We open Episode 2 with a review of the great response to Episode 1 of 2024, about Dr. Joss 'Pollyanna' Reimer, who continues in the footsteps of WRHA leaders the public doesn't trust. There will be a follow-up...

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7:34 Part 2- A Twitter post by Dr. David Jacobs, President of the Ontario Association of Radiologists, caught Marty's eye last week, and with good reason.

"Attached is celebrated Geriatrician Dr. Ted Rosenberg's letter of resignation to UBC Medical School. After 30 years of distinguished teaching, he no longer feels safe in the UBC environment."

When Marty read through the correspondence, he realized the doctor who took a stand against rampant antisemitism at the University of British Columbia was a former Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate schoolmate in Winnipeg- Teddy Rosenberg.

You'll hear about the career he built treating the elderly and keeping families together, and the recognition from his peers.

After an antisemitic petition signed by 200 med students and over 100 faculty members was launched in October, Rosenberg asked top administrators to rectify the toxic campus environment targeting staff and students who were Jewish or Zionists.

SEE ALSO: Meet Nanaimo Nikki, The Jew-Hating UBC Dental Instructor

His Nov. 29 letter to UBC president Benoit-Antoine Bacon and university brass stated, “This petition and other similar statements on campus, as well as the inaction by UBC, makes me wonder if antisemitism has become systemic in this institution.”

“Why do these efforts for diversity and inclusion come to an abrupt halt when it involves ‘including and protecting’ Jewish/Zionist students and faculty?”

Rosenberg wasn't wrong and they tried to blow him off.

Just before Christmas he and 283 physicians sent another plea:

“This is resulting in hate speech, student intimidation, and the feelings of many students and teachers that they are working in a toxic environment. Several of us have expressed concerns to you in writing and are waiting for specific responses."

After getting nowhere, Rosenberg showed more guts than every leader of the "organized Jewish community" in Canada has mustered - and quit the medical faculty on January 2.

You'll hear his dismantling of the cowardly academics hiding behind "DEI" programs- and how he searched high and low for any mention on the UBC websites of Jews or antisemitism, and found none.

“One third of the medical students and some faculty, have publicly expressed their contempt towards me, as a Jew. I cannot take the risk of being accused of implicit harassment or racism, which is indefensible, by a ‘triggered’ student.”

Marty reviews Dr. Rosenberg's letters and the crude behavior he described that UBS honchos refuse to confront. It's a pattern we are seeing from politicians, police and academic institutions across Canada.

Teddy Rosenberg is the hero we all need.

28:57 Part 3- The fig-leaf that DEI provides to attack Jews and Israel was the beginning of the end for Harvard President Claudine Gay. A key figure demanding accountability in Ivy League schools is Bill Ackman, a leading Jewish financier and philanthropist.

This weekend Ackman explained how the destructive nature of DEI in the higher education system "can convince a generation that some of us are oppressors, and others are the oppressed, and provide justifications for what kinds and what degree of violence and terrorism are appropriate tools to address this perceived oppression."

Marty discusses how he relates it to education and medical faculties, the justice system, and even voting rights. Ackman's wife is now under attack by Business Insider as revenge, and he's fighting back.

"Even the mafia operates with more dignity and respect for family, and I apologize to the mafia for the comparison."

The Jewish community in Canada needs more people like Teddy Rosenberg and Bill Ackman.

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With the PC platform roll-out resembling tactical chess and the Manitoba NDP's coming across as playing checkers, the aspirations of the opposition increasingly rely on doorstep conversions in discussions with voters.

An unexpected addition to the kitchen table conversations during the campaign is the volatile issue of "parental rights".

Amplified by heated dismissals of cautious traditional approaches to sexuality lessons as "anti-LGBTQ" and clouded with confusing terminology around gender, sex, biology and identity, the rising debate about education policy pitches parents against parents.

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With the 1 Million March 4 Children coming up across the country on Sept. 20 - including Winnipeg - there are going to be divisive headlines smearing demonstrations as "far-right hate." A CBC "expert" claimed: "the politicization of the rights of gender diverse youth in that safe space and the "kind of moral panic" surrounding legislative decisions is "extremely dangerous and is in itself a form of bullying."

Don't be fooled by the media.

10:05 - Part 2 As Marty Gold explains, parents in Manitoba see what's happening in Ontario- where woke educator gatekeepers judge historic literature through their DEI lens.

That's how Anne Frank's diary, Harry Potter, and other classics got junked by Peel District school board librarians- but novels with graphic sex are alloted plenty of shelf space. Parents went up the ladder seeking accountability and got stonewalled.

As Lorrie Goldstein warns, "Don't be deceived by claims 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' was tossed from libraries in Peel schools due to a misunderstanding. The book has long been a target of 'woke' educators."

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In New Brunswick and Saskatchewan parents must provide consent for a transgender/non-binary child under 16 to use a different name and pronouns at school.

The Tory election promise to empower Manitoba parents has resonance for some. For others, "a sign that says 'Fighting for parental rights' is actually a less-cruel-sounding way of saying 'fighting against human rights for certain people."

A passionate ally of Pride and trans issues cited that quote in an online discussion; that opened a window into the mindset of 'woke' parents (and by extension teachers, administrators and school boards).

Which human right do they say they're protecting when they oppose 'parental rights'?

"The right to privacy"

Episode 6 asks - Do kids have a "privacy right" in school? A right to change their pronouns or gender identity without informing parents?

The argument was, keeping what is taught and encouraged at school a secret is justifiable - because "many parents don't have access to their children because they will harm them."

Marty does some math on that wild exaggeration - and analyzes what wokethinkers believe the parental rights of those "giving birth" and raising a toddler does NOT include. The opposing view:

"Until a child is 18 their parents have a right to know what is going on in their lives. That’s irrefutable. It should be law. #mbpoli"

33:30 - Part 3: We look at the school books and resources at the root of the conflict.

Graphic novels, fiction, how-to books like a 'queer' version of Little Red Riding Hood for 4 year olds- Marty walks through explicit examples of photos, drawings and lessons. Is expressing worries about schools guiding minors to kinks, porn, and "sexy adventures" an attack on 'rights'?

Hear our analysis of the battle between parents who want school boards and politicians to "Let Kids Be Kids" facing activists who think that children are 'threatened' by parents wanting the Criminal Code enforced. **********

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TGCTS presents Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Andrew Marquess, the victim of a City Hall plot to hamstring his development plan for 1900 housing units.    

“They lied to you.”

“Repeatedly.”

“That’s not acceptable…”

“It is, at City Hall.”

Hear Marty Gold continue this conversation with the man who has already been awarded $5M after bureaucrats committed misfeasance. That’s before a hearing to determine the value of his land that the City perhaps unwisely chose to claim for a retention pond aside his planned Fulton Grove neighborhood in Fort Garry.

(Part 1 of our sit-down with Andrew Marquess of Gem Equities ⁠can be heard here.⁠)

Marquess walks Marty thru the math of the Parker Lands valuations, which sounds bad to start with and then gets way worse when the City is also on the hook for the federal tax bill. Winnipeg residents need to hear just how expensive the way the City administration and council do business can become- for their wallets. 

On a personal level, Marquess has taken on significant risk and investment in a labour of love on his part, but encountered what comes across a labour of hate by the City.

”They’re treating the public like a piggy bank - including you!”

“That’s correct”

“How do we put a stop to that?”

Marquess has a lot to say in response to Marty’s question, about the tax money wasted to pay lawyers- with more fees to do the appeal – that could have gone to needed services. 

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We talk about Civic risk management, whether they tried stalling and dirty tricks to try to force Marquess to drop his fight for a fair application process, the role of Coun. John Orlikow, and the provocative comments of Coun. Ross Eadie about a formal complaint against Orlikow being laid. 

Coming Up: Part 3 with Andrew Marquess & the bigger picture for Winnipeg.  

What does it mean to investors who see what has happened to Gem Equities? 

Do they see dealing with 510 Main Street a risk not worth taking? 

What does this mean for investor confidence in our economy and for our tax base? 

Where’s the accountability at City Hall?

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The Progressive Conservatives are trying to unsnarl two members from a letter of support for a suspended U of Manitoba nursing student, after MLAs Richard Perchotte (Selkirk) and Obby Khan (Fort Whyte) seemingly didn't realize the "anti-Israel" activist posted a Nazi cartoon and antisemitic content to describe the Israeli military and government.

And while PC leader Heather Stefanson claimed "both individuals have since apologized", according to sources Obby Khan was taking his time and was waiting until Thursday to find the words.

Part 1- We provide the background of the president of the U of M Nursing Students’ Association, Arij Al Khafagi, and review a Free Press interview where she played the victim.

She went full Pallywood in describing herself as a "humanitarian by heart" who "shares the perspective of unity and humanity"- as long as it paints Israel as oppressor and the genocidal Gazan society as oppressed. She even bragged she had Jewish friends on the far-left, after senior administrators held her accountable for posting cartoons that, as Marty Gold explains, breached the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Citing "discriminatory remarks and demonstrating wider unprofessional conduct" as well as her Instagram antics, College of Nursing officials iced her student status and she became a cause celebre among the local Pro-Palestine mob.

As part of a campaign to salvage her academic year, MLAs were solicited to send a letter asking Advanced Education Minister Renee Cable to intercede and get the Jew-hater back into classes.

Opposition critic Perchotte, along with Khan, signed a letter to the Minister that complained "it sends an unacceptable message to academically penalize a student for expressing herself... the same passionate nurses that our healthcare system so desperately needs."

17:30 Part 2- You'll hear the apology sent by Richard Perchotte to a Jewish family where he admitted, "I failed to get the details before signing", and insisting "the antisemitism posts are against the belief of my party, my leader and myself".

Five hours later, Stefanson followed up, assuring the family that "As soon as it was brought to my attention, I made clear that this does not reflect the sentiment of our PC Party."

The former Premier continued "Both individuals have since apologized."

But no one seemed to have heard a word of contrition from Khan on Wednesday. "Where's Obby"? asked one listener.

Party insiders told TGCTS if Khan's waiting until Friday to do it, that's another in a long line of questionable decisions the Tory star has made that undermine his credibility with the rank and file, after he was a major focal point of the losing election campaign.

As we report, while Khan tries to play politician with local "pro-Palestinian" figures, at least one he's been photgraphed with is believed to have been seen in a video threatening Winnipeg Jews where calls are heard celebrating Hitler and Hamas. That video is still being investigated by Winnipeg Police.

Pro-Hamas marches continue to attack Canadian values and villify Israel's right to self defence. The pro-Intifada sentiment was loudly proclaimed when the rail line was blocked on November 20. There's a morally deceptive 'progressive' movement funded by Iran and other anti-West agitators who want to turn our society against the concept of "Never Again".

We've been seeing political cowardice, not leadership, in Winnipeg. Will the media ask Obby Khan to repudiate the "anti-Zionist not antisemite" radicals in our community, and denounce the weekly marches of terror-supporting "decolonizers"?

Or will he continue to 'go along to get along' with antisemites?

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The ‘Sport of Kings’ has been thrilling fans of thoroughbred racing at ⁠Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs ⁠since 1958.

TGCTS returns to covering the world of sports with this special interview.

Last year ASD set a betting record, but there's a lot more happening at the west Portage Avenue destination than just 'playing the horses'. It's an important part of our history and social fabric and brings the community together with exciting events like Indian bareback horse racing, the Manitoba Night Market, musical acts, the circus and the best buffet in town!

5:50 Part 2- With the 67th season going to the post on Monday, Marty Gold spoke with Darren Dunn, CEO of the track.

They talk about the history of the local sport and the legendary sportsmen who led the way, ASD's enormous impact on the local economy with their partners - using the hashtag #DoTheDowns to drive online engagement.

You'll hear how the facility rebuilt the business model to fit into the entertainment habits of Manitobans and customers worldwide after the pandemic "shut off our revenues like a light switch within 48 hours."

Racing has shifted to a Monday to Wednesday schedule and now all sorts of shows and gatherings- including weddings - are taking place there the rest of the week.

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11.53- By the numbers, it's an amazing success story.

Dunn describes ⁠the Downs supporting the agriculture industry⁠ with quality full time jobs and sustaining a tradition of sports excellence, with dedicated owners, expert trainers, skilled jockeys, and world-class breeders that engineered the Manitoba heritage of⁠ the last 2 Kentucky Derby Winners.⁠

"The skill and talent that resides in our barn area, in our jockey's room, that's on display on our racetrack, can race anywhere."

Dunn is thrilled about the upcoming ⁠Western Canada Derby Series⁠, where the stakes are high and the best from ASD prove they are championship calibre. It kicks off August 5th with the Manitoba Derby.

16.20- To end the podcast, Darren Dunn talks about the late Jim Farrell, deeply involved with ASD for decades both on the microphone and behind the scenes.

As a mentor and a friend, the old-style CKND news anchor brought warmth, good humour and a true love of the sport to the ASD community.

This summer- on Mondays kids get in free for Family Night and they'll light up in wonder at the spectacle, sounds and sights.

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A Winnipeg Free Press editorial derided the residents of Wolseley for fighting City Hall, comparing them to "stereotypical Winnipeggers who staunchly oppose" new policies and are "“notoriously” resistant to change."

Sounds like they opposed a bike lane, right?

But this time, it wasn't about bikes. This was about buses.

In Episode 2 of Season 5, you'll hear about the contempt the newspaper showed for almost 500 concerned residents of Wolseley and West Broadway.

(See charts listing their concerns on ActionLine.ca.)

Part 1- The contempt starts with the special interest group driving the changes. The Transit lobby demands means the City is "taking the system we have right now and blowing it up and starting over again."

For Wolseley that meant bus traffic was aiming where it isn't wanted, risking homes and school kids. A 'Greenway' is no place for a bus. With no routing planned west of Arlington, users there face walking for 20 minutes to get to a stop, in winter, at night.

Whose side did the Free Press take?

Not the taxpayers or the actual bus users in Wolseley. Their concerns are "cultural obstinancy."

The "culture" the Free Press insists taxpayers adopt is that of a group called Functional Transit Winnipeg. It had steered a moderate course under its founder, Joe Kornelson but has taken a radical turn after a former NDP politician from Calgary got involved.

You'll hear key background the media- and their own website - doesn't tell you, and you'll wonder why. Then you'll hear what the editorial didn't tell readers about what's at stake.

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16:44  Part 2 - We sample feedback about the meeting, and about the comment of FTU's Brian Pincott- who has lived in Winnipeg for all of 5 years- that the #10 is "the most inefficient route imaginable."

Functional Transit Winnipeg and their allies at the Free Press dismissed faked consultation, safety issues, 20 minute walks to a stop, and labeled the residents as luddites. Is that logical?

22.00 Marty Gold exposes how the planners rigged the consultation process after Transit admitted they 'differentiate stakeholders from residents."

A previous bike lane audit required the City to treat residents as stakeholders- so what gives? To boot, St. Boniface parents had no idea of the route change. A St. B school trustee laughed it off.

28:04  Forced to re-jig route plans in St. James after Kelly Ryback spoke up, promised discussions with Wolseley users were kaiboshed.

One theory: "It would apparently be too disruptive because they are concerned other neighbourhoods uncovering flaws will demand the same."

The effect of an Arlington route boundary on seniors, kids and women further west, and whether buses will interfere with emergency vehicles using Arlington south of Portage are valid, vital safety concerns - but not to the Functional Transit Winnipeg lobby group.

The media described Pincott's position: 'the biggest challenge for the city is not getting bogged down with individual needs and wants.'

Instead, Pincott wants a City hiring spree to plant cheerleaders for the master plan at bus stops.

Guess how much it costs?

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The snubbing of people taking time to deal with City Hall was capped off by Public Works chair Janice Lukes.

“So maybe it’s a year of no transit [in some areas]"

No buses for a year?

MSM won't explain the impact of her cavalier gamble on going to church, shopping, getting home after basketball practice.

"Maybe it’s a year of transit on the greenway. It can change after a year.”

As Marty points out, it could change on Tuesday at EPC, if councilors develop some backbone and represent the voters and Route 10 transit users, and not the bus lobby.

Coming up: Crime and Courts Update; More with Coun. Jason Schreyer; Tuxedo Votes

Hear our special guest for Episode 14 give his views on the crime-fighting platforms of the parties in the Manitoba election- and in particular, on the qualifications of Wab Kinew to become Premier.

In a pointed half-hour conversation with Marty Gold, the owner of Jamrock Security, Don Woodstock, says little he heard during the campaign was going to turn the tide against social disorder and street-level thuggery.

On the PC's, he said their proposals were "a step in the right direction" but that Heather Stafanson "stopped short" of the bold commitment needed to remove thieves and muggers from besieged neighborhoods and homeless encampments from our streets and riverbanks.

Woodstock makes the point his company makes money protecting residents and businesses from crime but that he is dedicated to slashing crime rates. "If you do the crime, do the time" has been lost in the judicial process and the result is an often- violent criminal underclass emboldened to do whatever they want- break-ins, retails thefts, and transit muggings.

9.00 In Woodstock's view, the NDP crime platform was empty and hypocritical- and he has harsh words for Wab Kinew.

"Who is it that actually promoted this guy and pushed him forward?"

"If my daughter came home and said Dad I met this man... but he had done all of the things Wab Kinew did I would never invite him to my table to sit down. He cannot come into my house period end of story."

A recap of Kinew's misdeeds, with assaults of spouses and cabbies, speeding tickets, and other people's money - makes it simple for Woodstock.

