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The Great Canadian Talk Show

The Great Canadian Talk Show

Marty Gold carries on the tradition of investigative journalism in Winnipeg See it at ActionLine.ca & every Wednesday & Sunday in the Winnipeg Sun! - Passion & Commitment bringing- Your Voice to the community - City Hall and Provincial analysis, Crime and Courts updates, & exclusive newsmaker interviews with the details others ignore - Built on our original drive-home show on 92.9 KICK-FM and the support of donors and advertisers - https://actionline.ca/2024/02 -- E Transfers /

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00:42:13

May 25 2024- Food Fare War-fare Could Turn To Law-fare

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2024/05/26

A full house turned out in St. James on Friday to say farewell to Brian Smiley. From all walks of life and his endeavours, but especially we heard about family and friends from the lake. Marty briefly describes the celebration of our old chum in Part 1 of Episode 49.8:02 Part 2- The headlines have been blaring for a month about confrontations at a West End supermarket fending off shoplifters. An April 28th incident where a woman swung, missed and got punched by an employee was followed by CBC

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00:34:00

May 21 2024- Did Murder Victim Run Out Of Luck?

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2024/05/21

A recap of violent incidents across the city is the theme of Episode 48, including a possible lead in an inner-city homicide. Part 1- Our recent episodes get a mention, as does the controversy about antisemitism on display at the University of Manitoba medical graduation- which earned a stern rebuke from the Rady family. Will this issue trip up the NDP at the doors in the Tuxedo by-election? 8:48 Part 2- Disturbing details of separate mall parking lot beatings in Tuxedo and Grant Park that

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00:21:03

May 17 2024- Assiniboia Downs Saddles Up For New Season

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2024/05/18

The ‘Sport of Kings’ has been thrilling fans of thoroughbred racing at ⁠Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs ⁠since 1958. TGCTS returns to covering the world of sports with this special interview. Last year ASD set a betting record, but there's a lot more happening at the west Portage Avenue destination than just 'playing the horses'. It's an important part of our history and social fabric and brings the community together with exciting events like Indian bareback horse racing, the Manitoba

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May 16 2024- Sandra Saint-Cyr Seeks School Trustee...

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2024/05/16

In Episode 46, you'll hear about the Louis Riel School Division By-Election to fill a Trustee seat in Ward 1 on June 6th. School board elections have long been used as a farm club for the Manitoba NDP- and with no spending or donation rules it's a wild-west environment for unions and other radical groups to seize a lever of political power. After the LRSD Board forced Francine Champagne to resign, 5 residents have ⁠filed nomination papers⁠. Unlike Winnipeg's MSM, we explain the

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00:56:59

May 13 2024- The Battle Over Math In Manitoba

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2024/05/13

In Episode 45, we take a deep dive into the battle over math education in Manitoba. After playing out in the media for almost 20 years in plain sight, we go through the history. Math is hard for lefties when the actual educators refuse to let the Paulo Friere critical race theory fan club take over school curriculum, and promote "anti-racist" math in which everyone is either an oppressor or "oppressed." Store clerks can't round up to give you change or multiply how much 3

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01:01:48

May 8 2024- Assiniboine Pilot Project A Bike Lobby...

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2024/05/08

Episode 44 opens with listener comments about our tribute to Brian Smiley; an update on the Dan Rentz 911 suicide call from Episode 42; then lots more updates in the city hall and provincial round-ups! 8:00 Part 2- Using the bully pulpit of the Free Press, Brent Bellamy is the mouthpiece of the elitist 'urban visionary' crowd in Winnipeg, aligned with the radical bike lobby. When Coun. Ross Eadie wrote to the newspaper disputing Bellamy's proposals that would make River and Osborne a

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00:30:14

May 5 2024- Brian Smiley, Gone Too Soon

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2024/05/06

This episode is dedicated to Brian Smiley, who passed away on May 4 from colon cancer at age 69. (It wasn't until after this was recorded that we finally learned his real, and not 'show-business' age.) Brian was a special guest on the debut episode of The Great Canadian Talk Show on Kick-FM in 2006 and made numerous appearances over the years. He was personable and witty and well-informed, and slid seamlessly from a career as a print reporter across to becoming the PR face of a

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00:40:47

May 1 2024- City Keeps 911 Audio From Suicide...

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2024/05/01

Episode 42 is a special interview about the case of Winnipeg resident Dan Rentz, the tragedy of his passing in November 2022, and if the City 911 service failed to send help because of a systemic bias.Part 1- Sheena Paterson is the mother of Lily Rentz, who is the daughter of Dan Rentz. The parents were a pair for 27 years, and the family struggled with Dan's mental health and addiction issues. He had called 911 in the past. "What he went through (for a 5 day evaluation) was

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00:42:21

April 27 2024- NDP Flailing On Health, Housing, CFS...

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2024/04/27

Late breaking news caused a shift in direction for Episode 41, but we make sure you get the analysis you need to know what’s going on with Wab Kinew’s crew! Part 1 – Our interview about the police shooting of Brad Singer in February opened a lot of eyes to the questions that deserve answers. Here’s the link: A listener sent a thoughtful response to the comments about residential schools made by Kelly Ryback and noted a factor affecting Indigenous poverty and addiction rates he had not: the reserve

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00:50:01

April 24 2024- Family Gets Ambulance And Clean-up...

