Breezy Breakfast Radio Hour

Episode 156: Guelph Police Services Chief Gord Cobey

This week on Breezy breakfast we are joined by chief Gordon Cobey and two Deputies. They explain the intricacies of policing, the budget, and staffing.  Everything from traffic issues to drugs to human trafficking is discussed.

 

90 minutes passes quickly and we do not get to all of the questions that were asked.

 

Please note that we are on hiatus until our next recorded meeting on March 7th honouring IWD..

 

Tune in to CFRU FM 93.3 every Monday morning at 9 AM or listen to the Breezy Breakfast podcast.

 

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Episode 155: The State of the Fourth Estate in the Royal City

What is happening to print journalism around the world and right here in Guelph?

This week's Breezy Breakfast delves in to a conversation about the state of the news media in light of mass layoffs at all regional newspapers belonging to Metroland Media Group, including the Guelph Mercury/Tribune.

Our guests today are local journalists

Adam A. Donaldson - Owner of Guelph Politico

Graeme McNaughton - Freelance - former reporter with Guelph Mercury/Tribune

and

Tony Saxon, Editor, Guelph Today

How has the digital world impacted how people consume information? Has the advent of the internet, social media and AI changed how journalists work? What do our local journalists envision for the future of the Fourth Estate?

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Episode 154: Drugs On The Street: What's The Solution?

For most of us, use of "drugs" such as alcohol or pain killers is not an issue. However, contaminated "street drugs" are killing Canadians at the rate of approximately 20 per day. At least 7,800 fellow Canadians are being murdered by unscrupulous dealers each year. Is there a solution to the epidemic of vulnerable people being poisoned in the Royal City?

This week Breezy Breakfast delves in to the realities of working on the front lines to keep people alive with our guests:

Bree Woods, Manager of Community Engagement and Volunteer Support for Sanguen
Kate Nixon of Your Downtown Guelph Friends and the National Overdose Response Service
Lindsey Sodtke, Harm Reduction Manager, Guelph Community Health Centre

Listen in as they answer questions about outreach services, safe consumption, opioid poisoning, and systemic issues facing so many in the Royal City.

Additional information and perspectives are provided by

Angela Allt, Social Worker with Canadian Mental Health Association

Bang Ly, Manager, Salvation Army Community and Family Services

Alex, Welcoming Streets Initiative Outreach Worker, Guelph Community Health Services

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Episode 153: Rental Rescue to start off 2024

In our first show of 2024, we hear from Krystal Valencia, Founder & Managing Director of Rental Rescue.

Many affordable housing units are in jeopardy due to challenges such as aging infrastructure, financial constraints, and the rising costs of necessary renovations.

Rental Rescue is a nonprofit that works with the public and the private sector to maintain and even increase the number of affordable rental housing units.

Krystal Valencia is a housing activist working predominantly in the Hamilton and Oakville areas.  One of her goals is to preserve existing affordable housing units by safeguarding them against deterioration - which often leads to renovictions and rental increases.

 

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Episode 152: Novel Novels and Moving Movies

In our final show of the year, we kiss 2023 goodbye by talking about movies and books.

Adam Donaldson and Candice Lepage - the hosts of End Credits on CFRU - kick things off by decisively answering a 35-year old question:  Is DIE HARD a Christmas movie?  Candice defends her love of Hallmark movies to a shocked crowd before redeeming herself by giving props to the best Canadian holiday slasher film:  Black Christmas.

After our discussion of regular movies - including a heated debate about director Martin Scorsese - we move on to some of the best books of 2023.  From Moon of the Turning Leaves to The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, our participants' picks are unputdownable.

 

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Episode 151: Accessibility in Guelph and Ontario

December 3rd is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.

Today, we learn about the Guelph Accessibility Advisory Committee (ACC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Lorelei Root, Chair of the AAC, and Councilor Erin Caton, a disability advocate through necessity, give us their perspectives on what accessibility looks like.

