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The Craig Needles Podcast — 100 episodes

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What's really happening at the modular homeless shelter?

2

EAs navigate chaos at TVDSB schools

3

How will nursing cuts impact LHSC care?

4

Could the 2026 election be more dramatic than we thought?

5

Home builders warn of looming crisis

6

"You're going to have more open drug use on the street"

7

St. Joe's dog research whistleblower strikes back

8

Ford's supervised consumption shutdown disaster

9

Is somebody poisoning people in London's downtown core?

10

"We need a Rat Czar? A Rat King?"

11

"I, also am against rats being in the streets"

12

Would $10k make you feel better about having to move?

13

Is 'safer supply' making downtown drug issues worse?

14

Developer donations cause sparks at city hall

15

Can TVDSB avoid classroom cuts?

16

CEO defends controversial St. Joe's dog research

17

"We need real life plans, we don't need paper weights."

18

"Band-Aids are good, but I feel like we need stitches"

19

Is the gun buyback program a massive failure?

20

"The people involved in this need to **** off"

21

What is a 'good neighbour', anyway?

22

BRT is back!

23

Why is everyone getting sick?

24

Will homelessness in Ontario double?

25

Will some councillors get booted in 2026?

26

Scrap the controversial temporary foreign worker program?

27

Will past scandal haunt London Police Service?

28

Crises, Shelters and Lawsuits

29

Mayor Josh Morgan: London is in a state of emergency

30

Episode 425: What bad test results say about Ontario's schools

31

Episode 424: Former London city councillor facing criminal charges

32

Episode 423: Growing Chefs Ontario Fights Food Insecurity

33

Episode 422: Is London's opioid crisis getting better?

34

Episode 421: Speed cameras aren't a cash grab

35

Episode 420: A quarter of Londoners don't like it here

36

Episode 419: Was Carney's budget a 'disaster' for housing?

37

Episode 418: Will 35% raise backfire on London councillors?

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Episode 417: Could a London engineering student change Canada's housing market?

39

Episode 416: Council votes themselves a raise

40

Episode 415: Jail scandal lets three accused murders go free

41

Episode 414: Are we making the homelessness crisis worse?

42

Episode 413: A TVDSB arrest and a TVDSB exit

43

Episode 413: Go check out the Forest City Film Festival!

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Episode 412: Why sign London's top cop to a big contract extension?

45

Episode 411: Environment vs. housing - how does London grow?

46

Episode 410: Det. Gary Bezaire on what's changed at London Police

47

Episode 409: Debunking "zombie" clickbait in London's core

48

Episode 408: Reform after the Hockey Canada verdict

49

Episode 407: Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Rhys Mendes

50

Episode 406: Friday Round Table with Frances Moore, Jeff Preston and Matthew Newton-Reid

51

Episode 405: Fixing London-Middlesex Community Housing

52

Episode 404: Friday Round Table with Kelly Elliott, Mojdeh Azad and Carol Dyck

53

Episode 403: Is London Transit getting better?

54

Episode 402: Friday Round Table with Chris Moss, Ryan Gauss and Steve Cordes

55

Episode 401: London Hydro CEO Ysni Semsedini on the grid and the future

56

Episode 400: Friday Round Table with Cheryl Miller, Roger Caranci and Devin Munro

57

Episode 399: Shmuel Farhi

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Episode 398: Friday Round Table with Scott Collyer, Mojdeh Azad and Jared Zaifman

59

Episode 397: United Way pushes for more affordable housing

60

Episode 396: Friday Round Table with Jennifer Dunn, Nathan Caranci and Jeremy McCall

61

Episode 395: Time to break up the TVDSB?

62

Episode 394: Friday Round Table with Cheryl Miller and Shawn Lewis

63

Episode 393: Did the dog research at St. Joe's and Lawson need to be shutdown?

64

Episode 392: Ousted TVDSB Trustee on Ford Government's School Board Take Over

65

Episode 391: Friday Round Table with Devin Munro, Carol Dyck and Jeremy McCall

66

Episode 390: Chief Thai Truong On Bail Reform, Downtown Safety

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Episode 389: Goodbye London!

68

Episode 388: Friday Round Table With Shawn Lewis, Kelly Elliott and Scott Kitching

69

Episode 387: Community orgs needing, getting help

70

Episode 386: Friday Round Table with Cheryl Miller, Ryan Gauss and Scott Collyer

71

Episode 385: Get used to these heatwaves

72

Episode 384: Friday Round Table with Steve Lehman, Shawna Lewkowitz and Chris Moss

73

Episode 383: How Unity Project Navigates the Homelessness Crisis

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Episode 382: Friday Round Table with Jared Zaifman and Mojdeh Azad

75

Episode 381: Susan Stevenson motion draws ire from agencies, colleagues

76

Episode 380: Friday Round Table with Frances Moore, Carol Dyck and Sara Mai Chitty

77

Episode 379: Dramatic Hockey Canada trial is almost over

78

Episode 378: London Music Week!

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Episode 377: Friday Round Table with Kelly Elliott, Mojdeh Azad and Jeremy McCall

80

Episode 376: Executives, trustees failed TVDSB students

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Episode 375: Friday Round Table with Frances Moore, Matthew Newton-Reid and Devin Munro

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Episode 374: The future of TVDSB with Cheryl Miller

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Episode 373: Shawn Lewis on Council Workload, London Transit and TVDSB

84

Episode 372: Over 100 Supportive Housing units coming to London

85

Episode 371: Friday Round Table With Carol Dyck, Ryan Gauss and Nathan Caranci

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Episode 370: Election Fallout with Andrew Lawton

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Episode 369: Friday Round Table with Jennifer Dunn, Jeremy McCall and Mojdeh Cox

88

Episode 368: Steve Cordes retiring from Y.O.U.

89

Episode 367: Friday Round Table with Elizabeth Peloza, John Fyfe-Millar and Steve Holland

90

Episode 366: Will a Signal chat derail Andrew Lawton's campaign?

91

Episode 365: What's happening with the NDP?

92

Episode 364: Friday Round Table with Jeff Preston and Jared Zaifman

93

Episode 363: Talking Housing and Election with Mike Moffatt

94

Episode 362: What's the future of London Transit?

95

Episode 361: Friday Round Table with Cheryl Miller, AJ Wray and Nathan Caranci

96

Episode 360: Bridging the gap in the homelessness crisis

97

Episode 359: Friday Round Table with Jessie Rodger, Devin Munro and Jeremy McCall

98

Episode 358: Can we still talk housing during a Trump-focused election?

99

Episode 357: Friday Round Table with Scott Collyer, Shawna Lewkowitz and Carol Dyck

100

Episode 356: Talking to Americans