The Craig Needles Podcast
Longtime London, Ontario media personality Craig Needles talks about the biggest stories in the Forest City with local newsmakers and commentators.
Episodes
The London tax increase seems like it'll get under 5% - a win for council or will there be fallout for services?
Craig is joined in the studio by London Home Builder's Association CEO Jared Zaifman and organizational consultant to breakdown that story, plus turning city-owned parking lots into housing and some concerning job trends on this edition of the Friday Round Table.
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Ward 4 councillor Susan Stevenson is back in the news - this time because of a motion perceived by some to have questioned the integrity of some local social service providers.
Stevenson says that is not the case, and joined Craig on the podcast to explain why she wanted to see some agreements the city completed with Unity Project, London Cares and Atlohsa.
Why did Stevenson want to see these contracts? Why does she think the backl...
The Ford government's highly controversial Bill 5 was the big Ontario political story this week, so Craig is joined by advocate Frances Moore, former Green Party candidate Carol Dyck and first time round tabler Sara Mai Chitty to break it all down.
Why is the bill so controversial? Why are Indigenous communities, especially, so concerned by it? And what could the political impacts be?
Then, Craig and the panel look at the potential...
Seven years of legal twists and turns could soon come to an end for former NHLers Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote.
The final legal arguments in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case are being presented next week.
Craig is joined by defense lawyer Alison Craig on the podcast to talk about the case, the various bizarre legal happenings surrounding it and what the outcome might be.
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It's London Music Week!
Craig is joined by Mario Circelli to talk about everything happening from June 1st-8th, the music scene in London, how we can make it better and lots more.
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The fallout continues at the Thames Valley District School Board, as another executive has resigned in the wake of major financial scandal.
What's next for the board? Will we ever have trustees again? How did this happen?
Craig is joined by a panel of former Thames Centre Deputy Mayor Kelly Elliott, organizational consultant and activist Mojdeh Azad (formerly Mojdeh Cox) and former council candidate Jeremy McCall to try and answer ...
The TVDSB audit is out, and the results are bad.
Unauthorized promotions, random COVID payouts, questionable executive decisions - all that and more on the list of things that shouldn't have happened at the school board.
Craig's question: Why are some people letting the trustees off the hook here? Shouldn't they be accountable for the actions of now former Education Director Mark Fisher? Could there be criminal charges here? And c...
We know where that $60-million surplus the City of London has is going - sort of.
Some councillors may still try to see some of the cash get to community groups. Should it?
Meantime, London politicians and police are extolling the virtues of month one of their open air drug use crackdown. Is it actually working?
Also, week one of the new Carney government. Do the missteps on the housing file show they're going to have a rough time?
...Former London City Councillor and Thames Valley District School Board Trustee Cheryl Miller joins Craig to talk about the future of the board now that trustees have essentially been fired by the province.
How did this happen? Did the province make the right choice? Those questions and more, plus Cheryl shares thoughts on council compensation and the budget surplus debate.
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It's been another whirlwind news week in London.
Councillors anonymously sniping at each other (via survey), London transit busses are late (surprise) and we still don't really know what's happening with the Thames Valley District School Board after the province essentially turfed the trustees.
London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis joined Craig on the podcast to talk about these issues and more.
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A huge announcement from Canadian Mental Health Association Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services - as they're creating 115 new highly supportive housing apartments thanks to a big investment from the Health and Homelessness Fund for Change.
The units won't be online until fall 2026 (in SoHo) and winter 2027 (on Huron Street) but Mayor Josh Morgan says the announcement is a huge step in battling the homelessness crisis...
The Liberals are back in government! What's next for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party? What about the NDP? Will the party survive?
Those election questions and more with former Green Party candidate Carol Dyck and political insiders Ryan Gauss and Nathan Caranci.
The panel then discusses the latest surrounding that City of London $60-million budget surplus and where the money might go.
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We had an election! Interesting stuff happened!
The Liberals won a minority - which was nearly a majority - and the Conservatives had a big night in London, while the NDP had a total disaster evening.
Craig is joined in the studio by the MP-elect for Elgin-St. Thomas-London South Andrew Lawton to talk about the results of the race, what sort of MP Andrew will be and what will be next for the Conservative Party of Canada after the l...
One of the longest serving leaders in London's non-profit sector is stepping away.
Steve Cordes, the the executive director of Youth Opportunities Unlimited, says he'll be leaving the role in August after more than 40 years with the organization.
Craig and Steve talk about his time with Y.O.U., how the organization has grown, key success stories and more.
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An election, an explosion and the future of London's downtown.
Three big issues on this week's Friday Round Table and Craig is joined in the studio by City of London budget chair Elizabeth Peloza, former city councillor John Fyfe-Millar and CUPE Local 101 President Steve Holland to talk about them.
First, the Conservatives are talking about not believing the polls and there appears to be some infighting. Is the campaign going as po...
Craig's former colleague Andrew Lawton is back in the news - this time, after PressProgress uncovered he was involved in a Signal chat with leaders of the convoy protest that shutdown Ottawa in 2021.
He's the Conservative candidate in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South, and the story - along with others from Andrew's history in media - have been much discussed on the campaign trail.
In an effort to separate fact from fiction on these st...
The NDP has struggled to break though during this campaign - with some polling aggregators saying they may have less than ten seats in the new parliament.
London-Fanshawe candidate Lindsay Mathyssen, who is projected to be one of those NDP MP's, joined Craig on the podcast to talk about the race, what she's hearing at the doors, how the party can break though and more.
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LTC is officially in council's hands, we have a new plan for battling London's homelessness crisis (again) and the Liberals seem to be in control of the federal election.
Advocate Dr. Jeff Preston and London Home Builders Association CEO Jared Zaifman joined Craig in the studio to break it all down.
What will the future of London Transit be? Can council right the ship (or the bus?) here? Meantime, Ark Aid got (some of) their fundin...
Turns out housing is still a problem!
The election is about Donald Trump, but let's talk about housing, too. Economist Mike Moffatt of the Missing Middle Initiative and the Smart Prosperity Institute joins Craig on the podcast to discuss the various platforms - plus some new data on housing in London and elsewhere in southern Ontario.
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