quite gregarious. I like talking to people, but never exactly sure. And he hands me a note and walks away. And I'm like, oh, God, is this like an exploding letter? Who knows? And I open it and it's in the book. So I'll read you his letter because it actually, I put it towards the end because I think it's really important. because you can see I asked Luigi if I could put his note so his note is here so Ms. McKenna I did not want to disturb you as I thought so I thought I would write this note instead because I identify as a conservative in all likelihood we probably would disagree on many issues I find it quite disturbing the level of abuse that you and many other female politicians must endure. It is unfortunate and unacceptable, and I make a point of speaking out when I see it. I hope that you take consolation in the fact that you and others like you are making it easier for the next generation of women, including my three daughters, Luigi. And I was like, this is like the nicest note. And I think that's also what I hope for my book like I hope people are like yeah we can be we can actually disagree but be normal and you know okay with each other and probably most people are um most people are like Luigi are probably not paying attention but there are people that aren't doing that and I think they're also fed sometimes by politicians themselves um who you know really ratchet things up and attack people personally and And so that's a long answer to I can't even remember the question. But I mean, I left politics and I was done. And that's not related to Luigi, but Luigi is a nice guy.Nate Erskine-Smith39:34 - 41:21It's a I think I've got those are my questions around the book. But I do have a couple of questions on climate policy because you're living and breathing that still. And although it's interesting, you comment about politicians. I mean, there's a deep inauthenticity sometimes where politicians treat it as a game. And there's these attacks for clicks. Or in some cases, especially when the conservatives were riding high in the polls, people were tripping over themselves to try and prove to the center that they could be nasty to and that they could score points and all of that. And so they all want to make cabinet by ratcheting up a certain nastiness. But then cameras get turned off and they turn human beings again to a degree. And so that kind of inauthenticity, I think, sets a real nasty tone for others in politics more generally. But on climate policy, I was in Edmonton for our national caucus meeting. I think I texted you this, but I get scrummed by reporters and they're asking me all climate questions. And I was like, oh, this is nice. I'm getting asked climate questions for a change. this is good. This is put climate back on the radar. And then a reporter says, well, are you concerned about the Carney government backtracking on climate commitments? And I said, well, backtracking on climate commitments. I mean, if you read the book Values, it'd be a very odd thing for us to do. Do you worry that we are backtracking? Do you worry that we're not going to be ambitious enough? Or do you think we're still, we haven't yet seen the climate competitiveness strategy? I mean, you know, here's an opportunity to say we should do much more. I don't know. But are you concerned, just given the dynamic in politics as they're unfolding, that we are not going to get where we need to get?Catherine McKenna41:22 - 42:31I mean, look, I'm like you. You know, first of all, I did get into politics. I wasn't an expert on climate, but I cared about climate because I have kids. Like, we have this truck that's coming for our kids, and I'm a mother, so I'm going to do everything I can. I was in a position that I learned a lot about climate policy, and climate policy is complicated, and you've got to get it right. But look, I mean, you know, Mark Carney knows as much about, you know, climate as an economic issue as anyone. And so, I mean, I'm certainly hopeful that you can take different approaches, but at the end of the day, your climate policy requires you to reduce emissions because climate change isn't a political issue. Of course, it's very political. I'm not going to understate it. I know that as much as anyone. But in the end, the science is the science. We've got to reduce our emissions. And you've probably all heard this rant of mine before, but I will bring up my rant again. I sometimes hear about a grand bargain with oil and gas companies. We did a grand bargain with oil and gas companies.Catherine McKenna42:31 - 42:31How did that work out?Catherine McKenna42:31 - 42:32Yeah.Catherine McKenna42:32 - 42:33How did that work out? Tell us. How did that work out?Catherine McKenna42:33 - 47:27Let me tell you how that worked out. So we were working really hard to get a national climate plan. And I saw it as an obligation of mine to work with provinces to build on the policies they had. The Alberta government had stood, so it was the government of Rachel Notley, but with Murray Edwards, who's the head of one of the oil and gas companies, with environmentalists, with economists, with indigenous peoples, saying, okay, this is the climate plan Alberta's going to do. A cap on emissions from oil and gas. a price on pollution, tough methane regs, and, you know, some other things. And so then we were pushed, and it was really hard. I was the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, where we had a climate emergency one day, and then we had a pipeline. The next, I talk about that. That was hard. But the reality is, we felt like that, you know, the Alberta government, we needed to support the NDP Alberta, you know, the NDP government at the time early on. And so then what did we get? Like, where are we right now? We basically, none of the, either those policies are gone or not effective. We got a pipeline at massive taxpayer costs. It's like 500% over. We have oil and gas companies that made historic record profits, largely as a result of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. What did they do with those profits? They said that they were going to invest in climate solutions. They were going to reduce their emissions. They were all in. But instead, they give their CEOs massive, massive historic bonuses. I'm from Hamilton. That's not a thing when you get these massive historic record bonuses. At the same time, they gave the money back to shareholders who were largely Americans. While they demanded more subsidies to clean up their own pollution, while we are in a climate crisis that is a fossil fuel climate crisis. I now feel taken for a fool because I believed that the oil and gas, like in particular, the oil sands would live up to their end of the bargain. You will see in the book also, I don't know, I probably can't find the page fast enough. I did pinky promises with kids because all these kids came up to me all the time and they said, like, I'm really working hard on climate change. You know, I've got a water bottle. I'm riding my bike. I'm doing like a used clothing drive, whatever it was. And I said, you know what? I'm doing my part, too. Let's do a pinky promise like a pinky swear. And we will promise to continue doing our part. Well, we all did our part. By the way, basically everyone in all sectors have done their part except for oil and gas when they had massive historic record profits. And I wrote a report for the UN Secretary General on greenwashing. And they were exhibit A, exhibit A on what greenwashing looks like, like saying you're doing things that you are not doing and while you're lobbying to kill every policy. So I just hope that people aren't taken for fools again. Like the grand bargain should be they should live up with their end of the bargain. Like that is what bargains are. You got to do what you say you were going to do. And they didn't do it. And as a result, it's extremely hard for Canada to meet our target because they are 30% and growing of our emissions. So I also think like, why are we paying? Why would taxpayers pay? So, look, I don't know. Hard things are hard, as my mug says that I was given by my team because I said it every single day, about 12 times a day. You have to make very tough decisions in government. And we're in a trade war. And also defending our we have to absolutely stand up and defend our sovereignty against the Trump regime, which is very dangerous and very destabilizing. but at the same time we can't not act on climate climate is a here and now problem it's not this fire problem like all these people were evacuated from communities the cost of climate change is massive people are not going to be able to be insured that's already happening and so i just think you gotta walk and chew gum you gotta like figure out how to you know build and grow the economy but you also need to figure out how to tackle climate change and reduce your emissions and to be honest, hold the sector that is most responsible for climate change accountable for their actions and also for their words because they said they were going to act on climate and they supported these policies and they are now still fighting to kill all these policies. You almost can't make it up. And I just don't think Canadians should be taken for fools and I think you've got to make a lot of choices with tax dollars. But I'm not in government And I think, you know, we have, you know, Mark Carney, he's very smart. He's doing a great job of defending Canada. You know, I think like everyone, I'm waiting to see what the climate plan is because it's extremely important. And the climate plan is an economic plan as much as anything else.Nate Erskine-Smith47:28 - 48:23And on that, I would say not just an economic plan, but when you talk about national resiliency, there's a promise in our platform to become a clean energy superpower. There's a promise in our platform to create an east-west transmission grid. And just in Ontario, when you look at the fact that not only are they doubling down on natural gas, but they're also importing natural gas from the United States. When solar, wind, storage is actually more cost effective, investments in east-west transmission grid and in clean energy would make a lot more sense, not only for the climate, not only for the economy, but also as a matter of resiliency and energy independence as well. Okay, those are my questions. So thank you for... Give a round of applause for Calvin. Thank you for joining. With the time that we've got left, Christian, we've got, what, 10, 15 minutes? What time is it? Okay, great. Okay, so does anyone have questions for Ms. McKenna?Audience Q48:25 - 49:09It's a question for both of you, actually. You guys have both been trailblazers in your own right, I think, inside and inside of politics. And you talk a lot about building your community and building your team, whether it's swimming or local politics, and also demanding space in those places to be competitive, all the way up from your local team up to the prime minister. But I'm curious on the other side of that, what does it look like to be a good teammate inside and inside of politics, and how do we support more people, for those of us that might not be running, but trying to get more people like you? Or maybe as an example, somebody that supported you in your run?Catherine McKenna49:11 - 49:56well i mean look i'm trying to do my part and so what i did and it's like what most of you did you go support people that you think are good that are running so i in the last election i went and i supported people that i thought were serious about climate including in ridings that we had never won before um and i also well probably especially those writings um and i also supported women candidates that was just a choice I mean but I think everyone getting involved in politics is a great way to do it but also you know when you think there's someone good that might be good to run you know you know talk to them about it and as I said for women they need to be asked often seven times I think is it so like for women maybe just start asking and if we get to the seventh time maybeNate Erskine-Smith49:56 - 51:38really good women will run and I would add I suppose just on locally I have found one, going into schools and talking politics and encouraging people to think about politics as an opportunity has translated into our youth council. It's then translated into our young liberals internship over the summer where we make sure people are able to be paid to knock on doors and just maintain involvement. And then a number of those people come through either our office and then they're working in politics in the minister's office or in the prime minister's office or they're going to law school or they're adjacent to politics and helping other people and just encouraging people to at least be close to politics so that they see politics as a way to make a difference, there will then be people that will want to run from that or help encourage other people to run. The second thing, and I'll use Mark Holland as an example, when I was running the nomination and I didn't have contacts in the party, but I had someone who knew Mark Holland and he gave me advice to think about it like concentric circles when you're running a nomination where you have people who are close to you and then the people who are close to you will have 10 people that are close to them that maybe they can sign them up for you or maybe they just are they open the door and I you know if so if someone opens the door to a conversation with me I feel pretty confident that I can close the sale but if the door is closed in my face I'm not gonna I'm not gonna even have an opportunity to and so just that idea of building out you start with your your home base and you build out from there build out from there so I just think I have in the last week had conversations with two people who want to run for office at some point, they're both under the age of 30, and I've given that same kind of advice of, here's what worked for me. It may work for you, it may not, it depends, but find where your home base is, and then just grow from there. And so I think just spending time, likeAudience Q51:39 - 52:30giving one's time to give advice like that is really important. Yeah. Building on that, that's, I wanted to, because I think that does nicely into what you said earlier, Catherine, about and really encouraging young women in particular to get into politics. But it's not just, it's all the peripheral people, people that are peripheral to politics, your concentric circles, so that you don't necessarily have to run for an office. And I appreciate what you've done for girls. But I also want you to know that, I mean, I'm older than you, and still you are a role model to me. Not only that, though, I have sons in their mid to late 20s. and I've made sure you're a role model and women like you are a role model to them because I think that's how change begins.Nate Erskine-Smith52:32 - 52:34This was entirely planted just for you, by the way.Catherine McKenna52:35 - 52:37No, but I think that's...Nate Erskine-Smith52:37 - 52:40So I do think that's important, right?Catherine McKenna52:40 - 53:26My book is not... Run Like a Girl, I'm a woman, I identify as a woman and there's a story about how I was told I ran like a girl and so it really bugged me. So it's kind of a particular thing. But I think that is important. Like, you know, this isn't exclusive. Although, you know, there are, you know, certain different barriers, at least that I'm aware of, you know, that if you're a woman, if you're LGBTQ2+, if you're racialized or indigenous, there could be different barriers. But I hear you. And I think, you know, we do have to inspire each other in a whole range of ways. So that is very nice. I hope that, I mean, I'm not, you know, looking to, you know, you know, for kudos. I really, but it is nice to hear that you can inspire people in a whole different way, you know, range of ways.Audience Q53:26 - 53:47It's really, yeah, it's really not about kudos. It's about, you know, it's not that my intent is not just to applaud you. It's just, it's to, it's to recognize you. And that's different, like being seen, holding place, holding space for people to be involved. And so I do have one actual question of this.Catherine McKenna53:48 - 53:50You can ask a question after that.Audience Q53:51 - 53:57Regarding pricing, carbon pricing, how would you communicate the rollout differently?Catherine McKenna53:58 - 54:43Well, I would actually fund it. So hard things at heart, I'm like, okay, well, first of all, we know the Conservatives were terrible. They lied about it. They misled. They didn't talk about the money going back. The problem is, like, we hampered ourselves too. And it was really quite weird because I was like, okay, well, we need an advertising budget because clearly this is a bit of a complicated policy. But the most important thing I need people to know is that we're tackling climate change and we're doing it in a way that we're going to leave low income and middle income people better off. You're going to get more money back. That's very, very important. The second part of the message is as important because I knew the conservatives were going to be like, you're just increasing the price of everything. But we were told we couldn't advertise. And I was like, why? And they said, well, because we're not like conservatives because they had done the, what was the plan?Nate Erskine-Smith54:43 - 54:51The economic action plan. The signs everywhere. They basically, what Ford does now, they were doing it.Catherine McKenna54:51 - 57:40So that sounds really good, except if you're me. Because I was like, well, no one really knows about it. So I'm like one person. And we got some caucus members, not all of them. But Nate will go out and talk about it. Some people will talk about it. But I said, people are entitled to know what government policy is, especially in this particular case, where you've literally got to file your taxes to get the rebate. Because that was the second mistake we made. I was told that we couldn't just do quarterly checks, which would be much more obvious to people, even if it was automatically deposited, you actually named it properly, which was another problem. But, you know, all of these things that are just normal things. And instead, we were told, I was told by the folks in the Canada Revenue Agency, there's no way we could possibly do quarterly checks. after COVID, when we did everything, we blew everything up, then they were like, oh, actually, and this was after me, but they were like, we can do quarterly chaps. I was like, well, that's really helpful. Like, that would have been nice, like a little bit longer, you know, like the beginning of this. And so I think like, we do need to be sometimes very tough, like, don't do things that sound great and are not, are really hampering your ability to actually deliver a policy in a way that people understand. So like, it's just a hard policy. Like, you know, people say, would you have done, what would you have done differently? Yes, I would have communicated it differently. I tried. Like, I was out there. I went to H&R Block because I saw a sign, and they were like, climate action incentive. Oh, by the way, we couldn't call it a rebate because the lawyers told us injustice. We couldn't do that, and I'm a lawyer. I was like, what? And so I should have fought that one harder too, right? Like, I mean, there's so many fights you can have internally as well, but, you know, there I am. I was like, oh, H&R Block, they're doing free advertising for us because they wanted people to file their taxes, so then I would make, I said to all caucus members, you need to go to your HR block and get a family. I don't even want to see you necessarily. I want a family to be sitting down being told they're getting money back. And, and so like, look, I think it's just a hard policy. And, and what happened though, I mean, read hard things are hard, but the chapter, but it's, um, and people will be like, I'm definitely not reading that chapter. You can skip chapters. This book is like, go back and forth, rip things out. I don't, you don't have to read it in chronological order or read particular chapters. But was if the price is going to go up every year, every year you better be ready to fight for it because every year you're literally creating this conflict point where conservatives are like, they're on it. They're like spending so much tax dollars to mislead people. Remember the stickers on the pump that fell off? That was quite funny. They actually fell off. But you're going to have to fight for it. And so we just, it's a hard, it's a very hard policy. I did everything I could. And I don't live with life with regrets. I think it was really important. And by the way, it's a case study outside of Canada.Catherine McKenna57:41 - 57:42Everyone's like, Canada.Catherine McKenna57:42 - 57:52I was like, oh, yeah, there is like a little different ending than you might want to know about what happened. But they're like, yes, this is, of course, how we should do it. Should be a price on pollution. Give the money back.Nate Erskine-Smith57:52 - 58:38I went to a movie at the Beach Cinema with my kids. And there was an ad. This is years ago. But there was an ad. So we were advertising. But it was advertising about the environment climate plan. and it was like people in canoes. And I was like, what is this trying to, like we're spending how much money on this to tell me what exactly? And I went to, Stephen was the minister, and I went, Stephen, can we please advertise Carbon Pricing Works, it's 10 plus percent of our overall plan, and 80% of people get more money back or break even. Just tell people those three things, I don't need the canoe. and then he was like oh we can't we we they tell it they tell us we can't do it no no and that'sCatherine McKenna58:38 - 58:55what you're often told like it is kind of weird internally the amount of times you're told no like on advertising it is a particular thing because like and so then you're like having a fight about comms i was like oh my gosh can we don't think the canoe is going to win this carbon and it didn't turns out i love canoeing by the way so maybe it would have convinced me if i wasNate Erskine-Smith58:55 - 59:01i think last question we'll finish with that with maryland hi i'm maryland and i also happen to beAudience Q59:01 - 01

Prime Minister Carney announced the first projects to be reviewed by the new Major Projects Office, and they each come with their own ROI projected to benefit Canadians. So, let's talk about it! The five “nation-building” project proposals across Canada include:* LNG Canada Phase 2, in Kitimat, British Columbia* Darlington New Nuclear Project, in Bowmanville, Ontario* Contrecœur Terminal Container Project, in Contrecœur, Québec* McIlvenna Bay Foran Copper Mine Project, in East-Central Saskatchewan* Red Chris Mine expansion, in Northwest British ColumbiaThis episode was recorded on: September 15, 2025Become a YouTube channel member or paid SubStack subscriber to hear Bill's stories and life lessons from 50+ years as a broadcast journalist in his members-only series, MORAL OF THE STORY: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUbzckOLocFzNeY1D72iCA/joinDon't forget to like, follow and subscribe across our channels! Thank you.Listen to The Bill Kelly Podcast everywhere: https://kite.link/the-bill-kelly-podcastSubStack: billkelly.substack.com/*Comment ‘likes' on behalf of this channel are an acknowledgment of your comment, not necessarily an endorsement of its contents. Thanks for joining these critical discussions in critical times!FURTHER READINGPrime Minister Carney announces first projects to be reviewed by the new Major Projects Officehttps://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/09/11/prime-minister-carney-announces-first-projects-be-reviewed-new This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit billkelly.substack.com/subscribe

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How does the book "Charlotte's Web" relate to the passing of Ozzy Osbourne? Ed will tell you. Rob the Dairy Farmer talks about the modern management of cow manure; Elecia tries to re-define words, driving Ed crazy in the process and Michelle from Bowmanville joins in; Rowan loses half her band in one day; Donna talks about her sister; Billy the Kidd makes a friend and peer counselor Liana Kerzner checks in with another episode of Getting Through the Night.

