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GUELPH POLITICAST #503 – What’s Next ’26: The New...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/01/01

Thirty years. That’s how long it’s taken to get the new main library this far, and it still won’t open for several more months. The ambitions of multiple library boards, library CEOs, city councils, and patrons will finally be realized this year after three decades of debate, negotiation and preparation, but at the end of this long road, can the new main library deliver on the hype and will it be the good news story downtown Guelph needs exactly when it needs it the most? Back at the turn of the

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GUELPH POLITICAST #502 - What's Next '26: The South...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/31

It’s the start of a new year, but more than that it’s the start of a big year for Guelph, and not just because there’s a municipal election in October. To end 2025, and to start 2026, this podcast will be airing back-to-back episodes that will mark the pending completion of two major construction projects by this time next year: Today we’re talking all about the South End Community Centre!Drive down Clair Road West and you can see it peaking over the hills on the left hand side: The South End

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Open Sources Guelph #549 - December 25, 2025

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2025/12/29

This week on Open Sources Guelph we ask, "What day is this?" And we answer, "Why it's Christmas Day, sir." And since it's Christmas Day, or there abouts, the time has come for our annual entry the political movies special. As usual at this time of year, we've lined up four new politically-themed movies to discuss including two comedies, a French movie in black and white and an Academy Award-winning documentary! This Thursday, December 25, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will

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End Credits #421 - December 24, 2025 (The Christmas...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/26

This week on End Credits, Christmas is almost here. To celebrate, and to take a holiday break, we depart from our usual format to come at Christmas movies from three different angles with the assistance of some special guests. We will cover all your holiday favourites from the classics, to the new classics, and the ones that are so bad they're good. This Wednesday, December 24, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson, Tim Phillips, Peter Salmon, Candice Lepage, and special guests Phil Allt and Mike Ashkewe will

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GUELPH POLITICAST #501 – Ed Video Lives! A Christmas...

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2025/12/24

Christmas is a time to get together with old friends and for this podcast, there’s been no older friend in Guelph than the gang at Ed Video! Ed Video is one of the longest running arts centres in Canada, and has attracted a wide variety of artists over the years, but in the year 2025, we know that the arts are having trouble bouncing back from COVID. So why has this maybe been a good year for Ed Video despite it all?Now, the year started off pretty tough for Ed Video. They moved out of their old

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Open Sources Guelph #548 - December 18, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/22

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're getting our passports ready for a hour-long trip around the world. First, we will go to Australia where holiday celebrations turned to terror, while in this hemisphere it's looking more and more like a war is coming for one oil rich South American country and you-know-who's to blame. For the interview, we will talk to one of our federal representatives who definitely has some worldly thoughts of his own. This Thursday, December 18, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and

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End Credits #420 - Wednesday December 17, 2025 (Oh....

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/19

This week on End Credits, we get high. On Christmas. Kind of. We will have our full Christmas show as usual next week, but for this week we're going to put our focus on one new holiday-themed movie, which you can stream on Amazon Prime. We will review Oh. What. Fun., and we will also pay tribute to some of our beloved movie stoners. This Wednesday, December 10, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Episode 420. This is the 420th episode of End Credits, so what better way is

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GUELPH POLITICAST #500 – Unfinished Agendas (feat....

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/17

It’s been over 10 years since Karen Farbridge left office, technically defeated in the 2014 election by then one-term City Councillor Cam Guthrie. It ended up being an end to her days in elected office, but Farbridge isn’t gone, and she certainly isn’t forgotten, and in the last few weeks she’s been the one doing the remembering with a new series of Substack newsletters about lessons she learned from her career in politics. But what more can she tell us?Karen Farbridge's tenure as Guelph's mayor

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Open Sources Guelph #547 - December 11, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/15

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're going to jail! "Finally," some would say. Well too bad because we're not actually going to jail, but we are going to talk about jail and who is going there in the first part of the show. Also, in this all news episode, we will look at the aftermath of lower international student enrollment and then head to a land down under and a great social (media) experiment underway there now. This Thursday, December 11, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will

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GUELPH POLITICAST #499 – Finally, a Good News Story...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/14

For years now, we’ve seen the pressures of housing and affordability explode into a crisis, and the answers to that crisis never seem to make themselves known. Maybe things are changing. In November, the City of Guelph and Wyndham House announced that by this time next year, they will have effectively ended youth homelessness in Guelph. What makes them so confident?The media release said, “Guelph is on track to become the first mid-sized city in Canada to end chronic youth homelessness.” The

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End Credits #419 - December 3, 2025 (Wake Up Dead...

