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Adam A. Donaldson

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End Credits #400 -July 16, 2025 (The 21st Century...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/18

This week on End Credits, we reach another milestone! We've been coming to you every week on CFRU for the better part of a decade, we've have a laughs and we've seen a lot of movies (at least 400), and every now and then we play a game. To mark our fourth centenary, we will put our collective heads together to consider the century, or a least the first quarter of it.This Wednesday, July 16, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson Tim Phillips, Peter Salmon and Candice Lepage will discuss: The 21st Century Movie

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GUELPH POLITICAST #479 – Summer in the City (feat....

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/16

As we all now ease into summer vacation mode - even if we’re still working at our many labours - we’re taking stock of this busy year so far. We’ve made it though two elections and some long nights at council with at least a couple of more long nights to come before city council takes August off. (Or will they, given that there’s been a special August meeting the last few years?) So where do we currently stand with the first six months of 2025 behind us?To help us, we're talking this week with Mike

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Open Sources Guelph #527 - July 10, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/14

This week on Open Sources Guelph we're doing a Law & Order riff. With political barbecue season underway, we look to the police beat by talking about potential civil rights violations in a major Ontario prison and the province-wide chain of stores that apparently can sell an illegal product with (near) impunity. Don't worry, we've still got some political chat for you... local politics! This Thursday, July 10, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Prison Dilemma. A class

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End Credits #399 - July 9, 2025 (F1)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/11

This week on End Credits, we're off to the races! Get on your mark, get set and get ready to watch a movie about guys driving cars in a circle dozens of times, which is actually much more exciting than it sounds when you're watching the new film F1 in a theatre near you. We will talk about that, and we will also talk about Oscar winners from the last 25 years!This Wednesday, July 9, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: 21st Century Oscars (Not a) Draft. For our last warm up

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GUELPH POLITICAST #478 - Breaking Down the Grocery...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/09

The grocery industry in Canada is the epitome of monopoly; the Competition Bureau in 2023 reported that 75 per cent of all grocery purchases are made at one of the five major chains in Canada. In the wake of high grocery prices, which has been one of the pinchiest of pinch points in the post-COVID economy, people have wanted to see changes in the industry, so does that start with a more level playing field?There’s been a lot of calls for action when it comes to grocery prices, but the issues

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Open Sources Guelph #526 - July 3, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/07

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're hung over. Not from imbibing too much over the Canada Day long weekend, but from all the news we had to process in the first six months of 2025. We survived two elections, the creation and implosion of DOGE, a million different micro-scandals both stupid and corrupt, and, yes, some good news. How are we supposed to make sense of any of this? How about an awards show? This Thursday, July 3, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The Mid-Year

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End Credits #398 - July 2, 2025 (28 Years Later)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/04

This week on End Credits, we're going back to the end of the world. It's been a long time since we tackled a zombie movie, whether the heightened or regular horror variety, but today we're going top shelf with the latest entry in Danny Boyle's series, 28 Years Later. Fitting since the topic this week has to due with the F-word, "franchises." This Wednesday, July 2, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: 21st Century Franchise (Not a) Draft. We will continue our countdown to the

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GUELPH POLITICAST #477 - Buses and Brant (feat. Steve...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/02

There’s no rest for the weary on this Canada Day week, especially if you’re engaged on housing and transit, and there has been some interesting news on those fronts in the last couple of weeks. No matter your holiday status this week, we’re not going to load you down with a policy deep dive, but we’re going to stop with two special guests to re-calibrate ourselves and remember: Progress is slow, but we need to be in this for the long haul! A couple of weeks ago staff unveiled their plan to proceed

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Open Sources Guelph #525 - June 26, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/30

This week on Open Sources Guelph, our hats are on our heads, not in our hands! Our glorious premier stuck his foot in his mouth again, just in time for National Indigenous Heritage Month, and speaking of foot in mouth we'll talk about the ongoing and confusing state of developments in our newest Mideast quagmire, and in the interview we will talk to an old guest about her new job! This Thursday, June 26, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The 12-Day War (Trademark). Last

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End Credits #397 - June 25, 2025 (Materialists)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/27

This week on End Credits we're once again celebrating #PedroSummer! (Patent pending.) The movie this time is a supposed romantic story that a lot of people are watching and having big discussions about. We're going to check out Materialists, and we're also going to start counting down to an other milestone episode with our favourite gimmick! This Wednesday, June 25, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: 21st Century Horror (Not a) Draft. This week we start the countdown to the