Welcome to the latest update from the Bowmanville Real Estate Club podcast newsletter. In this episode, Paul delves into the vibrant property market of Bowmanville, highlighting over 300 sales in the first half of 2025. Discover the top 10 list of property sales, ranging from $1.2 million to over $2 million, offering valuable insights into how these transactions can influence your home's value. Paul emphasizes the importance of proper pre-listing preparations and storytelling to maximize your property's sale potential. Learn how you can benefit from expert marketing strategies, exclusive to Bowmanville Real Estate Club members, and ensure you get the best value for your home. Stay informed and ahead of the curve with our expert insights and advice. PS Make sure you learn ALL the secrets to the top solds before you sign anything with anyone.

podUMENTARY: Music @ Work – 25 Years LaterA TTHTop40 Special Presentation“It just didn't click this time.” – Johnny FayIt was 25 years ago today that The Tragically Hip released Music @ Work—their seventh studio album and possibly their most misunderstood.In this special edition podUMENTARY episode, we're cracking open the vault and unspooling the story of Music @ Workwith help from fans, friends, and a few Hip insiders who were there when it all went down.From behind-the-scenes tension to on-stage experimentation, from Napster leaks to leaky vibes, Music @ Work emerged from a boiling point inside the band—and became a branching-off point for many fans. Some left. Others leaned in. And 25 years later, it's a record we're still reckoning with.We also hear from fans across the continent—those who loved Music @ Work instantly, those who took a 15-year break from it, and those who fell in love (literally) while listening to Lake Fever on an early web stream.Some call it a summer driving record. Others call it Experiments at Work. But almost everyone agrees: it's an album that keeps revealing itself, slowly, steadily, and strangely—especially with time.Next Week on TTHTop40We return to the countdown with Song #19 and a helluva guest, it's our friend Jeff from Bowmanville —don't miss it.Quote“Music @ Work probably should have been called Experiments at Work—because that's what it felt like.” – Listener submissionAbout This SpecialpodUMENTARY: Music @ Work – 25 Years Later is a one-off documentary-style episode of The Tragically Hip Top Forty Countdown created by jD and the team at Dewvre Podcasts & Such. It's a sonic tribute to a polarizing Hip record, made with the help of fans, Hip historians, and audio from the band themselves.Get Involved

My guest this week is Thomas Zekveld, a young dairy and cash crop farmer who is representing CHP Canada in the federal district of Bowmanville—Oshawa North in Ontario. Mr. Zekveld grew up on the family farm and brings his passion for life and biblical values to the platform, along with his good work ethic and a ton of common sense. We discuss the housing crisis, immigration, US tariffs, the national debt, abortion and gender ideology. Mr. Zekveld—like all our CHP candidates across the country—offers voters in his district the opportunity to vote their conscience on abortion, doctor-assisted suicide and the national debt crisis.Learn more about Thomas or contribute to his campaign here: https://www.chp.ca/thomas-zekveldYou can reach Thomas by email here: thomas.zekveld@chp.ca 

From her earliest memory Natalie Miller has loved making art. As a young adult Natalie took a break from art, focussing more on working with horses. In her mid 30's Natalie was hit with an overwhelming drive to create again. Natalie started with pen drawings and painting, before taking her first pottery class at Station Gallery in Whitby. From the very first class she was hooked. It was everything I'd ever hoped it would be. Natalie is very much inspired by Mid Century Modern, Scandinavian design, clean lines, and bold colour palettes. Natalie lives with her partner and their two cats in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. http://ThePottersCast.com/1083

August 7, 2024: Tonight we have Brandon Hastings of Outshined. Brandon, from Bowmanville, Ontario, joins us to catch us all up right from where they left off…. 2021 during Covid. We discussed how the pandemic slowed them down. The plans they had. And what they are planning now! Plus, we ask about the GoFundMe page he started for Ed & Maggie of the former Music Hall, raising kids, and the influences he had and still has today. 
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A man is dead and a woman and child were rushed to hospital after they were struck by a car in Bowmanville; Premier Doug Ford says there's a future for the LCBO in Ontario as the strike ends and the retailer prepares to reopen its doors; and, calls are growing for a pedestrian bridge after a weekend of long lines to board a ferry to the Toronto Islands.

