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The 2025 State of the City is coming up soon - Thursday February 6 to be precise - and as we always do at this time of year, we're going to roll the audio from the previous year's State of the City as a refresher course. The goal is to remember where we were at the time, where the mayor wanted to take us, and where we ended up now before Mayor Cam Guthrie starts looking to the future again! Do you really need to listen to this to be reminded of the most salient point of last year's State of the City address? Here's the most relevant quote: “When cities are faced with strong issues, it requires a strong team to tackle them. However, to set the tone and the pace, you need a strong mayor. Therefore, effective today, I am announcing that I will use the Strong Mayor powers throughout the rest of this term.” That was the moment Guthrie changed the game, and it came as a really big surprise to his council colleagues, many of whom were sitting front row or centre at the speech. Beforehand, the mayor gave away no hints that he was going to drop this bomb despite years of reticence, if not opposition, to the existence of such powers, but that was the headline coming out of the State of the City in 2024. Was that the end of the story though? Of course it's not, and on this week's edition of the podcast you will hear the whole speech, including a Q&A afterwards, where Guthrie saluted outgoing CAO Scott Stewart, talked about the success securing Housing Accelerator Funding, and promoted the then-theoretical Public Spaces Use Bylaw. He also announced the formation of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee, and gave out the annual volunteer awards. So let's flashback to last year's State of the City on this week's Guelph Politicast! The 2025 State of the City will take place on Thursday February 6 at 7 am at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Learn more by clicking here. There will, of course, be full coverage on Guelph Politico when it happens. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Last year was very busy for Guelph City Council, and the last four months of the year were perhaps the busiest. In fact, the business of council has gotten so busy to properly cover it all this "Year in Review" podcast now has to be done in three parts, splitting the year into three near equal sections for over two hours of combined content. So now, at the end, the final part of this trilogy. The big thing from the back third of 2024 was the confirmation vote for the 2025 budget. Earlier in the year, Mayor Cam Guthrie used Strong Mayor Powers to direct staff to get the budget down to an overall four per cent increase, and there was a great deal of consternation about what that would mean. Council didn't get all the way to that four per cent mark, but it was a heck of a ride getting there! And speaking of rides, there was a lot of drama over, of all things, fireworks. Guelph tried to rework its fireworks bylaw only to get burned when many people felt that it went too far. There were also metaphorical fireworks in the form of Mayor Guthrie's advocacy outside the council chambers, the eventual fate of the OR Lands, and a certain greenhouse on the campus of the University of Guelph which still may or may not be demolished. That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this recap covering all the council action from September through to December. That's 17 different meeting (well, 16 when you consider that one meeting took place over two nights) and countless hours of back and forth over motions, counter-motions, concessions and compromises. Culled from the files of Guelph Politico, and a couple of thousand tweets, let's remember where we're going before we decide where to go next. So for one more time, let's recap what happened at city council in 2024 on this week's Guelph Politicast! Everyone will be back around the horseshoe again on January 14 for the first Committee of the Whole meeting of the year, and you can keep following all those developments at Guelph Politico and through the Tip Sheet newsletter. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

What do you think this year will be remembered for in the annals of Guelph history? Will it be the debate over the Public Space Use Bylaw? Was it the announced closure of the consumption and treatment site downtown? Was it when the mayor re-opened the 2025 budget to try and shave off two-thirds of the proposed levy increase? In any event, all roads lead back to one place, or rather, one person. In a sense, the first day of the political year was February 8. That was the date of the State of the City speech at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre where Mayor Cam Guthrie said that he was going to use Strong Mayor Powers in three specific ways: To find a place for a tiny home encampment, leverage City-owner property for affordable housing and to cut the Guelph 2025 budget down to something more affordable. It was a surprise move by Guthrie, but it would not be his last this year. The Strong Mayor Powers were the first of a couple of different pivots: He joined the Government of Ontario demanding that CTSes no longer operate within 200 metres of schools or daycares, he joined other mayors demanding that the Province use the notwithstanding clause, and he joined Mike Schreiner and Lloyd Longfield in dumping cold water on the community effort to declare the OR Lands a national urban park. So to help close the year, we're going to go inside the mind of... ...Mayor Cam Guthrie! He joins us this week on the podcast to hear about why he might have some regret about the way he announced his use of Strong Mayor Powers, how he might use them again, and how he's tried to rebuild trust with the members of council. He will also discuss why he's not totally against CTSes, why he's hedging on support for a national urban park, and balancing criticism and collaboration with upper levels of government. Also, what is he thinking about for the 2025 State of the City? So let's dig into this Strong Mayor Year on this edition of the Guelph Politicast! You can follow the mayor at CamGuthrie on Twitter and at MayorCamGuthrie on Facebook and Instagram. You can also check out his website for news and updates, or send him an email at mayor [at] guelph.ca. Council will not be back in session until Tuesday January 14 for the first Committee of the Whole of the Year, and that agenda will be published on Thursday January 2.  The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we wish we could shake it off. It would be our wildest dream to come on the radio one week and have something normal to talk about, but we knew this was trouble when we saw it cross our newsfeeds this week. We're going to discuss what happened in Montreal last weekend, an arrest warrant for a controversial world leader, and final thoughts about the 2025 Guelph budget with one of our councillors. Hopefully, no bad blood there. This Thursday, November 28, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Gone in Swiftie Seconds. While Justin Trudeau was dancing to Taylor Swift in Toronto, Montreal was burning down... That was the message on social media Friday night, painting the PM as out of touch, hanging out a concert as a Canadian city was under siege. Except that's not what happened. We will talk about what really happened on the streets of Montreal on Friday, how it got so overblown so fast, how Trudeau has become a useful boogeyman on the right, and how we need to start understanding why. The Warrant Trap. The International Criminal Court last week announced that they had issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Many western governments have said that they won't be enforcing that warrant, but Canada is not one of them. Still, it seems pretty unlikely that Netanyahu will stand before The Hague any time soon, so what do these warrants do and can they inflict any leverage on Israel even as a ceasefire with Lebanon's been secured? The Six Per Cent. Guelph City Council added amendments to the 2025 budget on Wednesday and thus closed the annual process. The increase for next year is just over six per cent, which isn't the four per cent Mayor Cam Guthrie wanted, but it isn't the 10 per cent he didn't want either. We talked to Ward 3 Councillor Michele Richardson just before the budget vote to get insights into the 2025 numbers, and what she thought about this complicated process going into the last meeting. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're doing some real analysis. Look at that picture above, are you scared? Sick? Shocked? Disappointed? All of the above? Then this week's show might be of some interest as we try to dissect the most recent American election for something usable going forward. Closer to home, we're talking to a member of city council about this year's unusual budget process. This Thursday, November 14, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The Autopsy. Still recovering from last week's surprise election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, he started this week appointing the MAGA goon squad version of the '27 Yankees to key cabinet posts. So in the midst of our shock, we will take a break from breaking news to learn some key lessons from this U.S. election and how they might be applied to future elections, including ones here in Canada. Get your scalpels out because it's time to talk about how it all went wrong. Cash Back. It's budget time at city hall and there's a lot to dig into because it was only supposed to be a budget confirmation year. Mayor Cam Guthrie and Strong Mayor Powers changed all that though, and Guelph staff were pushed to get the total levy increase under four per cent for 2025. Ward 2 Councillor Rodrigo Goller will join us this week to talk about his thoughts when it comes to this budget, and budget process, as well as his own disappointment about the fireworks bylaw he was pushing to overhaul. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