"Anybody who is going to run for public office, you have to be able to at least pass some mustard test. One of those for me personally has been... when you write and you record a song that calls women whores and bitches and whatever, that there draws a line for me..." said Woodstock, harkening back a decade when Kinew was described as a rapper and poet.

Citing Bob Marley and other artists, Woodstock insists "None of them described women the way Wab Kinew does! Not one of them!"

"Why then don't we believe the victims?" The harassment and abuse Kinew's former spouse Tara Hart endured and his avoidance of restorative justice means, 'you have to find the people you done wrong to... and listen to their story, and then you can start that journey... you can't run away from yourself Wab."

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16.00 Wab Kinew's proposals are hollow, said Woodstock: "Nobody wants your $300 Wab," pointing to the harsh reality his clients, "union reps too" face when coming home to a shambled house and even finding their pets maimed.

Instead, "Show me a plan that's going to stop people from kicking in people's doors. They know if they get caught they're going to get a slap on the wrists... you can't be defacing people's property and nothing will happen to you so you run amok."

The discussion includes reviewing the visit Woodstock and Marty made to the Waterfront homeless camp this summer, the refusal of public officials to help area business and homeowners deal with the filth and damage. Woodstock also points a finger or two back to Ottawa, Justin Trudeau, and Trudeau and Kinew's federal ally, Jagmeet Singh.

Woodstock, whose company has sponsored the Crime Courts and Public Safety Update for the election period, gives a ringing endorsement for the efforts of Actionline.ca to restore an alternative platform for information and opinion in Winnipeg instead of the Trudeau paid-for narratives in the MSM.

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After our exclusive report detailing the intention of Bell to continue cutting local jobs beyond the CTV newsroom, we have found out just how far they will go.

With "obstacles" in targeting specific positions for buyouts in Winnipeg, Bell MTS has set its sights on Brandon- and we have the disturbing details.

In Episode 19 you'll hear the Unifor memo to about 30 telecom staffers in Westman and the awful Canada Day ultimatum they face.

"I want to acknowledge the devastating announcement made by Bell to migrate your work from Brandon to Winnipeg," wrote the Unifor Local7 president in preparation for a meeting with union members on Monday.

Listeners in the know have filled in Marty Gold about the impact of the decision, and why uprooting families from Brandon isn't really necessary - since some members of the management union will continue to occupy the Brandon facility after the Canada Day axe drops. A source explained:

"Looks to me Bell has found a way to get around some of the “obstacles” when it comes to getting rid of some of the Bell MTS employees if you know what I mean." 

We have details on how Bell MTS discriminates against Manitoba workers by refusing to consider work-from-home options for them, despite having hundreds of outside contractors doing it.

How does it affect the community of Brandon to have loyal employees treated like this? Start with their mental health, obviously, as Bell once again shows that Let's Talk Day is a farce.

As another source told us, "They don’t mind their contracted out workers working all over the world but god forbid a local employee works at home."

It's disgusting and deplorable corporate behavior, and we will have even more about Bell's plans to eliminate jobs in Manitoba in the coming weeks.

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As one supporter stated:

"Life was so much simpler when all you had was Legacy media and they could curate news and you really only got one opinion. Thinking was optional…a lot of the world’s messiest situations were wrapped up in a nice neat package."

We buck the narrative, explore the complexities, and continue to put forward information that MSM hides from the public.

We'll be talking about the Jets plea for support, used needles in parks, and the fate of Upper Fort Garry later this week.

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Episode 21 is a long-awaited Crime Courts and Public Safety update, with both RCMP and city police making headlines that inspired some questions.

On Thursday, the RM of Gimli notified residents of a school and municipal building lockdown after shots were fired at a residence. It took the RCMP 2 hours to issue a confirming statement

Marty Gold describes the situation about an hour after parents were told the alert was off. Rumours pointed to juveniles being involved and he notes that there doesn't seem to be a coherent - or safe- protocol in town when a suspected shooter is being looked for by the RCMP.

And according to listeners, the RCMP wasn't being very helpful.

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11:10 Part 2 - The recent shooting by police of a north end man being apprehended on a mental health warrant is a matter for the courts, and not the IIU, according to an analysis by The Black Rod.

Charge 'em: The Magnus Avenue Shooting by Cops

The column laid out research comparing police brass statements, news reports, and the Act, and exposed that the police had a fast-approaching deadline to haul Bradley Singer into custody for an involuntary examination.

Marty Gold goes through the facts in the blog post that point to police needing to justify to a judge and jury, the substantial differences in how this case became a raid with guns ablazing after an hour - with no evident threat to anybody - while longer recent stand-offs had no shots fired by the cops and no deaths.

29:15 Part 3- Premier Wab Kinew announced a 5 point plan that he claims will be "tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime."

Along with tougher bail guidelines and more enforcement of breaches, this must be having the NDP 'defund the police' wing throwing fits behind the scenes.

We focus in on the 5th point, a promised Public Safety Summit. You'll hear an idea of how to tell Kinew's conference screeners that you're a stakeholder, too.

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We open Episode 28 with an update on our fundraising drive as we go into the home stretch – $2000 to go! - then have listener feedback and a Peter Warren razzberry for the slow-moving CBC Manitoba.

- An email about downtown safety from a listener who is one of the 10% that thinks they are still safe at night in a dangerous downtown Winnipeg... but adds “Who wants to be in a situation where you're confronted by several youth wielding machetes, bear spray and/or brass knuckles? At that point it isn't a street fight, it's life or death combat.”

He added a few comments about the weak police chief and the Children’s Advocate, “who blames society for these kids' violence while at the same time depicts them as victims of society.”

- Two weeks late, ⁠CBC discovers Bell MTS Is forcing exodus from Brandon⁠!

We explain what little the high paid "professional journalists” added in the 18 extra days they had to cover the story ⁠since we broke the news to the public⁠, and what key details they missed. Why didn't CBC mention the extensive contracting out overseas while rural jobs are chopped? We’ll have more about the Bell MTS layoffs in an upcoming episode.

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19:22 Part 2- After a personal note from former CBC mainstay Judy Waytiuk, we took a closer look at the emerging opposition to the proposed Portage and Main concourse closure- ⁠as we predicted⁠.

"In the concourse there is an iconic, 415 foot long sculpted concrete wall by Bruce Head (her late husband.) City engineers will almost certainly find it cannot be saved and moved; it is an integral part of the load-bearing structural wall that runs all the way around the concourse interior."

And that's not all. The veteran journalist examined the "fuzzy numbers" used by Mayor Scott Gillingham to justify the 'savings' an underground closure brings and asked a smart question:

"If, as the mayor suggested after some outcry, mostly from this furious widow, somebody figures out how the artwork could be moved elsewhere, what would that cost? Carve out 415 feet of 12 foot tall concrete pieces, hoist them up, cart them off someplace, and ... well, I’m no engineer, but that sounds like a huge multi-million dollar feat to try to pull off. The whole close the concourse/move the art thing, would very likely match or even exceed the cost of repairs."

As she explains, at no point did any of the reports City Hall is relying on even contemplate closing the concourse, or removing the 52 concrete panels which Waytiuk maintains are also part of the load-bearing intersection support. And speaking of support:

"Out there in the media, I may look like w⁠hat CBC news insultingly referred⁠ to the other day as "one woman". I'm not just "one woman".

32:08 Part 3- "Building owners stunned by Portage and Main underground closure proposal", wrote the Free Press.

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Manitoba warned councilors to “carefully consider the ramifications” of shuttering underground access.

Tom Thiessen of BOMA noted the misinformation campaign around the projected $73M cost as only $29M is pegged to repair of the waterproofing membrane and the rest are costs the City would likely incur anyways for above-ground work. Most importantly, he skewered the administration for not setting aside money for repairs in the Brian Bowman days. Why plan ahead?

Thiessen also raised ⁠the effect on property valuations⁠ for nearby stakeholders if indoor passage across the corners is removed.

With the MMF claiming that their heritage centre at the Bank of Montreal building will host 1 million visitors, Marty Gold wonders how it makes sense to add that kind of volume to the corners while blocking access to a weather-protected concourse.

Coming up: Globe-trotting NDP Minister Nahanni Fontaine plays her role; more on Bell MTS layoffs; your feedback

Episode 21 continues to explain the failed tactics used by regional planning honchos to override local councils and seize power, and the desperate attempts by influential proxies to rescue the Metro concept.

Part 1- After all the hue and cry about the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region and the collapse of Plan20-50, you'd think the NDP government would want all the input they could get from the public. Instead,⁠ as Marty revealed in the Winnipeg Sun⁠, they posted a survey- but didn't tell the public.

8.40- It takes 20 questions to get to the Metro part of the survey- and you'll hear how the questions are framed. The NDP didn't advertise it, and none of the 18 member RMs advertise the survey. The WMR also didn't post it to their website. It's like the public consultation is being... rigged.

Providing timely information to the public isn't a high priority for Metro, as they were shamed into updating the site last week.

After the charade of public hearings was waylaid, WMR stand-ins are trying to rally support for the plan - even though one of the RMs has complained they were never spoken with by the plan's authors. Every time you look there's more proof this was a top-down process where the protecting the public interest was an inconvenience.

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15.24 Part 2- Misinformation, disinformation and worse were in the arsenal of a trio of Metro supporters who penned op-eds that downplayed and misrepresented the fatal flaws of Plan20-50.

With 11 RMs opposed, it's a safe bet they know better than any political scientist if the WMR was a threat to local control of land and water decisions.

20.00- A second op-ed was penned by a planning professor. He tried to get sympathy for the WMR's "decades worth of hard work" and 'relationship building", cast aside by Wab Kinew's opt-out promise made without even consulting the poor WMR.

A reference to a "very small" staff was also designed for sympathy, before concluding the plan should not be shelved because opponents "that might not appreciate its benefits."

In reality, there's no benefit to letting the Mayor of Winnipeg have a veto over your own municipal planning.

23.50- A third column came from a veteran planner. He did not disclose his own role in the formation of the WMR or previous employment with the City of Winnipeg.

The column continued the tactic of demeaning opponents as 'just not getting it', while insisting there's a need to copy planning processes from failing jurisdictions like Vancouver where no one can afford a house anymore.

The questions raised if the WMR suffered from a too-small staff and too-small budget were floated to set up doubt and exonerate the Metro efforts. In Episode 21 we present the facts to refute that tactic.

34.30- You'll hear the reported amounts spent in 2023 on Plan20-50, staff and other line items - with less than $1100 spent on advertising and promotion, total. That seemingly included holding 3 open houses on a blueprint affecting 850,000 people.

With the province tossing an extra $140k into their account, money wasn't the problem either.

It was the WMR itself- beset with an attitude of superiority and entitlement, rushing to the finish line to get the Plan20-50 passed.

It was a naked power grab- and now no onen wants to advertise the NDP survey to hear from average citizens about their ire and dismay.

41.30 Part 3- A fourth op-ed demonstrated the bottom-line credibility problem Plan20-50 proponents have.

They are aligned with far-left "climate crisis" activists who falsely claim the 600 that appeared in Niverville "shut down" the public hearing and reject a "sustainable lifestyle".

That's what the doomsday crowd seems to believe. No wonder 11 RMs are saying "no".

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Only ActionLine.ca brought taxpayers the comments of Andrew Marquess, after ⁠a Manitoba court awarded him $5 million⁠ following⁠ his battle to get Parker Lands housing approved.⁠

The ruling cited that City of Winnipeg planners engaged in “misfeasance in public office” against Gem Equities, and according to King’s Bench Justice Shauna McCarthy:

"The evidence is also clear, in my view, that the impetus and motivation for this deliberate interference with the plaintiffs’ applications were primarily the wishes and demands of the area councillor, and the desire of some public servants to accommodate those wishes.”

After our review of the Court findings- There’s 101 Reasons Why Winnipeg Council Must Review Orlikow’s Role In $5M Court Ruling - a formal complaint was filed by former Mayoral candidate Don Woodstock alleging that Coun. John Orlikow breached the City Code of Conduct.

The complaint was referred to an Edmonton lawyer, Jamie Pytel, because Integrity Commissioner Sherri Walsh declared she had a conflict of interest involving Orlikow.

According to her bio, Pytel "conducts investigations for municipalities that do not have an Integrity Commissioner and gives advice on issues involving Codes of Conduct for elected officials."

Woodstock says that on Nov. 20, Pytel told him she "would be in touch if you needed further information or have further information for me."

Last week, Woodstock asked her where the investigation was at. And the answer was, nowhere.

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7:05 Part 2- Woodstock emailed Pytel on January 10 and asked, "Have you read the ruling in the Gem Equities/Andrew Marquess case?"

He also asked, "Now that Councillor John Orlikow is back on the job, is he now free to continue his ways that has lead the City of Winnipeg to lose a lawsuit that stated the City owes Gem Equities $5M of taxpayers' dollars...?"

While the second question could be seen as provocative, the first was entirely legitimate.

Instead of answering Woodstock, Pytel replied:

"Perhaps we can schedule a virtual meeting or phone call to discuss the status of this matter."

Something else Pytel said caught Marty Gold's attention. She claimed "this is a confidential process." He describes his own experiences with government complaint processes - and how what she told Woodstock simply isn't accurate.

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20:04 - You'll hear how the next morning, Woodstock refused to consider a phone call with Pytel.

With taxpayers footing her bill - and presumably Orlikow's - he insisted "this requires everything to have open communication, honesty, integrity and with full disclosure as to the status, outcome and remedies."

That afternoon, Pytel informed Woodstock that,

"I am suspending this matter until all proceedings regarding the legal action are exhausted to ensure that all parties may participate fully in a Code of Conduct investigation."

As Marty explains, that might seem like a decision made in response to being pressed for an update on her activities.

And, it's a pretty handy excuse to stall the complaint, considering that the Court of Appeal can't do anything to erase the emails, documents, depositions, testimony and other evidence about Orlikow's conduct. He is not a party to the proceedings as he was not a defendant, and the Judge did not mention the Code of Conduct.

So, we wonder, did Pytel even read the ruling? She made a point of not answering Woodstock's question. And if the appeal was an issue, why didn't she think of it on August 31st when the City filed it?

More background:

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In Episode 33, Marty Gold adds shocking new details to the story he broke in February about an incident at a basketball game on the Jewish campus in Winnipeg. The outrageous antisemitic conduct explains why there's been a cover-up by high-level "educators'' desperate to protect the University of Winnipeg Collegiate and sports administrators.

Be warned, the language allegedly used by a UW Collegiate junior varsity player about Jews was vulgar.

But it's what his teammates chanted afterwards, that the Education Department, sports officials, the Collegiate and the Gray Academy of Jewish Learning are all trying to keep secret.

Thanks to our investigative reporting, you'll hear what went on and why this scandal can become an election issue.

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School officials lie that they're forbidden from discussing specifics because the hate was voiced by minors in Grade 9 and 10. Do antisemites have a right to such privacy? No, but still, neither school reported the incident to provincial sports officials as required.

https://www.thej.ca/2023/02/23/winnipeg-board-of-jewish-education-stonewalls-questions-about-antisemitic-incident

How bad is the apathy towards antisemitism at the UW campus? After ⁠ a bizarre Winnipeg Free Press story⁠ did not include the word 'antisemitism' and reduced the controversy to a “behavioral issue”, Belle Jarniewski, Executive Director at the Jewish Heritage Centre posted: "No classes from the UW Collegiate have registered for the Holocaust and Human Rights Symposium this year after having been a part of it for 20 years. There is no cost and the program will be virtual.”

Marty explains that's only one good reason not to let the schools 'work it out' themselves.

Another is that Canada's Antisemitism Envoy, Irwin Cotler, said it is simply unacceptable.

"Were these (UW) students themselves, disciplined? People should know and should be able to act upon it because they know about it."

"It’s a threat not only to Jews, it’s a threat to Winnipeg, it’s a threat to Canada, and we have to always combat it when we see it, not be silent in the face of it, and act collectively to combat it."

Marty reminds that Sports Minister Obby Khan said he is already involved: "I had it immediately forwarded to the department of education and justice. They are looking into it to see what will be done next.’"

https://www.thej.ca/2023/03/02/sports-minister-alerted-manitoba-justice-about-u-of-winnipeg-collegiate-antisemitism-incident/

Since Education officials and DoJ did nothing, Khan can now hand the new evidence to his own Department to act on and finally deal with antisemitism at the Collegiate.

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22:12 Part 2 - TGCTS reveals the offensive antisemitism of Wesmen players, what they said at the Jewish campus, and how some almost got away with it.

'Educators' like the B'nai Brith local director claim "it was dealt with" by the Collegiate and the Jew-haters were "probably reprimanded." Yet an Education Department official deflected any attempt to verify that assertion:

The department is committed ... to disrupting all forms of antisemitism in our school divisions and schools. If you have further questions or concerns within your community, I would recommend that you discuss the matter with a superintendent in your local school division.

Disrupted how? Who's the superintendent? She still won't answer - exposing her role in the cover-up.

Marty outlines the real steps 'disrupting antisemitism' in high school sports would take, and the questions about UW Collegiate and their players that Khan needs to ask.

The BB director had no concept that the Sports Minister could help protect Jewish athletes from these UW Collegiate antisemites⁠⁠.

"Educators"- protecting their own - want this scandal to go away - no questions, no answers.

But the ball is now in Obby Khan's court. And Jewish kids are counting on him.