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Get our free real estate course and newsletter: GRE Letter I state the reasons why I DON'T believe that the Federal Open Market Committee should lower interest rates. Rates are currently normalized. Watch the full Spartan Summit Presentation here. The first half is played on this episode. President Biden is trying to help the housing market's poor affordability and undersupply. Fed Chair Jerome Powell made recent remarks on the real estate market. He emphasized the lack of supply. High rates = strong economy Low rates = weak economy Lowering interest rates to zero is artificial and introduces distortions in an economy. If we have a recession, we need “rate cut ammo” in order to make cuts at that time. Lowering rates also sets up an inflationary environment. That's bad for society, but leveraged income property investors benefit. A “Fed pivot” means that the FOMC changes from raising rates to lowering rates, or vice versa. Resources mentioned: Show Page: GetRichEducation.com/493 Full Spartan Summit presentation video: On YouTube Freddie Mac mortgage survey: https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms Mortgage News Daily mobile app For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  Top Properties & Providers: GREmarketplace.com GRE Free Investment Coaching: GREmarketplace.com/Coach Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Keith's personal Instagram: @keithweinhold   Complete episode transcript:   Keith Weinhold (00:00:01) - Welcome to Greece. I'm your host, Keith Whitfield. President Biden tries to help the housing market. Everyone wants to know when interest rates will be cut. I'm asking, why would we cut rates anytime soon? Yes. Some fed talk today and a lot more on get rich education. When you want the best real estate and finance info. The modern internet experience limits your free articles access, and it's replete with paywalls. And you've got pop ups and push notifications and cookies. Disclaimers are. At no other time in history has it been more vital to place nice, clean, free content into your hands that actually adds no hype value to your life? See, this is the golden age of quality newsletters, and I write every word of ours myself. It's got a dash of humor and it's to the point to get the letter. It couldn't be more simple. Text gray to 66866. And when you start the free newsletter, you'll also get my one hour fast real estate course completely free. It's called the Don't Quit Your Daydream letter and it wires your mind for wealth.   Keith Weinhold (00:01:15) - Make sure you read it. Text gray to 66866. Text gray 266866.   Corey Coates (00:01:27) - You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold (00:01:43) - Welcome, Jerry from Bowmanville, Pennsylvania, to Louisville, Kentucky, and across 188 nations worldwide. And Keith Wayne Holden, I'm grateful to have you here with me for another week. This is get rich education. I'm about to discuss the case for not lowering interest rates, and you'll hear a clip of Jerome Powell commenting on the real estate market shortly. But first, President Biden recently made a state of the Union address, and he unveiled his plan to help the Undersupplied housing market. Part of the plan was to help the buyer side the demand side with incentives, which I'm not sure that we need the support over there on that side. And now that would juice real estate prices. More on housing supply side. Biden's plan creates a $20 billion fund to build more rental housing and kill some construction restrictions. Okay.   Keith Weinhold (00:02:35) - Yeah, that's the key part of the plan. And that's more helpful. Help that supply side. Perhaps the most interesting part of the plan is a $10,000 credit that's meant to incentivize people to sell their starter homes. That's our president on housing. Let's pivot over to Club Fed. Yeah. Welcome in to Club Fed. There's no cover charge for some reason Janet Yellen still hanging around chaperoning. And she still looks like my grandma. Earlier this month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged that the commercial real estate loan problems could cause manageable problems for regional banks, possibly for years. I find it interesting that he uses the word manageable when acknowledging problems on the commercial side. I mean, we'll see, but that kind of reminds me of one of Powell's predecessors, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in 2007, saying that the subprime loan problem was contained is the word that he used. And we all know that. I know the mortgage meltdown contagion of 2008 was anything but contained. Today, when we talk about Powell and interest rates back around 2021, he got beaten up pretty badly for not acknowledging rising inflation sooner.   Keith Weinhold (00:03:56) - But he's brought inflation down to about 3% without a recession. So some credit is due there, but not too much credit because the game's not quite over. And it took that torrid set of interest rate increases where they climbed a cliff in order to quell inflation. And that already hurt a lot of people, including those erstwhile commercial real estate people in their loans that jumped up to a higher interest rate. Now we're talking about interest rate policy. Let me give you something that's easy to remember. High rates mean a strong economy. Low rates mean a weak economy. With that in mind, let's look at where we've come from. And then we'll look at the future. A lot of people got drunk with easy money starting 15 years ago, because it was nearly free to borrow an interest rate of zero at the federal funds level. That gives you no incentive to save and more incentive to borrow and spend. Well, the federal funds rate was zero from 2009 to 2015 to get us out of the Great Recession.   Keith Weinhold (00:05:04) - And then it was zero again from 2020 to 2022 to help lift us out of Covid. That's the past since the federal funds rate, which a lot of other interest rates are based off of two since it quickly shot up starting two years ago, it's now been a full eight months since rates have moved at all. They haven't budged since July of last year. So that's where we are now and I'm fine with them staying here for a while now. Jerome Powell recently testified to the House Financial Services Committee. Let's listen in to him discuss real estate as he's questioned.   Jerome Powell (00:05:44) - The housing market is in a very challenging situation right now. You had this longer run housing shortage, but at the same time, you've got a bunch of things that have to do with the pandemic and the inflation and our response with higher rates. So you you have a shortage of homes available for sale because many people are living in homes with a very low rate mortgage that they can't afford to refinance. So they're not moving, which means the supply of regular existing homes that are for sale is historically low and very low transaction rate.   Jerome Powell (00:06:14) - That actually pushes up prices of of of other existing homes and also of new homes, because there's just not enough supply. The builders are busy, but they're running into, you know, all kinds of supply issues still around zoning and, and workers and things like that. So, so it's quite challenging. And of course, rates are high. So people who are buying a lot of the buyers are, are cash buyers or able to actually pay without a mortgage because mortgages are expensive, I will say. The first problem. The longer run problem of supply is a longer run problem. The other problems associated with low rate mortgages and high rates and all that, those will abate as the economy normalizes and as rates normalize. But we'll still be left with with the housing market nationally where where there's a housing shortage.   Keith Weinhold (00:07:02) - That's Jerome Powell on real estate. And I'm surprised that he said rates are high. Do you know what the long run federal funds rate is? It is 4.6%. That's the average. And currently it is at 5.3% where it's been for a while.   Keith Weinhold (00:07:18) - So it's not that much higher than average. The 30 year mortgage long run average is 7.7% for Freddie Mac. And that's been hovering around 7% for months now. So therefore both key rates are close to normal today. But despite that fact, seemingly everyone is waiting for the fed pivot. And what the fed pivot means is when they reverse their monetary policy stance. Meaning when they start lowering rates again after the long increase cycle that we're coming off of. Well, I'm here asking why should the fed pivot in lower rates since they're near normal now? All right. Let me give you some real perspective here. Look I'm going to describe a scenario to you and tell me what you think about this. Imagine a dreamy bygone era where there happened to be this period that saw a strong national labor market, plenty of jobs, steady GDP growth, rising wages and inflation a little above normal. All right, now that you're done imagining that cloudy slice of economic Americana. Pretty rosy scenario. Well, then you might consider raising rates in a situation like that to help cool off wage and price inflation.   Keith Weinhold (00:08:37) - Well, you know what I just did? I actually just described to you where we are today. That's what today's conditions are are. Yet there's still talk of lowering rates later this year. And now you might see why I'm questioning that because the economy doesn't need the help. Sure enough, in front of that same committee, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other fed officials, they did say that they expect interest rates to come down later this year. I hope they're not doing that for political pressure or to try to reassure the stock market. Those would not be good reasons. And dropping rates to zero at the first sign of a crisis that shouldn't become a habit. Because, look, before the 2008 crisis, when they dropped from the zero, going all the way back to at least the 1950s, maybe longer rates were never zero. That entire time, see if the fed just steps back and doesn't touch rates for a while, then it's all the longer that more free market forces can prevail. I don't know that we need to constantly tinker with rates, like a greasy guy crawling under his classic car in his garage and tinkering around with it.   Keith Weinhold (00:09:52) - Another reason the fed should lower rates, and is because it needs to hold on to some rate cut ammunition in case there's a recession. Because in a recession, one of the best tools that the fed has to cool it off is by lowering rates in order to incentivize investment in a slow economy. But see what happens. If you use up all your ammo, you already start lowering it and you're already near zero. And then we have a recession. I don't know that America is ready for negative interest rate policy like some other nations have tried. And by the way, if you earn a negative interest rate, that means that if you park your money at the bank, you have to pay them interest rather than the bank paying you interest. They get the use of your money and you have to pay them for parking it there. That's a negative interest rate. Well, recessions have a strong correlation with lowering rates. I mean, just look back historically again, history over hunches. But you know, if you don't follow this stuff, the short story of what's happened the past several months is that interest rate cuts keep being delayed because of stubborn inflation that just won't fall down to the Fed's desired 2%.   Keith Weinhold (00:11:06) - And Powell also recently said that he needed just a bit more evidence that inflation was coming back down to normal levels before he'll reduce rates, although we're not far from it. That's exactly what he said. Now, if rates go back down and it's probably when rates go back down, look for the housing market to break loose. The interest rate lock in effect will wither away, property affordability will improve, and there's a good chance then, for a strong upward jolt on property prices on those values. Last year, the. There were some studies done and it was interesting. It showed that 5.5%, that is the magic mortgage rate level that makes the real estate market want to really transact. But this year, with rates that have stayed higher longer, surveys say that level is now up into the high fives. And there is another factor. As interest rates drop, the cost of maintaining our national debt also decreases. That is part of the calculus two. Well, if you're a fed watcher, a fed speak geek, you are in luck.   Keith Weinhold (00:12:15) - Because though it's not really much of a spectator sport, and the parties at Club Fed and all their PhD economists really aren't all that lively, if you're so inclined, one of the Fed's eight annual meetings where they announce any interest rate changes happens in just two days, and then the next two meetings conclude May 1st and June 12th. If you like to track rates, especially if you're perhaps in the mortgage loan process right now, my favorite website is Freddie Mac. The mobile app that I use is the Mortgage News Daily app, coming up here on a future episode of the show. Retirement. Some wanted, some don't. Real estate might give you an early retirement option, but I'm asking the question do you want to retire? Do you ever want to retire? We're going to go deep on that. And then what even is your definition of retirement today? You could learn something about yourself on that upcoming episode about retirement here. Speaking of spectator sports,, no, this is really one either. But you could have gotten on a jet and paid for a ticket to watch me speak.   Keith Weinhold (00:13:23) - Or you can listen free next to part of the recording of that presentation of mine at the Spartan Summit from earlier. They had me kick off their event. I was their opening speaker, and I share some things with that audience that really shake people up that they've never heard before. You will hear it both at new material as we play this and some things that you've heard before here on the show. But even those things I say differently in a format like this. So straight ahead, it'll be wealth mindset first and then the real estate investing fundamentals. If I could condense the best gray content in principles into less than an hour, you know, that's pretty close to what this presentation is. You hear about the first half of it coming up straight ahead. You're listening to get Rich education. You know, I'll just tell you, for the most passive part of my real estate investing, personally, I put my own dollars with Freedom Family Investments because their funds pay me a stream of regular cash flow in returns, or better than a bank savings account, up to 12%.   Keith Weinhold (00:14:31) - Their minimums are as low as 25 K. You don't even need to be accredited for some of them. It's all backed by real estate and that kind of love. How the tax benefit of doing this can offset capital gains and your W-2 jobs income. And they've always given me exactly their stated return paid on time. So it's steady income, no surprises while I'm sleeping or just doing the things I love. For a little insider tip, I've invested in their power fund to get going on that text family to 66866. Oh, and this isn't a solicitation. If you want to invest where I do, just go ahead and text family to six, 686, six. Role under this specific expert with income property, you need Ridge lending Group and MLS 42056 in grey history, from beginners to veterans. They provided our listeners with more mortgages than anyone. It's where I get my own loans for single family rentals up to four Plex's. Start your pre-qualification and chat with President Charlie Ridge personally. They'll even customize a plan tailored to you for growing your portfolio.   Keith Weinhold (00:15:45) - Start at Ridge Lending group.com Ridge lending group.com.   Speaker 4 (00:15:55) - This is Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning. And listen to get Rich education with Keith Weinhold and don't Quit Your Daydream.   Speaker 5 (00:16:16) - It is with great pleasure that I get to introduce you to our first speaker for today. He is the founder of get Rich education and host of the popular get Rich education podcast. His show has nearly 3 million listener downloads from all across the world. He also actively invest in apartment buildings, single family homes and agricultural real estate. He is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, and his work regularly appears in Forbes, Business Insider, and Rich Dad Advisors. Today, he's taking us back to the basics to discuss why real estate is such an attractive and solid investment option for those looking to find their own financial freedom. If you've listened to the grit Rich education podcast, then you've heard him speak. But today we are so thrilled that he's kicking off our second annual Spartan Summit. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Keith Reinhold.   Keith Weinhold (00:17:13) - Hi, my name is Keith Weinhold.   Keith Weinhold (00:17:14) - I am the founder of get Rich education. My presentation is called simply Why Real Estate? Because if you don't know why you're doing something, then you really won't care about how. And I'm really pleased to be first up here at the Spartan Summit, you're going to hear some things that you've never heard before today. For example, compound interest does not build wealth. Getting your money to work for you does not build wealth in the real world. And real estate investors, one of the first things they need to do is actually stop looking at property. So what is this financial heresy that I'm talking about? Well, I think it's going to be pretty clear to you in less than an hour's time here. It all starts with you thinking differently. You really need to open yourselves up. And I think you start to have the realization that any outsized thinker or doer, over time, did think outside the box to have that outsized impact, whether that's Thomas Edison or Jeff Bezos or Sara Blakely or Warren Buffett, they all dared to think differently.   Keith Weinhold (00:18:15) - And if you're not getting the results that you want in life, you know, maybe a great question to ask yourself is, am I thinking differently enough when you come of age in the world, whether you finish high school or college or whatever it is, you probably never really had this vision for yourself, or you're intentional and you say, yeah, I can't wait to go out there and live a small life. But then you know what? That's exactly what everyone does. Everyone goes out and lives a small life. So with thinking differently, you know, Mark Twain's got some great quotes about thinking differently. Mark Twain said, as soon as you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Absolutely love that for Mark Twain. Mark Twain also said one of his lesser known quotes is go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. Yeah, absolutely. Love that one. So being a conformer does not build wealth or does not have a substantial positive impact on other people.   Keith Weinhold (00:19:16) - And you know, I wouldn't suggest that you think differently or do something differently if I weren't doing that myself. I don't know that I've had the outsized impact of some of those visionaries and inventors that I mentioned earlier. I probably haven't had as many years on this earth yet as them either. But one thing I did that was different is years ago I moved from Pennsylvania, where I was born, raised, and lived much of my life to Anchorage, Alaska. Well, that was deemed by Pennsylvanians and a good part of my peer group is a strange and unusual thing to do. But I knew that a place like Anchorage fit my interests for skiing and mountaineering because I had vacationed there. That was the place for me. The first ever home that I bought of any kind. I was only a rent paying tenant up until the day I bought a fourplex building where I lived in one unit and rented out the other three. That was pretty strange. I didn't start with a single family home. I quit my job, my good paying day job with benefits for residual income from real estate.   Keith Weinhold (00:20:14) - Another strange thing to do. I launched the get Rich education podcast in the year 2014. Kind of weird talking to myself in a little room all by myself. A lot of people didn't understand what I was doing then, so those are just some examples of some different things I've done. You know, you're different things are probably going to be different, but you really don't want to be a conformer if you think about it, high school was the place where you were rewarded for fitting in. But when you become an adult, really you get rewarded when you stand out and you don't be that conformer well, we talk about my presentation called Why Real Estate? We're really taking it from philosophy all the way through to the numbers here. And years ago, I would have loved to know why real estate made ordinary people wealthy. You know, an interesting thing. I'll just tell you, when I bought that first fourplex building, I didn't even know what terms like cash flow and equity meant. I did not even know the meaning of those terms.   Keith Weinhold (00:21:13) - And here I had owned a. Substantial building a $295,000 fourplex, which is a lot for me when I was working a day job and I bought it, and I think as a layperson before I bought that building and got down this road, I kind of thought, now, how could real estate possibly make people wealthy? Because real estate only appreciates at the at about the rate of inflation over time. That's about all it does. And I found that that part's true. And then real estate, it has the elements working on it from the outside. And it has tenants like working on it and wearing it down and degrading it from the inside. So how could real estate possibly be a good investment? I didn't understand that. I tell you, it's really important for you to learn from someone that's actually doing it. That's inside and doing this thing. I'm about as active as real estate investor could possibly be. I own Single-Family rental homes, up to larger apartment buildings, even some agricultural real estate. So it's important to learn from someone that's doing it.   Keith Weinhold (00:22:16) - And this presentation is really what my ears have shown me. And we talk about how you have to think differently and be opened up. You know, interestingly, we're in what people call the information age. We have been for decades this information age. But I like to say we're really in the affirmation age because most people would rather be affirmed and comforted in what they already believe, rather than get informed with information, because it kind of shakes you up a little bit, just like you're going to be shaken up today. So I would say, don't only seek affirmation, which is what most people do, seek information as well, and then make up your own opinion. What is wealth? You know, we kind of begin with the end in mind. It's ask yourself what is? I think that there are a lot of different definitions for that. I mean, money's got to be one of the first things that come to mind. And we are talking about financial betterment here. But, you know, it seems like people that want material things more than experiences, it seems like a lot of those people that want material things get knocked and get criticized.   Keith Weinhold (00:23:21) - I don't know, like I would rather have experiences than stuff. But really the abundance mentality is why not have both experiences and stuff if they're both easily within reach? Because they really are. But I think really the best definition of wealth, it's one that I've never heard criticize once in my life is freedom. Having the ability for you to do whatever you want to do whenever you want to do it. Real wealth is having that time freedom and not having to have a job. Being job optional, you can continue to go if you want to. Wealth really is freedom. So let's talk about money and freedom and what freedom really isn't. I've actually got a really nice proposal for you. Just imagine this. Imagine you're 20 years old. I'm talking to the 20 year old version of you. I'm going to tell you that I want you to mow my lawn for me regularly, and I am going to pay you $114 an hour to mow my lawn. Pretty amazing, right? Like, doesn't that sound incredible? Yeah, that sounds like a good deal.   Keith Weinhold (00:24:29) - You'd probably be pretty excited about that. Maybe even now you'd be excited about that. Not just the 20 year old version of yourself. Sounds amazing, but could you ever really get wealthy off that? Probably not. Probably not. Because in fact, you would have to work every single hour in a year, all 8760 hours in a year just to make your first million bucks. And that ain't happening in this scenario is completely implausible. No one would really pay that much to mow the lawn, most likely. And you couldn't work every hour in a year. You couldn't eat, you couldn't sleep, nothing like that. So it's really numbers like this that I think kind of slap someone in the face if they think they can just hustle and grind their way to wealth. I really don't think that's the best way. In fact, what I would share with you is that this is the exact opposite of being wealthy. This is the opposite of growing rich in your sleep, because you have to continue to trade your time for dollars.   Keith Weinhold (00:25:32) - In order to make this work, you need to continue to sell your time for money in order to make this work. And then really, what happens when you come of age and get older and you're probably not mowing lawns for money anymore. You end up in a place that looks kind of like this. Okay? And this is the workplace. What happens in the workplace? I like to say the workplace is where you pretend to work and your employer pretends to pay you, but there's probably a pretty good chance, and I would probably call this a pre-COVID workplace. But, you know, you probably did spend most of your working years so far in a pre-COVID workplaces. People were packed in pretty tight right there that I think,, but don't worry about being in the workplace. You've got the commute to relax anyway, right? It shouldn't be so bad. You're grinding, trading your time for dollars. But also this worker here, they're doing something else that the lawn mower didn't do. Okay. We're going to say that you mowing the lawn that classified a poor person.   Keith Weinhold (00:26:31) - You had to work for money. But the middle class person here, they're also working for money. But they do have a better and higher use of their investing dollars. They're also getting some of their money to work for them in something like a 401 K or a 403 B, or a thrift savings plan, or an IRA or a 457 plan or something like that. So the middle class person here, they get some of their dollars working for them. That's significant. But look, here's the real point getting your money to work for you doesn't build wealth. And all these middle class people here, they think there couldn't possibly be anything better than me getting my money out there working for me. So I'll just leave it there. It can't get any better than having my money work for me. Well, that's not true. And I find it to be a real conundrum and paradox that people will spend tons of time learning about how work works. They spend zero time learning about how money works, but yet money is the only reason that they even go to work, which is really unusual to me.   Keith Weinhold (00:27:36) - So getting your money to work for you does not build wealth. Now, that doesn't sound too bad on the surface, but if you think about a 10% return over the long term from the S&P 500, which is about what you could expect, most people don't even consider the five deleterious drags on that 10% of inflation and emotion and taxes and fees and volatility, all five of those simultaneous drags. Now, I think some of these are easier to explain and understand than others. For example, if you have a 10% rate of return and 3% inflation, which is a long term historic term, you're already down to a 7% inflation adjusted rate of return. We haven't even subtracted out those other four things yet, and I like to look at things in really long timeline. So let's take a look at some long timelines with some returns you can expect. And therefore I also like to look at inflation in a long timeline. We'll call it 3% inflation. You've got to beat inflation substantially in order to have any real return.   Keith Weinhold (00:28:39) - And things like stocks mutual funds, ETFs just don't do it. So let's look at long timelines of let's say over 100 years here. I talked to you about the drag of inflation. Let's talk about the drag of volatility. This is little understood. Stocks are quite volatile. They go up and down. They're choppy where real estate is a substantially smoother ride. So let's look at two different lines here on this graph okay. Over the last 120 years since about the year 1900, the stock market has averaged roughly that 10% return, 6% from capital appreciation and 4% from dividends. So therefore, the Green Line, this shows capital appreciation. You're probably pretty used to seeing this. The compound return. This looks thrilling. Your mutual fund advisor loves to show you this line. This line goes like exponential. Like, who wouldn't want some of that, right? Some even believe Einstein was purported to say that compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. So what's wrong with it? Where does it break down? Okay, well, I'm going to show you a second line.   Keith Weinhold (00:29:46) - And both of these lines show a 6% return from the year 1900, more than 120 years of returns. So the green line is what you think you got. But what did you really get with this 6%, quote unquote compounded return? You don't get this. You get this? That's what you really got. This is the deleterious effect of volatility on stock returns. You're like whoa, whoa wait. Well why why did that happen? How did that happen? The difference here is that whole effect of, let's say you have a $100 stock and it loses 50%. Now it's down to 50 bucks, but it gains back 50% the next year. Now it's only up to 75. So you've gone from $100 down to $75, even though you lost 50% in year one, say, and you gain 50% in year two. So it's really a mathematical problem. Another way to say it is that time spent making up previous losses is not the same as growing your money. It's not the same as compounding your money.   Keith Weinhold (00:30:51) - In fact, the tip of the blue line, the end of it there. Today's dollars. That's only 38% of what you get at the tip of the Green Line at what you expect to get. So a lot of investing has to do with expectations. If you expect a green line and you only get the blue line, that's when you end up like this. You know, sort of these stereotypical stock kind of photos when people can't pay the bills. And the interesting thing is we've been in a 401 K based world for 35 to 40 years now, where that's sort of the norm. People continue to end up like this, but yet they still get into 401 K's, and think getting their money to work for them is a way to build wealth. We're here and we're talking about why it isn't and that is the problem. And compound interest and compound interest does not bail people out of their income and savings problem either. Four out of five people have less than one year's worth of income, save for retirement.   Keith Weinhold (00:31:48) - This is why we have a retirement crisis today. You can't count on compound interest alone. So I would like you to imagine another pretty dreamy scenario for yourself. Okay. And this this is a pretty important exercise. This is some better news for you. I want you to think about how much money you think you're going to make, both earned and through investment returns your entire life. We'll say it's inside this vault right here. Okay. And the reason that this is some, some better news is, you know what? If you're in this room, the chances are that you're going to have a greater net worth and greater residual income than other people will. Because you've shown up here, you've shown that you're interested in this. And a lot of people, they don't think about inflation and they underestimate their life's earnings. So let's say that your entire life's net worth, accumulated assets would be the way to say it. Let's say your total accumulated assets are coming up to $8.5 million. How's that sound? $8.5 million.   Keith Weinhold (00:32:58) - That sounds pretty good, doesn't it? Wouldn't that be amazing? Now just imagine this. I'm going to give you all $8.5 million at one time. You're going to receive this all at once. How would that feel like? Wouldn't that be amazing? How fast are you going to quit your job? Hopefully you at least give the two weeks notice. Where are you going to go on vacation? Are you going to have time to care for your loved ones now, or be a volunteer at habitat for humanity? Or finally have time to be a deacon at your church? Or do whatever is important to you because you are job optional. Now with this 8.5 million delivered all at once. But wait, here's the thing I didn't tell you when the 8.5 million is being delivered to you all at once, it's all going to be delivered to you on the last day of your life. That's when you're going to get it. What do you do now? I guess you're not going to do around the world trip anymore, right? You're just saying your goodbyes to people.   Keith Weinhold (00:33:55) - It's the last day of your life. All right. What if you got 80% of this amount, then at age 80, would that be a little better or 70% at age 70? Would that be a little better? So my point is, timing matters. I don't know, what can you really do if you get 70% of it at age 70? You know, maybe when you're 73, that's the last year you can really paddleboard very well because you've had six knee surgeries by that or something. So timing really matters. So you really want to be invested in something that gives you an income stream that provides liquidity to you over time. You really ideally most want this sort of lifestyle smoothing effect where they get this income metered out to them. So liquidity really, really matters. And what helps achieve this smoothing it is those income streams. In fact, I would go as far as to say that the standard advice that you hear out there from people invest for your future, period. I'd actually say that's bad advice or incomplete advice.   Keith Weinhold (00:35:04) - Why would you only invest for your future when you can invest now for a stream of income now and not hemorrhage or sacrifice the future at all, which is really something that you can do with real estate. Build an income stream. Now, it typically appreciates faster than stocks and you didn't sacrifice the future at all., there's more bad advice out there. I think sometimes you'll hear a person say, for example, oh, pay yourself first. That means put your money in a traditional retirement plan or something like that. Pay yourself first. Wait a second. How in the world is it paying myself first if money is deducted from my paycheck when I'm, say, age 35 and I don't get that back until, say, I made 75, look what the 401 K the most popular plan in the United States. You cannot take penalty free distributions until between age 59.5 and 70.5. That's just when they begin. And you also must begin paying taxes on it at that time. So. Would you really find it a good trade if you trade away one hour of your 35 year old self? And in return, you get one hour of your 75 year old self.   Keith Weinhold (00:36:16) - Does that sound like a good trade? A lot of people that invest in these traditional retirement plans, that's really the trade that you're making. And I used to be involved in traditional retirement plans. I used to think they were the best thing until I looked at it. A lot of people talk about the benefits of delayed gratification, and I think delayed gratification. There's something implied in that being a desirable thing, that there's a positive outcome and that there's some big reward for delayed gratification. But it's definitely not guaranteed. We're not guaranteed tomorrow. So I think for one K plans, they're known as tax deferral plans. But I think you could just as easily call them life deferral plans because that's principally what they do in my opinion. So let's go back to the lawn mower. The lawn mower again, I'm classifying that as the poor or however the middle class are doing a little something different. Remember, not only were they working for money, they got some of their money to work for them, oftentimes in a retirement plan.   Keith Weinhold (00:37:14) - I guess they're symbolized by these,, what do they look like here? Construction engineers or something like that. They're middle class, the wealthy. You're doing something that the poor and the middle class aren't doing. The middle class. They get their money to work for them. What are the wealthy do? What is this guy doing right here? What does he have figured out? He knows the best and highest use of his investing. Dollar is not getting his money to work for him. It's getting other people's money to work for him. And in real estate, you can actually get other people's money to work for you three ways at the same time. And you can do it ethically. I think it's important to be ethical. You never get called a slumlord. Like, for example, my mission is to provide housing that's clean, safe, affordable and functional. You can use other people's money three ways at the same time will call this OPM Other People's money. You might have seen that abbreviation before.   Keith Weinhold (00:38:11) - You can do it three ways simultaneously with real estate. And you know, the great thing is you don't need any degree. You don't need any certification at all in order to ethically use other people's money three ways at the same time. The first way is with the bank's money. Like for example, the way I bought that first fourplex is with 3.5% of my own money, is a down payment, and I borrowed the other 96.5. So use the bank's money for the loan and leverage you use the tenant's money for that all important income stream, and for paying down your loan for you. And then the third way you use other people's money simultaneously in real estate is that you use the government's money for very generous tax incentives, like you can defer your capital gains tax endlessly. You can get a mortgage interest deduction. There's something called depreciation which shelters a portion of your rent income from ever getting taxed. Don't get your money to work for you. Or at least don't make that the focus. The focus should be on ethically getting other people's money to work for you.   Keith Weinhold (00:39:18) - And you know, I think really a concept like this harkens back to the late business philosopher Jim Rohn. Right? Jim Rohn said formal education will make you a living, but self-education will make you a fortune. So you really getting a condensed self-education right here? So let's just look at one of these three. Let's talk about that ten in income stream. That's the important one. That's the one where you build residual income. If you do want that freedom, if you do want to build enough of that residual income so that you can be job optional and do what you want to do, think about it conceptually. Think about how amazing it is that the tenant pays you what they pay you. The tenant pays completely one third of their income most of the time in rent to you one third of the time. So that is like you getting paid and that tenant going to work for you ten days every month. We'll call it the first ten days of every month just to work for you and to pay you.   Keith Weinhold (00:40:22) - Do you have any idea how amazing that is? Think about that. What other company gets one third of people's incomes and can do it at scale? Apple doesn't get one third of people's incomes. Think of all the stuff that people buy on Amazon, all those consumer products. But people still don't spend a third of their income on Amazon. So this is amazing. Like, who else gets this? Really nobody but you in real estate. So, you know, we're getting you to think differently here. This is just again one of the three ways that you can ethically employ other people's money. The others were the banks money and the government's money. We're talking about the tenants money here. All right. That was almost the first half of my presentation at the Spartan Summit. We are get rich education. So to review what you learned earlier in the show here today, keeping it real simple. High rates are for a strong economy, and low rates are for a weak economy. A fed pivot means when they reverse their monetary policy stance.   Keith Weinhold (00:41:31) - For example, going from raising rates to lowering rates. From that point where we left off on my presentation there, I go on to discuss more about the importance of cash flow, how leverage beats compound interest, inflation, property selection, properties to avoid, and more. If you'd like to watch all of that presentation, you can in entirety with the video on the get Rich education YouTube channel. Also, the link directly to that full video is in today's show notes. On the way out today, again coming up on a future episode retirement, we polled our great audience with the two you want to retire question. And we're also asking what is retirement anyway? We're discussing both of those huge questions coming up here on the show. If you'd like to hear that episode more, be sure to follow the show on your favorite podcast platform. Until next week, I'm your host, Keith Reinhold. Don't quit your day dream.   Speaker 6 (00:42:32) - Nothing on this show should be considered specific, personal or professional advice. Please consult an appropriate tax, legal, real estate, financial or business professional for individualized advice.   Speaker 6 (00:42:42) - Opinions of guests are their own. Information is not guaranteed. All investment strategies have the potential for profit or loss. The host is operating on behalf of get Rich education LLC exclusively. The.   Keith Weinhold (00:43:00) - The preceding program was brought to you by your home for wealth building. Get rich education.com.

