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Consider This Live on Northumberland 89.7 FM radio Drive Time with Dave Glover
WARNING: Some people may find parts of this story disturbing. Podcast from show
The full interview with bonus material
Back in the summer, I posted a picture to my Facebook page from a photojournalist friend. It was a picture of two garden statues of Black children. They were dressed in overalls and straw hats and they were fishing. It was right out of Mark Twain, but it was in Northumberland County. Continue Reading →
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Near Colborne on three huge pieces of old weathered plywood are spray-painted messages. They read: no mandatory vaccines, not my new normal and a third has a large letter Q.
The Q on the roadside sign can stand for QAnon, a conspiracy theory once held by far-right extremists. But it is gaining mainstream acceptance in the United States and Canada, as well as around the world. Similar messages are being delivered across social media groups in Northumberland. They are also found in the chants of protesters and people’s conversations across the county. Continue Reading →
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The number of deaths due to fentanyl has quadrupled, while the number of calls to police has doubled in the past year, Chief Kai Liu said during an interview on Consider This Live. These are just calls where the police respond, he added. There are also those cases where people call an ambulance and those are not recorded in the police statistics, he explained. The number of calls up until July was 25 compared to 13 fentanyl calls for all of 2017. The number of deaths in 2017 was one. By July, it was four. Continue Reading →
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After six very intense weeks of candidate interviews and election night coverage, Robert Washburn and Dave Glover parse through the results to sort out what exactly happened and why during Consider This Live, part of the Drive Time on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
Cramahe Township Mayor-Elect Mandy Martin talks about her campaign, the winning strategy and her immediate plans for the township once she is sworn in during a special edition of Consider This Live, part of the Drive Time on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
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Port Hope council candidate Anthony Jenkins takes on the Ward Street hospital debate and Southbridge, the property owner, as he defends the preservation of the heritage site. This is one of the major issues for the election. It is part of an extensive interview on Consider This Live, part of the municipal election series on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
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Port Hope incumbent Councillor Les Andrews talks about his record, affordable housing, taxes and the future of the town on Consider This Live, part of the municipal election series on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
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Port Hope council candidate Ian Everdell talks about transparency, openness and the old hospital, along with the future of Port Hope during a conversation on Consider This Live. It is part of the municipal election series on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
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Northumberland – Peterborough South MPP David Piccini reviews the summer sitting of the legislature at Queen’s Park to talk about the changes taking place and the direction of the government on Consider This Live, part of the Drive Time on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
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Premier Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative government terminated the Basic Income program started by the Liberals during the summer session at Queen’s Park. The pilot program was meant to last one year, but it is cut short, leaving the recipients stranded. In response, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit wrote a letter urging the government to change its mind. Public Health nurse Kristina Nairn talks about the impact of the changes on the people and public health, along with the contents of the letter on Consider This Live, part of the Drive Time on Northumberland 89.7 FM. Continue Reading →
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