Our latest election interview covers lots of ground, from issues being heard on the doorstep in Southdale to another candidate picking an issue with our guest!

Robert-Falcon Ouellette has always been an articulate and engaging guest with TGCTS and our City Circus Shaw TV series. His career includes two Top-4 finishes in Winnipeg Mayoral elections, sandwiching a busy term as an inner-city Liberal MP.

Now he's trying to come up the middle in a swing suburban riding between Health Minister Audrey Gordon and an NDP staffer running with an alleged chip on her shoulder that you'll want to hear about. 

Liberal seats in the last House were held by Lamont, Dr. Jon Gerrard and Cindy Lamoureux, and Ouellette thinks if they succeed and are joined by another member like him to attain Party status, it could make a big difference in the Legislature.

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8:04 -  RFO talks about health care, and has logical insights into voters being incredulous towards NDP leader Wab Kinew's promise to get 3 ER's up and running without having staffing and training solutions; at the same time, he says, there's a lot of dissatisfaction with the PC government, and with the incumbent MLA's work as Health Minister.

13.40 - Hear about the ripple effects of addictions, crime and homelessness on Windsor Park - with an unbelievable number of houses on one street hit by break-ins! He casts a critical eye at EndHomelessness Winnipeg missing its target. One of the results: "It's not normal to live in a Canadian city where you refuse to go downtown because you're afraid."

He calls for better medical and mental health services including providing structured day-to-day activities for the patients-and mentions a favorite subject of rail relocation!

19.00 - RFO brings up NDP candidates living far outside their ridings and our report What's In A Name? Ask Nahanni Fontaine.

"I think it's great to go to these protests but sometimes it's about doing those (helping residents) things really well, " calling it "the basic work" of an elected public servant.

20.50- Hear RFO's opinion about Wab Kinew's avoidance of restorative justice for his past altercations. Ouellette goes against the progressive radical image of FN politicians.

"Institutions are actually what keeps society together! ... you ignore them to your detriment" citing Winnipeg religious institutions "doing the hard work" of feeding and sheltering the indigent, but not getting support from Christian-bashers like Fontaine. "Anger doesn't get you very far."

22.20 - RFO describes how Renee Cable interrupted her NDP canvassing to confront Ouellette:

"Why are you running here? You're going to be splitting the vote."

"She said I should have called her to talk to her before I ran as if I need to request her permission to put forward different ideas."

He told Cable, "It seems like my very existence is disturbing to you" - and shaking with anger, she started to make it personal about RFO's kids.

He says that in the NDP, some people believe they are owed something. He addresses the bigger issues about intimidation and partisan politics in Manitoba- "are we allowed to say anything we want?"

In RFO's view, "The big parties aren't very creative with their policies, they don't work very hard and they've repeated a lot of the same mistakes" and "people voting in fear" need Liberal MLAs to provide balance. He cites a lot of factors that are driving down voter turnout and hurt the health of our democracy.

33:07- Marty Gold previews upcoming episodes, including a tip about a bureaucratic cause of ER overcrowding, and a series on inner-city housing, the homeless, and political failures.

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Startling reports of crime, violence and public disorder continue in Episode 45 - recounted in 2 parts from north end to south.

Part One focuses on a hard-working businessman who endured a series of break-ins that caused him to rack up $85,000 in security costs for his restaurants - and that was before this week's bizarre encounter with an aggrieved cabbie.

Marty Gold explains this incident apparently started with the driver being accused of having an open beer in his cab by a security guard at the Four Crowns on McPhillips St. A few hours later the hack returned with some friends and busted up the beer vendor.

Hear why the cab company might have to pony up so the restauranteur doesn't file yet another insurance claim.

"It's costing my employees their safety," said Ravi Ramberran. "We're having to protect ourselves in every area of the city, and that's just extremely sad."

"The security costs of doing business here are insane."

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He said River City is turning into Gotham City because of the rot of a growing criminal underclass spreading across Winnipeg that has no fear of consequences. He's not alone:

“Our government’s solutions are all mid- to long-term solutions for a short-term problem,” said Shaun Jeffrey, CEO of the Manitoba Restaurant and Foodservices Association “We need short-term solutions.”

A point that Ramberran made applies to all victims of crime across Winnipeg:

“I’m getting really tired of politicians just talking about it. We need some action… If you hurt someone, take their stuff or damage their property, you need to go down extremely hard so you don’t do it again."

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18:16 - Part 2 - Marty explains that the lesson of what happens when there is no enforcement or deterrance is being felt in Point Douglas and St. Boniface, and is now a central concern in South Osborne.

- In PD, councilor Vivian Santos told the Free Press the criminal activity springing from homeless encampments is 'assumed'. Hear her idea of a solution- and what an affected resident thought of her grasp on the serious safety issues facing home and business owners.

- In St. Boniface, the stolen bike spree and other theft continues while area councilor Matt Allard hasn't offered a single word to comfort crime victims.

- Now we can add South Osborne to the list of areas under siege. Constant road construction is testing the patience- and economic health- of the Riverview neighborhood on the east and Lord Roberts on the west.

But listeners told Marty that's compounded by an unbelievable surge of organized criminal theft that is home-grown and which, depite evidence of the activity, is not being proactively dismantled by the cops under police Chief Danny Smyth. And as we predicted years ago, the rapid transit line plays into the rise in crime there.

Listen to how far thieves- some obviously addicts but others obviously not - will go to violate the safety of residents who are desperate for relief. Their city councilor Sherri Rollins seems oblivious to the fact people are moving AWAY as a result. There's no organized effort to stem the tide- yet loud voices claim legalized shooting galleries would make things better?

TGCTS will continue to speak out for the victims across our city.

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• Catch up on Marty Gold's 2023 Provincial Election commentaries on WinnipegTribune.ca:
• NDP Election Twitter Tactics Hit Turbulence 
• Teachers Keeping Mum on School Violence? 
• PC Critical Minerals Strategy Corners Kinew
• Will Province Act on Red Flags in $5M Judgement Against Winnipeg?
• Did Some Media Fall For Kinew’s Spin on Hydro
• Did The PC Government Take The Lead in Manitoba Polling?
• When Cops Save A Life, How Does It Affect Them?
• George Hickes Once Had a Good Idea
• Kinew Between A Landfill And A Hard Place

A chance sighting of Wab Kinew, and his as-yet unexplained refusal to take media questions after a campaign announcement this weekend, propelled the topic of Part 1 of Episode 51: The Perils of Media Scrums.

As NDP poll support plummeted, the party has been drawn off the 'single issue ballot' approach emphasizing health care, with multiple headlines in the Winnipeg Sun all over the policy map; but the NDP returned to their core issue this weekend with the old "but think of the children" narrative. Critics voiced sharp rebuttals to the Kinew platform: "I'm tired of raising other people's children."

With pledges to hire 300 nurses (with the Tories having already recruited 200) and other promises made, a reporter revealed Kinew "would not take questions from reporters" at the U of W event. Marty Gold compares Kinew's aversion to the media, with the approach of the leader of the Manitoba Liberals.

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15:28 -  A scrum with ⁠Dougald Lamont last week about housing⁠ for the homeless illustrated the risk a party leader faces when the media is allowed to engage them freely.

Listen to the logical question Marty asked about the background of Liberal candidates and how Lamont was caught off-guard, but remained respectful. Then he was challenged on the role of the City of Winnipeg in harassing certain kinds of residential property owners out of business- and while Lamont disputed the premise of the question, he made sure to explain how private owners would have a role in his policy, based on a housing model used in Medicine Hat.

19:56 -  Marty gives a brief overview of housing safety issues and notes that unlike when Kinew saw the media gathered, "at least there was some dialogue there" with Lamont.

Also, the one word KInew didn't utter in his 'save the children' campaign plank.

26:55 - The Crime Courts and Public Safety Update, sponsored by ⁠JamRock Security⁠

Another murder on Furby; Cops look for clues in a June stabbing on west Portage, and get kudos for busting a porch pirate.

Lastly, a longtime listener sent along ⁠an item about a judge rebuking a family ⁠that had posted a surety for their 3D-printing gun-loving son, but felt their human rights were being breached when the cops kept showing up to do curfew checks.

You'll hear their pleadings, and how they did make one particular point about police intimidation. They were worried about the neighbours in Tuxedo; the court was worried about other things. Hear about the decision and a few points the family should have considered before. (And thanks for the tip!)

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In Episode 20 we interview Transcona Councilor Russ Wyatt, following up on his remarks at a Public Works committee meeting challenging the anti-car agenda of Ft. Rouge rep Sherri Rollins.

Wyatt spoke out against the bike lane and road closure demands of Rollins, and wants the City to adapt a local improvement petition process to get stakeholder approval of bike lanes, instead of "randomly wiping out parking for residents and small businesses."

4:38 - Wyatt explains why he questioned Rollins about the loss of Osborne Village parking for new bike lanes:

- The parking management plans for new developments were approved when hundreds more public parking spots were available. Wyatt asked Rollins if the plans are being revised, and she fumed.

- Hear him blast the faux "public consultations" held in the Village and in St. Boniface; he complains the City is telling residents and mom & pop shops "this is happening whether you like it or not."

- "Other cities have established programs to upgrade intersections along major regional streets, we're doing the exact opposite."

- The City has $180M to properly repair every sub-par street, and treat business and home owners fairly, "if we have the vision and political will to do it."

Marty points out, the MSM has defended the rigging of the bike lane process, which is counter-productive to the public interest.

16:40 Part 2 with Coun. Russ Wyatt

- Wyatt confirms that City Councilors were never informed that 99 parking spots were being erased around Goulet and Marion for bike lanes in the St. Boniface Hospital district, and never heard of a plan to remove parking on Traverse.

- From Arlington in the west end to Youville in St. B, the total parking loss for bike lanes is almost 400 parking spaces. No one could have run for Mayor on that platform and win.

- Wyatt says that Mayor Scott Gillingham promised the Chamber of Commerce he'd be focused on 'customer service'. But instead, small businesses are being hammered by a biased bureaucracy.

"The Goulet project could have been stopped by this Mayor... I don't know why the tail is wagging the dog." said Wyatt,

24.00 Hear the roll call - 7 of the current members of Winnipeg Council, including Wyatt, voted to accept the audit of the Assiniboine Bike Lane a decade ago.

They vowed in Jan. 2012 to ensure the public and affected businesses and property owners were given full information about potential impacts of roadway changes. Will they stand up to the bike lobby as they promised?

"I remember when that bike lane went down and all hell broke loose... If we take the word of the Mayor, 'the culture has to change'. When?" asks Wyatt. 

Later this week- more with Russ Wyatt about the state of the City, and more about yet another proposed business-busting bike lane.

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34:24 Part 3 - 'Seig Heil' hailed at Jewish protesters

- Marty provides a round-up of antisemitic and pro-Hamas activities in Winnipeg, including Nazi imagery at protest marches, and harassment of Jews in the community (one window shot out and counting).

- A columnist in the University of Manitoba newspaper said the Islamist gang rape and butchering of civilians in the Sinai was 'understandable': https://themanitoban.com/2023/10/destruction-of-gaza-forecasted-in-film/45874/

- The blow-up between competing rallies at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights shows that the police made a big mistake by not acting the first time an Israeli flag was stolen, in 2021.

The local Palestinian spokesman, who lauded Hitler's genocide against Jews in the past, told the media "that's just the way things go". Do Mayor Gillingham and Premier Kinew accept that?

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Another mid-week edition focuses on a Mayoral candidate who speaks from the inner city, Don Woodstock. He held a press conference on Wednesday, challenging Glen Murray to sign a Winnipeg Mayoral Service Agreement promising to serve the full term - unlike his last whirl in the Mayor's chair - if elected Mayor on October 26. 

3.10 Don Woodstock told the media: "Glen Murray is a habitual quiitter and Winnipeg should not trust him." 

Reviewing the chronological history of Murray repeatedly getting elected and walking out before the end of his term, Woodstock reminds that the 2004 byelection cost Winnipeg taxpayers $2M. He questions why Murray left public life in 2018 for a 'dream job' at the Pembina Institute, but quit soon after. Hear how he thinks Murray might again be lured away from City Hall.

"Who leaves their dream job less than a year in? Because, Glen Murray is a habitual quitter... he quit on the people of 3 cities - Winnipeg, Toronto and Calgary." 

6.20  Marty explains the history behind Woodstock's talking points about Murray's career moves. He gives some background on the Caledon land development controversy that Murray inexplicably waded into, then asks Woodstock about it.

11.20  Woodstock takes off the gloves, rejecting Murray's different explanations for his apparent intimidation (as a cabinet minister) of Ontario mayor Marolyn Morrison in 2014 to help a housing developer. 

"We've had our fair share of that kind of politics. Winnipegers, we should be sick and tired of it by now (and) guard ourselves from anybody who is affiliated with that kind of politics. That kind of politics have no kind of business in our city hall." 

12.23  Marty details the criminal activity that victimized Morrison for opposing a developer who Murray was supporting. He believes Winnipeg is wiser and more cynical towards corruption in City Hall nowadays - and asks Woodstock about endorsements from the likes of Gail Asper.

16.40  Woodstock identifies the choice for voters: he asserts that Mayoral hopeful Coun. Scott Gillingham and both Gail Asper and Glen Murray represent "that same old big old boys club... that think they have a right to this city. They think they own us all and they turn their nose up at us."

17.47  Marty explores how Woodstock sees this race by going back to the 80's: His mentor Yoram Hamizarachi saw how 'blue ribbon panels' of elitists did anything to maintain their hold on Winnipeg. Woodstock says it hasn't changed and that's why Asper et al don't take responsibilty after they endorsed Brian Bowman 4 years ago -- yet now claim the city is dangerous and decrepit! 

22.47  Woodstock explained he wasn't a "status jumper" - the difference between his previous runs for public office and Murray's.

"He went for greener pastures, why? because he's a habitual quitter... which company you know, small or large, would hire somebody with Glen Murray's track record for quitting? Which one. Tell me. The answer is none." 

24.15  The final segment recaps Woodstock's theme: a career politician like Glen Murray is the candidate of the elite and an old boys club, who admire his upward mobility. But Marty wonders if the "down on earth where there's needles on the boulevard" people of Winnipeg value loyalty and integrity more. 

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'Five Questions for Candidates' kicks off with Aaron McDowell, who registered on July 4 to be a candidate in Mynarski ward, where he had done case work as an EA for over 10 years. This is a great discussion with a person who understands the ways a city does- and does not- work properly, and how that affects residents and businesses every single day. 

"A meat and potatoes campaign" is how he describes the upcoming council race, addressing core issues for families and the area businesses, and explaining how a councilor has to hear out the people they will be representing.  

Aaron talks about his supportive family, the challenges of the north end ward, improving the quality of life, and the neglectful attitude of city hall - council members included - towards Mynarski's issues. 

He repeats what is his calling card: "My neighborhood is burning down and nobody is doing anything about it."

A very animated speaker, Aaron first talks about the support of his family for his career in public service; then he describes a major campaign issue: how absentee landowners use derelict and vacant properties as "ATMs", endangering the North End where he lives and works. "And when they burn down... the adjacent properties burn down too."

He outlines a solution he's worked on for six years to push through the bureaucracy, but will require the cooperation of the province. And we discussed the fact that on 92.9 KICK-FM, we spurred councilors to take action on vacant houses. Except that was 15 years ago, and he insists sterner actions are needed.

The insight Aaron gained into municipal government after years inside City Hall allows him to speak clearly - and bluntly- about crime and public safety, and the failure of other levels of government to support policing - "Morale is just shot. The cops are overwhelmed". 

He goes over the history of the Bowman regime eliminating pro-active policing - which Aaron believes led to a police chief saying adios. We raise the issues of courts and justice systems failing the city, and asked our standard Number 4 Question- isn't it time for the City to stand up to the Province for endangering the vulnerable in Winnipeg? Aaron gives a great answer and thumps the table addressing the sense of fear around the city from violence being caused by "the federal government and the provincial government off-loading their responsibilities onto municipalities."

He fills us in on the history of the issues around the new and increasingly expensive north end police station, (and hey! who knew the bus barn across from the Matheson and Main Sals was closing?). We end off by debating how the North End gets the short end of the stick - and how that has to change. Aaron speaks of a tremendous divide between the city neighborhoods.

"We are the second-tier people on this side of the tracks. We truly are."

Listen to why Aaron McDowell chose to move to the area right out of high school, and why he is so attached to "what's basically been my home my entire adult life." He also promised to do an entire episode with us just on City services. 

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Episode 15 is a rambling session with Marty and Spirited Kenny that kicks off with Bomber talk! And not just the close game, but the Labour Day Classic telecast. Marty compares it to the great sportscasters he knew and emulated as a teenager and says fans deserve better from the TSN broadcast booth. 

7:30 - The details the media miss: The Promenade Cafe closing... where?  

We noted issues coming up in this campaign that we pioneered reporting on locally in the past... for instance:

12:50 - Our old favorite, "Where was the public consultation?" The developer in River Park South missed that step. We wonder how it even got onto a Community Committee agenda. Like, how?

18:49 -  A few fun facts about St. James contender Kelly Ryback, including a remarkable AWA wrestling connection which also connected to Marty. On a serious note, Ryback also took the time to give a very smart and straightforward answer to Marty's questions about another beat we covered, used needles on our streets. He clearly pays attention. The WRHA might not be too happy with at his answer, but we were. Kenny has some good points from his time at the Downtown Watch.