It is my absolute pleasure & honour to introduce our very special expert guest, Inspector Mitch Martin from the Durham Regional Police service in Canada. This remarkable individual has achieved tremendous success in his field and has become a true authority in Policing and is currently the Officer in Charge of Central West Division in Whitby. With 33 years of experience and a proven track record. Inspector Martin has worked eight years as a Homicide Detective and four years as a Detective Sergeant in charge of the Homicide Unit. Apart from Homicide, he is also a trained Crisis Negotiator and Critical Incident Commander. He has a wealth of knowledge to share with all of us.Please listen to this excellent interview as I am very honoured to have Inspector Martin share some very important issue's that effect all of us, in one way or another. Our hearts are always with missing persons and victims of crime. A special update on the unidentified human remains that were found in 2006 on Holt Road in Bowmanville, Ontario Canada. The remains of the female were discovered in a field near South Service Road and Holt Road, in Clarington. As a forensic artist, I originally completed the 2D facial reconstruction on this unidentified skull. You can view the images on our website, ‘Can I Help Find Your Missing Loved One' at https://www.canihelpfindyourmissinglovedone.com/mitch-martin/If you have any information about what we discussed in this episode, please contact the Durham Regional Police Homicide Unit (905) 579-1520."For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system."~President Ronald W. Reagan, April 1, 1981

This special episode is dedicated to precious Noreen Anne Greenley who disappeared 60 years ago. You are never forgotten. On Saturday, September 14, 1963, Noreen GREENLEY (DOB: May 16, 1950) was 13 years old when she was abducted waiting at a bus stop in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.A special heartfelt episode with family members as they express the pain and suffering of what LIFE has been like without Noreen.Thinking of you Shelley Greenley,  I really miss our conversations and you are forever in my heart. To view pictures of Noreen and family on the website, "Can I Help Find Your Missing Loved One"?  please click on the link below.https://www.canihelpfindyourmissinglovedone.com/noreen-anne-greenley-2/If anyone knows what happened to Noreen or where she may be today, please leave a tip on the "Can I Help Find Your Missing Loved One?" Website at:  https://www.canihelpfindyourmissinglovedone.com/contact-us/    or you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or Durham Regional Police at 1-888-579-1520. You may also private message Kelly Greenley in the Facebook Group called – Back to September 14th, 1963, when Noreen Anne Greenley Disappeared.For those who missed season 1 of this Podcast, I interviewed Kelley Greenley a few years ago.Here is the interview. https://www.canihelpfindyourmissinglovedone.com/noreen-anne-greenley/

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In episode 254, we get curious about keys and locks for Everett and Henry from Bowmanville, Ontario and Jeremy and Oliver from Colorado.  For how long have people been using keys and locks?  What are some of the different kinds of keys out there?  How do keys and locks work?  Listen to this episode to unlock a whole lot of information about keys and locks.  Visit the Curious Kid Podcast Website - http://www.curiouskidpodcast.com Send Us An E-mail - curiouskidpodcast@gmail.comLeave Us A Voicemail - 856-425-2324Support Us On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/CuriouskidpodcastShop Curious Kid Podcast Merchandise - http://tee.pub/lic/fqXchg3wUVUFollow Us On Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/curiouskidpod/Follow Us On Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/curiouskidpodcast/Follow Us On Twitter - https://twitter.com/CuriousKidPodhttps://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FHow-do-master-keys-work&psig=AOvVaw32A4iee0rsfkCj4d2wACu7&ust=1691945627096000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCPiUw-LK14ADFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

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A thick haze is blanketing Toronto's skyline from wildfires in northern Ontario and Quebec; police have fatally shot a dog in Burlington; and, a Bowmanville, Ont. man says he wasn't told his brand new truck had an aftermarket catalytic converter installed after the original was stolen.

In September 1963 13 year old Noreen Greenley ived in Bowmanville, Ontario. When she didn't come home after a night hanging out with her friends; her father reported her missing. Listen through to learn about the theories behind her disappearance.

Camosun Chargers Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach Nick Baker-Bell joins the show for Day Four of our '25 in 25' Countdown to Christmas. --- Welcome (back) to The All-Canadian Podcast, powered by the All-Canadian Sports Network! As we count down to Christmas, we are releasing a new podcast episode each day from December 1st to 25th, kind of like an audio advent calendar. Day Four features Camosun Chargers Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach Nick Baker-Bell. The Bowmanville, Ontario native joins host Tyler Bennett to discuss his own experiences as both a student-athlete and coach in the CCAA while giving some advice to student-athletes as they navigate their own post-secondary journeys! Baker-Bell shares his experiences as both a student-athlete and as a coach, discussing lessons he's learned about himself along the way. He talks about his transition from player to coach, and how he's been able to navigate his post-athlete journey. --- Interested in making an appearance on The All-Canadian Podcast? If so, let us know here: https://forms.gle/4vZejcnRZEVHZ1kF8 - - - Be sure to FOLLOW the All-Canadian Sports Network on all social media accounts for All-Canadian Coverage, All The Time: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allcanadiansportsnetwork/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AllCdnSportsNet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allcanadiansportsnetwork

This week's podcast episode is about two Jane Does from the beautiful country of Canada. Here is some basic information about these two women and their stories. The Mossleigh Jane Doe is the only name we have for a woman found in Mossleigh, Alberta, Canada. Mossleigh is an extremely small and rural town with a population of just over 50 people. The county Mossleigh is in, which is Vulcan County, has under 4,000 people. It's about 60 kilometers from Calgary, which is one of the largest cities in Canada. Investigators found that the remains belonged to a female and had been deceased for one to five years. she had a healed fracture to her right cheekbone. She also had a button osteoma on the right side of her forehead. This woman also had several missing teeth and likely wore an upper denture. She also could have had arthritis and neck pain during her life. She was between 5'2 and 5'6. She could have been anywhere from 40 and 80 years old. They believe she was either white or first nations for her ethnicity. The Clarington Jane Doe was found in Bowmanville, Ontario on October 27, 2006. Just like our first case, this woman was found by a farmer who was harvesting dogwood plants in a marshy field. This was near the South Service Road and Holt Road, near the entrance Darlington Nuclear Plant. This Jane Doe was confirmed to be a woman after looking at her skull, femur, and other recovered bones. They also confirmed she was very young, just between 18 and 25 years old. The most unique quality about this woman was her teeth. She had protruding teeth and her upper teeth were more noticeable. Her jaws were also very narrow. One of her front teeth was slightly wider than the other. She also had white fillings on her front teeth, along with silver fillings in her back teeth. Just like our first Jane Doe, this Jane Doe also had a healed fracture on her face, but hers was on her nose. They aren't sure if this was from an injury or from a rhinoplasty, but they do know she had some type of fracture. They also found that her bones looked like she could have been anemic. Thank you for listening to these two women's stories. About the Podmoth network: https://podmoth.network/ Affiliate links and codes: https://linktr.ee/doeidentifypodcast Episode sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLDKXQOAxHPc-P1a4itxhA8UC2_uaFdYOKEMwxFNVSQ/edit?usp=sharing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/doe-identify/support

Part Two: I will talk about open cases of the Rosedale Jane Doe, Clarington Jane Doe, Toronto Jane Doe (2019), Windsor Jane Doe (1982), Windsor John Doe (1982), Another Windsor Jane Doe (1982), Edmonton Jane Doe (1975)UNIDENTIFIED:   Each year, police record over 100,000 missing persons in Canada. In 2021, British Columbia had the highest number of missing adult reports per capita, with 258 reports per 100,000 people, followed by Manitoba with 152 reports per 100,000 people. Nunavut had the lowest, with five reports per 100,000 peopleThese are their stories….IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:(Click on the name of Jane /John Does below)LOST LOVED ONES:Rosedale Jane Doe: On May 2, 2022, police responded to a call in the Castle Frank Road and Dale Avenue area at around 4:45 p.m outside a home. Based on the Police report, her body was left there somewhere between noon on April 28 and on May 2, but she may have been dead since last summer. They estimated her to be between 4 to 7 years old. Clarington Jane Doe: aka Bowmanville Jane Doe 2006/Ontario Jane Doe . On October 27, 2006, while harvesting dogwood plants a man found human remains in a marshy field near the Darlington Nuclear Plant in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. This location was isolated and undeveloped and quite mucky to trudge through. It's near enough to roads as well, but not too close to be stumbled upon by hikers.Toronto Jane Doe (2019): On June 7th, 2019, A woman's body was found in Toronto's north end last month and police are asking for your help identifying her. She was found in the area of Donlands Avenue and Millwood Road, which has a steep bridge in the area. in the early morning hours of June 7. Google Map location Windsor Jane Doe (1982): April 11-24, 1982 (Estimated) This is the time the deceased was estimated to be in the water.  April 25, 1982, They were discovered in the Detroit River near Maple Leaf Mills ProcessingWindsor John Doe (1982): Only 3.24 mi estimated away, on April 26, 1982, another body was recovered from the Detroit river near Fighting Island. He was estimated to be in the water for six months. He was male and black, 5'6"-5'8", with undetermined age. Another Windsor Jane Doe (1982): 3 Hours and Forty-Five Minutes away, on April 11, 1982, another female's body was recovered from the Inner Harbour near the Royal Canadian Yacht Club Toronto, Ontario. This female was also in the water for several weeks, height 5'1, with several healed medical procedures. Aged 35-50 years old. Edmonton Jane Doe (1975):  June 30, 1975. Edmonton was discovered in the North Saskatchewan River near the Beverly neighborhood of Edmonton, Canada.  We know that she is female, aged 18-30, and was 5'3 - 5'6 at 101-110 pounds. Edmonton was First Nations. HOW YOU CAN HELP:Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tippingSend an email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at:canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It's the final part of our Durham Region series! This time, we take you to Bowmanville, where there are amazing beers and wood fired oven pizza at the brand new Manantler Craft Brewing Co. taproom and patio. Also, please check out the Cause Worthy Cream Ale there, since a part of the sales go to help support PFLAG Canada Durham Region. All Beer Inside is a podcast by and for craft beer lovers. We travel near and far to sample the best brews and meet fellow aficionados. Drink craft, not crap! Please like, share, comment, subscribe and hit that notification bell! Beers tasted:- Roberta Blondar- Fifth Wheel Lage- Dark Prince- Never Sleep Again Manantler Craft Brewing Co.160 Baseline Road E, Unit B1, Bowmanville, OntarioWebsite All Beer Inside:Website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Untappd: @allbeerinside The video portion of this interview can be found here Search for All Beer Inside in all your favorite apps. #CraftBeer #CraftBeerLove #DrinkCraftNotCrap #Manantler

It's the final part of our Durham Region series! This time, we take you to Bowmanville, where there are amazing beers and wood fired oven pizza at the brand new Manantler Craft Brewing Co. taproom and patio. Also, please check out the Cause Worthy Cream Ale there, since a part of the sales go to help support PFLAG Canada Durham Region. All Beer Inside is a podcast by and for craft beer lovers. We travel near and far to sample the best brews and meet fellow aficionados. Drink craft, not crap! Please like, share, comment, subscribe and hit that notification bell! Beers tasted: - Roberta Blondar - Fifth Wheel Lage - Dark Prince - Never Sleep Again Manantler Craft Brewing Co. 160 Baseline Road E, Unit B1, Bowmanville, Ontario Website All Beer Inside: Website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Untappd: @allbeerinside The video portion of this interview can be found here Search for All Beer Inside in all your favorite apps. #CraftBeer #CraftBeerLove #DrinkCraftNotCrap #Manantler

Join the boys as they welcome to the show Chris Leeming! We talk to Chris about playing hockey in Harrow and some of the friends he grew up playing hockey with. We ask him about his trip through Jr hockey playing at all levels including the OHL with Oshawa.  Chris talks about time in Bowmanville with his billet family, the transition into the OHL and playing with guys like John Tavares. We asked him about coaching now, development, and to cap it off a couple stories about our friend Brandon Bezaire.   Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/hthpodcast Music by Ignore The Evidence  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSnJVPmX2HyiftyCAnEIzKw Merch store https://accuratecreations.net/collections/hat-trick-hockey https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1E6n-DiMPZJi090z-VM2g  

Thursdays are for farmers on RealAg Radio! On today’s episode, guest host Lyndsey Smith tries her hand at the news once more, and then hops in to the Farmer Rapid Fire with: Aaron Bowman, from near Bowmanville, Ont.; Emery Huszka, from Lambton Country, Ont.; Tyler Bartmanovich, from near Glenlea, Man.; and, Jeff Bennett, from Dodsland,... Read More

Thursdays are for farmers on RealAg Radio! On today’s episode, guest host Lyndsey Smith tries her hand at the news once more, and then hops in to the Farmer Rapid Fire with: Aaron Bowman, from near Bowmanville, Ont.; Emery Huszka, from Lambton Country, Ont.; Tyler Bartmanovich, from near Glenlea, Man.; and, Jeff Bennett, from Dodsland,... Read More

Today, we're joined by Lora Behm. Lora, a graduate of our 10 Loans a Month Academy from Bowmanville, Ontario, has already funded more in the first half of 2022 than she did in all of 2021.   Lora is here to discuss how she found her first 10 files, an underwriting tip on income type, and what surprised her about being a mortgage broker.   If you're looking exclusively for rookie broker content, subscribe to the "Rookie Mortgage Broker" podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.   In today's "Ask The Expert" segment, we have Ben McCabe from Bloom Finance discussing what happens if house prices go down.   Lora Behm's Website: www.behmmortgages.com Lora Behm's Email: lora@behmmortgages.com   Bloom Finance Website: www.bloomfin.ca/ilmb   The I Love Mortgage Brokering Network is brought to you by Finmo. To learn more, visit: www.finmo.ca/ilmb   If there's someone you think would be a great guest for the show, visit: www.podcastwithscott.com   Follow on TikTok: @tiktok.mortgagebroker   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about ILMB Mortgage Pros: www.rookietorockstar.ca   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint: www.get25million.com   Find out more about the 10 Loans A Month Academy: www.10loansamonth.com

Today, we're joined by Lora Behm. Lora, a graduate of our 10 Loans a Month Academy from Bowmanville, Ontario, has already funded more in the first half of 2022 than she did in all of 2021.   Lora is here to discuss how she found her first 10 files, an underwriting tip on income type, and what surprised her about being a mortgage broker.   Lora Behm's Website: www.behmmortgages.com Lora Behm's Email: lora@behmmortgages.com   The I Love Mortgage Brokering Network is brought to you by Finmo. To learn more, visit: www.finmo.ca/ilmb   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about ILMB Mortgage Pros: www.rookietorockstar.ca   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint: www.get25million.com   Find out more about the 10 Loans A Month Academy: www.10loansamonth.com

Long time no see. Can you believe it's already October and the holidays are right around the corner? Literally. And I think we're all still waiting to see what it's going to be like this year as we begin peeking out from behind this life-altering global pandemic. I know one of the traditions my family missed out on last year was an in-person holiday handbell concert by the Raleigh Ringers. It wasn't safe and like most arts organizations, they took their performance to cyberspace. This pandemic has really turned the way we experience life upside down, and I truly believe that one of the hardest hit subsectors in the nonprofit world is arts & culture. And yet, the sector rose to the occasion as it provided us with virtual concerts we'd otherwise never been able to attend (Third Coast Baroque and Broadway Inspirational Voices, I'm talking to you!), virtual gatherings to create and reflect on beauty, and so much more. My guest today is Dionne Powlenzuk, the Executive Director of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington in Bowmanville, Ontario Canada. We recorded this podcast earlier this year before adding video, so ironic as it is, we only have audio for this interview. So… could you imagine how to run a public art gallery during a pandemic? Like how can you even? How do you continue serving your community when everything is on lockdown? Or not? Or again? The fact is: Even though we are finally seeing the light at the end of the Covid tunnel, this pandemic has hit the arts sector the hardest of all. And yet, I cannot fathom how we would have survived this pandemic without leaders like Dionne who took what was primarily an in-person only experience and moved it online and outdoors so we could learn and refresh our spirits during one of the darkest times in our lifetime!. In this interview, Dionne and I talk about how she started volunteering at the organization she now leads, and what that journey has been like. We also explore the various ways the pandemic has changed the way we experience the arts, and how her local gallery has not only expanded their audience, they've also grown the pool of artists they support—with living wages—to include artists worldwide. So with no further adieu, allow me to introduce you to Dionne Powlenzuk, the Executive Director of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. https://yournonprofitlife.com/s2ep16-dionne-powlenzuk

Jordan is joined by a pure Canadian legend this week; author and Camp-X expert Lynn-Philip Hodgson came, saw, and conquered in this episode about Camp-X, the top-secret and historically significant special agent training camp located in my backyard of Ontario, Canada! If you think Canada didn't have much push and punch during WWII, then this episode will open your eyes wide! Lynn gives us a great presentation on Camp-X, including other significant facilities that operated in the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario during WWII. These facilities include Camp 30, a German Officer POW Camp, Defense Industries Limited, a huge munitions factory area which would eventually become the city of Ajax, and the original Hydra (eventually referenced in numerous works), a state-of-the-art communications system base. This episode divulges so much great stuff, including who was responsible for the Nazi's ‘Final Solution', where the famous spy term ‘the farm' originates from, and numerous inspirations and connections to some of the best movies from the 007 James Bond franchise. I could not believe how cool some of these connections were and there are even more within Lynn's books, which I highly recommend for some great reads. Lynn shares a great story (previously confidential) about his experience of being called up by British Intelligence to let him experience the James Bond ‘Goldfinger' Aston Martin vehicle up close and personal! Another interesting bit we touch on is the weird timing of the opening of Camp-X and the attacks at Pearl Harbour (something I really want to look into more in the future)! Lynn also shares various memorial sights for Camp-X, his artifact collection, and plans for the upcoming opening of a new Camp-X museum! This episode alone proves that Camp-X needs to properly be in the history books and that Canada should be proud and credited respectfully on this one! Divulgence for the pride of Canada – Enjoy Eh!   **Being a brand-new podcast, all support is appreciated, any shape or form. That being said, I would highly appreciate a thumbs up on YouTube and PLEASE click ‘Subscribe'! If you are listening on Apple, a 5-star review would mean so much! Thank you all, and please enjoy what I want to share with the world by bringing interesting and important knowledge to the people! Rock on and be well. ** Resources: DIVULGENCE YOUTUBE - https://youtube.com/channel/UCStiGMkq3vDyOU6AW6DyvMgBITCHUTE - https://bitchute.com/channel/8QsxZf1nxO0C/ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@Divulgencepod:0RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/user/DivulgenceTWITTER - @divulgencepodINSTAGRAM - @divulgencepodFACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/Divulgence-102662585502733BUY ME A COFFEE – https://buymeacoffee.com/divulgencepodPodcast available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Pandora. For bookings or promotions, please message on Twitter.LYNN-PHILIP HODGSON http://www.camp-x.com For resource recommendations, see the YouTube video description. 