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GUELPH POLITICAST #476 – How to City Council (Special...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/25

There's an interesting process underway in Guelph's south end. One of the two Ward 6 city councillors, Dominique O'Rourke, has moved on to a new job in Ottawa as you might have heard, which leaves her old seat at city council vacant. Nature, and local politics, abhor a vacuum, so next month O'Rourke's former colleagues will choose her successor. At least until next year's municipal election...Last month council approved the process to appoint a new Ward 6 councillor. It was the best of a lot of

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Open Sources Guelph #524 - June 19, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/23

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're trying to keep all our paper's straight. Once again, it was a busy news week as the world came to Canada, or at least the heads of the biggest and most powerful countries did. Also, we get to talk about a new war, apparently because we've run out of things to say about the old wars while closer to home, we'll go back to the Quatro and talk to a member of city council from the west end of the city. This Thursday, June 19, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A

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End Credits #396 - June 18, 2025 (The Phoenician Scheme)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/20

This week on End Credits, we flirt with danger. We've never had to survive a plane crash - or six - but we have survived nearly that many Wes Anderson movies together, and on this episode we will survive another. Probably. Tune in today as we decode The Phoenician Scheme and as we talk about a slightly older, and slightly more controversial movie from the past. This Wednesday, June 18, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: The Passion of Dogma. A lot of great movies came out in

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GUELPH POLITICAST #475 – Know Your Policy: Flags and...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/18

The City of Guelph is a system, a system that's built on rules. Or policies, procedures and protocol to be more precise. Some of those systems dictate how city council functions, some of them lay out how local government should engage with the community, and some of them tell you what flags you can fly and when they should be lowered to half-mast. It's time again to play roulette with the policy wheel and get smarter in the process. First up, we will talk about the Access and Privacy Policy. You've

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Open Sources Guelph #523 - June 12, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/16

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we've got fighting words. People are riled up here in Ontario about some more bad bills, and people in the U.S. are riled up about another week of living in Trumpland including his most dangerous moves against civil liberties yet. If you're a Canadian concerned about these things, you might want to listen to this week's guest because he has some ideas on how to fight back! This Thursday, June 12, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Six Weeks,

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End Credits #395 - June 11, 2025 (Nonnas)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/13

This week on End Credits, we're thinking about our elders. This is a multi-generational show today as we mark the special occasion this weekend and then get an early jump on an October holiday with a new movie. What holiday? Why Grandmother's Day, of course! We're reviewing Nonnas on Netflix and talking about movies focused on fatherhood!!This Wednesday, June 11, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Father's Day Movies. This weekend is the annual celebration of fathers

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GUELPH POLITICAST #474 – Running on Empties (feat....

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/11

When Doug Ford and the Ontario government announced that they were expanding alcohol sales to grocery and convenience stores it was seen as a positive move to break up a government monopoly, but The Beer Store still has one important piece of that monopoly: returns. It was an effective example of what we now call the circular economy, but in making alcohol more available, has it cost us the most successful recycling program we’ve ever had?Next time you buy beer or wine at the grocery store or the

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Open Sources Guelph. #522 - June 5, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/09

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're going dull. You can't make friends with salad? We disagree! And to help prove that we're going to get out the scorecards for the first two weeks of business with the new Canadian government and the first year of business for the U.K.'s government. In other news, we'll go super local looking at one neighbourhood with that area's council representative! This Thursday, June 5, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Carney's Version. It's week

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End Credits #394 - June 4, 2025 (Final Destination...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/06

This week on End Credits, we fear the reaper. Well, sort of. You don't go into a movie where the literal personification of Death is the main character if you're afraid of the reaper. So we will show no fear and dive into Final Destination Bloodlines, and assuming we survive we will also talk about the sixth entries in long-running series, the good ones!This Wednesday, June 4, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: The 6ixes. This week's movie is the sixth entry in its series,

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GUELPH POLITICAST #473 - Can A.I. Make Public Health...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/06/04

Data is key to guiding health policy, and health units collect a lot of it, but formatting it, organizing it, and looking for patterns in it can be time consuming, meaning that you’re doing a lot of labour that has nothing to do with creating the actual health policy or solving a public health issue. If you’re thinking to yourself that this sounds like an ideal solution for artificial intelligence, you’re right!At May’s Board of Health meeting, staff members discussed “Innovative Public Health with

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