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28:50 - A personal message from Marty: Please read his analysis of the Laith Marouf funding scandal in the Heritage Dept., Trudeau Gov’t Hired Jew-Hater To Train Media In “Anti-Racism”. He goes over the ugly details and says that acceptance of antisemitism within governments and institutions is an alarm bell everyone must heed.

39:19 - There was a rash of new stories about a rash of bike thefts. Even Rick Shone got ripped off. One victim said nothing is safe anymore in Old St.Vital if it isn't nailed down, and a bike retailer said the only way to keep a bike safe is to lock it up- INDOORS. We discuss how crime has been normalized in this city and why voters won't tolerate it. As the current rate, 1 out of every 7 Mayoral candidates is a victim of crime during the campaign.

45:45 - A CBC article spoke with Marty's old boss Kelly Dehn (now in Winnipeg Police Service comms), who gave some insight into police press release practices. The story turned to what candidates for Mayor have said about crime and policing, but didn't state the real reason it's on their radar - the level of random senseless violence, which has spread all over the city far beyond the north end and inner city. We run thru the various statements and ideas the candidates in the story have raised.

52:30 -  Scott Gillingham wants police to revisit compiling crime data. The problem is, he won't finger police Chief Danny Smyth for not only discontinuing it but for botching the analysis of the data when it was collected. We assess the proposals of Shaun Loney, Glen Murray and a few others. Have any thus far shown leadership? We say not yet... 

1:05.00 - Marty asks why no candidate has said 'I stand with victims of crime'? Bus assaults, downtown safety, bike theft - the ripple effects spread through this city. A leader has to speak to their fear and their rights BEFORE they become victims. So many teenagers charged with violent crime, who will muster the courage to ask where the adults responsible for them were? And no candidate or councilor has called out Mayor Brian Bowman, who has time to make pie-in-the-face bets about the Bomber game, but can't bring himself to speak out against the violent senseless murders this summer. 

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We open Episode 26 with an acknowledgement to the 17th anniversary of our launch on 92.9 Kick-FM.

Our deepest appreciation to all our supporters, contributors, producers, advertisers and donors through the years.

8:56 Part 2 - Last Thursday the Free Press published a story about "the chaos at Grace Hospital" based on a tip from a patient.

That same day, one of our listeners was in the St. Boniface Hospital and had their own tip about going to the Tache Ave ER:

"THERE IS NO POINT OF CALLING AN AMBULANCE JUST STAY HOME AND DIE!" 

Marty reviews her emails from the ER, and the conditions she endured and witnessed. You'll hear about filthy conditions, the lack of decent food, her 15 hour wait for a room, and the "15 Code Blues."

- The constant arrival of drug addicts needing immediate treatment for their self-inflicted overdoses has created a backwards dynamic for ER patients at St. B. - "Don't think for a minute you will get the care you need."

"Nobody can do their job as they are being called every 10 mins to resuscitate, the security is all being called to ER waiting room or ladies bathroom or the bathroom in the waiting room." 

When she got back home almost 24 hours later, she concluded:

"All I can say is many good people and old people are dyng while addicts are getting TOP NOTCH CARE AND MONOPOLIZING ALL THE DOCTORS AND STAFF." 

One example was when a girl was stabilized and refused to be discharged. Hear about the violence and the number of nurses and security guards required to get that methed-out woman under control.

And as we learned, the St. B. nurses have to deal with dangerous out of control characters on the way to work.

Part 3 26:33- The Manitoba Nurses Union posted that members working day and evening shifts are being put in peril by the lack of parking in the Hospital district. An MNU member stated:

"It's dangerous as there are lots of people wandering around, high on drugs and whatever else.... what about our patients?? and visitors??"

This is a topic that TGCTS alone in the media landscape has focused on, especially with the City skipping any genuine consultation with those Hospital workers, neighborhood businesses, and residents as they ram bike lanes onto Marion and Goulet, aiming to erase yet another 99 parking spaces in the area.

St. B residents, hospital employees and former employees added their perspective to the MNU announcement- including the muggings bike riders working at the hospital have suffered.

We have the sky-high crime rates in the district and an idea to convert a rarely-used park to accommodate the MNU concerns.

Silent in all of this is the area councilor, Matt Allard, who champions rigged bike lane programs over business, hospital and public safety even though as one nurse observed "Most cyclists I see in downtown St B seems to be addicts."

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Coming up-- Yet another hospital in Winnipeg is beset by controversy; Antisemites continue to ramp up harassment of the Jewish community and now, public infrastructure; Opposition is building against Mayor Gillingham's rush to change zoning rules to access federal cash- which neighborhoods will be the losers?

In Part 1 we provide a brief look at upcoming reports that - like this episode about unsafe working conditions for Winnipeg nurses - will follow-up on recent events and investigations featured on TGCTS podcasts.

During December, listeners will hear about the reaction to the belated apology of PC MLA Obby Khan for signing a letter of support for a Jew-hating U of M nursing student; the arrest of a suspect in the murder of 4 victims on Langside Street; and more news the MSM won't tell you about the dysfunctional, dishonest City of Winnipeg bike lane planning.

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14:35 Part 2 More Nurses In Unsafe Workplaces

A) A listener assisted a friend at Seven Oaks Hospital this week. They learned that with 50 people waiting for care, the staff said there was one doctor on duty. ONE.

B) The Manitoba Nurses Union posted an email from an ER nurse who is at her breaking point.

Hear how she had to call the cops EVERY NIGHT to remove violent dangerous patients who refuse to leave when discharged "who all had histories of violence to ER/UC staff."

"I'm scared I'm going to be physically injured. I have psychosomatic symptoms thinking about going to work, and anxiety before my shifts start."

Sick patients "left due to the vulgarity" of derelicts and addicts: "I was called multiple expletives loudly in the waiting room on 3 separate occasions last night"

"There is more value placed on meat at Superstore than people who have chosen to make it their careers to help people."

C) Marty Gold reviews the comments on her plea for help, including from a husband of an HSC ER nurse, who painted an even bleaker picture. He alleged:

"These problems are exacerbated by the street drugs that patients are allowed to leave for hours with open wounds to obtain, or are brought in by guests."

Should nurses finally invoke the law about unsafe workplaces and refuse to work their shifts? He thinks so. Another person noted, "Not only does it affect nurses but further traumatizes patients… who would want to become a nurse when these are the working conditions!"

32:00 Part 3- In wrapping up, you'll hear about a breaking story we will have in the next 48 hours, involving a leaked report alleging that impropriety by Transit union honchos was covered up.

Some drivers believe the allegations may put the ATU leadership in a conflict of interest, as they are urging members to vote to accept the final contract offer of the City instead of going on strike. As if transit service in Winnipeg needed more problems.

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This week Marty opens with personal comments about the passing of his longtime friend, Terrance Machalek Sr. He'll put out a special podcast about Terry next week; you can read about the award-winning wrestling photographer and community builder and Marty's thoughts in this Slam Wrestling story. 

14:49  Clarification of the overcharges on speeding tickets lawsuit - hear how when you add it all up, including tickets issued by the RCMP, some victims of the DoJ scam got extra-ripped off. That way a $90 construction zone ticket magically turned into $320 fine. Who knew and said nothing?  

24:20  At City Hall, Mayor Scott Gillingham invented another committee. We disagree that a new 'faith and cultural liason' committee will help "When we see rises of Islamophobia, antisemitism, and other discrimination." Marty explains why the Jews shouldn't fall for it and asks why Gillingham tacked on newcomer settlement and homelessness, and never mentions race relations as a priority. We also relay a few "things that I certainly want to know about as mayor." Hear what a listener says about the political tactic: "Not a lot of people will want to serve on this." 

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37:45  In Winnipeg, public washrooms are used too much and have hours cut, or they get torched and closed. We have lots to say about another part of public disorder that our leaders can't fix. Spirited Kenny asks - who watches the washrooms? 

45:45  The Stefanson government is throwing in another $58M for "social housing spaces" and programs but aren't addressing the root causes of homelessness. We discuss what Marion Willis, founder and executive director of St. Boniface Street Links, told the media - "I maybe expected a little more focus on mental health and addictions and the fact that the demographical face of homelessness is very diverse now. It's not what it was. It doesn't divide us by race. I just want to be sure that there's going to be funding for everybody." And what about the drug-induced violence?

54:57  Ep. 13 Part 2 - Kenny has a good laugh about 'the first stupid thing I've heard Gillingham say.'  He keeps laughing all through the 'not a security force!' planned for 5 bus routes in particular and comes up with a better name. Why it took months to address a crisis, and horror stories from bus riders endangered since, especially ones that go past City Hall. They'd rather freeze than sit in filthy broken bus shelters. Also- a hint of a strike?

1:10:57  'One other thing' - one man, 4 daylight downtown assaults...  No need to keep him in lock-up, eh.

And a closing observation about downtown, planning, and wasting taxpayer's money, sent in by listener and city hall watcher, Kelly Ryback. Who needs safe transit when we can have bike lanes? How the political process disengages voters- and why we work on doing the opposite.

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Episode 24 provides a brief overview of the ramping up of Jew-hating marches and rallies around the world and in Canada.

As Tristin Hopper noted:

"If you're referring to a protest that just wants to "stop the violence" in Gaza, you're referring to something that doesn't exist. By my read, there hasn't been a single "pro-Palestine" rally in this country that didn't carry a strong undercurrent of destroying Israel."

Part 1- Cross-country Review:

- a Hamas ally, the Samidoun group, continues to hold antisemitic protests in Vancouver;

- an MP shamed "pro-Hamas protestors in Edmonton who celebrated the slaughter of Israeli civilians and called for a new intifada" and mocks his critics;

- in Toronto crowds chanted in Arabic "smash the Zionists head" as Jews in that city hid their mezuzahs, saw their businesses targeted by mobs, and a school kid was told by a classmate 'do not look at my eyes, You are a Jew and inferior to Muslims'.

15:27 Part 2 - A CAF Vet Tells Defence Minister a Winnipeg Story

A Twitter thread addressed to Bill Blair explains why, in 2018, the first public Menorah displayed by the CAF needed to be protected and secured instead of being placed outside the chapel. Hint: it wasn't because of "Islamophobia".

23.30 - Winnipeg Police met with the Jewish community and it couldn't have gone worse. We have the details.

- The Jewish Federation, which has failed for years to represent the interests of local Israelis, arranged a 'safety meeting' last Wednesday but didn't prepare the cops for what "diversity" actually means in our Jewish community. The police got a earful in the Q and A because Israelis in Winnipeg take the harassment and antisemitic acts a lot more seriously than the 'organized Jewish leadership' and demanded protection.

- On Friday, a vigil in Memorial Park for the hostages kidnapped by Hamas was harassed, and called 911. Unlike the corporate media- we tell what happened.

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37:00- Part 3 - Local examples of Jewish students in Universities and public schools being intimidated

- Retired lawyer Bill Narvey repeatedly challenged the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg to confront anti-Israel hate among faculty and student activists and published in college newspapers, noting "there have been more than several antisemitic confrontations against Jewish students." Will the Federation do anything? Based on the incident with the U of Winnipeg Collegiate basketball team, hell no.

- We cite examples from 2 school divisions of Jewish parents complaining about offensive antisemitic conduct - including chants by students and comments by a teacher- and being ignored.

-   There is a "High School Strike for Palestine" walkout on Monday being fronted by 'Queers for Palestine' and other groups under the guise of "anti-racism" to indoctrinate kids in "Anti-Zionism".

We name the 4 schools initially recruited to demand "recognition of Israel as a settler colonial illegal occupation." Are teachers involved? cause that's what we heard.

- What will school officials, police, RCMP, and Justin Trudeau do if support is espoused for banned terror groups like PFLP, which was seen at the Sunday #CeasefireNow march? It was extolled online by a former city council candidate. Are terrorist enabling groups like Samidoun behind the high school protest, preparing more pro-terrorist signs to be toted along by our children and spread hate?

From a parent: "Students who are not participating need to be protected. The province & the city need to ensure resources are dispatched to every school where this is taking place (& hopefully the bill sent to organizers). Call Nello Altomare Manitoba Minister of Education Phone: 204-945-3720 "

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To open Episode 6 - a recap of the Canada Day weekend road trips to Vita and CFB Shilo, more about Marty's column exposing antisemitism at the Pride parade, and a peek at Marty's upcoming Winnipeg Sun column with St. Boniface residents battling to save Happyland Pool.

10.38 Part 2 - If there's one thing we've got a nose for, it's news about Manitoba Hydro.

Going back to our exclusive KICK-FM interview with 'Miss Whistle'- our listeners have heard important explanations about what the Crown Corporation's numbers have really meant.

As you'll hear, going back to 2015 it was apparent that the poor decisions of the Doer/Selinger NDP era has saddled Manitoba Hydro with an unmanageable debt/equity ratio and almost a Billion going to interest payments and not to power infrastructure, repair and upgrades.

Now, brownouts and blackouts that used to be rare, are a regular occurrence because of system failures, Hydro admits, in a report with the bleak financial forecast.

Riding his wave of popularity, Wab Kinew assures the media, wind farms will save the day. And he's saying No, No, No to Nuclear power - despite it being good enough for our neighbouring provinces.

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18.00 - We ask a few questions MSM didn't - how much power comes from wind farms already? How much does it costs? Aren't wind farm operations subsidized by the government already? How will this make, and not lose, money?

You'll hear a review of how Hydro's financial plan in the past included subsidizing power for Minnesota users- and how Kinew's plan will more than double the current Hydro debt- which is guaranteed by the Province.

20.52 - Kinew's backslide on Hydro- he originally promised to freeze rates - hasn't hurt his honeymoon with voters. Until now.

"A pretty good road map" for him is emulating a Quebec plan. Listen to the math behind how much power Manitoba Hydro needs to build- and based on the Quebec model, a good guess at the astronomical cost.

We also touch on other elements at play that MSM ignores- including construction inflation, eco-credits, the utter lack of residential charging capacity in Winnipeg, and the 'Net-Zero' ideology.

And then there's the unions.

The sound of the bottom line is truly jarring- and could disable the economy and bankrupt Manitoba Hydro.

Marty asks, what happens when Hydro goes broke. Will Wab be telling you to turn out the lights?

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Some of the best, most informed feedback on local current affairs is found in the social media comments of common sense observers whom the MSM dares not to amplify. You'll hear from them in Episode 27, as public disorder is out of control while the failed health care and justice system sets the stage for more.

Robert Allan Ingram was on the radar even before setting over a dozen fires- and endangering people inside St. Boniface Hospital causing $250,000 damage - in May 2020.

CBC reported that Marion Willis of Morberg House, no stranger to our show, did everything she could after Ingram came to their program the previous year to help him...

"She said last time Ingram was hospitalized, her staff tried to urge the hospital not to discharge him, warning that they feared "he's going to kill somebody." "

Despite being on probation, having a meth addiction, mental health issues, and delusions, Ingram was seemingly still deemed sane enough by the system to wander our streets last week. The result- the 27 year old was "charged with aggravated assault and weapons offences" after "an 18-year-old restaurant worker had serious upper-body stab wounds and got emergency medical aid from bystanders before officers arrived" last Thursday night. {How is that not attempted murder? }

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No one can describe these kinds of crime scenes more effectively than Marty Gold can - the ripple effect on the patrons and employees of the restaurant and on the general community means we have to demand answers. Starting with explaining why, as Marion put it, "This was a young man in desperate need of psychiatric evaluation and long-term clinical psychology services that he could never get."

You'll hear a variety of sharp comments and views we gathered, including an observation that saying this attack by Ingram was "unprovoked" may be premature.

Whoever failed his case management almost got that girl at Olive Garden killed. Marty suggests government officials at the highest levels should find out their names, and let the terrified teenager with 3 stab wounds know who they are - so she and her family can ask their own questions.

21:47 - Part 2

You'll hear a brief recap of the CWE wrestling tour Marty hosted that featured noted Manitoba-born author Vern May, who was making farewell appearances in the wrestling ring throughout Manitoba as the retirement of May's alter-ego Vance Nevada draws near. CWE events showcase Family Fun For Everyone.

Then, back to business: Want an example of why the outsized influence of far-out, far-left bike lobbyists needs to be reined in at City Hall?

https://twitter.com/bpincott/status/1667967435205427206?s=43&t=8OsREgqxEfuHbCWa2-SfGg

"Hey @cityofwinnipeg. Was just out for a bike ride & stopped by the public washrooms at Central Park but they are all closed. Plus they had a sign that says they not for “the general public”. Who are the public washrooms for? #winnipeg #wpgpoli"

You will be astonished (or maybe not) at Brian Pincott's smarmy reaction to the common sense explanation from the City Twitter handler. The former Calgary city council member was then schooled by experienced Winnipeggers about how and why we maintain the safety of the wading pool washrooms for our kids.

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We open Episode 16 by talking about Marty's coverage in TheJ.ca of antisemitism in the federal government, and his upcoming story about the relationship of Queen Elizabeth II with Canada and with Manitobans. Then he offers some personal comments about his experience in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 2001 and how the aftermath led him back to Winnipeg, noting it eventually led to meeting Spirited Kenny. 

After discussing some changes to our planned coverage of the civic election, we get into the latest entrants onto the ballot - such as Sargent Ave. icon Sal Infante taking a run at Coun. Cindy Gilroy in Daniel McIntyre, turning that into a serious race. 

