Drive Time host Dave Glover interviews local Kim Rudd shortly after her first weeks in parliament. Continue Reading →
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Local MP interviewed after first weeks in Ottawa
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Changes to bus services discussed on Drive Time
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Port Hope councillor Terry Hickey talks with Drive Time host Dave Glover about a recent transit study looking at changing service for the town. Continue Reading →
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Singing, laughing and a lot of fun on the Drive Time Christmas special
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While most of the time, Dave Glover is pretty serious on his weekday afternoon show, The Drive Time. Sometimes, he knows how to have some fun, as well. This is the Christmas Special aired on Dec. 23, 2015 with special guests Neil and Ellen Torie and Matt Blundell, sing-alongs, and Dave crooning a few tunes, too. Continue Reading →
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Northumberland County faces issues dealing with violence against women
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As part of Violence Against Women’s Month, Drive Time host Dave Glover has a candid conversation about the issue with community representatives Cobourg Police Chief Kai Liu, Candace Wilkins, second-year social service worker program student from Loyalist College, and Judith Smith-Torrie. Continue Reading →
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Freshly minted MP’s first radio interview with Glover
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Drive Time host Dave Glover does one of the first interviews with newly-elected MP Kim Rudd, Northumberland Peterborough South, on Truly Local Radio 89.7 FM Continue Reading →
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Hard talk on hardball politics with journalist Amy MacPherson
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A wide ranging interview with journalist Amy MacPherson about the federal election and politics during the Drive Time with Dave Glover on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Amy MacPherson is a freelance investigative journalist, based in Ontario. Her research is dedicated to politics, public policy, economic and social justice, with a penchant for going beyond the mainstream to produce original analysis of controversial subjects Continue Reading →
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Rowden’s published response to recent column
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This is an excerpt from a column by Councillor Forrest Rowden entitled: Please abide by Town bylaws
I would like to let you know that I do support dog owners in the Town of Cobourg. I have been working with Councillor Larry Sherwin (not Jay Sherwin as columnist Robert Washburn indicated in last week’s column) for the last three years to secure a suitable off-leash site so that no one is in violation of any bylaws. The conservation area, also known as James Cockburn Park, is a park for everyone and not just a ‘dog park’. All conservation areas within the Ganaraska Region Conservation Area allow dogs to walk with their owners on leash only, which has been a rule of the GRCA for quite some time. Cobourg Council is trying to accommodate all types of users, which is why we have a library, a skating rink downtown, Legion and soccer fields, walking and bike trails, and bicycle lanes for cyclists to feel safer when riding on our streets. Continue Reading →
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Provincial election already underway, unofficially
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By Robert Washburn
With the recent visit of Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak to Northumberland last week and Premier Kathleen Wynne’s upcoming visit to Port Hope next week, it appears the unofficial general election in Ontario is already underway. It is serious campaigning. Taxpayers pay some of it, as politicians devise ways to make it look like government business; and other times it is a partisan event funded by the party. It is an opportunity to streamline messages, field test policies, and take the temperature of the electorate. Meanwhile, there is plausible deniability where no one admits they are in election mode. Continue Reading →
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Ice storm 2013 – a visual story
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Local photographer Warren McCarthy shared these amazing photos of various locations around Cobourg of the recent ice storm. While there were some pretty hard hit areas and people went without power, there is another side to the storm, which he has captured in these beautiful images. Consider This is grateful for his contribution. Thanks, Warren. Now, enjoy. Continue Reading →
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Quiet changes to health care in Northumberland
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By Deborah O’Connor
In following the evolution of our no longer brand new Northumberland Hills Hospital, it’s been a rocky ride as the last 10 years saw the establishment of the LHINs, (Local Health Integration Networks) as the new overseers of all Ontario’s hospitals and health care entities. With their goals of improving health care through co-ordination and better planning as well as reducing the cost of health care, their tasks are monumental. The community uproar that arose in 2010 over the closing of the hospital outpatient physiotherapy clinic and diabetic care clinic has faded from public awareness as ever more announcements of this or that achievement emanates from the administration. Currently, the latest endeavour is the process called the “Community Health Services Integration Strategy, North East cluster”. The Implementation Planning Team (IPT) includes representatives from Northumberland, Haliburton/Kawartha Lakes, and Peterborough County. Continue Reading →