We've heard a lot about tiny homes lately as the housing crisis has gotten worse, but they've been a thing for a while. Somehow, it's both a niche real estate trend, and a new innovation in accommodating Canada's unhoused population, but it's the latter that we're interested in today because we're going to talk about one of Guelph's two tiny home projects meant to tackle homelessness. In Kitchener, there was this idea called A Better Tent City. In 2020, various community partners teamed up to turn an industrial lot into a community of tiny homes that would offer low barrier housing with access to hygiene and sanitation facilities, and connection to services and healthcare on a path to stable housing. It also gave the opportunity for shelter to people who have partners, or companion animals, neither of which are allowed in your typical, traditional shelter. Kitchener's success with Tent City has been an inspiration for communities around Ontario and across Canada, and that includes Guelph. Mayor Cam Guthrie used his Strong Mayor Powers to direct City staff to start to develop a plan for A Better Tent City-style encampment, and while that plan is in progress, a group called the Guelph Tiny Homes Coalition announced that they had already starter their own project and they're out to prove that a housing first solution is the best solution. Liz Hales, who is one of the organizers of the Guelph Tiny Homes Coalition, joins us to talk about the reasons she wanted to take part in this project as a nurse practitioner, the paradigm changing idea that housing is healthcare, and why having a permanent place to live is key to assuring a property recovery from medical procedures. She will also discuss who all is on this team, what they're doing right now in terms of organizing, and what kind of help they're looking for and when they need it. So let's talk tiny on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! To learn more about the Guelph Tiny Homes Coalition, you can go to their website. Under the “Get involved” tab you will find a link to that volunteer form where you can give the group your information and where you want to help out. As for the City of Guelph project there's a deadline of April 26 to hear from property owners who have land within one kilometre of downtown that they'd like to donate. If this sounds like you, send an email to purchasing [at] guelph.ca. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Just because it's February, it doesn't mean that it's too late to think about last year, at least in the realm of council business. We've only had a couple of meetings under our belts so far in 2024, and a lot of what's been on the council agenda actually started in the latter part of last year, from the announcement of the housing symposium, to the 2024-2027 budget process, to Mayor Cam Guthrie's announcement that he was looking to regulate encampments. So let us flashback to August. Yes, there was a council meeting in August, which was a very unusual circumstance, but it plays into the issue of the day. The Home for Good campaign needed an emergency boost, and city council wanted to give it to them to ensure that the Kindle Community supportive housing project stays on track. Housing was a major point of concern for the rest of the year. There were two whole, long meetings on the subject of housing, and out of that came the housing symposium that took place just a few weeks ago. (We still don't know what actually came out that though.) There was also some debate about the new Downtown Parking Master Plan including the introduction of the Payment-in-Lieu of parking policy, which was just introduced at Committee of the Whole last week. And of course there was the budget. It was an interesting process this year with the first full multi-year budget, and the first budget produced under the spectre of Strong Mayor Powers (you might have heard something about that in the last week). There was also some more back and forth with changes prompted by the provincial government, there were a lot of new planning projects approved, and there was a whole controversy about an old bell. Just another fall in the council chambers! So let's gt back into council business on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! There's so much going on at city council this February. Stay tuned to Guelph Politico for all the latest developments! The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Google, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Although this is now technically 2024, we're going to spend this week's show having the last word about 2023. We plowed through a lot of news in last week's clip show, but this week we will bring some much needed analysis: What will 2023 be remembered for? Who were the players? Who failed when it was their turn to play? And what's going to happen next as we go into 2024? Much of the year seemed to be focused on one topic in particular, and that's housing. Whether that was more social housing for the people in greatest need, or the generation of more market units to increase supply, it seemed like no council meeting went by without the issue getting name-checked. Council had two different long meetings about housing this past fall and the only real conclusion they came to was that they don't have the powers they need to take any real action on the problem.  But there were the usual politics too even though there were no elections this year. Consider the full court press to get our MPP Mike Schreiner to ditch his green colours and go for red, and speaking of the red team, our member of Parliament decided that he's not going to run for a fourth time, which opens up a world of possibilities. The new riding of Guelph has an NDP candidate, and at least one member of city council wants to carry the Liberal brand into a fourth decade. To talk about all this and more, we're joined by Open Sources Guelph co-host Scotty Hertz for this first show of 2024. Did we really do anything on homelessness this year? Which version of Mayor Cam Guthrie won the year, the friend of Doug Ford or his very loud critic? We will also talk about the post-secondary problems in Guelph in 2023, and the next move for Guelph's Greens after holding on to their leader and helping to get Aislinn Clancy elected in Kitchener Centre. So let's analyze the last 12 months in Guelph news on this week's Guelph Politicast! You can catch Open Sources Guelph in it's regular slot on Thursdays at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm or cfru.ca!!! You can also see the Top 10 Guelph News stories of 2023 over on the Guelph Politico website. And for next week's show, we will be recapping the last five months of 2023 in the chambers of Guelph city council! The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Google, TuneIn and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