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2024/04/25

The shooting of Brad Singer by Winnipeg police, and the effect of his death on his family, is the topic of Episode 40. The Singer family are trying to raise financial support for the sudden and significant costs they have had to bear, as you’ll hear in this podcast – the link to donate is https://www.givesendgo.com/bradsinger Part 1- Gerry Singer joins the podcast to discuss his brother Brad falling into mental illness, and the medical and prescription history that led to police trying to haul

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01:14:25

April 22 2024- Winnipeg in Crisis: Housing,...

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2024/04/23

Episode 39 opens with Marty Gold telling his personal stories of 3 people who have recently passed away- Maggie Roulette of Amaranth, Dr. Monte Kowall, and former newsman and voice of Assiniboia Downs, Jim Farrell. 15:30 Part 2- Guest Kelly Ryback has his own Jim Farrell story to tell before we pick up on ⁠his previous interview on Episode 37⁠. 18.30 Ryback tells about the impact of bike lanes on parents and working families needing to use a car, but worse, how they also interfere with emergency

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00:41:55

April 18 2024- Manitoba MLA News And Rumours

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2024/04/18

The spotlight is on the Manitoba Legislature in Episode 38, and we report on what people are talking about, what we've heard, and what we're willing to guess. Part 1- The day Heather Stefanson walks out of 450 Broadway is coming up fast. We look at the jockeying for her Tuxedo seat, and for her former job as leader of the Progressive Conservative party. She faced an unprecedented campaign of intimidation during the election as we reported. The mainstream media didn't report the story

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00:54:03

April 15 2024- Bike Lobby Demands No Soup For Russ!

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2024/04/16

Episode 37 combines a look at City Hall with a Crime and Public Safety update, including a clue why carjackers and criminals started targeting the South Kenaston malls.Part 1 - Which were our most popular podcasts during the funding campaign? Those episodes are how we earned your trust - and loyal listeners spurred a last-week surge to surpass the $3800 goal! We want to hear more of your ideas and suggestions how to grow the audience of ActionLine.ca public affairs coverage, and acquire ongoing

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00:44:08

April 12 2024- CTF Flags Winnipeg and Manitoba Debt...

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2024/04/13

A tradition returns to TGCTS as we welcome the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for Episode 36! Part 1- Gage Haubrich, CTF Prairie Director, starts off by tackling the City of Winnipeg budget. We dig into the under-the-radar subject of the $200M civic 40-Year Bond, and the interest cost to taxpayers. Despite the city carrying a higher than Canadian average debt load, somehow $82,000 of support for residential services like Happyland Park pool just didn't fit council's "urban

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April 10 2024- Will Corrupt BC NDP Policies Be The...

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2024/04/10

After a brief recap of our winter funding campaign and a preview of a few upcoming items, we turn to the NDP government of Wab Kinew. What direction will his Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara try to steer addictions policy towards? If they intend to emulate British Columbia, that direction is- Scandal after Scandal after Cover-up. Comments, news tips, interview inquiries & Interac donations - Email— martygoldlive@gmail.com 9:43 Part 2- There's already signs that Kinew skirts accuracy when

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00:37:32

April 6 2024- Winnipeg Media Step Over Antisemitic LInes

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2024/04/07

A wisecrack from a listener has Marty Gold recounting the history of "Hail Aurtarlia" to open Episode 34. Another listener commented about a retirement at CBC-TV, who the new Winnipeg anchor might be, and what needs to be improved in local CBC coverage- but won't be. 6.00 - Researching into the provincial budget, we flagged a few items for our upcoming interview with the CTF- including a meagre break for home security systems that the NDP refused to implement 15 years ago despite

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00:58:26

April 4 2024- Marquess Housing Project Back On Track

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2024/04/05

Despite the best attempts of city bureaucrats to thwart the Gem Equities development plan for Fulton Grove, two city councilors saw through the deception and gave a green light for the plan of Andrew Marquess to continue on to Council committees. In Episode 33, we bring you audio of the meeting, details about yesterday's violent assaults at a Burger King and on a transit bus, and more on the Happyland Pool campaign. We are within $560 of our $3800 winter funding goal. Please help us surpass

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00:54:01

April 2 2024- Winnipeg Council Suffering From...

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2024/04/02

Feedback from listeners kicks off Episode 32, including about Nahanni Fontaine's MArch MAdness, already at #11 All-Time. - A Bell MTS employee caught our podcasts about layoff plans for Winnipeg and on Canada Day in Brandon and she's disgusted at how there's not been a peep from local MLA's or MP's about MTS favoring contracting out Call Centre jobs to cheap undertrained overseas labour. - Another comment came from a donor about MSM with 'perimeteritis' completely

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00:58:53

March 30 2024- Is Marquess Housing Plan Being...

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2024/03/30

A classic 3 segment TGCTS Podcast is set for your Easter weekend listening!Part 1 - We open Episode 31 with your comments about Nahanni Fontaine's March Madness- and we add a few more issues we didn't mention yet, to the storm of controversy around her and her department. When the NDP froze foster care per diems in 2012, did Fontaine ever tell Greg Selinger it was harming indigenous kids? Of course not, that might have resulted in losing her plum position as "Aboriginal Women's

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00:55:36

March 26 2024- Nahanni Fontaine's March Madness

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2024/03/27

Shuttering foster and group homes, parading like a fashionista at the United Nations, holding court for a compliant media after dodging opposition criticism in Question Period - it's a wonder Nahanni Fontaine has found time to get her nails done this month. But the Manitoba Families Minister has set tongues wagging after whining about how her BFF, police chief Danny Smyth, correctly laid the blame at her feet for kids in the care of her department behind a wave of slashing, robbing and mugging

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