In this episode, we talk to LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic CEO Sara Hodson and franchisee Michelle Dunbar who opened her Bowmanville, Ontario location in July 2020. LIVE WELL is a medical fitness clinic that specializes in providing supervised exercise and healthy lifestyle coaching for people who have chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity, and provides fitness support for those wanting to prevent them. Here, Sara and Michelle share: • Why Michelle chose LIVE WELL over other franchise opportunities and instead of starting her own business from scratch • How LIVE WELL's core values impacts Sara's ability to find franchisees aligned with the same mission • The challenging surprises (and joys!) that emerged from COVID-19 for the LIVE WELL system and for Michelle's brand new franchise that was opened in the midst of the pandemic

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, you'll hear a presentation from the Leader of the Official Oppostion Erin O'Toole, delivered as part of Canadian Defence Exchange, a one-day virtual event organized by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) on May 5, 2021. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding. A strategic partner of the federal government's National Shipbuilding Strategy, providing skilled, well-paying jobs that support Canada's economic recovery. Defence Deconstructed is also brought to you by Boeing. Participant's Bio: Host Bio: O'Toole was born in Montreal and grew up in Port Perry and Bowmanville. O'Toole joined the Canadian Forces in 1991 and studied at the Royal Military College (RMC) until 1995. He was commissioned in Air Command[note 1] serving as an air navigator, eventually attaining the rank of captain. Following his active service, he received a law degree, practicing law for nearly a decade until he was elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for Durham in a 2012 by-election. In 2015, O'Toole briefly served as veterans affairs minister in the Harper government. In 2017, he ran for the party's leadership, finishing third to winner Andrew Scheer. After Scheer resigned as leader in late 2019, O'Toole ran a successful leadership campaign, defeating former cabinet minister Peter MacKay in the 2020 leadership election. https://meet.erinotoole.ca Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry) Recording Date: 5 May 2021 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

Episode Summary In this episode, Quentin talks with a member who is new to investing and wants to use it as a vehicle to set up her family's financial future and her retirement. They explore some options she can take during her growth phase of investing.  Talking about their background, the member shares that they are originally from Durham. They had been living in Toronto, in a single detached house. They decided to rent it, but the cash flow was not ideal compared to what they can get out here, for a lot less mortgage. In June, they bought duplex in Bowmanville, and rented the top floor, while they worked on the basement to rent it out as well. The renting arrangement for the upper floor came around to $1500 due to a family arrangement, and the basement for $1775 plus utilities. Quentin adds that working with family is fine, as long as they have a proper lease in place, as sometimes there can be a little tension, especially in such cases. The member adds that both of the leases are short-term. Quentin says that as they are helping a family member out, they're doing them a favor, and hopefully that'll come back to them. On the subject of why they want to invest in real estate, they member shares that while both she and her husband do well financially, and have pension, they want to do this for their three kids. They want to do something like they didn't get help themselves, but to help them, like with a down payment, and then it would be nice if they had another one to help themselves.  She also shares that they do not have access to equity that they could repurpose into another property, and with the closing cost, the property cost them around $715k. Quentin adds that if they make it a legal duplex, then there should be value that's added to it, because if it's illegal duplex, they will be able to include both rents when you're applying for a mortgage. He mentions the related content on the subject in the vault, called The Phases of Real Estate Investing, Property Management, Key Policies and Procedures in the start area, as well as the course Your First Three Properties.  Quentin adds that they can rely on other property management services in the area to help them out, and some of them will just do tenant placement for them. In addition to this, the five-hour course on Property Management is helpful in this regard as well. The Getting Higher Appraisals course can help them get better appraisals for their property, and set themself apart from everybody else, as most people will never do this. He adds that there are a lot of times when we get paid in this business, we get paid in cash flow, and when we sell a property, but we try not to do that very often. What's better than selling a property is the appraisal; that's when we get paid.  Talking about another way to mixing the funds from one that's deductible to nondeductible, is The Smith Maneuver. It's a strategy that allows you to turn your nondeductible debt, which is the interest on your mortgage to make it tax deductible. He suggests that if they take from the refi, put it on their principal, and then access it again, they're basically converting their nondeductible debt to deductible debt. Then the next year, if they did it, bought a property and the same process, they're basically converting their principal residence into deductible debt. Once they've done the whole process, and it's all line of credit, then they go back and get a new mortgage, it's clean, because all of it has been deducted. Then the interest would be all tax deductible; the principal wouldn't, but the interest would.  In conclusion, Quentin suggests attending the Q&A calls, as they're great for networking to meet other people in the area who are investing. The other thing is to make sure to take advantage of the video materials. There's a lot of resources that are on there. If they want to do something specific, they can go through the roadmaps, as they are...

#123: Pitfalls & Mistakes Lawyers Can Save You From w/Brian McMurter On this week's show Gary chats with good friend and Gary's personal real estate lawyer for many years, Brian McMurter. He's been in the business for 40 years, and June 2021 was his busiest month, EVER! He says everyone he's ever known AND their children seem to be buying or selling right now! He's built a solid team of professionals to help assist home buyers and sellers protect their interests and assets, for likely one of the biggest financial transactions of their lives. They had a wide-ranging discussion about current situations, and plain advice that never grows old. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Do you even NEED a lawyer to close a property in Ontario Should you close a property in your own name, a corporation or a 3-tiered corp? Who does the lawyer represent - you, the bank or both? What types of delays happen upon closing, and how they affect many other properties down the line Types of clauses and buyer protection YOU should be adding into real estate contracts Types of clauses Brian thinks should be added Challenges and rewards of private lending How the pandemic has changed how McMurter does business How personal marijuana growth at home is affected Brian's opinions on future market conditions And MORE! Brian's Bio Brian C. McMurter is a Whitby-based lawyer, specializing in Real Estate and Wills & Estates and also providing Notary services, having come to law following an extremely successful career in the banking industry. With firm roots in the Durham Region in Ontario, Brian's client base extends from Scarborough through to Clarington, and all the cities in between (Pickering/Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Newcastle). Brian's policy of “No Surprises” has made him a popular choice among residents and real estate professionals alike. He actively supports his community as a member of the Chamber of Commerce, participates in the Durham Networking Association, and is a frequent speaker in the community on topics relating to real estate and wills. Website/contact info for guest Web: https://www.mcmurter.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brian-C-McMurter-208879189123996 This episode proudly sponsored by AGHI Home Inspections and Brian Daley. Whether buying or selling a property, AGHI recognizes that the process can be stressful. It is critical that any decision you make be one that is based on knowing all of the facts. Purchasers, vendors, insurance companies and lending institutions have come to recognize the professionally trained residential home inspector as a credible source of key information vital to making these decisions, and AGHI has been doing it for over 15 years! Contact http://www.bookahomeinspection.com or call (416) 526-7482 Please a leave a review, as it helps Gary understand if he's bringing on the right guests that you want to hear from! Interested in learning more about Real Estate Investing? Visit https://www.smarthomechoice.ca To learn more about Gary's mentorship program, visit https://garyhibbert.ca

CAA's Tony Tsai talks about readying your car for summer drives ahead + Adam Ruppel talks about Drive Festival in September out at in Bowmanville

Sitting less than an hour east of Toronto, the Durham region's craft beer scene has been blowing up in the past few years. One brewery that caught our eye was Bowmanville's Chronicle Brewing, with their eclectic, game and fantasy-centric label art, and impeccable and wide-ranging list of beers. We've been fortunate enough to try a few of their beers over the last year and change, but finally we got to hang out with the folks behind the brews. Helmed by Ted Paulsen, he joined Cee on the podcast alongside Jon Cowling (marketing, front of house) to get into how the brewery came to be, what's in the water in Durham, where the label art (and occasional cease-and-desist worthy imagery) comes from, why they nail such a wide range of styles and a lot more. We cracked open their Clockwork Automation Pilsner, Chimera Pale Ale and Ales From The Crypt black currant sour. This was a beaut, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff!  BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Episode Summary In this episode, Quentin talks with a member, who is thinking about getting into rentals. We explore what his long-term goals are, and what might be the best strategy to start with.  The member shares that he has been involved in private mortgage investing, as a source of passive income. Now, he and his wife are interested in changing careers by leaving the corporate world and starting their own business in real estate investing. They are also working on their first rent-to-own deal. Currently, they are in the process of getting pre-approved with a mortgage broker. Quentin comments that the strategy that they're using is great for cash flow, but he likes rent-to-own as an exit strategy, and not a long term option, adding “what I found was that every time that I bought properties, like the value of the property was always much higher than when I was selling it to the tenant buyer on and I had a locked in purchase price.” He adds that while this strategy is going to produce a higher cash flow, the member has to understand the tax consequences of what he is doing as well. He says “if your goal is to leave the corporate world, you're going to need to generate cash flow. So rent-to-owns are good for cash flow generation, [but] you would need to focus on getting multiple” Quentin adds that he also needs to add other properties in there, such as long-term rentals. Talking about the effectiveness of the BRRR method, Quentin says that it really supercharges the value of the property, and then you can refinance that out in 18 months to 24 months. He adds that when it comes to the BRRR strategy, the key is always purchasing a property where you can add value. It does require some expertise and work. So, you need to build a team of people around you to help like a good realtor, mortgage broker, and contractor on your team.  As for the areas, Quentin suggests looking in places like Bowmanville, Peterborough, or even Kingston, where the numbers still work, and they make more sense for the strategy. He adds that the member would have to find something that that needs a lot of work. Furthermore, he says that the member needs to maximize the amount of funds that he is able to access, and pull that together. He further adds “once you start the process and you get a couple properties under your belt, then you can actually talk to other people about what you're doing, and perhaps they can invest with you together and do, like a project together.” On the subject of going with the inexpensive lending option, Quentin adds that it's not about price, it's about access to credit, and dollar bills and credit are the same thing in the current economy. If you have credit, you have dollar bills. He suggests not focusing on how much it costs, fees, and all of that and create relationships with the other banks to check if he can open some lines of credit with them, just so that he could have access to it, and have more flexibility. Quentin recommends attending the Q&A sessions, as well as going through the Property Management, Joint Venture Partners, and Finding Off Market Properties courses. In conclusion, he says “Use that Action Taker Program, look at the takeout, The Planning Guide, look at the weekly plan, and just put one thing for finding properties. One thing for funding properties, one thing for financing properties in the Planning Guide, and one thing a week.” Topics Discussed Introduction [00:00] His Background and Experience in Real Estate Investing? [00:59] Have They Owned Residential Rental Properties Before? [02:25] The Areas He Wants to Invest in Using the BRRR Strategy? [08:03] What Can the Member do to Learn More About Real Estate Investing? [14:59] Resources Mentioned https://educationrei.ca/ldcourses/action-taker-goal-attainment/ (Action Taker Program Goal Attainment Program) https://educationrei.ca/ldcourses/property-management-key-policies-and-procedures-for-durham-rei-members/ (Property...

Everyone wants to be a full time entrepreneur but not many can pull the trigger and make it happen, especially during the pandemic, Scott is an exception. Ross is joined by Scott Zandbergen a Real Estate investor in Georgetown, Ontario who shares his incredible journey of leaving a 6 figure salary job to transition into a full time Real Estate Investor. He shares how to mentally prepare to quit your day job by getting clear on your net income/expenses, how to turnover an entire flip project successfully in just 3 months, how to set premium market rents as well as why invest in Bowmanville, Hamilton and Welland, and now Belleville. Follow Ross on Social Media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXJeEiAaVaEtYt0Sqr36TVQ/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ross.nedaee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ross.nedaee Follow Scott on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_zandbergen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scott.zandbergen

Join us as we showcase local Bowmanville, Ontario Brewery: Chronicle Brewing Co. and draft our All-Star beer line-up? For more information on Chronicle Brewing Co or to order some fantastic beer check out their website: www.chroniclebeer.com Be sure to follow MICS AND BEERS on social media: Instagram: www.instagram.com/micsandbeers Facebook: www.facebook.com/micsandbeers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/micsandbeers/message

This week on the Richard Crouse Show we talk about one of the most enduring Canadian rock and roll hit of all time. John Picard of The Kings said, “We never made a million dollars, but we had a song that people love and has stood the test of time.” 40 years ago The KIngs released their Bob Ezrin produced debut album, “The Kings Are Here” on the US major label Elektra Records. That same month, their smash hit single “This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ to Glide” first entered the Billboard Hot 100. And on August 23rd, 1980, The Kings closed the now-legendary Heatwave Festival, a giant outdoor concert some called "Punk Woodstock" that drew 100,000 people to Mosport Park, just north of Bowmanville, Ontario. The Kings played alongside Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Nick Lowe and Rockpile, Teenage Head, the B-52’s, and more. The Kings and Teenage Head were the only bands that gave permission to be filmed. As Teenage Head’s audio has disappeared, the only surviving footage of that iconic night is of The Kings, and now you can see the 30-minute concert movie “The Kings: Live at Heatwave” at their YouTube channel. With band members Dave Diamond and John Picard a.k.a. Mister Zero, we talk about the only surviving, authentic, and original sync footage from that legendary concert and, of course, we’ll celebrate four decades of one of the greatest double-A sides ever “This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ to Glide…” Then, we go back to the vault to find an interview I did with producer Bob Ezrin from his Los Angeles home in 1994. Ezrin produced The Kings, but he is best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. His career in music has spanned four decades and he continues to work with acts such as Deftones and Thirty Seconds to Mars. We talk about how he got his first big musical break producing Alice Cooper and some fascinating behind the scenes stories of working with Cooper and Peter Gabriel.