In particular we talk about one of our favorite guests on Kick-FM and Shaw TV, former Councilor Russ Wyatt! He is once again looking to represent Transcona at City Hall and was always a big supporter of our work. Marty tosses in a few quotes from and about Russ, from the past.

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31.40 - Mayoral candidates have ideas: 

- Did Shaun Loney calculate 2000 trust fund housing units at $50,000 a door? He also has the idea of the city hiring people who face 'employment barriers' and what it means; 

- Scott Gillingham promises to invest in roads and blasted Glen Murray for his infrastructure record, but his proposal to hire  "Chief Construction Officer' generated some banter; 

- Coun. Jeff Browaty had some sobering news.Whoever becomes Mayor will be facing a $50M shortfall in the rainy day fund, (not to mention transit shortfalls) meaning scope creep and wants vs needs will factor in to opcoming council budgets. 

- Rick Shone, one way or the other, was first out of the gate to echo our call months, nay years, ago - Police Chief Danny Smyth gotta go. Meanwhile police board chair Coun. Markus Chambers says the have confidence in Smyth. 

- In light of that, we discuss an open letter organizing North End businesses to fight crime before it becomes a 'rough neighborhood' and they lose even MORE customers, employees, windows, and insurance coverage. "We're back to boarding up our windows" and they don't want "to go downhill." 

Perhaps Chambers can square that circle, since unlike the Police Board the taxpaying North End businesses DO NOT have confidence in the Chief, or they wouldn't be in this position - the meeting doesn't even invite the cops. We discuss how the policing system under Smyth has failed businesses in Winnipeg. 

- Lastly we try to figure out what really happened befoe the first lawsuit was filed in relation to the election, and try to provide some context to what went sideways at Bronx Park. When a well-intentioned community group hosts a Meet the Candidates event, a moderator can find the meeting is commandeered by candidates eyeing publicity before they know what hit them. 

We wrap up by discussing the media coverage of the election this summer - shame on radio, but bigger shame on the CRTC - and how we are going to persevere to add to the analysis and coverage that's out there. 

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Episode 44 opens with listener comments about our tribute to Brian Smiley; an update on the Dan Rentz 911 suicide call from Episode 42; then lots more updates in the city hall and provincial round-ups!

8:00 Part 2- Using the bully pulpit of the Free Press, Brent Bellamy is the mouthpiece of the elitist 'urban visionary' crowd in Winnipeg, aligned with the radical bike lobby. When Coun. Ross Eadie wrote to the newspaper disputing Bellamy's proposals that would make River and Osborne a nightmare for disabled and blind pedestrians, Bellamy mocked the concerns.

You'll hear Eadie's detailed explanation and the crass, no class response from Bellamy, distorting the issues and dismissing the objections of the councilor who is himself blind. It's indicative of how actual public safety is an afterthought to the anti-car, anti-capitalist mob Bellamy fronts for.

As Eadie put it: "This guy has an architecture stamp – wow... maybe architects should be penalized under the Accessibility For Manitobans Act."

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19.40- That attitude against protecting genuine public safety is on display with the debate about closing Assiniboine Avenue at Main Street. Marty Gold provides the history of the idea, which was a favorite of the Manitoba Club front group, "Friends of Upper Fort Garry" in 2010.

The flaws of the idea were put on the record by Kelly Ryback at the Public Works meeting - starting with a naval base down the block and the use of the road to get to St. Boniface Hospital.

You'll hear audio clips from the subsequent discussion by councilors and the stunning deceptions that the bureaucrats were pulling to conceal their plans, dissuade public input, and cater to their allies in the bike lobby.

26.45 - Janice Lukes and Russ Wyatt question the department heads. You'll hear how emergency services were not actually asked about ambulances getting delayed going to the hospital, the dirty trick of labeling the report as 'information' when they intended to "roll this out" anyways, and Wyatt challenging this "dangerous" idea. Lukes called it "a tricky recommendation" and "confusing."

Another trick was revealed- summer repairs on Assiniboine will block eastbound lanes, which will lower the numbers of vehicles diverted northbound down Fort Street and make it seem less obstructive of traffic than it really is.

34. 14- While the administration called it a "pilot", Wyatt rightly said, "It's a trojan horse, not a pilot".

You'll hear the bureaucrats admit they didn't mention the word 'pilot' anywhere in the report or that the proposal to forbid right hand turns onto Main St. is for a YEAR. This is an example of the public service deliberately deceiving the public to tamp down their input.

Not coincidentally- immediately after Wyatt identified the bike lobby as manipulating this initiative, the YouTube feed of the meeting was mysteriously cut off. He's taking his complaint about being censored to the Governance Committee.

Marty recaps how stakeholders like small businesses and residents downtown are being shunted aside by high-paid liars on the public payroll who favor the bike lobby elitists.

Lastly in the City Hall round-up, a Matt Allard sighting. Hear the questions he's going to be asked as we continue to seek an interview with him. It's not only about the Goulet bike lane, but that's a start.

There's a Happyland Pool fundraising update to end the segment.

48:47 - Part 3 - Provincial round-up

Update on the Bell MTS layoffs in Brandon, as we again scoop MSM;

More reasons why Wab Kinew's NDP shouldn't follow the BC model of hard drug decriminalization and 'safe supply';

Four hopefuls- at least- are lining up to contest the PC nomination in Tuxedo to replace Heather Stefanson, one of whom is a strong voice for the Jewish community, Larry Pinsky. *******

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Despite the best attempts of city bureaucrats to thwart the Gem Equities development plan for Fulton Grove, two city councilors saw through the deception and gave a green light for the plan of Andrew Marquess to continue on to Council committees.

In Episode 33, we bring you audio of the meeting, details about yesterday's violent assaults at a Burger King and on a transit bus, and more on the Happyland Pool campaign.

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8:30 Part 2 - Marty Gold sets the scene for audio from the City Centre Community Committee, which he previewed last week.

14.18 - Developer Andrew Marquess explains to Councilors Rollins and Orlikow his view of the "fatally flawed" process, the effect of arbitrary rail line safety demands on the project's viability, and "what the heck are we doing here with this site?"

24.35 - A bureaucrat wilts when Sherri Rollins asks him to justify why he proposed the Marquess project have a far more onerous rail line setback condition than the Forks residential project does.

27.10 Hear how bureaucrats NEVER mentioned any change to the setback requirements from the previously approved planning document "so there was assumptions made and nobody clarified it." Marquess then questions 'the fundamental disconnect" in the process and that the FCM guidelines are not "a hard and fast" rule of how to measure the setback.

Despite the dirty tricks of staff, Rollins and Orlikow imposed a couple of amendments and agreed to let the Fulton Grove application move through the City Council process.

When outsiders see development projects sideswiped by planners imposing different rules for different people, no wonder they take their investment dollars elsewhere. The taxpayers of Winnipeg deserve better.

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38:06 Part 3- Crime and Public Safety Update

- Panic set in among the public on Wednesday morning after a man was slashed and almost killed at the Burger King at Confusion Corner. In this case people learned from social media about the incident, because apparently none of the TV newscasts filed a report.

You'll hear about the prior attacks on women, bystanders and other prisoners committed in the past 3 years by veteran violent criminal Ethan Muswagon, as we wonder what it says about our society when he keeps getting revived from drug overdoses and released by judges back into the public, only to try to kill again.

The lectures from the bench aren't working, and neither are "failure to comply" charges. Did Wab Kinew's budget deal with this?

- More panic on Wednesday night after a 27 year old minding his own business was punched, pulled out of his seat and dragged off of a bus near St. Anne's on St. Mary's Rd.

The victim's father told the media they phoned the cops 3 times and found out, an attemted murder on a bus isn't a priority on Danny Smyth's watch. "It's insane the way this city is going."

- Marty briefly discusses the path Premier Kinew is on to a legal injection site and "safe supply".

The NDP thinks that'll help. As long as it isn't near their house.

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Feedback from listeners kicks off Episode 32, including about Nahanni Fontaine's MArch MAdness, already at #11 All-Time.

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15:21 Part 2 - City Hall Round-up

- Is the new Director of Property and Development, Hazel Borys, behind the harsh demand to alter the Fulton Grove housing plan? Considering it would chop 485 units from the development and make it unfeasible, you'd think the rail setback requirements would have been settled a long time ago- like say, before the City lost the lawsuit to Andrew Marquess.

23.30 - Transcona Councilor Russ Wyatt made a long Facebook post after the City budget was passed and he pulled no punches.

Now council's official contrarian, you'll hear how he called "petty cuts" like closing neighborhood pools "mean-hearted" and the kind of idea bureaucrats used to be told to "stick in their ear!"

Noting there are never suggestions to cut senior management expenses, Wyatt claimed "The City Hall system keeps councillors running from meeting to meeting, where they end up spending more time with unelected city staff," and his colleagues lose sight of their obligation to the voters that gave them their jobs, because of 'Stockholm Syndrome'.

Wyatt also lauded the efforts of average residents from St. Boniface and Weston who spent countless hours trying to convince council to save their pools.

30.00- Happyland Park pool users launched a fundraising drive and Marty tells the details of the Happy Sport Campaign... We also give a shout out to Will and Courtney Gault for the tremendous charitable causes they've raised money for through Willy Dogs this season.

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36:37  Part 3- Crime And Public Safety Update

- It's more than 3 inner-city convenience stores that have been torched in the last month, when Marty adds them all up- including one down the block from Dr. Joss Reimer's office.

What's behind it, we wonder, a firebug? "competition"? or is it a protection racket?

- Someone tell Nahanni Fontaine that late night shift workers on north Main Street face their own food desert- all the fast-food and convenience stores are closed overnight due to harassment and violence.

- 44.00- According to a homeowner near Inkster and Main, a social services agency has abandoned proper supervision of a group home that "provides person-centered, crisis and treatment services to low and high-risk vulnerable and marginalized individuals living with mental illness and intellectual challenge in our community."

The result? Seven visits by cops and 3 ambulances attended - IN A 24 HOUR Period. (This location is also, in Nahanni Fontaine's constituency. But since she sleeps at night in Lindenwoods, she doesn't care.)

Other people with similar experiences chimed in with their own problem being labeled a 'NIMBY' for expecting a safe neighborhood where their girls aren't cat-called and exposed to degenerate behavior. "You're lucky you're still alive" wrote one woman - beaten in a home invasion - about Winnipeg, "the capital of CRISIS and CRIME."

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A Midweek Exclusive: On Friday, a school just outside Winnipeg told parents that students were not going to observe Mother's Day - and that Father's Day was next on their list. Marty Gold reports on how the message in the memo was reversed after a weekend of "our parent community" responding 'Not So Fast'.

A listener with a child enrolled at Dr. F.W.L. Hamilton School on Henderson Highway was shocked at what transpired, starting with the Friday May 5th 'E-Memo' released by the principal after the school day. In other words, right as the first nice weekend of the spring started.

Parents were patronizingly thanked "for supporting our transition to a more inclusive practice" that they were just hearing about for the first time. Instead, they were outraged at the new school policy. Marty reads out loud what parents were told: annual family acknowledgements of parents (and in many cases, grandparents too) were dismissed as "isolated observances of specific traditions."

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Hear the peculiar language used to describe why students weren't going to be making Mother's Day cards. The policy also would wipe out Father's Day, in favour of letting "students (will) choose someone to acknowledge and make something for" for those occasions.

But before morning recess on Monday May 8th, another E-Memo was sent out, citing that "some feedback from Friday’s e-memo" was resulting in a different cancelation - the new policy.

"... we will continue to acknowledge Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as a school."

We bring details of the May 8 mea culpa, and more - because Marty contacted the school principal with a few questions.

He noted: "The observance of both days showing appreciation to parents is a standard practice in a vast majority of Jewish homes in Manitoba and Canada, in accordance with our religious tradition to "honour thy father and thy mother."

We got a prompt reply, confirming

1 - that the memos you hear are accurate,

2 - the original decision was " a school-based one" and not influenced by the River East - Transcona School Division, and

3 - why he un-canceled the May and June commemorations. However...

An earlier report by True North about the memo explained "the school would instead encourage non-gender-specific observations of “all those who support our student’s (sic)” - but according to the principal at Dr. Hamilton, the outlet identified the wrong school.

He wanted to clarify this involves his school in East St. Paul, and not Kildonan East in Winnipeg as True North⁠ reported.

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In the recap, there's a lot of questions:

- Why try to convince mothers and fathers that the new policy was "a beautiful transition to showing gratitude authentically and organically"?

- Did the memo infer the "isolated observances" being canceled weren't ?? Some interested commenters online thought it did- and backfired.

- Will parents take their questions to the RETSD trustees, to find out whose fingerprints were on the "inclusive" idea to undermine families and exclude their opinions before kids were told Mother's Day was out?

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Episode 39 opens with Marty Gold telling his personal stories of 3 people who have recently passed away- Maggie Roulette of Amaranth, Dr. Monte Kowall, and former newsman and voice of Assiniboia Downs, Jim Farrell.

15:30 Part 2- Guest Kelly Ryback has his own Jim Farrell story to tell before we pick up on ⁠his previous interview on Episode 37⁠.

18.30 Ryback tells about the impact of bike lanes on parents and working families needing to use a car, but worse, how they also interfere with emergency vehicles. He says it's an example of "an ideology that doesn't work".

Ryback springs the news that yet ANOTHER fire station- in the core area!- would be handcuffed by a marginal pet project of the bike lobby. More proof there's no consultation with EMS or hospital officials and "no consideration about the businesses in place, again eliminating parking. The idea everybody's going to take the bus or take their bike, it's not going to happen."

A listener reminded us of one of the first bike lane inventions in 2010, in Lord Roberts, so stupidly planned the South Osborne Residents Group and the fire department forced the city to change it. Are one-sided plans being approved because councilors fear displeasing the small army of bike acolytes? Their own voters feel shunned.

26.10- CBC had the nerve to claim a report enthusiastically endorsing safe injection sites and "safe supply" was independent. You'll hear the proof that was a lie.

Ryback, who's a supporter of the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, says politicians make big promises but cannot get a grip on hunger, addictions, and poverty.

Despite the rah-rah in the report, he explains how safe injection sites have been closed because of the disorder and crime the locations can attract. The discussion turns to the need for rehab on one side, and effective crackdowns on criminal dealers and distributors.

Although the NDP government says "safe supply" isn't on the table, the enabler faction in health care isn't going to take no for an answer - despite the failure in BC where ODs and crime have skyrocketed.

We tell of a BC MLA that the RCMP tried to stifle, after she figured out that half of drug seizures were free drugs the government gave out- some with forged subscriptions. Then there's vending machines. Coming to Winnipeg?

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42:00 Part 3 - More about the quality of life in your community. Ryback insists all revenue from government pot should be going to treatment. Bottom-priced hard drugs created a flood of addicts with hazardous behavior that threatens cops, first responders, and innocent neighbours.

He believes bail conditions and drug sentences are far too lenient but reducing addictions and crime won't go down without enforcement.

48.30- The Jets owners are looking into transitional housing plans for downtown. Should it go near a safe injection site? How about the Market Lands across from City Hall? The discontinuance of Greyhound Bus services, CFT cutting kids loose when they turned 18, have placed vulnerable people in peril.

Ryback goes through the city poverty rates- and children are double the national average. Aboriginal and First Nations communities needed special attention- But former Mayor Brian Bowman didn't want to hear of it.

1:02:52 BONUS AUDIO- In Ryback's previous interview, he said the attitude problem of some councilors towards delegations presenting briefs contradicting their views was poisoning civic engagement.

One of our listeners relayed that they had similar bad treatment from Councilor Rollins but was doing something about it- and had filed a formal complaint with the Integrity Commissioner.

In this overtime segment, Ryback responds to hearing the news about the ruling being sought:

Are delegations allowed to publicly inform councilors of proven methods to supervise contracts and monitor spending? Or, can they be silenced by councilors wielding their political sword?

More news on opposition to new St. Boniface bike lanes, provincial politicians saying mean things about each other, tough questions about teenage criminals, and exclusive audio featuring Conrad Black talking about the CBC - all on Episode 22!

This week, Marty recaps how St. Boniface residents and enterprises were completely denied any meaningful input as the City hid plans to eliminate 99 parking spaces to make room for bike lanes. Manipulating the public consultation process is a key tactic used by the "it's a climate emergency!" crowd all across Winnipeg; St. Boniface is the latest example.

Among the business owners, anger is building - this week even more of them told TGCTS they resent being excluded by City Hall.

We reveal the tepid response to a hit-and-miss Norwood Grove Biz survey, as the organization tries to regain the trust of its members and distance itself from the perception the group had signed off on a plan that will devastate the shopping district on Marion and on Goulet.

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The negative effects of the bike lanes on the neighborhood near the St. Boniface Hospital - eliminating the priority bus lane for morning commuters, creating a Goulet Ave. bottleneck, impeding emergency vehicles- is comparable to neighbourhoods near the MiserIcordia Hospital and Osborne Village who are also ready to fight back.

Marty recalls reports from 8 years ago about bike lane process "hiccups" - so described by a certain city councilor - that have never, ever been fixed. Why not? Hear what else that same councilor said, that directly relates to the fears of residents on Dollard Blvd. leading to the hospital.

Dozens of fed-up stakeholders say they won't roll over for a fringe group that couldn't round up 75 supporters for their showcase cycling event last weekend. Meanwhile, St. B. Coun. Matt Allard continues to stay silent about the scandal. Pourquoi?