We hear stories from across Ontario about downtowns struggling with complex issues around homelessness, addictions and mental health concerns. Kay Matthews, executive director of the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association, says often it's falling on businesses to address these issues and that's slowing down post-pandemic recovery and we hear from Guelph's Mayor Cam Guthrie about a local levy he proposed earlier this year to raise funds to pay for more social supports.

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This week on Open Sources Guelph it's Blue Thursday, the saddest Thursday of the week. To celebrate, we're going to talk about the Code Blue in our healthcare system that Ontario's inglorious premier thinks he's solved, and then we're going to talk about some issues around Toronto's men and women in blue, the members of its police service. But it's not all depressing because we've brought in an old friend to talk about all the math city council will be doing next week! This Thursday, January 5, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Doug's Anatomy. Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced that the Ontario government will lean on private clinics to help clear the surgery backlog, which now sits at nearly one million procedures. Of course, Ford says that you will only ever have to "pay with your OHIP card and not with your credit card", but the whole province is understandably freaked out that Ford is opening the door to two-tier healthcare. Do we have to hit 9-1-1 on this policy direction? The Money Split. Last month, Toronto Mayor John Tory announced that he was looking at a $48 million increase to the police budget. This comes after months of Tory warning about a budget crunch from legislative changes, and it comes after years of discussion about social justice reform. It also comes at a time of several funerals for officers killed in the line of duty, so maybe "Defund the Police" isn't as politically neutral as it once was. So how do we make sense of these conflicting issues and talk straight about policing? The Allt in Our Stars. Next week, Guelph City Council will sit down to ratify the 2023 budget, but a lot has changed since last December when the City's first multi-year budget was passed. Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt will join us to talk about those challenges including the financial fallout of Bill 23 and Mayor Cam Guthrie's proposed levy to raise funds to combat homelessness and mental health issues. We also talk about the varying definitions of affordability and the fate of big infrastructure projects like the library. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

For the last couple of years, we've used the Christmas week episode of the podcast to sit down with an influential Guelphite and talk a little more broadly about life and politics while looking back at some of the year's highlights. This week's podcast interview comes to you via a Zoom call from the hallways of Parliament Hill, which was the site of what the Canadian Press calls the Biggest Story of the Year. Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way: 2022 was the year of the Freedom Convoy. No question. For three weeks earlier this, Downtown Ottawa was ground to a standstill as hundreds of people and dozens of trucks set up residence to protest, well, pick your cause. Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield was one of the members who voted in favour of invoking the Emergencies Act, so how does he feel about that now? Closer to home, Longfield is one of the members of Mayor Cam Guthrie's special downtown advisory group, which was set up to find immediate to long-term solutions to homelessness and mental health issues in the core. Now, some major supportive housing projects in Guelph currently under construction have benefited from Federal investment, but just how much can the Federal government do about very local circumstances? We'll ask Longfield those and some other questions on this holiday edition of the pod. He will talk about his takeaways from the year that's coming to an end and his personal experience with the Freedom Convoy earlier this year. He will also talk about working on Guelph issues and getting a new deal for Canada's cities. Plus we will discuss what's coming issues-wise in 2023, and what his Chamber of Commerce experience is telling him about the economic outlook in the next year.  So let's tuck in for Christmas with our local MP on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! You can reach out to our area MP at his website, or on social media @lloydlongfield on Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, or @lloyd.longfield on Facebook. Look for Longfield around town over the next month as the House of Commons will not sit again until January 30. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

  This week on Open Sources Guelph we turn 400! The above image was posted with the very first show notes page for our very first episode, so get ready to enter the time capsule as we re-examine eight years and 399 episodes worth of material. At the same time, we will look at the months and years to come with our special 400th guest, the once and future mayor of the Royal City! This Thursday, November 10, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The 400 Shows. They said we wouldn't make it to one hundred episodes! Actually, they never said that. But now we're here, 399 episodes from where we started from when the show began in January 2015. We will spend the first half of this very special episode talking about where we've been, how things have changed, and maybe even where things are going next. Spoiler Alert: The future is scary. Guthrie in a Row. In the recent election, Mayor Cam Guthrie won handily with over 70 per cent support, which can be seen as a big vote of confidence from the general public about his last eight years as the head of council. But now the real work begins. Guthrie joins us to set the table for the new term by talking about how he'll work with the new council to answer the immediate and long-term challenges to Guelph. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

