Inside the Village - A weekly podcast featuring newsmakers in Ontario
Where all news is local, and no topic is off-limits. Join us every week for a unique podcast that explores the most important stories of all: the ones right in your neighbourhood. A rundown of the best local journalism—big and small—from Village Media newsrooms across Ontario.
Podcasting since 2022 • 93 episodes
Inside the Village - A weekly podcast featuring newsmakers in Ontario
Latest Episodes
Code Blue: Hallway health care in Ontario getting worse
Internal government data shows that in January, nearly 2,000 patients per day were kept in ‘unconventional spaces’ like hallways and break rooms in Ontario hospitals — the highest number ever recorded. Through a Freedom of Information Request, ...
September 12, 2024
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30:49
Huge court settlement rights historic wrong
After years of court battles, the federal and provincial governments recently reached a $10-billion settlement with beneficiaries of the Robinson Huron Treaty. Simply put, members of those 21 First Nations in northern Ontario did not see an inc...
August 30, 2024
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30:38
The overdose crisis is about to get a whole lot worse
As expected, the Ford government has announced it is shutting down multiple supervised drug consumption sites across the province — and banning all new ones. For harm-reduction advocates, the decision flies in the face of years of scientific re...
August 22, 2024
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34:12
Running on Empty: Ontario hospital workers have nothing left in the tank
An alarming new study is out that shines a bright spotlight on the staffing crisis in Ontario hospitals. One of the study’s co-authors is Dr. James Brophy, a researcher at the University of Windsor, who joins Frisco and Scott on this week’s Ins...
August 14, 2024
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25:05
Looking Back: The midway point of season three of ITV
This week on the show, somehow Frisco had some holidays approved so Scott and Derek have taken over the show. Given that it's the halfway point of the season, they decided to look back at some of the great guests that have appeared on ITV so fa...
July 11, 2024
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29:46
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