 

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Episode 150 - Food Security in Guelph

This week we appeal to all to help someone eat today!

Our 150th episode features members of Peas in a Pod, local food security providers who meet monthly to share the trials and triumphs of providing food to our neighbours who need help with the basics.

 

Please choose one of these great organizations to support this holiday and winter season. Whether you can give your treasure, your time or your talent, each and every one will appreciate your support - and you can help someone eat tomorrow!

 

Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington - Food & Friends
https://www.childrensfoundation.org/.../coordin.../resources

Your Downtown Guelph Friends/ The Sandwich Crew - https://www.facebook.com/downtownguelphfolks/ Kate Nixon

 

Chalmers Community Services Centre - https://chalmerscentre.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/ChalmersCentre/

 

West Willow Village - https://www.westwillowvillage.ca/ Linda Busuttil

 

Silvercreek Community Market - Contact Michelle Altermann allsaints@allsaintsguelph.ca allsaintsguelph.ca

 

The SEED - https://theseedguelph.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/seedguelph/

 

Guelph Community Health Centre - https://guelphchc.ca/

 

f.u.n. Food Uniting Neighbours - https://10carden.ca/food-uniting-neighbours/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/foodunitingneighbours/

 

Community (Food Equity With Dignity) F.E.W.D - https://guelphneighbourhoods.org/fewd-food-equity-with.../

 

Food System Resiliance Table - https://guelph.ca/.../food-system-resiliency-table.../ https://www.facebook.com/GWFoodFuture/

 

North End Harvest Market - https://guelphneighbourhoods.org/.../north-end-harvest.../ https://www.facebook.com/northendharvestmarket/

 

Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition - https://guelphneighbourhoods.org/.../guelphneighbourhood.../ https://www.facebook.com/GuelphNeighbourhoodSupportCoali.../

 

Hope House - https://www.hopehouseguelph.ca/food https://www.facebook.com/HopeHouseGuelph/

 

Royal City Mission (RCM) - https://www.royalcitymission.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/rcmguelph/

Also highlighted - Rachel's Saturday Table at Woolwich and Wyndham and The Bench Monday - Thursday same location

 

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Episode 149: Movember - Men’s Health and Wellbeing

The goal of Movember is to raise awareness and funds for men's health and well being.

Our guest today is Dave Robinson.  Dave is  a practicing psychotherapist here in Guelph who exclusively serves men.  As Dave says, who better to talk about men’s issues than a man with issues?

Dave speaks with compassion and authority about issues associated with men’s mental health.  Men often face challenges that are different than those faced by women.  Given traditional definitions of masculinity and of a man's role in the family, it isn't surprising that some men “man up by shutting down” or “bottle up everything by hitting the bottle.”

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Episode 148: Old Reformatory Lands - History, Culture, National Park?

Thursday November 16, 2023:  An Urban Park on the O.R. lands?

This week on Breezy breakfast we hear from Brian Skerrett.  Brian outlines the history of the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph and the potential for a national park being established on that site.

Brian goes into detail about the site's Indigenous history and heritage as well as its natural features.  He answers questions about housing, road widening, and the suggestion that this site would be a good place for a new hospital.

THE PETITION IS HERE:  https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4593

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Episode 147 : BUDGET PRIMER - Multi-year 2024 - 2027

In December, the city of Guelph will pass its first four-year multi-year budget, with an increase of over 10%; why is the proposed tax increase so high?

 

The City of Guelph's Chief Administrative Officer, Scott Stewart, answers many of our questions about Guelph's budget.

 

Councillors Phil Allt, Linda Busuttil and Erin Caton join in a discussion about local boards including the police services, the long awaited main library and south end recreation centre as well as provincial downloading - the transfer of responsibility from the province to municipalities WITHOUT any compensation.

 

CAO Stewart points out that while the city contributes $35 million to the county each year for social services, it has no authority over how this money is spent. How does the City deal with social housing without in house expertise?

 

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