While there will be council business to discuss in a couple of weeks, the main thrust of local political issues lately can be summed up in one word: “Election.” The municipal election takes place here, and in municipalities across Ontario, on October 24. Nominations closed nearly two weeks ago, so the ballots are set, and all that's left is the vetting, which begins with this week's episode of this podcast. This episode doesn't really need a lot of set-up as we're just just going to go over the ballot and talk about who's running in each of the wards and then who's running for mayor. Guelph is at a crossroads.  We're rapidly approaching 150,000 people and we've been directed by the Province to grow to over 200,000 by the halfway point of the century. The challenges are substantial, and the solutions are difficult to find.  Into this political climate are 40 candidates running for the 12 council seats and six people looking to be the new mayor. Three of the four councillors retiring this term have been on council for 12 years or more, and while that may be a loss of institutional knowledge, it does open council up to new ideas and new experiences. Frankly, if you're interested in local politics and the future of Guelph, then this might be a good moment to get involved. You can consider this an election primer: Who is running, who has an interesting story to tell, and who has an inside track to be a part of the next council? Graeme McNaughton, the city hall reporter for the Guelph Mercury Tribune, will joins us to go down the ballot from Ward 1 through Ward 6, and then look at the mayor's race to see if any of the five challengers have any hope to unseat Mayor Cam Guthrie. So let's consider the odds on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! You can follow Graeme McNaughton's election coverage and other city news at the Guelph Mercury Tribune website. You can obvious go to Guelph Politico for my election coverage, including the candidate questionnaires, and we're airing short interviews with all the council candidates starting this Thursday on Open Sources Guelph. Finally, for all official election information, including important dates, go to the City of Guelph's election website. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Stitcher, Google, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're thinking charitably. The Pope is coming, so we're going to put away our sinful ways and talk about his visit, plus the pressing need to take desperate action on housing in Canada. In the back half of the show, we will talk about the local effects of the housing crisis, and other matters, with the head of Guelph's city council, none other than Mayor Cam Guthrie! This Thursday, July 21, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Pope Goes the World. Next week, Pope Francis arrives in Canada for what he's calling a "Penitential Pilgrimage", a chance for himself, the Church and Canada's Indigenous community to find solace for the disastrous history of residential schools. But what happens after the Pope's visit? An apology from the Catholic Church has been long-demanded, but it's a pretty easy checkmark, so what comes next on reconciliation? Housing of Cards. The combined housing and homeless crisis, plus the accompanying mental health and addictions crises, have created a lot of news lately, but not much in the way of solutions. Progress on developing social housing has been fairly positive, but the market itself is exorbitantly priced and creating difficulty for people who might otherwise be able to afford a home. How hard is it to get everyone housed? Term Limits. Guelph City Council rose for summer vacation, and with a couple of exceptions, council is largely in recess until after the municipal election on October 24. So what better time to bring on Guelph's mayor, Cam Guthrie, to talk about this consequential term of council, plus the contentious debate at this week's meeting about acting on homelessness and mental health, plus the rising friction about the rate of development in town? Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're talking about international matters, and then we will bring things back to the local. First, we will look abroad at a pair of growing crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan and the fallout of a future war and a past one respectively. In the back half of the show, we will have an interview with one of Guelph's Ward 2 city councillors about the month that's passed and the year that's ahead. This Thursday, January 27, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Vlad the Invader. Since we last talked about the military build up on the Ukrainian border, things seem to have only gotten worse. American forces are now on high alert, European powers are sabre-rattling, diplomat's families are now being withdrawn from Kyiv, and Vladimir Putin shows no sign that he's going to de-escalate the situation. So is a war for Ukraine inevitable at this point? Another Predictable Humanitarian Crisis. Meanwhile, a little to the east, things are also getting worse in Afghanistan. There's a humanitarian crisis due to unrelenting poverty under the Taliban, and the wide-spread possibility of starvation putting pressure on the people of Afghanistan, and all while the Taliban are up to old tricks limiting women's rights, stopping their education, and telling them what to wear. What can be done? Do Not Pass Rodrigo! Our first guest from Guelph city council for 2022 is Ward 2's Rodrigo Goller. It's been a surprisingly busy month at city council so far, and we will ask Councillor Goller about the passing of the Transportation Master Plan, whether he will back Mayor Cam Guthrie's motion to oppose Quebec's Bill 21, what he's looking forward to this year, and yes, whether or not he intends to stand for re-election. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're concerned with a matter of mayors. In our interview segment this week, we will talk to Guelph's Mayor for a year-end chat, and before that we will talk about the passing of another mayor, one of Toronto's most historic and colourful. Before that, we will cover a little philosophical ground by asking if the time has come for Canada to seek a trial separation from the U.S. This Thursday, December 16, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Yankee Doodle Cranky. Human rights advocate and Green Party leadership runner-up Dimitri Lascaris published an op-ed suggesting that the time has come to undo Canada's long-standing, multifaceted relationship with the U.S. Why? America's slide into authoritarianism, their refusal to enact democratic reforms, and they're unwillingness to pass policy in the greater public interest (like gun control). Do we agree? Nooobody! He was the founder of a chain of furniture stores built with great advertising and a memorable tag line, he was the long-running mayor of North York, he was the first mayor of the "Mega City" Toronto, and he famously called the army to deal with a snow storm that one time. On the occasion of Mel Lastman's passing, we will dig deep into Mega City Mel's legacy and look at how his mayoralty still influences today. Cam As You Are. It's the end of another busy year at city council, so we invited Mayor Cam Guthrie on the show for a little year-in-review, and a little where-are-we-going-next. Mayor Guthrie will cover with us a variety of topics from the COVID-19 state of emergency, in-person council meetings, this year's budget, downtown drama, expanding autonomy for cities, and how he deals with online conspiracy theorists. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we were so overcome by the vapors, and this past Sunday's election, that we needed to take a week off and regroup. Well, actually, we had planned to take this week off, and we decided to anyway despite the last minute interference from Justin and his majority dreams. This week, it's a re-run! Two news topics, and an interview with Guelph's mayor, which we're replaying from last month. This Thursday, August 19, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will re-discuss: Intolerable Cruelty. Last week, the Toronto Police Service and City staff cleared a couple of homeless encampments from parks with, well, let's call it “extreme severity.” For added authoritarian shades, the police tried to keep protestors and media out of the area, and a Canadian Press photographer was even among the people arrested. Why the use of force, and is this really how John Tory wants to handle homelessness? Iron Mandate. As the Delta Variant ravages unvaccinated populations in the United States and around the world, governments are now flirting with vaccine mandates. It's the same thing here in Canada. Even though the rate of people who are fully vaccinated continues to grow, there are certain areas where politicians and advocates want 100 per cent of people to be vaccinated, and they have to mandate to do it. So why not? Summer of Cam. Guelph City Council went on summer break last week, which means that the mayor now has nothing better to do then appear on this show. Joking aside, there are some serious issues to discuss with Mayor Cam Guthrie, including the development of social housing, the use of MZOs, and the upcoming conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). We'll talk about all that, and how the mayor feels about being called a tyrant over COVID measures. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we wonder about going too far. In Toronto, if could be argued that they definitely went too far "helping" homeless people get out of the park, and some people will say that it could be going too far to demand vaccine mandates. Some people are also saying that our city's mayor has gone too far, and we'll ask him about that and other stuff as we joins us for this week's show. This Thursday, July 29, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Intolerable Cruelty. Last week, the Toronto Police Service and City staff cleared a couple of homeless encampments from parks with, well, let's call it "extreme severity." For added authoritarian shades, the police tried to keep protestors and media out of the area, and a Canadian Press photographer was even among the people arrested. Why the use of force, and is this really how John Tory wants to handle homelessness? Iron Mandate. As the Delta Variant ravages unvaccinated populations in the United States and around the world, governments are now flirting with vaccine mandates. It's the same thing here in Canada. Even though the rate of people who are fully vaccinated continues to grow, there are certain areas where politicians and advocates want 100 per cent of people to be vaccinated, and they have to mandate to do it. So why not? Summer of Cam. Guelph City Council went on summer break last week, which means that the mayor now has nothing better to do then appear on this show. Joking aside, there are some serious issues to discuss with Mayor Cam Guthrie, including the development of social housing, the use of MZOs, and the upcoming conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). We'll talk about all that, and how the mayor feels about being called a tyrant over COVID measures. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