18:15 - Over at the Legislature- media hype about pre-election attack ads between the reigning "they fired nurses!" PC's and the "GST will hit 10%!" NDP.

It's so dishonest! said another party leader, ignoring how their own favorite in Ottawa relied on the same playbook to get elected. While rumours swirl about NDP anxiety over Wab Kinew's stagnating support, the MSM searches for a fresh layer of tarnish to put on Premier Stefanson. We will continue to build our coverage around the genuine serious issues facing voters in the October election.

26:47 - Lord Conrad Black was hosted in a 'fireside chat' style interview by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy last week. It was moderated by an ex-Red River College VP who guested with us in the KIck-FM studio back in the day! He posed thoughful questions about politics, history and mainstream media to the former newspaper magnate.

31:49 - Hear Conrad Black describe how he'd reform the CBC. He didn't mince words - "we're all amateur psychologists" he noted before explaining what he thinks of the majority of the newsroom occupants and executive office dwellers at the Ceeb.

34:02 - Marty provides a value proposition for TGCTS listeners: Our local focus earns your support by providing a voice for those ignored by MSM elitists. Holding government accountable is essential to an informed, engaged public.

53:26 - Crime, Courts & Public Safety: What's the record for a single car being broken into downtown? We have a new winner.

We run down the incidents and charges involving armed, violent, young thugs - so many teenagers are victims of robbery, stabbings and worse. From Weston to St. Boniface, from west end schoolyards to St. Boniface greenways, there's predatory violence everywhere and no responsible adults in sight. What should concern everyone, is how certain kinds of delivery drivers were targeted and were never warned by police.

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Our interview with North Kildonan Councilor Jeff Browaty ⁠went so well⁠, we took it into overtime to get his thoughts on the biggest regional story of the summer for Episode 25!

The collapse of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region's vaunted Plan20-50 started with ⁠Marty Gold's column in the Winnipeg Sun alerting the public⁠ of the serious flaws stakeholders exposed at first Public Hearing.

Then when 600 concerned citizens showed up for the next hearing in Niverville- ⁠the WMR postponed the session until a bigger venue could be found.

But the tide had turned. Rural municipalities spoke out with ⁠their own concerns about the WMR itself⁠, the power grab to control elected RM councils, and the 'Winnipeg veto'.

Winnipeg councillors were remarkably silent about Gillingham not bringing the plan back to City Council for their review and approval- something Gillingham voted for when Brian Bowman was mayor. And so did Jeff Browaty.

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Part 1- Marty updates the audience on the Winnipeg Sun's shift to a broadsheet format, the closure of 4 more 7-Elevens and the failure of civic leaders, and the fear of ⁠cat killers roaming the inner city⁠ - which CBC and the Free Press refuse to report.

Then you'll hear why the RM of Macdonald has also rejected Plan20-50. That is 12 (out of 18) Metro members to turn thumbs down on it. ⁠⁠⁠

14.10 Part 2- An EPC member, Browaty doesn't recall if Council was briefed on the Open House held by the WMR last November- and was not aware of the proposed 10 year hold to making changes to Plan20-50.

He says the problems of the "well intended plan" are rooted in being a "creature of the Brian Pallister regime."

"Their communications were abhorrently bad. It was all concentrated power in the Premier's office, he didn't like talking to people whether it was his Ministers, to the media, to the public."

Browaty addresses what he calls "conspiracy theories" of Plan20-50 opponents -

"Is there going to be some shock collar or toll gate or Checkpoint Charlie to prevent you from going beyond your area? Nooo... these Capital Region reeves are not these WEF folks, they're good Joe Lunchbox municipal leaders."

21.40 - Regarding the City Transportation2050 plan which is subject to any over-riding Metro blueprint, "I don't think most residents have any interest or care."

The large crowd in Niverville was drawn under "false pretences", Browaty insists.

"We aren't going to be restricting peoples movements," and will table a motion to confirm it: "Yes yes, if it makes people feel better, absolutely."

Agreeing that any revised plan needs to have proper public consultation, he's focused on protecting "the Winnipeg advantage", and mentions the surrounding RMs need to pick up some of our "heavy costs".

27.30 - Meanwhile, dissenting RMs mentioned WMR fees and costs- and Browaty agrees. "You're right, those consulting dollars were not small."

He describes getting earlier briefings about Plan20-50 but he saw "nothing eye-pokingly problematic" and as for feedback from NK residents, "the concerns were about stuff I don't think are going to see the light of day."

Browaty calls Plan20-50 "basically dead in the water" but maintains, "there's a big advantage to better coordinating the Capital Region."

"Let's find a way where we can sell the Region," he concludes, after agreeing to ensure Council will vote on any future blueprint.

36.20 Part 3 - Marty has a bit about Pallister, more about Browaty's comments, and a lot about how the local media can't give credence to the Hail Mary PR blitz of Plan20-50 supporters or call the rebellious RMs misinformed.

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Provincial budget coverage ain't what it used to be: Tom Brodbeck's column in the Free Press was full of funny backtracks compared to his pre-budget burial of the 'Hail Mary' playbook of the PC government. Is he a comedian?  "It's unlikely she'll find a receptive audience" for "a decent budget" that increases key spending -and puts money back in Manitoban's wallets? What about the 'buffoonery' he predicted in his Feb. 27 column? 

10:15  With leader Dougald Lamont trying to horn in on NDP turf, the Manitoba LIberal Party budget response also earns a laugh or two. Hear what really hasn't worked for decades- the MLP approach to attracting voters.

13.50  Part 2 - During the break, Marty realized there was a big-time tell in the change of headline for Brodbeck's budget analysis. First he goes over the football-play language in the budget preview story, and then breaks down Dr. Tom's new prescription for the NDP: Wab Kinew should vote against the budget - and become a right-wing New Democrat. 

Wait to hear the original title the Mountain Avenue gang created for the column-  there's no doubt they wanted to paint Heather Stefanson as something she's not, to manipulate voters. 

22:09  Part 3 - CDI College under seige, in the Crime Courts and Public Safety commentary. 

We take this personally as our first live remotes on Kick-FM were from their campus at Graham and Main. Reports are that international students from a religious college leasing space inside CDI were the 4 mugged we described last week. Hear of the threats and racist abuse the students endure, the pattern of violence south of Portage and Main, and how this can undermine an iconic nearby burger stand and other area enterprises. 

People petrified to take the bus, daily machete attacks; 13 year olds pepper-spraying folks for shits and giggles put back on the streets. Welcome to Winnipeg.

This unchecked wave of violence, within blocks of the cop shop, is destroying downtown and is Brian Bowman's legacy. It's so bad, the cops can't keep their story straight whether more people downtown post-pandemic makes it safer, or make it worse by increasing the supply of victims. 

While federal revolving-door crime laws release violent derelicts almost immediately to harm more victims, City Hall says 'soon the work will start' on planning meetings that will no doubt be too little, too late. 

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There's no bigger longshot in Manitoba politics than an independent candidate seeking to unseat an established MLA - but that's exactly what Patrick Allard is aiming to do in St. Johns.

A contractor with experience in all sorts of building rehabilitations and renovations, Allard is a lifelong north-ender. He thinks that will help open the eyes and ears of voters in the constituency who may not be satisfied with two-term NDP representative Nahanni Fontaine, who has not lived north of the tracks since she was 12 and who isn't seen as veering out of her preferred social-justice lanes to address serious problems of crime and public safety in the area.

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Allard is no stranger to controversy himself, as a favorite target of the mandate-promoting media during the pandemic and a frequent recipient of pandemic infraction tickets. He threw his hat in the ring to replace Premier Brian Pallister in a by-election and then last fall sought a seat on the Winnipeg School Board.

In this brief interview at his campaign office opening, Allard outlined his vision for what an MLA should be doing for the North End.

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Almost simultaneously this weekend, Facebook groups from 2 neighborhoods voiced the same concern- "No Street Lights"

In River Heights and St. Boniface residents started piecing together what they- and Marty Gold- have noticed for weeks and months.

Episode 25 compiles those observations into an undeniable conclusion: Manitoba Hydro is failing to provide an essential safety service, and City Councilors who mouth platitudes about "public safety" aren't standing up to be counted.

From Grant to Tache and from Corydon to Norwood Flats, the street lights aren't on. And it isn't just in those districts - from the West End to the Main Street strip, areas where fear of break-ins and muggings is already peaking, darkness looms over anyone needing to walk home from a late night shift or to catch a bus.

And 311 won't lift a finger to help -Marty Gold has the details, including how both the City and Manitoba Hydro discourage residents wanting to report the dangerous failures. It's outrageous, and Winnipeggers deserve better.

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16:53 Part 2 - Crime Courts and Public Safety Update, sponsored by JamRock Security

On Sunday we saw the evidence that Winnipeg is well on the way to becoming the new Detroit. Whether it's a daytime triple stabbing in Osborne Village or an evening shooting near Health Sciences Centre, the neighbours both said the same thing - 'we gotta move'.

TGCTS reviews the details of the stabbings and the stabber, who seems linked to the homeless encampment near the Osborne Bridge. What don't city officials mention when they discuss "services" provided free of charge to those camps?

Osborne Village has had an 82% increase in crime since 2019. Will the area MLA - a certain Manitoba premier - and the area councilor take a stand for the people who thought going to the drug store was a safe decision?

Here's what one of their Village constituents, a father with small children told the media:

“What kind of human wants to live in this kind of environment, where you could be subject to a random variable. I don’t know what to do anymore. It’s just a constant issue.” ******

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In Part 1 of Episode 28, Spirited Kenny talks about what it was like to watch the antics at the CWE 50 Man Rumble to Remember last Sunday, and to see Marty compete in the main event. 

"If you would have said a year ago that I would be at a church on a Sunday night with 200 people chanting your name...?"

Kenny, who was enlisted as a temporary house announcer, tells his impressions of the undercard match-ups, the athletic efforts and characters of CWE wrestlers, the knowledgable fans who packed the Holy Eucharist Hall in EK, and how the Rumble is a "sprint and a marathon mixed together."  

Marty tells what it was like to go nose to nose with champions like Hotshot Danny Duggan in the ring, and the fear he had when the CWE hardcore champion Mike Mission came after him with violent intentions. They also laud headliner Davey Boy Smith Jr., a truly elite athlete hailing from the Hart Family of Calgary. He is the most approachable superstar in professional wrestling, with charisma would make him a headliner in another realm- politics. 

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29:20  Part 2 - Marty tells what stories are coming up this week in TheJ.ca, Canada's national online Jewish newspaper. It appears that in Ottawa, you can't turn around without bumping into a Jew-hater who has been invited to a government event or received gov't funding.

36:00  The Manitoba Clinic has been in the red since it expanded in 2018. Now it's $8M in the hole with 52,000 sq. ft. of unused space. Kenny was unamused by how they gouged patients before seeking bankruptcy protection. Their business plan was like adding cabs for Xmas without having drivers to put behind the wheel. We have a few ideas about how to put the extra space to good use. Hear the insight about the Clinic from an insider about the mismanagement of our health care system. 

45:00  More health care failures - hear a WFP letter to the editor about Veterans Affairs officials promoting assisted suicide instead of taking care of our veterans in need. The therapeutic state medicalizing suicide as a government cost-cutting measure is truly disgusting. 

52:00  A review of Gallop Polls since 1993 revealed how far and fast trust in newspapers and TV news has crashed. We talk about some of the whys, pivoting to a Fake News report in the Free Press about a death after a 2 car collision on Route 90 that involved a person who was on the road. The circumstances were twisted to invent a 'cars are dangerous' media narrative involving hit and runs, but this isn't the same as recent incidents on actual streets with actual sidewalks.  

We also review photos of the area that hint how a person could have been drawn to mistakenly walk towards that section of the road - strictly speculation on our part, but a possibility.   

1:09:30  We had scant details but there was a police shooting on Portage involving a stopped driver, and there was a stolen car takedown on Main Street- we reviewed what was known at airtime.

1:13:30  Police allege that Jeremy Skibicki is a serial killer. There's at least 4 evidently marginalized women he murdered - is he Winnipeg's Pickton? Would a revamped missing persons reporting system have helped?

We review the allegations, what we know about the victims, and discuss whether it's logical for activists to tout him as a representation of Canadian society, as opposed to what he appears to be - a Neo-Nazi pathological nut.

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In Episode 28, we look at how a city councilor was schooled by outraged transit users, and then at the polls that the Manitoba NDP fears.

With the snow melted off of city sidewalks, St. Boniface councilor Matt Allard had to find a new topic to flog. It's actually not 'new', because Allard has simply returned to his one of his 'urban visionary' pillars, public transit.

In a social media posting on Thursday he managed to restrain himself from the kind of climate doomsday hysteria he hectors fellow councilors about in policy debates, and stuck to the basics. I take a bus from Windsor Park a lot, he said, and here's how I do it, and here's what I think needs to be be improved.

Unfortunately, he also insulted the intelligence of just about everyone else in the community with this head-splitter:

"... despite all of these advantages, many Winnipeggers don't take the bus because they don't feel safe. The bus is a public space and like other public spaces there are safety risks. There are also safety risks when travelling by car, so much so that Manitoba Public Insurance started the Save the 100 campaign, a campaign that points out the 100 people a year that lose their lives in traffic collisions. Once on the bus, chances of fatality are almost nil."

Marty compiled the heated reaction to Allard's dismissive attitude from Facebook and Twitter respondents, and from a few loyal listeners who swiftly sent in their own observations. Among the highlights:

"This has got to be the dumbest comparison I have ever heard."

"Are people getting knifed and seeing their children beaten in their own cars?"

"The last time I was on the bus, someone went unhinged and started screaming like crazy. My kid still talks about that. Not worth it. "

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Allard seems unable to grasp the obvious reasons why Winnipeg Transit is failing, but one user gave him a helpful summary - "Fares are high; Buses are off schedule constantly; Many lines come so infrequently that they can add hours to your ride; Peggo is slow to the point of uselessness."

Hear how one woman coincidentally had tested his idea to reduce her private vehicle use - and how far short that experience fell from his utopian vision.

A few of the comments came from transit users in Allard's own ward, where criticisms abound about poor service near St. Boniface Hospital, fare-jumpers, and filthy bus shelters commandeered by homeless addicts.

This segment reviews a laundry list of shortcomings and failures, from scheduling to routing to no service on Sundays like it's the 1950's. That's aside from riders having to watch out for used needles and machetes. It was also pointed out the absurdity of Allard's suggestions for a new app and other changes, when the entire rider experience collapsed on his watch as Public Works chair.

Lastly, a former transit operator of almost 4 decades dumped on the toxic management of Transit and spilled the beans: "There is no safety on a bus."

This a startling example of how hard-left ideology among our elected officials is detached from the everyday ramificiations of their failed policies for working class voters- and for bus drivers too.

31:14 - Part 2 - While the headlines blare "Manitoba NDP continues to lead Tories", the devil is in the details.

Listen to the polling numbers and the way the margin between the opposition and a provincial government facing "overwhelming dissatisfaction" (according to an Angus Reid poll) has shrunk by over 66%, from 18 points to only 5 now.

With the Liberals fading fast, Marty explains how a German word about chess tactics comes into play as Wab Kinew and Heather Stefanson enter the election period facing a sceptical electorate.

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A wisecrack from a listener has Marty Gold recounting the history of "Hail Aurtarlia" to open Episode 34. Another listener commented about a retirement at CBC-TV, who the new Winnipeg anchor might be, and what needs to be improved in local CBC coverage- but won't be.

6.00 - Researching into the provincial budget, we flagged a few items for our upcoming interview with the CTF- including a meagre break for home security systems that the NDP refused to implement 15 years ago despite their own Speaker at the time, George Hickes, supporting our idea.

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12:43 Part 2- The Wab Kinew government has alloted funding to "anti-racist" education and Holocaust curriculum. Marty Gold says it's giving false hope to the community.

That's because, last year the Winnipeg media blackballed coverage of the incident involving an outburst by "Free Free Palestine" University of Winnipeg Collegiate athletes at the Gray Academy Jewish campus. The Free Press couldn't even bring itself to admit the chants and gestures were antisemitic. And the Department of Education and the schools involved did nothing to get to the bottom of it.

In other words, the authorities are all talk and no action when it comes to harassment and intimidation of Jewish students - and the media sides with the "protesters".

17.00 Three local newspapers have allowed bizarre, antisemitic narratives disguised as "pro Palestinian" activism to be published without balance or challenge to the inherent anti-Zionist messaging.

- The Manitoban has ceaselessly promoted a concept put before the University of Manitoba Student's Union to adopt a definition of "Anti-Palestinianism' invented by an national Arab lawyers group. You'll hear how Rhonda Spivak dismantled the notion the proposal is any equivalent to the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

"The proposed definition of anti-Palestinian racism will not allow for supporters of Israel to present their viewpoint on campus, or criticize Hamas or the Palestinian side in any way, without running afoul of the definition of "Nakba Denial" ... anyone speaking in favour of a two-state solution, Canada's stated policy, will run afoul of the definition of Nakba Denial in the proposed definition before UMSU."

In other words, it's antisemitic.

- The Winnipeg Sun without hesitation printed a letter to the editor that claimed the October 7 massacres was a "false flag" operation falsely blamed on Hamas - as rancid a conspiracy theory as can be imagined. Yet the newspaper published it.