September 14, 1963. Bowmanville, Ontario. 13-year old Noreen Greenley leaves her best friend's house and heads towards the bus stop, but never returns home. Shortly thereafter, one of Noreen's sisters is nearly struck by a car and hears a female scream from inside, and it turns out the car matches the description of a vehicle seen near the bus stop minutes earlier. Five decades later, a tipster comes forward with an allegation that his deceased father confessed to killing Noreen and buried a car containing her body, but an excavation fails to turn up any evidence. In addition to Noreen Greenley's disappearance, this week's episode of “The Trail Went Cold” will also chronicle another unsolved missing children's case from Ontario involving the disappearance of 10-year old Marianne Schuett, who also became the victim of an apparent abduction on April 27, 1967. Special thanks to listener Dagan Cardinal for providing the opening narration for our episode. Additional Reading: https://bringnoreenhome.wordpress.com http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2782dfon.html https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterborough-region/2019/07/14/cold-case-family-relentless-in-quest-to-bring-missing-bowmanville-teen-home.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-excavation-in-55-year-old-cold-case-was-incomplete-forensic-expert-says-1.4871169 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/teen-who-vanished-in-1963-may-be-in-trunk-of-buried-car-family-1.4139614 https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/10/18/bowmanville-missing-teen/ https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/4086670-fifty-years-of-searching-for-missing-bowmanville-girl/ http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/534dfon.html https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/9209395-ontario-cold-case-parents-beg-abductor-to-phone-or-write-us-after-daughter-disappears/ https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/2942514-what-really-happened-to-marianne-schuett-/ https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1968/1/1/a-little-girl-is-missing “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

September 14, 1963. Bowmanville, Ontario. 13-year old Noreen Greenley leaves her best friend’s house and heads towards the bus stop, but never returns home. Shortly thereafter, one of Noreen’s sisters is nearly struck by a car and hears a female scream from inside, and it turns out the car matches the description of a vehicle seen near the bus stop minutes earlier. Five decades later, a tipster comes forward with an allegation that his deceased father confessed to killing Noreen and buried a car containing her body, but an excavation fails to turn up any evidence. In addition to Noreen Greenley’s disappearance, this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” will also chronicle another unsolved missing children’s case from Ontario involving the disappearance of 10-year old Marianne Schuett, who became the victim of an apparent abduction on April 27, 1967. Special thanks to listener Dagan Cardinal for providing the opening narration for our episode. Additional Reading: https://bringnoreenhome.wordpress.com http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2782dfon.html https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterborough-region/2019/07/14/cold-case-family-relentless-in-quest-to-bring-missing-bowmanville-teen-home.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-excavation-in-55-year-old-cold-case-was-incomplete-forensic-expert-says-1.4871169 https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/teen-who-vanished-in-1963-may-be-in-trunk-of-buried-car-family-1.4139614 https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/10/18/bowmanville-missing-teen/ https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/4086670-fifty-years-of-searching-for-missing-bowmanville-girl/ http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/534dfon.html https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/9209395-ontario-cold-case-parents-beg-abductor-to-phone-or-write-us-after-daughter-disappears/ https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/2942514-what-really-happened-to-marianne-schuett-/ https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1968/1/1/a-little-girl-is-missing “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Day 5 of The #APtour sees @davestark1 up in Bowmanville to have a chat with the last guest on TAP Tour, Demitra Chalkias.Demi is a performance and racing driver who is a  2018 Pirelli GT4 CASC Champion, and owner of Demi's Pit Stop. So sit back, relax and enjoy listening to a great podcast!

We chat with Ryan Cullen, co-owner of City of Greens in Bowmanville, Ontario, about starting a regenerative farm and homestead. Cullen, who joined us for the last episode to talk about the food-forest garden at Durham College, is in the process of turning a 10-acre property into a regenerative farm and homestead, and is creating a market-garden business as part of that plan.

The legendary Heatwave Festival happened 40 years ago this weekend: August 23 1980. 100,000 people turned up for the Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The B-52s, Rockpile, Teenage Head & more (but not the no-show headliners, The Clash). It was not only my first fest and one of the best single-day bills I would ever see, it was the centerpiece of an insane long weekend adventure that saw me stranded and broke in the middle of nowhere on Sunday morning after two days of partying and mass-imbibing.For Episode 10 and on the occasion of the festival’s 40th anniversary, I not only discuss the series of brilliant, energetic, & breathtaking sets performed by some of the key artists of the day at their peak, including the Talking Heads’ first-ever performance as an expanded unit and the public debut of the material released two months later as “Remain In Light,” but also relate how I eventually made it back to my home three hours away. There is also the ramp-up parking lot party the night before and the morning’s beer-for-breakfast cotillion of debauchery before noon even hits or the music starts.Sit back, listen, and join me on one of the best and wildest concert/festival weekends I ever had.And when are we ever going to get to hear the original master tapes? A Heatwave box set, please.Read the original four-part blog entry written in 2010 on the mylifeinconcert.com website.NEXT PODCASTS (Coming in September): Episodes 11 A&B will look back at the 20 Acts from the Past I Wish I’d Seen Episode 12 (no.004) This Is the Modern World: The Jam with The Dwight Twilley Band, Rex Danforth Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Tuesday April 10, 1979 (Get a sneak preview by reading the original 2011 blog entry here.) mylifeinconcert.com

Host Gary Williams sits down with Simon Gill, Director of Economic Development and Tourism, on location at Starapples restaurant in downtown Bowmanville to discuss Durham Region's economic recovery efforts during COVID-19. Please note: this was filmed on location at an outdoor patio. Audio may have background noise.

Vy Nguyen, a Bowmanville tattoo artist, talks about how she changed career paths after studying and working in science, what it’s like becoming and being a tattoo artist, and the importance of being true to yourself.

~A Family's Desperate Search of the 1963 Disappearance of Noreen Anne GreenleyOn Saturday, September 14, 1963, Noreen GREENLEY (DOB: May 16, 1950) was 13 years old when she went missing.I had the privilege of speaking with Kelly who is missing Noreen Greenley’s niece. Thank you very much Kelly for taking the time to do this sincere interview with me as I know it isn't easy for you to relive these events of your missing loved one. Noreen Anne Greenley was only 13 years old when she disappeared waiting at a bus stop in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on September 14, 1963. Noreen was last seen leaving a friends house at aprox 11 pm September 14th, 1963. She was going to take the bus home from the stop on Old Highway 2 and Waverly Rd in Bowmanville. A witness saw a young girl get into a blue car on September 14th, 1963 and at the same location where Noreen disappeared. The car was a 1957-1959 Ford Prefect. To this day, Noreen has never been seen again. Where is Noreen Greenley? What really happened to her that Saturday night? At the time of her disappearance her height was 5’2”, weight 100 pounds, light brown hair and blue eyes.The Greenley Family:Parents are John Harvey Greenley and Nadine Helen GreenleyFirst born is Garry GreenleySecond born is Harvey Greenley which is Kelly’s dadThird is Noreen Greenley (missing)Fourth is Joyce GreenleyFifth is Rodney GreenleySixth is Mark GreenleySeventh is Shelley Greenley (sadly has passed away - her mission was to locate her sister Noreen).If you know what happened to Noreen Greenley back in 1963, please come forward with any tips or Information. You may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or Durham Regional Police, 1-888-579-1520 and ask for Detective Moore or Detective Locke. You may also private message Kelly Greenley or Kathleen Greenley on the Facebook Group called - Back to September 14th, 1963, when Noreen Anne Greenley DisappearedIt is time, let’s bring Noreen Home!

Josh sits down with Nathan, who leads our Bowmanville site, to talk about his role and some passions! To find out more about our Bowmanville Site, you can connect with Pastor Nathan at nveley@sanctuschurch.com

Hello everybody, and welcome into the Bible Reading podcast - a welcome respite from all of the coronavirus news going around, and filled with enough good Scripture to encourage and edify our souls! Today's passages include Exodus 21, Job 39, Luke 24, and 2nd Corinthians 9. I honestly went back and forth over the topic for today's show. I strongly considered and even began writing about Jesus' command to the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they were, "clothed with power from on high," and almost talked about Paul's blessed command to give in 2nd Corinthians 9, but ultimately, I couldn't get away from the allure of talking about the resurrection again, so that is today's focus. It is honestly just hard not to focus on the greatest event in history every time you encounter it in the Bible. With lots of fear going around because of this pandemic scare, I am grateful that - no matter how bad this or any situation gets - those who are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross have the wonderful promise of eternal life in Him. Because He lives - we who follow Him will live and not perish. Praise His name! The resurrection is the antidote for all of our fears! By the way, today's episode is a two parter, because I couldn't drop two straight 40 minute episodes on you. Selections from today's show are from my book: Easter Fact or Fiction - Twenty Reasons to Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead, which is available on Amazon. Every time you buy a copy of that book on Amazon, I make a little over two dollars - which is enough to buy my precious children about two rolls of toilet paper. Or, it would be if every store in Salinas wasn't sold out of toilet paper!! I'm tempted to do an episode that attempts to castigate toilet paper hoarders, but I can't really find a Scripture on that, for some reason. Here is a good question from Willem Dykstra about my choice of the CSB for the primary BRP podcast Bible. Hi Chase, I am just curious, why is it that you use the CSB, Christian Standard Bible version? Or at least, why do you use it in your Bible Reading Podcast?Up until your podcast, I had never heard of this version I did just a little googling and only remembered from my googling that it seems to be an updated version of the HCSB. Anyway, when I was just a wee lad growing up in Southern Ontario and attending one of the two Christian Reformed Churches in Bowmanville, Ontario, I think the various Christian Reformed Churches in that area used the RSV. I believe some were also still using the good old KJV (Linus’s speech in the Peanuts Christmas special would not be the same without it). Around the time I started college, or shortly after that (or maybe just before), all the Christian Reformed Churches almost immediately went to the NIV. Every good Dutch, Christian Reformed person will tell you the NIV published by Zondervan (Another great Dutch name) is the Christian Reformed Church’s gift to the rest of Christiandom (I mean, our denomination is even mentioned in the preface and everything) I remember my theology professor when I went to college at Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA, (then it was called Dordt College) although he was a faithful Christian Reformed member did not like that they did the “LORD” in uppercase when they should have used the actual name Yahweh or something like that. I can’t seem to recall if I got his umbrage correct (that was a long time ago). Anyway, fast forward to the time I am now married and living in Minnesota attending Dr. John Piper’s church, Bethlehem Baptist. I remember that he felt very strongly about the ESV and said this would be the last and best version he would ever use. And our church, both campuses at that time, only used the ESV from then on, and I have been using it ever since.Anyways, sorry if I just wrote too much info here. I did not even go into the fact that several years ago (or maybe decades), it seemed Zondervan Publishing and the NIV had fallen from grace when many people took umbrage (myself included) when Zondervan decided to publish a gender-neutral version of the NIV. I don’t remember what this new version is even called (NIrV I think or something like that, but I digress again), but anyways if you have read this far, I really am wondering why is it that you use the CSB? Great question, Willem! I've been a Christian for almost 40 years now, and here is a list of the translations I have favored over the years: 1970s (as a child) The King James Version Plus the Living Bible. (I was a child!) 1980s-early 2000s: The NIV 1984 1998/99-2002ish: The Updated NASB 2002-2008 The 1984 NIV + The Updated NASB 2008-2013 The ESV 2013-2020 The Holman Christian Standard + The ESV + The CSB. My primary preaching translation for the past 7 years has been the HCSB. The reason I chose the CSB for the Bible Reading podcast, is because I thought that more readers would have it than the HCSB, which remains my favorite translation. The biggest difference I see between the CSB and the HCSB is the translation of the Tetragrammaton - the personal name of God. the CSB prefers LORD and the HCSB prefers Yahweh: Comparison of Psalm 83:18 HCSB: May they know that You alone— whose name is Yahweh— are the Most High over all the earth. CSB: May they know that you alone— whose name is the LORD are the Most High over the whole earth. I believe the best way to translate the name of God is indeed to use 'Yahweh,' but I do not believe that LORD is wrong. Today's Big Bible Question is all about the women who were the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus. This is a big deal, because the testimony of women was not viewed favorably in the first century, and the fact that all FOUR Gospels feature women as the first witnesses of the resurrection is very significant historically. I believe it offers solid corroaboration to the authenticity of the Gospel accounts. Why have women as the first witnesses of Jesus if you are fabricating a story, or legendizing a story? The only sensible reason to feature women prominently as the first witnesses of the biggest event in history is if they were really the first witnesses. One thing I noticed in yesterday's reading of Luke 23 - that I had glossed over in the past - is that the women were not only witnesses of the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus, but also very close and careful eyewitnesses of the burial of Jesus: 55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. Luke 23:55-56 It should be noted that for one to argue that the early church fabricated the resurrection of Jesus, one has to commit to the very same sexism that many of the men of the first century were quite guilty of - they must disparage the testimony of women! Consider the words of Josephus and Strabo - one a well known Jewish/Roman historian and the other a notable Roman first century sexist philosopher: A. “But let not a single witness be credited; but three, or two at the least, and those such whose testimony is confirmed by their good lives. But let not the testimony of women be admitted, on account of the levity and boldness of their sex, nor let servants be admitted to give testimony on account of the ignobility of their soul; since it is probable that they may not speak truth” - Jewish/Roman historian Josephus, pointing out the belief that women of his day should not testify in court B: “In dealing with a crowd of women at least, or with any promiscuous mob, a philosopher cannot influence them by reason or exhort them to reverence, piety and faith; nay, there is need of religious fear also, and this cannot be aroused without myths and marvels” - Strabo, a first century philosopher sharing a quite common view of women at the time: that they were immune to reason and comparable to a “promiscuous mob.” A. Flavius Josephus and William Whiston, The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1987), 117. B. Richard Bauckham, Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels (Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, ©2002), 270 They weren't the only ones, either! Consider the Mishnah a compilation of the Jewish oral law that was actively used by the Scribes and Pharisees during the first century. (and not the Word of God.) One of the Rabbis found within testifies that, due to their menstrual issues, “women are not competent witnesses to be relied on…they are not halakhically admissible as reliable witnesses.” There are many more examples than just those, and I imagine some of you are mad right now, so let me just sneak in one other somewhat infuriating quote written by our backwards ‘friends’ from antiquity. Celsus was a Greek philosopher and an adamant opponent of Christianity who lived in the second century. Of the resurrection, and the fact that a woman was the first witness of the risen Jesus, Celsus opined: “But we must examine this question whether anyone who really died ever rose again with the same body. Or do you think that the stories of these others really are the legends which they appear to be, and yet that the ending of your tragedy is to be regarded as noble and convincing—his cry from the cross when he expired, and the earthquake and the darkness? While he was alive he did not help himself, but after death he rose again and showed the marks of his punishment and how his hands had been pierced. But who saw this? A hysterical female, as you say, and perhaps some other one of those who were deluded by the same sorcery, who either dreamt in a certain state of mind and through wishful thinking had a hallucination due to some mistaken notion, or, which is more likely, wanted to impress the others by telling this fantastic tale, and so by this cock-and-bull story to provide a chance for other beggars.” James Stevenson, A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337 (London: SPCK, 1987), 133. As you can see here, Celsus’ major attack on the validity of the resurrection account is that it was first witnessed and propagated by a hysterical woman (Mary Magdalene) and, another “one of those,” who was “deluded by the same sorcery.” On behalf of women everywhere, I am offended for you! Be reminded that, though this backwards attitude towards women was staggeringly rampant in the first century, that was not the case with Jesus, the apostles, nor the early church. Perhaps you’ve imagined that the “Jesus Team” consisted of Jesus and the twelve disciples, and those thirteen went around from city to city healing the sick and sharing the good news. You’d be partly right, but the Jesus team was actually quite a bit larger than that, as there were a number (the Bible says “many) of women that also travelled with Jesus and had a critical role on the team, paying for lodging and expenses, etc. Jesus Himself was radical in the way He treated women, having multiple deep individual encounters with them at a time when it would be scandalously inappropriate for a Rabbi to have a one on one conversation with a female. Compare the New Testament to any other document of antiquity, and you will find that it was radically forward thinking in its ethos of women. To be sure, in many cases, women were treated quite poorly in the earliest centuries, and were viewed in a way that does not comport with modern reality. I could add many other quotes to demonstrate this historical fact, but that is not necessary to make the primary and pertinent point here: having a female witness to something monumental in the first century might be a little bit…inconvenient, to say the least. As Josephus notes above, there were many cultures in antiquity where a woman was not allowed to testify in court. In other ancient cultures, they might have been allowed to testify, but their testimony would not have carried as much weight as the testimony of a man. In some of those situations, where women were actually allowed to testify, it would take the testimony of two women to override the testimony of one man. Why is such a cultural issue critical in discussing the resurrection of Jesus? Because, according to Matthew 28, the first two witnesses to the risen Jesus were women, Mary Magdalene and “The other Mary.” Luke adds that Joanna was there, as well as “other women,” and seems to indicate that “the other” Mary, was Mary the mother of James. All four gospels, written down by different men, in different places and at different time periods ALL feature a female (Mary Magdalene) as the first witness of the resurrection of Jesus. Stay Tuned for part two tomorrow!