The State of the City is hosted annually by the Chamber of Commerce, a chance for businesses to network with each other, talk about what they're doing, and then hear from the mayor about the latest selling points of the city from 1 Carden Street. This year, there was the usual positive spin, but the long shadow of COVID was everywhere, so what is the State of the City according to the mayor? Usually, the State of the City event is held in the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre, and it comes with breakfast. You can catch up with old friends, make some new friends and then here the mayor talk about the success and challenges at City Hall. Along the way, the mayor will also lay out his or her vision for the coming year, inspirational and aspirational ideas meant to sell Guelph's appeal to the people that sell Guelph. But how do you sell Guelph in the era of COVID? That was going to be one of the many challenges of this year's State of the City for Mayor Cam Guthrie. The speech was made in early February at the tail end of the last lockdown, and there was already a sense of ennui and struggle because of the pandemic's persistence. So perhaps now is a good time to revisit the speech, which speaks to our resolve, but also speaks to kindness and hopefulness. So this week on the podcast, we will replay Mayor Guthrie's 2021 State of the City, which, unlike previous speeches, was off the cuff from a long list of issue headings instead of the immaculately prepared talking points plus props and a theme. Guthrie touches on the local pandemic response, struggling to get help from upper level's government, working to solve homelessness and the opioid crisis, and the City's efforts to address last summer’s reckoning around social justice and racism. So let's recap the State of the City on this week's Guelph Politicast! You can revisit the coverage from this year's State of the City back in February here and here, and you can also revisit Mayor Guthrie’s most recent appearance on this podcast back in December by clicking here.  The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Looking back at 2020, one recalls the loft aspirations for the year that Mayor Cam Guthrie articulated at his annual State of the City speech. That was the first week of February. Less than six weeks later, the world was closed and Guthrie had to lead the city through what might be the most complicated and multifaceted crisis that Guelph has ever faced in its 193-year history. So how did it go? You may recall that Mayor Guthrie took part in an episode of the Politicast earlier this year where we tried to deconstruct his political thinking and how he’s tried to govern as mayor. These were the salad days before the pandemic, when COVID-19 was still this weird international news story that was happening to China, and almost definitely wouldn’t affect us here. Even at the best of times, it’s worth knowing how our political leaders think and how they make decisions beyond the bare knuckle fact of how they voted on a specific measure when it comes up in the council chamber. Looking back, given the unprecedented nature of this year’s events, it seems like we did that interview at the perfect time because whatever leadership instincts that Guthrie brought with him into 2020 have surely been tested daily since mid-March when the world was shutdown. So this week on the podcast, Mayor Guthrie will join us to look back at the year 2020, and talk about what his weekly schedule looks like now and how he's managed relations with upper levels of government through the pandemic. He also discusses what he’s learned about leadership in the last year, and what he’s learned about Guelph, especially on matters of equality. And finally, Guthrie will also talk about what he would like to do in 2021, and he will tacitly announce his intention to run for a third term in 2022. So let's have a Christmastime talk with the mayor on this week's episode of the Guelph Politicast! You can find the mayor easily enough on all his social media channels, and his own mayoral website. Meetings of city council will resume on January 11 with the first Committee of the Whole meeting of 2021, and that agenda will be released next week on New Year’s Eve. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