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2025/12/12

This week on End Credits, we go to church. Well, the movie goes to church, but we go along for the ride. A house of worship becomes the scene of the crime in the latest Knives Out entry, Wake Up Dead Man, but before diving into one of the last reviews of the year, we will look at some of the movies coming next year! This Wednesday, December 3, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Three to See in 2026. As you may have noticed, 2025 is almost over. What kind of year has it been

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GUELPH POLITICAST #498 – The Problem With Ontario's...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/10

Since the Ontario provincial election in February, we’ve spent a lot of time on this podcast trying to shine a light on some of the under-reported issues that the provincial government is ignoring, or actively making worse. Law and order though? That’s supposed to be under the Ford government’s bailiwick as they sell us a story of rampant criminality set loose on Ontario, but what if the real crime is happening inside Ontario’s jails?A CBC investigation published this week had some startling

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Open Sources Guelph #546 - December 4, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/08

This week on Open Sources Guelph things are not going according to plan. From Queen's Park to Parliament Hill, our provincial and federal governments are missing the goal posts and are facing some rather harsh scrutiny. And speaking of scrutiny, we will talk to one of our city councillors about making the tough decisions that you probably didn't like about next year's city budget. This Thursday, December 4, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Pipeline Dreams. Last week (after

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End Credits #418 - December 3, 2025 (Sentimental Value)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/05

This week on End Credits, things are getting bittersweet. We will return to the sorted land of Norway where life imitates art imitates art in the smash Cannes success, Sentimental Value. We will also continue our contemplations on the year that's still here for another 27 days by looking at what he noticed about the movies over the last 11 or 12 months. This Wednesday, December 3, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: The Movie Trends of 2025. It's been a busy year, and as we're

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GUELPH POLITICAST #497 – Park Stewards Never Say...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/12/03

We often hear how a budget tells us what a city values, and one of the things that residents clearly valued in the City of Guelph budget was funding for the park stewards program. We often talk about environmentalism and civic pride as big reasons to live in Guelph, so is the park steward program the ultimate expression of that, and if it is, why didn't we talk about it before we almost lost it? According to the City of Guelph’s website, the steward program is a series of community-led projects

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Open Sources Guelph #545 - November 27, 2025

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2025/12/01

This week on Open Sources Guelph it's all going according to plan. Sort of. At least that's what the Prime Minister of Canada wants us to think as he seeks out foreign investment around the globe. Closer to home, trouble is brewing for his provincial counterparts in Quebec, while even more closer to home we will talk to the head of Guelph city council about all the things he can't or won't do when it comes to the city budget. This Thursday, November 27, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson

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End Credits #417 - November 26, 2025 (Wicked For Good)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/11/28

This week on End Credits, we're off to see the Wizard. Again. Inevitably, we return to the Land of Oz and all of our old, familiar friends who are back on the screen just in time for awards consideration in Wicked: For Good. And since we're getting close to that year end mark, we're going to make our best guess about what other movies we've yet to see that might be among the best. This Wednesday, November 26, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Three to See. We're rapidly

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GUELPH POLITICAST #496 - Still Taking, Just More...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/11/26

There was a lot of celebrating this time last year when it was announced that Blue Triton was closing their water bottling operations across Ontario, including the one down the road in Puslinch. Current events have conspired to put water taking issues back on the frontburner but between concerns about the impact on renters in Bill 60 and the undermining of local oversight of school boards in Bill 33, is there any room on the agenda for protecting our water?In the background of all the activity at

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Open Sources Guelph #544 - November 20, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/11/24

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're thinking globally and poding locally. Environmental issues are on our minds this week as we tackle a new pair of interviews, first with a delegate at the annual climate conference where there's so much hope for an organized action on climate change, and then, closer to home, we will talk to the Green Progressive that wants to make fighting climate change the backbone of a new political union. This Thursday, November 20, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A

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End Credits #416 - November 19, 2025 (Predator:...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/11/21

This week on End Credits we're heading back to space! Leaving the bounds of Earth behind, we go to the stars looking for old friends and familiar faces. First, we will stop by Pandora, setting for James Cameron's very successful sci-fi series Avatar, and then we will head to Genna where the wildest game in the galaxy is waiting for a hunter in Predator: Badlands. This Wednesday, November 12, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Back to Pandora: Avatar Revisited. In a few

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