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Ontario Morning Podcast - Friday June 25, 2021
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Jun 25, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:53:09
Barrie Police Service Staff Sergeant Valarie Gates is being recognized with the Excellence in Performance Award from both the Ontario Women in Law Enforcement and the International Association of Women in Policing. She talks to us about her work in the community; Lawyer Beverly Jacobs explains why she contends that Canada should be held accountable under international law for the treatment of Indigenous children at residential schools. She's a Mohawk from the Six Nations Grand River Territory and the Acting Dean at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law; We hear how the strawberry crop is faring from two growers: Erin Mclean of McLean and Buckhorn Berry Farms near Peterborough and Josh Suppan of Fat Chance Farmstead near Kingston; The David Suzuki Foundation is calling on Canadians to grow native plants and wildflowers to create a suitable habitat for butterflies and other pollinators. We find out why this is so important for Jode Roberts; Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman makes the case for decriminalizing controlled substances. The idea has been endorsed by Ontario's Big City Mayors, a group that represents around 70% of people in the province; The gypsy moth infestation is leaving trees bare in across southern Ontario. David Beresford, a biologist and assistant professor at Trent University in Peterborough explains that they are more of a nuisance than a danger and that special care needs to be taken when attempting to control them; Roberta McNaughton talks about life on the road in her camper van.

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