Hello everybody, and welcome into the Bible Reading podcast - a welcome respite from all of the coronavirus news going around, and filled with enough good Scripture to encourage and edify our souls! Today's passages include Exodus 21, Job 39, Luke 24, and 2nd Corinthians 9. I honestly went back and forth over the topic for today's show. I strongly considered and even began writing about Jesus' command to the disciples to tarry in Jerusalem until they were, "clothed with power from on high," and almost talked about Paul's blessed command to give in 2nd Corinthians 9, but ultimately, I couldn't get away from the allure of talking about the resurrection again, so that is today's focus. It is honestly just hard not to focus on the greatest event in history every time you encounter it in the Bible. With lots of fear going around because of this pandemic scare, I am grateful that - no matter how bad this or any situation gets - those who are saved by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross have the wonderful promise of eternal life in Him. Because He lives - we who follow Him will live and not perish. Praise His name! The resurrection is the antidote for all of our fears! By the way, today's episode is a two parter, because I couldn't drop two straight 40 minute episodes on you. Selections from today's show are from my book: Easter Fact or Fiction - Twenty Reasons to Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead, which is available on Amazon. Every time you buy a copy of that book on Amazon, I make a little over two dollars - which is enough to buy my precious children about two rolls of toilet paper. Or, it would be if every store in Salinas wasn't sold out of toilet paper!! I'm tempted to do an episode that attempts to castigate toilet paper hoarders, but I can't really find a Scripture on that, for some reason. Here is a good question from Willem Dykstra about my choice of the CSB for the primary BRP podcast Bible. Hi Chase, I am just curious, why is it that you use the CSB, Christian Standard Bible version? Or at least, why do you use it in your Bible Reading Podcast?Up until your podcast, I had never heard of this version I did just a little googling and only remembered from my googling that it seems to be an updated version of the HCSB. Anyway, when I was just a wee lad growing up in Southern Ontario and attending one of the two Christian Reformed Churches in Bowmanville, Ontario, I think the various Christian Reformed Churches in that area used the RSV. I believe some were also still using the good old KJV (Linus’s speech in the Peanuts Christmas special would not be the same without it). Around the time I started college, or shortly after that (or maybe just before), all the Christian Reformed Churches almost immediately went to the NIV. Every good Dutch, Christian Reformed person will tell you the NIV published by Zondervan (Another great Dutch name) is the Christian Reformed Church’s gift to the rest of Christiandom (I mean, our denomination is even mentioned in the preface and everything) I remember my theology professor when I went to college at Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA, (then it was called Dordt College) although he was a faithful Christian Reformed member did not like that they did the “LORD” in uppercase when they should have used the actual name Yahweh or something like that. I can’t seem to recall if I got his umbrage correct (that was a long time ago). Anyway, fast forward to the time I am now married and living in Minnesota attending Dr. John Piper’s church, Bethlehem Baptist. I remember that he felt very strongly about the ESV and said this would be the last and best version he would ever use. And our church, both campuses at that time, only used the ESV from then on, and I have been using it ever since.Anyways, sorry if I just wrote too much info here. I did not even go into the fact that several years ago (or maybe decades), it seemed Zondervan Publishing and the NIV had fallen from grace when many people took umbrage (myself included) when Zondervan decided to publish a gender-neutral version of the NIV. I don’t remember what this new version is even called (NIrV I think or something like that, but I digress again), but anyways if you have read this far, I really am wondering why is it that you use the CSB? Great question, Willem! I've been a Christian for almost 40 years now, and here is a list of the translations I have favored over the years: 1970s (as a child) The King James Version Plus the Living Bible. (I was a child!) 1980s-early 2000s: The NIV 1984 1998/99-2002ish: The Updated NASB 2002-2008 The 1984 NIV + The Updated NASB 2008-2013 The ESV 2013-2020 The Holman Christian Standard + The ESV + The CSB. My primary preaching translation for the past 7 years has been the HCSB. The reason I chose the CSB for the Bible Reading podcast, is because I thought that more readers would have it than the HCSB, which remains my favorite translation. The biggest difference I see between the CSB and the HCSB is the translation of the Tetragrammaton - the personal name of God. the CSB prefers LORD and the HCSB prefers Yahweh: Comparison of Psalm 83:18 HCSB: May they know that You alone— whose name is Yahweh— are the Most High over all the earth. CSB: May they know that you alone— whose name is the LORD are the Most High over the whole earth. I believe the best way to translate the name of God is indeed to use 'Yahweh,' but I do not believe that LORD is wrong. Today's Big Bible Question is all about the women who were the first witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus. This is a big deal, because the testimony of women was not viewed favorably in the first century, and the fact that all FOUR Gospels feature women as the first witnesses of the resurrection is very significant historically. I believe it offers solid corroaboration to the authenticity of the Gospel accounts. Why have women as the first witnesses of Jesus if you are fabricating a story, or legendizing a story? The only sensible reason to feature women prominently as the first witnesses of the biggest event in history is if they were really the first witnesses. One thing I noticed in yesterday's reading of Luke 23 - that I had glossed over in the past - is that the women were not only witnesses of the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus, but also very close and careful eyewitnesses of the burial of Jesus: 55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes.And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. Luke 23:55-56 It should be noted that for one to argue that the early church fabricated the resurrection of Jesus, one has to commit to the very same sexism that many of the men of the first century were quite guilty of - they must disparage the testimony of women! Consider the words of Josephus and Strabo - one a well known Jewish/Roman historian and the other a notable Roman first century sexist philosopher: A. “But let not a single witness be credited; but three, or two at the least, and those such whose testimony is confirmed by their good lives. But let not the testimony of women be admitted, on account of the levity and boldness of their sex, nor let servants be admitted to give testimony on account of the ignobility of their soul; since it is probable that they may not speak truth” - Jewish/Roman historian Josephus, pointing out the belief that women of his day should not testify in court B: “In dealing with a crowd of women at least, or with any promiscuous mob, a philosopher cannot influence them by reason or exhort them to reverence, piety and faith; nay, there is need of religious fear also, and this cannot be aroused without myths and marvels” - Strabo, a first century philosopher sharing a quite common view of women at the time: that they were immune to reason and comparable to a “promiscuous mob.” A. Flavius Josephus and William Whiston, The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1987), 117. B. Richard Bauckham, Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels (Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, ©2002), 270 They weren't the only ones, either! Consider the Mishnah a compilation of the Jewish oral law that was actively used by the Scribes and Pharisees during the first century. (and not the Word of God.) One of the Rabbis found within testifies that, due to their menstrual issues, “women are not competent witnesses to be relied on…they are not halakhically admissible as reliable witnesses.” There are many more examples than just those, and I imagine some of you are mad right now, so let me just sneak in one other somewhat infuriating quote written by our backwards ‘friends’ from antiquity. Celsus was a Greek philosopher and an adamant opponent of Christianity who lived in the second century. Of the resurrection, and the fact that a woman was the first witness of the risen Jesus, Celsus opined: “But we must examine this question whether anyone who really died ever rose again with the same body. Or do you think that the stories of these others really are the legends which they appear to be, and yet that the ending of your tragedy is to be regarded as noble and convincing—his cry from the cross when he expired, and the earthquake and the darkness? While he was alive he did not help himself, but after death he rose again and showed the marks of his punishment and how his hands had been pierced. But who saw this? A hysterical female, as you say, and perhaps some other one of those who were deluded by the same sorcery, who either dreamt in a certain state of mind and through wishful thinking had a hallucination due to some mistaken notion, or, which is more likely, wanted to impress the others by telling this fantastic tale, and so by this cock-and-bull story to provide a chance for other beggars.” James Stevenson, A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337 (London: SPCK, 1987), 133. As you can see here, Celsus’ major attack on the validity of the resurrection account is that it was first witnessed and propagated by a hysterical woman (Mary Magdalene) and, another “one of those,” who was “deluded by the same sorcery.” On behalf of women everywhere, I am offended for you! Be reminded that, though this backwards attitude towards women was staggeringly rampant in the first century, that was not the case with Jesus, the apostles, nor the early church. Perhaps you’ve imagined that the “Jesus Team” consisted of Jesus and the twelve disciples, and those thirteen went around from city to city healing the sick and sharing the good news. You’d be partly right, but the Jesus team was actually quite a bit larger than that, as there were a number (the Bible says “many) of women that also travelled with Jesus and had a critical role on the team, paying for lodging and expenses, etc. Jesus Himself was radical in the way He treated women, having multiple deep individual encounters with them at a time when it would be scandalously inappropriate for a Rabbi to have a one on one conversation with a female. Compare the New Testament to any other document of antiquity, and you will find that it was radically forward thinking in its ethos of women. To be sure, in many cases, women were treated quite poorly in the earliest centuries, and were viewed in a way that does not comport with modern reality. I could add many other quotes to demonstrate this historical fact, but that is not necessary to make the primary and pertinent point here: having a female witness to something monumental in the first century might be a little bit…inconvenient, to say the least. As Josephus notes above, there were many cultures in antiquity where a woman was not allowed to testify in court. In other ancient cultures, they might have been allowed to testify, but their testimony would not have carried as much weight as the testimony of a man. In some of those situations, where women were actually allowed to testify, it would take the testimony of two women to override the testimony of one man. Why is such a cultural issue critical in discussing the resurrection of Jesus? Because, according to Matthew 28, the first two witnesses to the risen Jesus were women, Mary Magdalene and “The other Mary.” Luke adds that Joanna was there, as well as “other women,” and seems to indicate that “the other” Mary, was Mary the mother of James. All four gospels, written down by different men, in different places and at different time periods ALL feature a female (Mary Magdalene) as the first witness of the resurrection of Jesus. Stay Tuned for part two tomorrow!

This teaching gives insight into the eternal importance of true "Repentance". Something that may be lacking in the Church today as well as in the world.

Get Up Nation®! My name is Ben Biddick. I’m the Creator and Host of the Get Up Nation® Show where I serve individuals, organizations, and societies to develop and sustain resilience and perseverance. I’m Co-Author of the best-selling book Get Up: The Art of Perseverance with former Major League Baseball player Adam Greenberg whose profound journey of resilience led to one of the most inspiring stories in the history of baseball. Recently I had the honor and privilege of speaking with Lisa Fenton. Lisa is located in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada and created an organization called Propelled by Possibility. She champions women who are returning to the work force and focuses on helping her clients negotiate beyond just salary. Lisa and I discuss the significant stressors associated with returning to work after being out of the workforce for an extended period of time, strategies for how people can manage this stress, and the satisfaction that comes from overcoming these challenges to thrive. If you’re facing similar challenges in your life and would benefit from support, inspiration, or insight to help you manage your stress with resilience, reach out to Lisa at www.propelledbypossibility.com! The Get Up Nation® Show is brought to you in partnership with Got Your Six Coffee Company! Learn more about this positive, Veteran-Owned company at www.gotyoursixcoffee.com! www.propelledbypossibility.com www.getupnation.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/get-up-nation-podcast/support

Perfectionism is a crippling way to live, this week we interview the creators of the course Kameela is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist with 10+ years experience supporting mental, emotional and relationship well being.Services are available in person (Bowmanville) and through online video (Ontario wide). Kameela can be reached at www.elitec-c.com, 905-419-3242.or kosman@elitec-c.com Dr. Emily McLaughlin is a naturopathic doctor who guides patients towards optimal health, by discovering the root cause of their concerns. She works with her patients to help them re-gain control and master tools for long term relief of physical and mental discomfort and believes in the power of preventative medicine. Emily is accepting patients at Equilibrium Healthcare Solutions in Bowmanville, ON. For more info see www.dremilymclaughlin.com or Instagram @dremilymclaughlin

Emma Meadows is a senior forward and midfielder on the JSU soccer team, and she is one of six Canadians on head coach Neil Macdonald's roster. Despite being 980 miles from her hometown of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, Jacksonville has become her home over the past four years. Not only has she been a mainstay in the Gamecocks' lineup, playing in more than more than 60 matches since 2016, she has also made her presence felt in the community as a volunteer youth soccer coach.

Emma Meadows is a senior forward and midfielder on the JSU soccer team, and she is one of six Canadians on head coach Neil Macdonald’s roster. Despite being 980 miles from her hometown of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, Jacksonville has become her home over the past four years. Not only has she been a mainstay in the Gamecocks' lineup, playing in more than more than 60 matches since 2016, she has also made her presence felt in the community as a volunteer youth soccer coach.

Its that time of week again. FearFishing Experiment drops back to your living rooms and we have some special news to drop. OBN Night at Easthill outdoors we are giving a chance at a brand new truck and the Bowmanville show now becomes the Peterborugh Tackle Swap. Cray week and we answer a ton of fans questions. LIKE COMMENT & SHARE Help us bring you more YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wkUWyx5XJFMrmJv3ODErw?view_as=public Follow on Social Media FearFishing.com FearFishing~ https://www.facebook.com/fear.fishing/ FearFishing web cast~https://www.facebook.com/groups/89160... Ian West~ https://www.facebook.com/Ian-West-Bas... Twitter- @fearfishing Instagram- fear_fishing Original Opening Music by @BrianBrackenMusic

We Rock The Pomfret's Block in Bowmanville...Craig finds out where the hell Bowmanville is...and Double the Pleasure performs another RYB Classic!

I have been waiting for this event all year! The Bowmanville show packs a ton of people to buy sell and talk fishing and the FearFishing crew is excited to come for the ride. Special co host Mike Williams is in house and.... We have so many great guys including Danny Dunn, Cooper Gallant, Phil Alan and John Dean! We are chatting fishing and one guest inspired me so much he took home a very awesome Daiwa reel that i have some history with! this and more right on now! LIKE COMMENT & SHARE Help us bring you more YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wk... Follow on Social Media FearFishing.com FearFishing~ https://www.facebook.com/fear.fishing/ FearFishing web cast~https://www.facebook.com/groups/89160... Ian West~ https://www.facebook.com/Ian-West-Bas... Twitter- @fearfishing Instagram- fear_fishing Original Music by @BrianBrackenMusic

On this episode of Balance Your Life, we are chatting to Nicole Audet who discusses her health and wellness journey starting from a rough breakup. Nicole opens up about how she felt moving through that pain, what she started doing to get through it, what she has since incorporated into her life to keep her motivated and inspired on her journey, how she's found and accepted new love into her life, and so much more! Nicole is incredibly inspiring and shares how she got started and why she can't go back to her old way of life. Share this episode with a friend who could use inspiration in their life and subscribe to the channel for weekly episodes every Monday! Connect with Meghan Pherrill from Balance by Meghan: @balancebymeghan or www.balancebymeghan.com  Connect with Nicole Audet: @nickeyelyse or Nickey Elyse For the 30 Day Transformation Series: 30 Day Transformation Journey  For the Costa Rica Retreat click here and use code EARLYBIRD for $200 off before March 15th.  Nicole is offering a New Moon Intention & Mediation Workshop at the Collective Offices in Bowmanville.  A guided meditation and intention setting workshop for you to connect with the wishes you want to attract in your life.  * What is a new moon: New moons bring new beginnings using the magic created from your intentions and desires. 

Investor, Educator, Wealth Creator Quentin D'Souza Shares His Top Secrets.  Quentin D'Souza is a multiple award winning Real Estate Investor, and a trusted authority on investing in the Durham Region.  He is an Ontario Certified Teacher and holds two university degrees, which includes a Master's in Education.  His company, Appleridge Homes, uses the Buy, Fix, Refinance, and Rent strategy on long term rental properties from Pickering to Bowmanville, as well as joint venture partnerships to create win/win relationships.  Quentin is the author of “The Property Management Toolbox: A How-To Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords,” “The Filling Vacancies Toolbox: A Step-By-Step Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords for Renting Out Residential Real Estate”  and “The Ultimate Wealth Strategy: Your Complete Guide to Buying, Fixing, Refinancing, and Renting Real Estate.”  He is also coaches up and coming real estate investors.   Watch the Live Video Stream Here

A conversation with Jasmin Guillén, Crisis Counsellor at Victim Services Toronto and Carly Kalish, Executive Director of Victim Services Durham on recent violence in Toronto. Hosted by Alma Sandoval (Alma Latina Publisher) and Reporter Sukaina Jamil.

On this episode we have a cup of coffee with Jared Maynard. Jared is a fellow Canadian from Bowmanville, Ontario. He is a physical therapist, clinical athlete provider, and powerlifter who has a passion for the profession. We talk about the importance of language, how to set yourself up for a successful assessment, and how you can incorporate strength & conditioning principles for all populations you treat. We had a great time talking with Jared and hope you all enjoy this episode. You can listen to this episode on iTunes, Play Music, and Spotify. If you enjoy this episode could you please help us out by subscribing, dropping a review on iTunes, and sharing this episode with one other person. Your feedback and support mean the world to us. Jared Maynard Instagram: @jaredmaynard_pt Clinical Athlete Instagram: @clinicalathlete Website: http://www.clinicalathlete.com/   Follow us! @themvmtpts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themvmtpts/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themvmtpts/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/themvmtpts Email: themovementpts@gmail.com Students Driving Health https://www.facebook.com/groups/themvmtstudents/

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #090-90 - 2018 Ontario Election Edition | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! - QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Who do you think will win the 2018 provincial election in Durham and why? -Durham riding candidates 2018Liberal MPP Granville Anderson http://granvilleanderson.ca YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOI3I8XsJqUNDP - Joel Usher https://joelusher.ontariondp.ca YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YBEsEf8TT8Progressive Conservative - Lindsey Park https://durham.ontariopc.caGreen - Michelle Corbett https://gpo.ca/candidate/michelle-corbett/Libertarian - Ryan Robinson https://libertarian.on.ca/Ryan_Robinson---CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #090-87 - 2018 Durham Riding All-Candidates Debate | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! - QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Who do you think won the 2018 Durham Riding All-Candidates Debate in Courtice? -Durham riding candidates 2018Liberal MPP Granville Anderson http://granvilleanderson.ca NDP - Joel Usher https://joelusher.ontariondp.caProgressive Conservative - Lindsey Park https://durham.ontariopc.caGreen - Michelle Corbett https://gpo.ca/candidate/michelle-corbett/Libertarian - Ryan Robinson https://libertarian.on.ca/Ryan_Robinson---CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #089 - Bicycle Santa | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! - QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Have you seen the Bicycle Santa yet? -CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #088 - 100 Small Paintings; Rabid Bat; Health Accreditation | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! - QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Have you ever been to the Clarington Visual Arts Centre? -VAC: http://www.vac.ca/exhibitionsLake Road extension: http://bit.ly/2lJ308gOrono Park walkway: http://bit.ly/2yp5wq7Rabid bat: http://bit.ly/2lHG6OyHealth accreditation: http://bit.ly/2iZfXKd---CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle---