21.30 Meanwhile the Free Press, still reeling from the blowback to a Jen Zoratti column about October 7th, was embarrassed by an Honest Reporting Canada investigation into a column by far-left Faith reporter John Longhurst.

Longhurst performed stenography duty for the antisemitic Mennonite Central Committee, which claimed Israel was withholding food aid from Gazans.

"On the day Longhurst’s article was published, well over 200 trucks filled with humanitarian aid entered Gaza, in addition to 159 tonnes of additional aid airdropped over the coastal territory. The next day, 258 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza, 166 of which carried food, well over twice the amount that was entering the enclave prior to the war."

As we explain, when the media repeats misinformation and slanted reporting assailing Israel for carrying out a "genocide" and deliberate starvation, Marxist politicians like Nahanni Fontaine repeats the narrative of Jew-haters, citing the Fake News media reports.

To the dismay of militant Palestinians, Mayor Gillingham has stood his ground and refused pressure to add a "ceasefire now" motion to a city council agenda, after Wab Kinew caved in to them.

MSM won't ask, but we do- When the Iranian-funded "Al Quds Day" comes to Winnipeg, will the Mayor and Premier tolerate a thousand pro-terrorist marchers calling for "Intifada revolution" and the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel?

An unexpected Episode 14 tells the story of what really happened in Niverville on August 8th, when the public demanded to be heard by a shocked Winnipeg Metropolitan Region board. Interviews and audio help deliver the details about the scene.

6.10 Part 2 - Marty Gold reviews the obvious red flags and how WMR staff completely failed to prepare for the groundswell of public concern. No one should have been surprised the second hearing attracted a bigger crowd than the first one.

9.30 Don Woodstock describes the RCMP on the scene- "the organizers of this event recognized very early when the room was 3/4 full, that there was more people outside than in the room."

Hearing chants of "let them in" from those granted entry and "shut it down!" from those excluded, "I recognized this won't go away quietly" and the RCMP could not get them to leave.

13.00 - "They cannot have the meeting inside and have more people outside who want to have a voice."

Woodstock criticizes how "all the able bodied men" on the WMR board including Mayor Scott Gillingham took no action and "they let this little lady (a staff member) face that crowd and she was petrified."

Helping her address the angered crowd in the lobby he says the WMR "wanted to ram this hearing through until I insisted those people outside are not moving until we move."

17.00 - Hear audio of the announcement by WMR chair Michael Moore of the postponement of the hearing, which dispels fake news it was caused by "incidents".

23.00- While the audience was told the session would be reconvened in a larger venue and 40 days notice would be given, "nobody's making a move" to tell the 300 waiting in the lobby.

"Gillingham and all of the mayors and so-called men, if they were leaders, they would have got up and talked to them... if they didn't make a decision inside soon, that would have boiled over. "

27.30 - It was left up to Don Woodstock and Marty Gold to calm the people down. At ActionLine.ca, we show Steinbach Online video of Marty addressing them.

30.00 - "Why did none of them (think) it best to come out and address the crowd?"

Woodstock portrays the Mayor as being afraid to deal with concerned Winnipeggers, which numbered approx. 75% of those excluded- "He was the first person at the table to run away."

35.40 - Marty's theory is that the process is set up to make sure Winnipeg council is bound by Gillingham's decisions. Read his call in the Winnipeg Sun last week for Gillingham to hold a referendum at this link.

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42.15 Part 3-- A CJOB newscast falsely claimed there were 'incidents' forcing the postponement and then host Richard Cloutier piled on.

He said texts from his stooges alleged 'there has been some disruption at this hearing by a group that wants to get all sorts of publicity, not going to give them the publicity they're looking for". Hear why that was all Fake News.

48.00 Failing to sneak the hearing past the public, a compliant media was recruited to parrot the narrative of Metro planners. Is this a harmless plan to boost job creation? They will baselessly try to smear opponents of the bylaw as rednecks, hayseeds and an extremist fringe and the planners as their all-knowing superiors.

52.00- A brief review of the fears in outlying communities- including those not yet part of the WMR club- about how the plan would infringe on their rights. Would CJOB tell their story?

54.00 Hear Patrick Allard's take away - "if they can't plan a meeting how can they plan our municipalities?"

With lockdowns making Manitobans more aware of government over-reach, he explains many believe "private entities staffed by government officials should not control municipal bylaws and zoning and planning and development." He calls on the city to advertise the next public hearing so residents aren't kept in the dark.

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Episode 17 tells the tale of when the United Kingdom's most notorious Holocaust denier brought his book tour to Winnipeg in 1986.

David Irving, an unhinged military historian, finally died this week but many of the same lies he spread in his books and speeches have been heard from Hamas supporters since October 7.

You'll hear audio of the vile revisionist history David Irving told a Winnipeg audience about Hitler's genocide of Europe's Jews, from TV news reports that Marty has preserved for decades.

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7:42 Part 2 - The history of David Irving and his path to Winnipeg is recounted: From his college days printing an article calling Hitler the "greatest unifying force Europe has known since Charlemagne", to claiming the Diary of Anne Frank was a forgery, to telling a famous British TV host there was no evidence Hitler knew of the systematic slaughter of Jews by his regime.

David Irving became an ally of the National Front and of Canada's convicted and deported Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel.

20.15- Under the leadership of Yoram Hamizrachi, the Manitoba Intercultural Alliance forged a unique standing in the Charter of Rights era. Ethnic community trailblazers like Ken Babb and Strini Reddy were part of the group and Marty became secretary.

After the Jewish council convinced a hotel to cancel Irving's speech, MIA learned another hotel in Fort Garry picked up the booking, and were determined to bear witness to the proceedings- regardless of the personal risk.

22.30- You'll hear the report of CBC's Brian Yasui in 1986, his description of the books, the audience, and his questions for David Irving. The audio includes a clip of the defence of Hitler which you will not believe.

Marty tells of a close call that night when he was followed, and why his experiences in that era establish him as the top reporter exposing antisemitism in our city

28.00 - Brief audio of the CBC report the next day, with the voices of Jim Compton, Sandra Lewis- and a very young Marty.

A few years later Irving told audiences "The gas chambers that are shown to the tourists in Auschwitz are fakes," that only 30,000 died there and the Jews "had it coming" and told followers "to treat these little legends with the ridicule and bad taste that they deserve."

After work on the second Zündel trial, Irving declared he'd be a "one-man intifada" against the idea that there had been a Holocaust. Irving got what he deserved with a massive and financially ruinous court loss that was the subject of the motion picture Denial.

Winnipeg needs to remember this dark chapter when Mayor Norrie and Premier Pawley were silent as a Hitler-loving "moderate fascist" spread antisemitic conspiracy theories in our community.

32:04 Part 3- The encounter with David Irving was a challenge for Marty Gold at age 26 to implement the lessons he learned from his family and at Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate.

To this day, there are antisemitic elements in Winnipeg who emulate David Irving.

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Part 1 5.55- A 14 year old girl was stabbed and killed on Graham Avenue downtown, in broad daylight last Friday. Police are looking for a group involved in the 40th homicide of 2023.

In our Crime and Courts reports, we have continually raised the alarm about downtown safety, including in June: Violent Marauding Teens- And Pre-Teens - Sowing Fear Across Winnipeg

We covered the last murder of a teen on Graham Avenue: “What the hell is wrong with this city?” Swarmings & stabbings & try taking a bus

We've spoken about the ripple effect of rampant violence on the community. Hear how Friday's killing shocked a women who uses the Graham corridor to get to work in St. Boniface- and was already distraught about how dangerous St. B and all of Winnipeg has become.

13.30 - An update on the status of the suspects in the murder in St. James. One was arrested and seems to be a rapper; but unreported in MSM, the other suspect has warrants for a raft of charges even before the killing of Lawrence Evan Pruden aka "Rich Porter". Shootings and stabbings and the Corydon carjacking are why people are scared to simply walk to their cars in a lot of neighborhoods, let along go shopping.

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22:00 Part 2 - Marty Gold tells of being recognized in The Hockey News. He was interviewed for a retrospective about Winnipeg trucking owner George Smith, who thumbed his nose at Alan Eagleson and became a hockey folk hero.

27.50 - Public Safety Update: A Focus on Antisemitism

The harassment tactics of Jew-haters gets established in other countries before migrating to Canada.

Hear how in the US, there were 199 incidents of bomb threats and swatting incidents. The list of states will astonish you.

- A former CTV reporter, Alan Fryer, made a scorching comment about the virtue-signaling Trudeau government, but calls by protesters inside Canadian shopping malls for the murder of Jews gets silence. "Your government watered these seeds."

- We bring details of the disruption of Christmas shopping and visits with Santa in 3 Toronto malls by the intimidation tactics of low-lifes who among other lies, claim "Jesus was a Palestinian."

What will Mayor Gillingham and Police Chief Smyth do when it happens here?

- Think we're safe? Four terrorists were arrested in Calgary, 3 underage. Then, listen to the story of an arrest of a teen in Ottawa, and how the mystified Iraqi father may have lied to Global News and have actually had a role in the radicalization of his kid. We draw comparisons to the un-investigated Jew-hating behavior of University of Winnipeg Collegiate athletes.

- Justin Trudeau and Wab Kinew thinks refugees from Gaza should be welcomed into Canada and Manitoba. The problem? 80% support Hamas. That's why no Arab country takes them in.

- Will the Liberal/NDP refugee program weed out antisemites and Christian-hating Islamists? Of course not. They won't act against the Islamists already here- still no arrests in the 'Hitler is coming video' proves that.

Then - We have more on the menorah removal at City Hall.

43:48 - The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg is under fire for going along with Mayor Gillingham's explanation of why the recognition of Chanukah was interrupted. Donors like Sandy Shindleman have questions.

Hear the letter sent to the Federation assailing their 'shtetl' mentality and weak leadership. MSM doesn't explain the organization only represents their 1300 donors, and not our 14,000 Jewish residents. We've asked their honcho for an interview.

This column in the Western Standard, asked "who's running the city? Cowards?" after the leader of the Israeli community was manhandled over a parking infraction. We learned who the rogue cop is.

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The more we asked the businesses in St. Boniface about the 'Moving on Marion' roadway changes planned for outside their front doors, the worse it got.

Marty explains how he continued to knock on doors and canvass Marion Street stakeholders asking what they did - and did not - know about the plan. "What Open House ??" He describes the mix of enterprises on just one block between Tache and Kenny, that without exception, consider the city plan as a deadly risk to their success. And we add those findings to the Scotiabank branch and The Dog Loft a block east also being left in the dark.

How did we get here? Well, as Marty clarifies, the public consultation and Open House was conducted not by city staff as he had thought - but by outside consultants - meaning this is a redux of the 2010 battle of the bike lanes and one-sided public processes.

How many businesses had no idea about the bike lane proposed on their street? Or about the loss of scarce parking spots for customers? We tally the scorecard and it's shocking. Hear their valid concerns and complaints about a biased and slanted system that caters to the self-centred bike lobby and has no interest in the viability of services in the area.

Marty also tells of a brief, surprising conversation with the new director of the Norwood Grove Biz. She revealed that she ALSO had no idea about many of the plan details - and she first saw them at the March 18 event! She said the Biz has been in disarray - and none of the member businesses were notified of the Open House by her.

But but but... the consultants told the open house gathering that "The biz wants this"?

Well... maybe the public was... lied to? Spirited Kenny suggests "If this isn't incompetence, it's almost sinister."

And listen for the name of the one BIZ board member who could have taken action to inform the Biz members- but chose not to.

25:47 Winnipeg is no stranger to rigged public consultations influencing urban planning. The Facebook comments from the affected St. B neighborhoods about our illustrated YouTube summaries point to a slanted Open House process- even before the March 18 session. There's a severe disconnect between the 'climate crisis' proponents steering bike lane and AT policy and the hundreds of businesses and residents impacted by their agenda - and it's widening.

Local councilor Matt Allard gets pointed criticism in "Comment of the Week." Hear why all of Winnipeg city council, from Mayor Gillingham on down, should be concerned with what citizen journalism has uncovered about bike lanes- again.

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37:20 Part 2 - The latest Manitoba polls confirm our previous analysis - support for the Wab Kinew-led NDP has plateaued. We discuss what the "experts" don't explain about the gains the PC's have made in the last year and the excuses they make.

52:50 Despite the 'down to 9%' Liberals asserting that the unpopular federal Trudeau brand should have no effect on their provincial success, we found an obvious federal policy proposal involving minors that will, big time.

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1:03:00 Part 3 - Marty tells about the fun and action he helped present at three family-friendly CWE wrestling shows over the weekend,

1:12:20 Crime Courts and Public Safety - We report on the background of an accused Sargent Avenue killer, his own words about his history in CFS care and with gangs, and some unreported history about his victim.

Also: One stolen (from St. B) car, 3 women (one a juvenile), and 3 wrecked cop cars as the Level 5 designation makes a TGCTS comeback; a gun-toting taxi customer; brass knuckles on a bus; and quotes from Solzhenitsyn and Tristin Hopper about crime and punishment - of the victims.

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When it became apparent that the liquor supply disruptors were heading to a contract agreement, the mainstream media lost a reliable supply of daily hot takes and updates. In analyzing the fallout, we see how unionized reporters can show their bias when reporting on government labour issues.

As Marty Gold describes in Episode 50, there had already been a difference of opinion between the MGEU and the liquor workers union about moving to arbitration. And NDP leader Wab Kinew and his MLLC critic Lisa Naylor had already given contradictory messages on how they would handle labour actions if they were in charge of Manitoba.

Then, the tabling of a 12% raise likely to be accepted by MLLC workers gave the NDP one less source of headlines to work over the PC's with.

Luckily, the local newspaper leapt to the rescue.

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"Massive, multinational alcohol beverage companies are trying to bend the ear of Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government", breathlessly pronounced the Free Press, manufacturing yet another liquor industry crisis.

Demonizing the Stefanson government for promising more private retail distribution wasn't enough - it's a plot that includes greedy brewers and bottling barons!

Never stated outright, is the anti-business mentality that insists there's something sinister about how Labatt's "previously advocated against increased markups on liquor in Manitoba" and other companies registered to lobby MLAs "amid a bitter liquor workers strike that comes after repeated attempts by the Tories to expand private booze sales."

One of the bills proposed a pilot project in corner stores or grocery stores. The second bill would allow private beer vendors and wine stores to stock additional thirst-quenchers. Somehow, that's a threat?

In the old-time newsrooms in Winnipeg, bottles of scotch were a staple item in desk drawers of publishers, editors, and ink-stained wretches covering courts cops and sports.

Now, modern journalists draw a direct line between bottlers wanting drinkers to be able to afford their products and in more places with dismantling the job security of union members. No wonder the Winnipeg Press Club folded.

24:51 Part 2 - As public trust in public institutions such as the mainstream media collapses, Marty looks at some of the reasons why it's happening in Winnipeg.

One reason: people being told things they are concerned about are 'conspiracy theories' when they aren't.

Don't worry about the WEF influencing governments to impose their warped goals, claims the Free Press, worry about Labatt's or Molson's wanting you to be able to buy beer at the 7-11 and not get gouged on the price...

Lastly, another example of where the local media is failing: "The North End is forgotten about."

Garbage dumping in North End back lanes leaves filth and used needles strewn in the path of children; it took 2 years to finally report on. The public doesn't feel they can turn to the broadcast media and get action on their problems if it can't be framed by the elitists in the media as an issue of 'equity' 'justice' or 'climate crisis'.

Here at TGCTS, we frame local stories using sensible and realistic criteria, not those of the WEF.

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Cindy Gilroy has represented the West End ward of Daniel McIntyre for ten years. In Episode 30 you'll hear a fast-paced 20 minutes as we ask her about key issues facing Winnipegl.

Part 1- Marty Gold speaks briefly about his exclusive report in the Winnipeg Sun on November 7th -Province, CFS won’t discuss at-risk child reported at Mostyn Park encampment 

7.20 Part 2- Cindy Gilroy isn't happy a council committee isn't acting on a report about a clean-up of the heaps of used needles, weapons and broken glass being found in kids playgrounds and inner-city parks.

"Every kid, when they go to a park, need to feel safe.... we have to find the money to keep them safe for kids."

Hear her comments about the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority abandoning needle return targets, yet maintaining discarded needles was "rare".

15.00- The safety of bus drivers and passengers has gone downhill but Gilroy believes the new transit service plan will help. She wants better lighting at stops, and getting cops and transit support workers riding the buses.

18.00- Asking about the future of the Arlington Bridge gets Cindy Gilroy fired up- "We need the bridge fixed".

Citing population growth in the North End, suburban councillors opposing paying the costs "are wrong... we need to focus on the other side of the city" and is worried about the closure "dismantling the community."

Noting the Louise Bridge is also disintegrating, she says "We have two bridges and we have no thought of even how we're going to deal with them."

20.25- Mayor Scott Gillingham is floating new fees and taxes to increase revenue but Gilroy isn't aware of the specifics. While she agrees in principle the city needs more cash, "I don't wnat to do it on the backs of people that are already struggling."

The increased fees for residential parking passes unfairly punishes inner-city neighborhoods like hers that can't afford extra charges and wants it reviewed. Asked about the pattern of tax dollars being wasted by City Hall projects, Gilroy says "There's definitely room for efficiencies."

25.30- CBC distorted what Gilroy said about riverbank homeless encampments and she sets the record straight.

"I have said we need a new encampment strategy that really dictates where we're going to allow them."