For Episode 19 of the Gryph Nation Radio podcast, we chat with the Mayor of the City of Guelph, and avid Gryphon supporter, Cam Guthrie. Prior to becoming Mayor of Guelph, Cam Guthrie was a licensed insurance broker and local entrepreneur for 16 years. He holds a business diploma from Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough. In 2008, the Guelph Mercury named him one of the city's top “40 Under 40.” After serving as a City Councillor (Ward 4) for four years (2010-2014), Cam was elected Mayor of Guelph in December of 2014. In 2018, he successfully was re-elected for a second term.On top of his accomplished career in politics, Mayor Guthrie is also a talented drummer, having played on several studio recordings, and produced or co-produced several albums. He is also a loyal fan of the Guelph Gryphons, the Guelph Storm, and the Guelph Royals. He and his wife, Rachel, are the proud parents of two children (Anikan, age 17, and Adelaide age 16). Mayor Guthrie stops by the Gryph Nation Radio podcast to provide us with some terrific insight into the dynamic between the University of Guelph and the City of Guelph, and how those two entities have worked together seamlessly through the years. The Mayor weighs in on a variety of topics, from the City-wide benefits that have come from the contributions made by the U of G students, and to some of the most successful programming offered by Gryphon Athletics, including the local high school football "Fryday Night Lights" series, which was launched back in 2018 to showcase Guelph high school football, with games taking place at U of G's Alumni Stadium.

Hello Everyone!!     Welcome to Discovering The Story, I'm your host Stefan Oland and I'm glad you're here!! Tonight I will be introducing you to the Mayor of Guelph, Cam Guthrie. Guelph is a fantastic city and Cam has done a fabulous job leading it! Before Covid, Guelph had the lowest unemployment rate in the country and has been sighted for being the safest city in Canada. We talk about the pandemic, vintage autos, and yard sales. It's a fun episode, and I hope you enjoy it! If you would like to be on the show, know someone who should be or want to share, please do so in the review section of your podcast player. Ladies and gentlemen, Mayor Cam Guthrie!!

If one seeks the positive lessons of a true servant leader, this is the podcast for you. Mayor Cam Guthrie of Guelph defines Servant Leadership in a public setting. He has to, he has 140 000 customers, called citizens, who can fire him every election year.Come behind the scenes as Cam shares where his passion for service comes from,  why he is such an advocate for social media, and how he keeps it all together for himself and his family in such a high profile leadership role. From retail, to insurance, to city councilor, to the mayor's office what are the leadership ties that bind his career.Learn how a failure was a learning opportunity in disguise that led him to today.Cam believes in being himself, transparent yet professional and an educator to his citizens on how to move the city forward together.Cam is accessible, a champion for our city, a leader that serves, and one bad ass drums player who has mastered social media.You are going to love this one. Cam for Premier? Prime Minister? You never know, there is no doubting we need more leaders like Cam Guthrie.Lessons In Leadership - Stockroom to the BoardroomBrought you by www.marcpetitpas.com in partnership with www.getcatapulted.comTo book your meeting about starting your journey to writing your book with Mike Ulmer : https://calendly.com/catapult-99/marcplink Behaviours and Strategy Drive Results The Marc Petitpas Group is proud to present : Lessons in LeadershipSupport the showTo Book Your Meeting about starting your journey to writing your book with our sponsor Mike Ulmer : https://calendly.com/catapult-99/marcplink

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're getting ready for the long weekend, and that means stoking some controversy. We're going to re-visit the non-stop state of weirdness, ignorance, and conspiracy in the American executive, and then we're going to discuss some controversial comments from a Canadian politician who is no stranger to controversial comments. Before that though, we'll hear from Guelph's mayor and get the latest about the local response to COVID-19. This Thursday, May 14, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Cam on COVID. Scotty interviewed Mayor Cam Guthrie back in March just a few days into the pandemic lockdown, and this week we're going to check back in with the mayor about how Guelph is doing now just a few months later. Guthrie will talk to us this week about the long plateau of lockdown and keeping people engaged, the work of his economic task force, his advocacy through LUMCO, and the things he's learning about what it takes to be mayor in a crisis. It's Coming From Inside the [White] House. U.S. President Donald Trump is not having a good week. He's got key White House staff contracting COVID-19, a desperate desire to re-open the economy, a new conspiracy theory that makes even less sense than usual, and his scientific advisors told the senate about all the worse case scenarios they're not allowed to say to his face. We'll look at all that, and some casual racism during a press conference on this week's edition of the Trump Show. "Oil is Dead"? In a National Observer op-ed, former Green Party leader Elizabeth May doubled down on a comment she made in a press conference, "Oil is dead." This made more than a few politicians, business people and even journalists apoplectic; why does May hate jobs, money, stimulus, economic freedom, etc? We'll look at May's arguments, and consider that maybe, just maybe, she might be on to something... Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

As we’re entering this third calendar month under a state of quarantine, we're starting to  feel that it still might be a long time until we get back to what we consider normalcy. It might be a long time before we can sit comfortably again in a room filled with a few hundred people to hear the city’s mayor talk about a grand ambition for Guelph that has nothing to do with responding to a global pandemic. So let us pause this week to remember what we’re fighting to get back to, let us a take a minute to reorient ourselves to a world without fear of COVID-19. This week on the podcast, we're going to replay the 2020 State of the City address from Mayor Cam Guthrie, which was delivered on February 7 at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre on Stone Road in an annual event hosted by the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. The State of the City is part update about current events at city hall, and it’s part wishlist on the part of the mayor as he or she talks about what they want to do for the next year. It’s a victory lap, and a declaration of intent, but there's also the breakfast event around it, which gives city leaders a chance to meet, chat and network. It’s a perfectly innocuous little event, but because it involves a political speech by the mayor, we give it a lot of attention in the media, and in the community. So let's once again hear the mayor’s pre-pandemic vision for the city, which includes keeping operating fees under control, creating a free transit option for young people, and starting an initiative to create car-free downtown. You will also hear about what the mayor calls a message of hope, and what the City has done to try and address the growing gap in inequality between the haves and have nots. Mayor Guthrie also talked about the clashes between cities and the Province, the tricky balancing act with the budget, and then he answered a few questions from the crowd.  Let's go back to a pre-COVID-19 world and the State of the City on this week's Guelph Politicast! City council will be returning to some kind of regular order in the next few weeks; the agenda for May 11’s special meeting will be published later this week. You can also revisit Guelph Politico's original coverage of this year's State of the City here. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

