Closer Look
In cities and towns across Ontario — and at Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill — our journalists work for you. Their mission is to dig for answers and tell you what they find. This new podcast from Village Media — ‘Closer Look’ — is all about the stories we tell. Every weeknight, hosts Michael Friscolanti and Scott Sexsmith go beyond the headlines with insightful, in-depth conversations featuring our reporters and editors, leading experts, key stakeholders and big newsmakers.
Closer Look
Farmland, fresh food—and figure-four leglocks
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In this milestone episode of Inside the Village, Frisco and Scott explore an issue that most people don’t even know about: disappearing farmland. According to new numbers released by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), the province is losing 319 acres of farmland every day—or the equivalent of nine family farms per week. We dig into the problem with OFA president Peggy Brekveld. Also on the podcast: body slams in the back of a church. “Big Ben” Ortmanns, who operates a wrestling school in Cambridge, tells us why he moved his ring to God’s House. As Hulk Hogan used to say: “Say your prayers!”
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