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #086 - Family Safety Day; Hamre renaming; Highway 57 | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! - QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Are you planning to attend the Family Safety Day? -Family Safety Day: http://bit.ly/2wnCPobHamre renaming: http://bit.ly/2wZibPUHighway 57: http://bit.ly/2xAKWlgDurham auction: http://bit.ly/2cf2A2e -CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #085 - LAV dedication; SuperBikes; Newtonville Music | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube!- QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Are you going to attend the LAV memorial unveiling? -LAV ceremony: http://bit.ly/2uPXMvDPriority Green Clarington: http://bit.ly/2wpqpPvOrono copier: http://bit.ly/2uZgkp6SuperBikes: http://bit.ly/2vQNY1sNewtonville Music: http://bit.ly/2uZ1oHt-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #084 - Happy Canada Day 150! | Join me as I celebrate Canada Day 150 in Clarington | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! - QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: How do you celebrate Canada Day in Clarington? -Clarington Canada Day 150: http://bit.ly/2utke98Courtice Flea Market: http://bit.ly/2ttq9hsNewcastle Canada Day 150: http://bit.ly/2t9T5bEClarington Museum: http://bit.ly/2ut6knv-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #083 - Start of summer! | Join me as I take a look at news and events in Clarington | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! -QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: What's your favourite summer attraction in Clarington? -GO East Clarington: http://bit.ly/2t4agy0Summer reading club: http://bit.ly/2tY7V47Strawberry social: http://bit.ly/2rLVEz4Clarington Catholic schools energy-efficiency: http://bit.ly/2s4XLO2Joe Neal conservatives: http://bit.ly/2tYHVG3-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #082 - Rainstorm, Pitch-In, Water | Join me as I take a look at the latest news in Clarington | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube!-QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Have you taken any precautions concerning the expected rainstorm? -Flooding: http://bit.ly/2pMkv7PWater Quality: http://bit.ly/2qA2IhxMaple Fest: http://bowmanville.com/eventsAlert Test: http://bit.ly/2qpOkcbBusiness count: http://bit.ly/2p54u9XPitch-In Week results: http://bit.ly/2pLjdrQ-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #081 - Maple Fest, CBOT, Bylaw | This podcast I'm going to take a look at the latest news in Clarington | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! -QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Have you ever attended the Maple Festival in Clarington? -Bylaw moving: http://bit.ly/2qbSB35Maple Fest: http://bowmanville.com/eventsVolunteer awards: http://bit.ly/2qc1r0AJr. Firefighter Program: http://bit.ly/2pmTO7BCBOT: http://bit.ly/2qkyn6n-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #080 - Courtice Dog Park | This podcast I'm going to take a look at the latest on the upcoming Courtice Dog Park | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! COURTICE DOG PARKQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Are you supportive of a third dog park in Clarington? -Clarington council 2016 pay: http://bit.ly/2nivQN4Bowmanville Boulevard: http://bit.ly/2nIXVIAFriends of the Courtice Dog Park: http://bit.ly/2nivNRc -CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #079 - Sign Bylaw | This podcast I'm going to take a look at Clarington's sign bylaw | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! SIGN BYLAWQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Is Clarington's sign bylaw enforced too much, too little or about right? -Sign bylaw: http://bit.ly/2mxy36RTarget to Lowe's: http://bit.ly/2nJbXxUTrees for rural roads: http://bit.ly/2mW8CqI-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChron YouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #078 - BALLOON RELEASE BAN | This podcast I'm going to take a look at a proposal to ban releasing more than 10 balloons at once in Clarington | Available FREE on iTunes & Android, plus now on YouTube! BALLOON RELEASE BANQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Would you ever release more than 10 balloons at once in Clarington? -Balloon article: http://bit.ly/2nePM2hFacebook balloon ban page: https://www.facebook.com/ban.balloon.releases/Early years survey: http://bit.ly/2m7jjvpFamily swim contest: @ClaringtonON-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.comTWITTER: @ClaringtonChronYouTube: Clarington Chronicle

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #077 - March Break | This podcast I'm going to take a look at some March Break activities in Clarington | Available FREE on iTunes & Android MARCH BREAKQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: What do you think is the biggest priority for transit in Clarington?-Transit news: http://bit.ly/2nbAU1NClarington Museums: http://bit.ly/2n58xWtOPG: http://bit.ly/1x0QikBLibrary: http://bit.ly/2mMzWf6Visual Arts Centre: http://bit.ly/1RAREcg-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #076 - Taunton Traffic | This podcast I'm going to take a look at a new program by the Durham Regional Police Service to monitor traffic along Taunton Road | Available FREE on iTunes & Android TAUNTON TRAFFICQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Do you think speeding and safety are a problem along Taunton Road? -Taunton traffic DRPS: http://bit.ly/2lQdfphTownhouse development: http://bit.ly/2m1vvdOSport & Leisure Fair: http://bit.ly/2lF5obv-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #075 - Volunteer Celebration | This podcast I take a look at the upcoming volunteer awards - thanks volunteers! | Available FREE on iTunes & Android THANKS VOLUNTEERS!QUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Have you ever volunteered for a group or event in Clarington? -Volunteer Celebration: http://bit.ly/2lL1kJPFor The Love Of Art: http://bit.ly/2mhZgXnDurham Discovery Guide: http://bit.ly/2luqJqu-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #074 - Waverly Interchange | This podcast I discuss a proposal for Clarington to spend $2.5 million on interchange improvements at Waverly Road and the 401 | Available FREE on iTunes & Android WAVERLY INTERCHANGEQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Should Clarington spend millions to improve the Waverly interchange? -Winter WonderLearn: http://www.clarington-library.on.ca/wwlWaverly interchange: http://bit.ly/2lczcwFBody cameras: http://bit.ly/2lnnnXa-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #073 - Budget Passed | This podcast I discuss the approval of the budget by Clarington council | Available FREE on iTunes & Android BUDGET PASSEDQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Are you happy with the tax increase in Clarington? -Clarington budget: http://bit.ly/2kNCVjZRegional budget: http://bit.ly/2k3B65C-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #072 - Clarington Coyotes | This podcast I discuss the recent sightings of coyotes in Clarington | Available on iTunes & Android CLARINGTON COYOTESQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Have you spotted a coyote recently in Clarington? -News article: http://bit.ly/2l0dkEj Facebook: Bowmanville Coyote Sightings 2017Snow Angel record attempt: http://bit.ly/2jCQ02tWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoyoteClarington coyote tips: http://bit.ly/2kmWqj9More coyote tips: http://bit.ly/2bWf2oG-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #071 - Budget Deliberations | This podcast I discuss Clarington's upcoming budget for 2017| Available on iTunes & Android BUDGET DELIBERATIONSQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: What do you think an appropriate budget increase, or decrease should be? -News article: http://bit.ly/2jv7E6zSummer jobs: http://bit.ly/2jCW5HXBudget guide: http://bit.ly/1RmHyxSNew rec facilities: http://bit.ly/2k790VL-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

Clarington Chronicle Podcast #070 - Overnight parking | Clarington generally does not allow overnight parking but that may change | Available on iTunes & Android OVERNIGHT PARKINGQUESTION OF THE PODCAST: Should vehicles be allowed to park overnight on streets in Clarington?-News article: http://bit.ly/2k8G8guParking petition: http://bit.ly/2jENV4JClarington info: http://bit.ly/2jRPbzmPARKING APPLICATION: http://bit.ly/2jtFvev-CLARINGTON CHRONICLE PODCASTEMAIL: claringtonchronicle@gmail.comPODCAST: iTunes & AndroidWEB: MarkStanisz.com

This episode’s guest is Eric McNeil, founder of Aquanaut Brewing Company. Aquanaut is in the Bowmanville neighborhood of Chicago. Eric started his professional career in graphic design and has been making Aquanaut's labels himself. After getting bit by the homebrewing bug, Eric took the Siebel Institute's "concise" course in brewing technology and he's spent a significant amount of time shadowing professional brewers on the job to learn his craft.

Born and raised in Bowmanville, Ontario, Meghan Patrick has dedicated her entire life to music, always wanting it to be more than just a passion. Prior to setting out as a solo artist, Meghan was the lead singer of the popular roots act The Stone Sparrows. A newgrass / bluegrass band, The Stone Sparrows released an EP and a full-length album before the members parted ways amicably in 2013 after playing their second Boots and Hearts Festival. Meghan has quickly made a name for herself since signing to Warner Music Canada. She has recently signed a  publishing deal with Ole Nashville. Her debut album Grace & Grit was released earlier this year. She worked with  producers Justin Niebank (Vince Gill, LeAnn Rimes), Vince Gill, Chris Baseford (Nickelback, Avril Lavigne), and  Carly McKillip. To add even more star power to her debut, Meghan brought in a few more big names, including  multiple Grammy nominee Joe Nichols who duets with her on “Still Loving You,” and fellow Canadian Chad Kroeger,  who co-wrote and produced the smash debut single “Bow Chicka Wow Wow” along with several other cuts on  the album.  “I have to feel connected to the music, especially when I am playing live," explains Meghan. "The emotions I write about are real and  audiences know when you are being true to yourself. Performing my own music and forming a bond with my  audience is what I do this for. And that’s the most enjoyable thing in the world."

We recorded West Hammock performing Chet Faker’s “Gold” at Manantler Craft Brewing Co in Bowmanville, Ontario. https://www.facebook.com/WestHammock/ http://www.westhammock.com/ FIND CURRENT SESSIONS on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE

Quentin D'Souza (https://www.facebook.com/qdsouza) is a multiple award winning Real Estate Investor, and a trusted authority on investing in the Durham Region of Ontario.  He is an Ontario Certified Teacher and holds two university degrees, which includes a Master's in Education.  His company, Appleridge Homes, uses the Buy, Fix, Refinance, and Rent strategy on long term rental properties from Pickering to Bowmanville, as well as joint venture partnerships to create win/win relationships.  Quentin is the author of “The Property Management Toolbox: A How-To Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords” and “The Ultimate Wealth Strategy: Your Complete Guide to Buying, Fixing, Refinancing, and Renting Real Estate.”  He is also the Chief Education Officer of the Durham Real Estate Investor Club and coaches up and coming real estate investors.   In this episode, we cover a ton: How Quentin doubled his income How he built his real estate investment portfolio The conversation he had with his family about leaving his six figure salary job Sources for finding hidden gem investment properties Quentin's thoughts on which investors will actually be successful in doubling their income Creating multiple streams of income Tips and tricks on increasing your net worth via your network Links and Show Notes If you would like to connect with Quentin and/or buy him lunch (you'll get the reference when you listen to the podcast :)) here's his email: Info@durhamrei.ca the Durham Real Estate investors Club: http://durhamrei.ca/ Quentin on Ontario's Sunshine List for public servants earning over $100,000 salary: http://www.thesunshinelist.com/ca/salary-disclosure/quentin-dsouza/toronto-catholic-district-school-board Real Deal Renos, 10 episode youtube series on investing in Durham: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNXpKkq4UegQGjmt0PmUfxy9XxnS0Gf98 Books by Quentin: http://www.amazon.com/Quentin-DSouza/e/B00L3J0P4I

Chats with GT of GT Harris & The Gunslingers, Brendan Lawless & Matt Holtby of The Coachlites and Bowmanville singer-songwriter, Alicia Robicheau at the Omemee Jams on August 22, 2015.

Gather 'round the warm glow of a smartphone or computer screen and huddle closely, as we break the through the static and bring the noise.  That noise is what you hear on the street, which is where our music in this section comes from."It Came From the Streets" is where we take your tracks, we listen to them and if they are swinging, they get played on live radio and carry on forever into the ether on podcast.Miss Fortune and KendeR listen to everything you send us.Send us your best, freshest and dopest Hip-Hop tracks to 1520classicradio@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter (@1520Classic) and get at us!You can send your tracks to Our EmailRIGHT CLICK HERE SAVE THE SHOW NOW!SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST ON iTUNES!FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!Today, we bring you some of the freshest, newest, cleanest and leanest Hip-Hop tracks that you will hear.  Forget top 40, forget whats 'popular', as we live underground and below radar.This week, we have a bunch of tracks coming from all across the globe.  We go to Australia, to visit a world class artist, dip to Utah to and then bust over to England.Trife Diesel and Termanology set off the episode with a 1520 Classic Radio produced track called "Trife & T".  Trife is from Staten Island, NY and Termanology is from Boston, Mass.  The Beat is produced by KendeR of (ahem) Bowmanville (look it up son!) and co-produced by the legendary DJ Flatline of Mississauga.  Shout outs to Clockwork Music on this track!Leaf Dog, one of The Four Owls and renowned beat maker sends us a Quincy Jones sampled track called "Sweet Thing" all the way from South London, in the UK.  High Focus is the label that Leaf Dog runs, and has worked with many legends within Hip-Hop.Fliptrix, another member of The Four Owls shot over a new track freshly released called "The Warning", Produced by Molotov.  We gotta hand it to High Focus, they are consistently putting out AMAZING tracks that set a high standard.Boston Producer Statik Selektah and and New Hampshire MC Chatham bring us a track called "Something For You" Featuring Mr. Cheeks.Rob Carney is an Instagram find, who sets the tone with his track called "Go Big".  This New Jersey native shot on our radar with his album you can find on iTunes or Google Play.  Be sure to check out his website too.Hopping aboard a big Jet Liner, we check in with 4thEye from London England with a Youtube freestyle and track from his album (on Bandcamp) called "Soul Rich".  This MC's flow is flawless and creative.  4thEye is a must hear!Flipping a classic sample, and coming all the way from Ogden Utah, Linus Stubbs produced the track "Commercial Kingz" for Wildelux (of no fixed address).Of course, DFlowetry, the precocious, ambitions and talented MC from Las Vegas Nevada brings a banger called "Nice as I am".Let's go to the land where everything wants to eat you.  Perth Australia is where Kid Tsunami hangs his hat, but make no mistake, this beat maker is a BEAST on the beats and production.  Kid Tsunami brings "No Guarantees", and be sure to check his catalog as he has worked with many including Sean Price and Masta Ace.  This guy is simply amazing.Dro Pesci from New York hit us up with a bunch of bangers, and this week we played "From New York", ft. Infamous Haze.  This raw MC is so talented and real that we just can't get enough.  We hope to do some work with him soon.King Mean isn't that mean, and in fact, he sounds nice on the Mic.  King Mean sends us "Broken Diamonds" through Twitter.Lil Doodie from Baton Rouge, Louisiana holds it down with a banger called "Intro", which is the intro to the mixtape THC.  This track also has a video on Youtube, so please, check that out too!Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada bred MC, producer and Juno nominee Muneshine teams up with KendeR of the 1520 Classic Radio Show as we put our "Best Foot Forward".  This track drips with chilled out drums and a plunking bassline.  Shoutouts to Muneshine for repping this, as it was a Japan only release on his album "Status Symbol"."Long Live" is an homage and dedication to the memory of Justine Aristide (10-31-1996 to 12-30-2014).  Thank you Skylar And Lamb for bringing this to us.Tinman needs not to see the Wizard, though, he still is heartless with the track FWT (Fuck With This). Tinman is an actor and rapper from Los Angeles California.Someone call the dogpound, Stray the Rabid Dog from Madrid Spain is on the loose again with his pal Snud from Scotland on a track called "The Rap Undead" featuring Ikue and Kapes.  Snud brings banging production while Stray holds it down on the mic.  More please.  The tracks coming from this pair are incredible.Topping up the show, we have Venemous2000 from Planet Rock, England (couldn't find that on Google Maps...) with a track called "This Ain't It" produced by Layzee D.  This track swings with a dope flow.IF YOU WANT TO BE FEATURED ON "IT CAME FROM THE STREETS", WHICH IS ON LIVE WORLDWIDE RADIO AND ON OUR PODCASTS (WHICH WILL LIVE FOREVER), PLEASE CONTACT US 1520CLASSICRADIO@GMAIL.COM OR HIT US UP ON TWITTER: @1520CLASSIC.  WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING EACH OF YOUR TRACKS AND SEEING....."IF IT CAME FROM THE STREETS"

Hailing from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Country singer-songwriter TRINITY BRADSHAW became the youngest winner of the Summerside Festival Talent Search at age 14. She performed twice at the East Coast Music Awards before moving to Calgary, Alberta in 2011. In January 2014, Trinity was nominated for Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year at the Alberta Country Music Awards and performed at the gala awards show. She was CMT Canada’s Fresh Face Feature Artist in March 2014. She has recently performed at the Grey Eagle, and Century Casino in Calgary, Billy Bob’s in Red Deer and the CRE Rodeo Dance in Camrose, Alberta. 2014 performances include the Ponoka Stampede, the Calgary Stampede, Festival Place in Edmonton, and the Boots and Hearts Music Festival in Bowmanville, Ontario. Trinity's new EP will be released on June 17th, 2014 featuring the current single Never Drinking Again which is getting played on country stations across Canada. The songs were recorded at Blackbird Studios in Nashville with all-star session players Chad Cromwell (Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Taylor Swift), Tim Marks (Taylor Swift, Jewel), Russ Pahl (Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Eric Church) and Russ Broom (Jann Arden). The songs were produced by Russ Broom and Trey Mills. Tune in as Trinity joins me to celebrate the release of her new EP and to share some songs from it.

In this Episode I sit down with up and coming mma fighter Brendan Kalijundzic from Bowmanville and Kalsamrit Gym in Courtice, Ontario, Canada, as he discusses the highlights of his career so far and benefits and techniques of his fighting style. Also, what it's like to be in the ring. His manager Brad DaSilva from Ringside Management shares what it's like to participate in the world of the MMA fighting and the lifestyle behind the scenes. Really funny and engaging check it out! Was truly an honor!

It’s day 50 of Project Adventure and Chris, Mike, Ryan and Brent are headed towards our nation’s capital for their most action packed day yet. First, it’s off to HBC’s Ottawa store for a special welcome from the town crier, followed by some delicious custom striped Beaver Tails. Then the boys head to Carleton University to catch a rare glimpse of the city from way up high. Paralympic boardercross snowboarder and Petro Canada FACE athlete John Leslie, meets up with the boys at the Up & Away Tours launch site for some epic hot air ballooning. Ryan and Brent are terrified at first, but the view is so distractingly beautiful that they let their fears fall by the wayside. Two bumpy yet safe landings later, the boys head for Bowmanville, Ontario for the Boots and Hearts music festival to get on stage with acclaimed country music singer, Jason Aldean. Don’t forget to keep your eyes peeled this summer for our Project Adventure striped RV, as it journeys to 50 indescribably beautiful Canadian destinations. You’ll have to see it to believe it! *Petro Canada’s FACE athlete program (Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence) provides equal funding to developing Olympic and Paralympic athletes and their coaches. The program provides 50 up-and coming pre-carded Olympic hopefuls with the resources necessary to pursue their dreams.