From time to time, the Guelph Politicast likes to do a sit down with a member of City of Guelph staff to talk about their job in detail with all its day-to-day demands, challenges and rewards. This podcast is in the mode of one of those past explainers, but with a COVID-19 twist because what is possibly affecting City business more these days than the global pandemic? The subject of this week's podcast is Chief Administrative Officer Scott Stewart. Stewart hasn’t even held the top job in the City’s administration for a full year yet, but he’s now marshaling the response to what may be the most challenging of circumstances that someone in his position has ever faced. COVID-19 has forced all levels of government to practically drop everything else in order to respond. Guelph is no exception, and everything that the City is doing crosses the desk in the CAO’s office at some point. You may recognize Stewart as the guy who literally sits on the right hand of Mayor Cam Guthrie in regular order council meetings, but he's probably the person in local government with the most influence right after the mayor. The CAO is the only member of Guelph staff that is directly hired and supervised by council itself, and they often serve as an intermediary between the experts on staff, and the political direction of council. The job requires a certain mastery of all portfolios and departments at the City, but could anything prepare Stewart for responding to COVID-19? That's one of the questions put to Scott Stewart on this week's podcast, and he will also talk about how his job has changed with the demands of combating COVID-19. He also discusses the co-ordination between Guelph and its neighbouring municipalities, how the City is able to navigate directives from higher levels of government, and how much of the City’s reaction to COVID-19 is proactive versus reactive. Finally, he also talks about how much of the regular business of City Hall is proceeding despite COVID-19, and the most pressing problem that staff is facing at the moment.  So let's talk about how the COVID response is running through the CAO's office on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! For all the latest information about the City of Guelph’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, just go to the City’s website, and click on the red banner at the top of the screen. You can also stay tuned to this website. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

What do you do when there's so much news you can't possibly fit it all into a single hour? Who can say, but on this week's special edition of Open Sources Guelph, you're going to see a couple of guys try their damnedest to fill your brain with the maximum allowable amount of current events coverage. Grab your favourite snack of self-isolation, because it's time for the social distance version of OSG! This Thursday, March 19, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Good Coviddance (The Time of Our Lives). It's pretty much the only thing that anyone is talking about right now. The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all areas of life from politics, to the economy, to education, to entertainment and sports, and, of course, healthcare. Events are moving fast and furiously, and its hard to keep up with all the latest developments from right here in our own backyard to the broader implications and actions at the provincial, national and international level. We will do our best to bring you the latest information on all the COVID-craziness. Speaking of the latest, Scotty Hertz has been running an emergency daily news show on COVID-19. You can listen to excepts from Monday and Tuesday's show here. And you can listen to Wednesday's show, which featured interviews with Mayor Cam Guthrie and Guelph Mercury Tribune reporter Graeme McNaughton, here. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 4 pm on Thursday.

In this edition of CFRU's emergency news show on COVID-19, Scotty Hertz talks about the latest news, and interviews Mayor Cam Guthrie and Guelph Mercury Tribune reporter Graeme McNaughton. Originally aired on Wednesday March 18 at 4 pm.

What goes on inside the head of Guelph's mayor? When did he start to becoming interested in politics? What influenced him along the way? What considerations does he take into account as he makes decisions? If you've ever wondered about these, or similar questions, then this is going to be a podcast you're going to want to press play on! This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mayor Cam Guthrie, but not for not a discussion about specific issues, or things that are presently in front of city council awaiting a decision. This is a talk about how the mayor thinks, and how his thinking might have changed in the last five years since he became mayor. It's an auspicious time to get a glimpse at the mayor's thinking. Last Friday, Guthrie announced in the State of the City speech that he wanted to forward two initiatives; one for free transit for Guelph’s youth, and another for a car-free downtown. Is this same Cam Guthrie that was first elected in 2014? Thinking back to that contentious election, the announcement of a car-free downtown might have seemed a little "hippie-dippy" for Guthrie, so has politics changed, or has Guthrie? That’s one of the many questions we’ll try to get to the bottom of on this week’s podcast, as Guthrie sits down for a wide-ranging discussion about how he got political, how he would describe his own politics, and whether or not he thinks those politics might have changed in the years he’s been mayor. He will talk about his engagement on social media, and how he handles criticism, legitimate or otherwise. And finally, he discusses why he always strives for council consensus, what he thinks the future may hold in terms of his own ambitions, and how he thinks he will be remembered as Guelph’s mayor.  So let's get into the mind of Mayor Cam Guthrie on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast! Mayor Guthrie will be delivering his State of the City address for the Breakfast Club at Breezy Corners this Thursday at 8 am. For full coverage of the State of the City as it was delivered to the Chamber of Commerce last week, you can find that here on Guelph Politico. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

