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The Craig Needles Podcast — 117 episodes

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New safe supply rules may not go far enough

2

Will Carney government's online harms bill actually work?

3

Three levels of government failure on homelessness

4

London could be a music city after all!

5

New TVDSB boss wants to win back trust

6

Ford government pulls the plug on supportive housing

7

The latest election buzz, LTC, dogs in hot cars and more

8

Early surprise changes London council race

9

What will a Susan Stevenson for Mayor campaign look like?

10

Will homelessness crisis be the top election issue?

11

Advocates push for bail reform

12

It's local politics Super Bowl!

13

South London's traffic nightmare

14

Council asks for help managing drug issues

15

Why United Way cut off Big Brothers Big Sisters

16

"They clearly have some cash, because they're buying planes"

17

Ford government changes leave cloud of confusion for TVDSB

18

What's really happening at the modular homeless shelter?

19

EAs navigate chaos at TVDSB schools

20

How will nursing cuts impact LHSC care?

21

Could the 2026 election be more dramatic than we thought?

22

Home builders warn of looming crisis

23

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

24

St. Joe's dog research whistleblower strikes back

25

Ford's supervised consumption shutdown disaster

26

Is somebody poisoning people in London's downtown core?

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

Is 'safer supply' making downtown drug issues worse?

31

Developer donations cause sparks at city hall

32

Can TVDSB avoid classroom cuts?

33

CEO defends controversial St. Joe's dog research

34

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

35

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

36

Is the gun buyback program a massive failure?

37

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

38

What is a 'good neighbour', anyway?

39

BRT is back!

40

Why is everyone getting sick?

41

Will homelessness in Ontario double?

42

Will some councillors get booted in 2026?

43

Scrap the controversial temporary foreign worker program?

44

Will past scandal haunt London Police Service?

45

Crises, Shelters and Lawsuits

46

Mayor Josh Morgan: London is in a state of emergency

47

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

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Episode 424: Former London city councillor facing criminal charges

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Episode 423: Growing Chefs Ontario Fights Food Insecurity

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

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Episode 421: Speed cameras aren't a cash grab

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

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

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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?

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Episode 416: Council votes themselves a raise

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Episode 415: Jail scandal lets three accused murders go free

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Episode 414: Are we making the homelessness crisis worse?

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Episode 413: A TVDSB arrest and a TVDSB exit

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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?

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

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

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

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Episode 408: Reform after the Hockey Canada verdict

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Episode 407: Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Rhys Mendes

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

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Episode 405: Fixing London-Middlesex Community Housing

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

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Episode 403: Is London Transit getting better?

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

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

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

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Episode 399: Shmuel Farhi

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

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Episode 397: United Way pushes for more affordable housing

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

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Episode 395: Time to break up the TVDSB?

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

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

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

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

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

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Episode 389: Goodbye London!

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

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Episode 387: Community orgs needing, getting help

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

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Episode 385: Get used to these heatwaves

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

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Episode 383: How Unity Project Navigates the Homelessness Crisis

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

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

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

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Episode 379: Dramatic Hockey Canada trial is almost over

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Episode 378: London Music Week!

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

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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

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Episode 372: Over 100 Supportive Housing units coming to London

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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

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

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

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

108

Episode 365: What's happening with the NDP?

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

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Episode 363: Talking Housing and Election with Mike Moffatt

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

112

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

113

Episode 360: Bridging the gap in the homelessness crisis

114

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

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

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

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Episode 356: Talking to Americans