Over 4,000 people take their own life every year. That’s an average of 10 per day, and 90 per cent of those people are living with a mental health issue of illness. For one suicide death, there are five people hospitalized with a self-inflicted injury, another 25 to 30 attempts, and 7 to 10 people who are left behind affected by suicide loss. It seems like this a huge problem that we never really talk about, doesn't it? That's the basis for this year's World Mental Health Day forum and information fair hosted by Mayor Cam Guthrie at City Hall. Each year, the city’s various mental health agencies gather to share information and invite dialogue, and it's a conversation that has surely gotten much easier over the last several years, but there’s still a lot of room to grow on some specific topics on the subject. This year's topic was "Preventing Suicide: Let’s talk about it," a topic that is as complicated as it is tough to talk about. Yes, 9 out 10 people who take their own lives have a mental or addictive disorder, and yes, 6 out of 10 suffer from a form of depression, but according to a report by Health Canada, “No single determinant, including mental illness, is enough on its own to cause a suicide. Rather, suicide typically results from the interaction of many factors, for example: mental illness, marital breakdown, financial hardship, deteriorating physical health, a major loss, or a lack of social support.” This is one of the many points that came up with the three speakers that took part in the forum last Thursday, and on this edition of the podcast, you'll hear from each of them: Scott Grant, a clinical social worker who facilitates suicide intervention groups; Myrna Hutchison, the founder of #GetInTouchForHutch, a youth mental health awareness and advocacy group; and, Cecilia Marie Roberts, who is leading the creation of a suicide prevention framework for the Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo Wellington. So let's flashback to World Mental Health Day on this week's Guelph Politicast! Before that, it seems prudent to post a trigger warning. These stories are quite emotional, and quiet raw, and it’s not unlikely to think that this could make for uncomfortable listening for some of you. If you need to, feel free to hit stop on the podcast. You can read the original Politico post here. If you feel like you might be in crisis, you can call Here24/7, which is the front door to the addictions, mental health and crisis services provided by 12 agencies across Waterloo Wellington, and they can direct you to the service you need, and tell you how to navigate the system. Call them at 1-844-437-3247 (HERE 247). The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

It's been a while, but every now and then on the podcast, we like to take a minute, or 30, and talk about the issues happening Guelph, and give them some context in the bigger political picture. What are people talking about, how will it affect their lives, and what are the angles they're not thinking about? In other words, we're going to talk about "Guelph Stuff". This week on the podcast, we're joined again by Guelph Politico contributor Eli Ridder to chat a little about "Guelph Stuff", and we've got three main topics to talk about. First up, we’re going to talk about whether or not the City of Guelph should declare a climate emergency. Several municipalities in Ontario have made the move in the last couple of months, and there’s been a lot of talk about green-friendly Guelph doing the same, but not everyone at city council is getting behind the idea. Then, a matter of branding. Mayor Cam Guthrie and others have been using the hashtag #GuelphProud to promote Royal City goodness for the last couple of years, but with groups like the Proud Boys, and Ontario Proud out there, the word doesn’t exactly carry the same kind of jolly symbolism it once did. And finally, polls show that the Liberals and the Greens are running neck and neck in the federal riding of Guelph, which might be a serious problem for this typically Liberal stronghold. So is it possible that Guelph might go entirely Green in the coming Federal Election, and what are the challenges for the other major parties? So let’s get into some “Guelph Stuff” on this week’s edition of the Guelph Politicast! Action on climate change will be a hot topic at the Committee of the Whole meeting on May 6, and you can find coverage of that, and all the latest Guelph political news here on Guelph Politico. “Guelph Stuff” will return sometime next month. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here. Remember that the Politicast Podbean channel is also the host for podcast versions of Open Sources Guelph. The previous Thursday’s episode of Open Sources will be posted on Mondays.

Original Recording Date: May 2018 Guests: (Brant Ave) Alex interviewing Matthew and Noah and radio students of Brant interviewing Mayor Cam Guthrie, (Village of Riverside Glen) volunteers Brady and Otis interviewing Riverside Glen Resident Jeff Today's episode starts at Brant, with Alex interviewing two Kindergarteners, Matthew and Noah. Then we'll hear the Brant Ave Student's interview with Guelph's Mayor Cam Guthrie! These students prepared all their own questions and did all of their own production and editing, and they did an incredible job! To end the show we head over to the Village of Riverside Glen where CFRU volunteers Brady Patterson and Otis Magoffin chat with Riverside Glen resident, Jeff. Music on today's episode features Property and Amaryllis Tape.

🎄Watch Episode 25: The Christmas Special right here! It was a down-home style Christmas party with some pretty amazing people. We featured returning guests Monty Greig, Janna Pardy, Shawn Firlotte, Stephanie Grimm and Mayor Cam Guthrie and a few new guests who we hope to have back on the show soon! (We're looking at you, Winnie Dela Cruz, Deb Hastings, Tanya Ellis Comfort, and Rachel Guthrie!) Thank you all for your love and support, and a special thanks to all of you who joined us live for this festive occasion. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! May your Holidays be filled with family, friends, and music 🎄 ❤️Andrea🎧

Episode 6 was a hoot and a holler with Mayor Cam Guthrie! We are so blessed to have him as Mayor for The City of Guelph! Cam cracked us up between tunes and, in true My Living Room Live fashion, sent out a special mayoral request to have The Jim Cuddy Band join us on the show!!! #JimBeOurGuest We learned how to throw out hashtags in style with the likes of #LoveYouRandomCitizenOfGuelph and #CamGuthrieForPrimeMinister Thanks so much for joining us live and we'll see you next week where my sister, Stephanie, will be joining us!! Andrea ❤️ Songs: "Where You Lead" - Carole King "The End of the World" - Skeeter Davis "Crazy Arms" - Patty Loveless "Already Gone" - Blue Rodeo "When The Right One Comes Along" from Nashville "Anyway" - Martina McBride

Welcome to our third round of the Strongest Town Competition. We invite you to listen to this interview that Rachel Quednau, Communications Director for Strong Towns, conducted with representatives from a town in our contest, then make sure to listen to their competitors' podcast (Lafayette, LA). Once you've finished listening to the episodes, please visit www.strongtowns.org/strongtesttown to vote for the strongest. Mayor Cam Guthrie and resident Mike Watt share about their town's fantastic location and famous festivals, as well as how they're handling the challenge of new growth. See photos of Guelph here and read the town's initial entry here.