She talks about the concept of a shelter system that would allows users to come and go but keep their belongings safe.

Citing federal guidelines that forbids "just kicking people out," Gilroy wants more housing and services to address the underlying mental health and addictions at play.

"The citizens of Winnipeg want us to figure this out."

"It's not OK" for homeless camps to be interfering in the public's access to city parks. Gilroy wants to ensure "our parks are safe, our river fronts are free from fires... there is a way that we can do this but so far we haven't come as a council and had those hard discussions."

Related: ⁠How would Mayor Gillingham deal with a homeless camp in his backyard?

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29.45- Marty Gold tosses an idea at Coun. Gilroy about where homeless encampments can be moved to.

While Gilroy laughs at first, she stops laughing when told the province actually banned encampments on the Legislature grounds, shifting all emergency response costs to the city.

It also shifted all the danger onto law-abiding residents along the Red and Assiniboine rivers, instead of Wab Kinew and the NDP government sharing the burden.

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In more of "What's old is new again", the dream of the urban visionary crowd to open Portage and Main to pedestrians is back on the civic agenda.

In Episode 22 you'll hear a breakdown of the economics that Mayor Scott Gillingham says has led him to be for it- after he was against it.

In contrast to 4 council members standing with the Mayor at the announcement, Coun. Brian Mayes of St. Vital argued that Gillingham is ignoring not only the 2018 plebiscite result, but possible alternatives, and is being divisive.

12.15 - Coun. Russ Wyatt took to the podium on Friday after the Mayor was done- and you'll hear a brief comment the Transcona representative made before staff shut down the microphone.

Wyatt also flagged that the report was written by a city planner, not an engineer. You'll hear questions a listener with professional experience raised, about the waterproofing membrane that's failing and about validity of the study.

The numbers seem to prove there's little to no difference in the costs to repair the corner - $73M - compared to opening it up, which would entail a big price tag to mothball the Circus concourse underground.

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Has the City report factored in increased emergency response costs, including inevitable pedestrian incidents and traffic flow delays?

And, as one listener suggested, "There will be fights over panhandling spots."

Marty speaks out about the potential ruinous ripple effect on the quality of life in St. Boniface for area residents, businesses and the Hospital, if Portage and Main gets the urban vision dream of walkers crossing a wind tunnel at street level.

21:31 Part 2- "The closing of Portage and Main to pedestrian traffic in 1978 was a major step forward in terms of pedestrian safety and traffic flow in downtown Winnipeg."

That's what the mainstream media won't tell you - but we will.

When bumbling Brian Bowman tried to leverage the issue going into the 2018 civic election, a retired cop set the record straight.

Former deputy police chief Menno Zaharias wrote:

"Then there was Portage and Main. The intersection from hell in terms of traffic and traffic duty... but then add pedestrians to the mix and it was a nightmare." 

Listen to the column Zacharias posted that described the mayhem in winter as drivers and walkers struggled for traction, and the resulting gridlock. Ask your own councilor if they can refute the conclusion of Menno Zacharias:

"The re-opening of Portage and Main to pedestrian traffic would be a great plan if your end objective was to bog down the center of Winnipeg into a total rush hour gridlock and at the same time endanger the lives of pedestrians."

We add to his historic observations with the modern-day potential of needing police on-site round the clock to maintain public safety.

Marty Gold sees the rush to push this through council at the same time they are handling budget debates, as a return to the anti-democratic 'walk-on motion' tactic in the Sam Katz era. And we all know how well that worked out.

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This is a doubly special podcast - the exact date of the debut of TGCTS on 92.9 KICK-FM in 2006, and another Blue Bomber appearance in the CFL Championship game. 

Episode 27 kicks off with a post-game review of the Grey Cup game (very good), the telecast (very not good) and we break down the 24-23 loss to the Argos. Marty explains how this may supplant the 1965 Wind Bowl vs Hamilton as the most disappointing Cup loss. He also describes the archival film of the 1959 Bomber win over the Ti-Cats he watched lately with many Hall of Fame names coming up.   

13:30 - As we were recording, we got a funny report from a fan at the stadium. A funny brief note about their post-game dealings with 2 TV crews. Spirited Kenny has dim views of the pregame content  - and tells how at least one teen handled the halftime "entertainment." We also talk about our food choices for the game including a newly discovered and much coveted sour dill pickle brand.

28:00  Marty's recalls his first CFL game - and most of the rest he attended as a kid, seeing the Bombers struggle with one surprising victory in the mix. He also found an ancient Grey Cup program in the great office clean-up and reviews the articles and players featured.

39:00  Tune in to hear a rarity - Marty being on the other side of the microphone and he's interview about his upcoming match on Nov.27 in EK

40:12  Part 2 - the 16th Anniversary retrospective! The history of The Great Canadian Talk Show on Winnipeg radio, the CRTC hearing Marty testified at that opened the door to hosting the KICK-FM drive-home show, the help from Scott Taylor and Cosmo at 92 CITI-FM leading up to that debut on Nov. 20, 2006, who the first guests were, and a few examples of how every year, with the support of Station Manager Rick Baverstock, we made our mark as the watchdog of Winnipeg politics and media. 

And- how Kenny first met Marty before KICK-FM, how Rick the Boss got him into radio, and how quickly his unique nickname was created! 

59:25  In the sample of Kick-FM emails and documents we review, we recall the 2007 interview with Manitoba speaker George Hickes. When TGCTS reported how he earned over a million dollars without making a single speech in the Legislature on behalf of his voters in Point Douglas it made waves and got us noticed.

1:02:40  Hate Mail! The station would get some doozies as you'll hear - we talk about how we would respond on the air to the critics and dissect what they were claiming. And- who they really were.

1:11.00  A trademark of TGCTS was our City Hall coverage, and the back-and-forth exchanges with Mayor Sam Katz. When one of our interns raised questions about the (proposed) Assiniboine Bike lane, he sent her a very polite and interesting letter in response. Those were the early days of our causing grief for the Winnipeg Active Transportation manager and the bike lobby. 

1:22:55 The Top 10 Stories of 2009

If you are a longtime listener, or just want to get a taste of the intensive, exclusive news and public affairs coverage radio should provide in Winnipeg- we found the list! The wide variety of news stories in our third year when we hit our stride will prove how much of a difference TGCTS made. 

Hear the details about -- A dramatic call about a very public death; revealing a hospital ER scandal; public consultation failures we investigated; union discord inside the Free Press during the fall strike; and some of the best mocking of MSM we ever aired!  

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A recap of recent episodes lead off Episode 8 and then City Hall is in the spotlight this week!

Marty Gold has an update on our interview with an arson victim, a comment from Coun. Ross Eadie on our exclusive that the investigation into Coun. John Orlikow is on ice, and the ongoing controversy about the online posts by Dr. Joss Reimer.

We make clear, the WRHA has been under our microscope for over 15 years and we were at the infamous press conference when her predecessor "Brain" Postl made up excuses for the ER death of Brian Sinclair. With a salary over $400,000, TGCTS will continue to hold Reimer accountable since MSM gives her a pass.

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14:04 Part 2- An email to Mayor Gillingham and Councilors asked some hard questions about the slippery slope of imposing a mandatory "living wage."

The voice of reason from St. James, Kelly Ryback, challenged the motion as "simply not feasible nor responsible."

"Many of the jobs earning less than the living wage are low-skilled with limited responsibility... The city charter does not mandate that the city is to be the highest wage payer nor a work charity nor a make work project."

You’ll hear his main points, and his request that council address "employee performance and productivity so the taxpayers and businesses receive more value for the wages they provide through taxation, licensing, and service fees."

Another issue Ryback has voiced concern about- the grand Transit plan to restructure the entire routing system.

It's being pushed through with minimal public consultation and will affect YOUR neighborhood. You'll hear our as-yet unanswered inquiry to the area councilor about the potential effect on service to St. Boniface Hospital.

24.00 He won't address questions about bus service or public safety near the Hospital, or about the disastrous bike lane botch on Goulet St., or about the secret plan to steal 99 parking spaces in the area to satisfy his snobby allies in bike lobby.

Instead, Matt Allard had his unofficial stenographers in the media type up a fluff piece about expanding the historic resources list to protect trees that "Indigenous people are believed to have used long ago to find shade on hot summer days."

Matt Allard is worried about antique trees, already protected by laws governing parks. Like Joss Reimer, he's into virtue signaling, not doing his actual job.

We've interviewed two other councilors, and Wyatt and Mayes are concerned about the gridlock being caused on the Goulet truck route and the effect on ambulances rushing people to the hospital. They're concerned about the slanted bike lane "consultation" process that misled and excluded area residents and businesses. And guess what- there's more bike lanes coming.

We tell you about new online surveys proposing protected bike lanes downtown and for Notre Dame/Cumberland. We discovered a blatant bias against drivers in the reply options. That's your tax dollars at work.

Since the supposed rationale for these projects is 'public safety', we're going to promote the return of an iconic traffic safety character to our schools and community centres to teach pedestrians their personal responsibility. Will Matt Allard support it?

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36:40 - An example how MSM filters out inconvenient news: Did you hear about the protests in Gaza? No, not the "Viva Intifada/Death to America" ones.

Muslim families are demanding the Israeli hostages be released by Hamas so refugees can return home. We report the details- and you'll be astonished.

It's another example of why ActionLine.ca and TGCTS are a valuable part of the information landscape in Winnipeg and Canada. With your support for our upcoming fundraising drive, we will be your watchdog in 2024.

"He was against it, before he was for it.''

The baffling policy waffling of the Manitoba NDP took another surprise turn with a promise to re-open 3 suburban hospital emergency rooms. It's as if they thought no one would remember that their own previous regime had set in motion the shuttering of the ERs so services could be consolidated.

In Episode 52 of Season 2, we explain how Wab Kinew added to his $1B a week election promise with a doozy that no one was buying for a very good reason that the MSM picked up on immediately:

"Opposition Leader Wab Kinew previously said he would not consider backtracking on closures that began in 2017."

How many flip-flops can one campaign put forward with a straight face, has become a popular question online. Marty Gold walks through the NDP promises, the sceptical observations, and whether "The flip flopping must be as a result of horrific internal numbers."

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Take a tour through a WFP column that asserted Kinew's pre-writ platform was "based on informed theories". If, as Dan Lett believes, "the PCs and the Liberals have largely been caught off guard by the New Democrat policy blitzkrieg", it's because they can't stop laughing as the modern-day NDP bewilders voters with their buffet of spending commitments while alienating the old guard they need to work on the campaign trail.

We also delve into Lett's misinformation that the Tory position on parental rights "was largely seen as pandering to a tiny and unpalatable constituency"- when only 16% of those polled by Angus Reid are anti-parent's rights. It's a hill that progressives seem determined to die on.

As Marty concludes, there are definitely unattached voters disaffected by the PCs- but the NDP and Manitoba Liberals would never reach out to them. Lest they be accused of "pandering to a tiny and unpalatable constituency" made up of Manitobans who rejected Pallister-era pandemic overeach and mandates, and voiced concerns about abuse of process and civil liberties.

18:35 - Crime And Public Safety: A tragedy on beautiful Matheson Island.

25:25 - Ever finish work, hit the shower, and hear your parked car get smashed in a Hit & Run?

TGCTS lets you hear directly from the victims at a crime scene in the west end late Wednesday night- and from the Good Samaritan who stopped to help, and watched 2 perps wander off towards a local vendor. Real crime, real victims, real grief, real Winnipeg.

Coming next: An exclusive interview with a major newsmaker!

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With Bell Media bean counters axing almost 5000 jobs nationally and dumping weekend and noontime newscasts in Winnipeg, the public is again being abandoned by corporate newsrooms.

Episode 14 starts with a look at the impact on the ability of their newsroom to properly report the news, and our efforts to ensure vital information and investigations continue to be made available to residents and stakeholders.

The hypocrisy of issuing life-shattering layoffs immediately after the "Bell Let's Talk" charade of caring about mental health is now frequently noted as the brand burns itself to the ground.

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13:51 Part 2- An example of the kind of news CTV Winnipeg might have telecast this weekend is the budget battle brewing in St. Boniface.

City belt-tightening proposals to close area outdoor pools is meeting fierce opposition in Windsor Park/Winakwa and around Happyland Park.

We air out the well-founded grievances of the residents who point out the City itself fails to follow policy and to staff the pools properly. This also impacts area families outside of those neighborhoods- as when the mismanaged Norwood Pool was demolished a few years ago, they were told to attend the other facilities, now also slated for demolition with no replacements planned.

23.00- Councilor Matt Allard has asserted he will fight the cuts and try to save the amenities.

"Splash Pad were meant to replace wading pools, not pools. And two pools in exchange for one splash pad is not fair to the residents of St. Boniface,"

You'll hear his Facebook post, where he cites the meth crisis and rising crime as reasons to preserve recreation in the working class neighborhoods in his ward.

"After I had time to cool off I looked at the budget and talked to a few colleagues, I realised that there is a good argument to change the budget and save the pools.

"I am doing everything I can, talking to colleagues and city administration to reverse this decision."

He says he'll lobby for other councilors to vote with him. Will it be too little, too late?

Here's a CBC Radio interview about the battle.

35:53 Part 3- Another story people won't see on CTV WInnipeg this weekend but that we wlll tell you about, is a pro-Hamas rally planned for Sunday.

Organizers say it will use tactics to get public attention that have been banned in Toronto- by occupying a traffic overpass.

It's another in a long line of antisemitic antics that Winnipeg leaders fail to denounce or prevent. Listen to the details as we close the episode.

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To open Episode 16, Marty tells where teenage him went for his first drive when he got a licence - then welcomes our new sponsor, Midpoint Auto+ !

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6:35 We follow-up on the 'Moving on Marion' open house charade with even more details of what's already gone wrong. With the help of a comment from Kelly Ryback, we discuss a previous abandoned bike lane concept. Hear why the money spent on Coun. Matt Allard's Des Meurons bike lane dream set out a permanent red flag. Our proven results with the Assiniboine bike lane- forcing a City audit - and then saving Happyland Park help us to dig deeper into rigged "public consultations".

14:52 At least one business on Marion had no clue the City was asking the public to go along with taking away their adjacent street parking.

Marty tells what the VP of Scotiabank said about the "bike lanes on Traverse?" surprise and how it's not clearly mentioned anywhere. We figure out how the city process is crafted to keep the bank in the dark until the last possible moment.

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The open house flaws so far: No estimate of lost parking spots. No bike user data. No consultation with affected businesses. No explanation of a Traverse bike lane proposal.

AND THEN, ADD THIS: The bike lobby is against it.

They claim that Traverse isn't in the actual area AT plan but another street is, and complain that city staff kept the 2021 switch SECRET from the open house. (Yes, TGCTS and the bike lobby agree on something.) Does Janice Lukes and the rest of council think any 'revised' plan they get will be based on proper informed feedback from residents?

The real story here is- the bike lobby knows things that stakeholders and the public are kept in the dark about. Time for a Driver's Advocate, maybe?

29:11 A French newspaper shed light on how Allard and radical-left urbanists sell the media on how wonderful this plan is. But- the story doesn't mention... the Traverse bike lane. Marty describes how the plan will snarl inbound AM traffic on Goulet and significantly affect the neighborhood near the hospital- and disrupt important public services. Ryback exposed fake news about bike lane use. We list some information council must now provide to St. B.

City staff claim the Norwood Grove Biz supports the new plan? The Biz concept map had no mention of Traverse BUT had an important disclaimer that's being ignored by the City to ram this through. TGCTS Facebook group reaction adds context about lying bike lobbyists, and about rampant bike theft.

52:51 Part 2- Councilors were told to take a deal with Tartan Towing after taxpayers paid over $1M for 'fake tows' - Rollins flip flopped on her EPC vote to accept it, and refused to explain why. Spirited Kenny raises a small ruckus about accountability to voters - "something's up". The media barely explained the issues - we laud Lukes and Browaty for asking great questions.

1:05:01 Russ Wyatt tried to prevent council from settling a few Police Headquarters lawsuits. Aside from 'fiscal hawk' Allard, he had no support. Council deadlocked on his motion for an inquiry as Wyatt attacked the Tory gov't.

1:13:30 Part 3- First, a CWE round up - the Sandy Bay school anti-drug event we did last week; Marty hosts the Winnipeg card on Friday night, be there!

1:23:00 Crime Courts and Public Safety- Police chief Danny Smyth delivered a sharp-tongued teardown on Substack to an LRSD study by an "independent researcher" - a police abolitionist. The Free Press scurried to deliver a 'he's a racist' rebuttal. As we report, the newspaper didn't correct their fake news that indigenous students in the study opposed cops in schools. Hear why parents may want it.

Also- a cabbie almost killed, already the perp's let out?

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Episode 12 of 2023 has Spirited Kenny talking with Marty about the packed halls in Transcona and in small-town Mitchell this weekend to see CWE in action. Pro wrestling attendance is up all over the West! Marty had a surprise role on Saturday - and survived.

10:50 - Why the poor attendance at the Ice and Snow Removal session? - the bike lobby sure knew it was going on. Which councilors tried to advertise the Convention Centre gathering...  and which seemingly failed to make an effort to broaden the feedback about Active Transportation. 

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15:40– Hear how trickster math turned a $43.00 school zone ticket into a $170 threat to your drivers licence. 

A lawsuit has revealed that speeding fines from 2017-2021 might have slightly illegal, what with overcharging everyone $77.70- at least - to start with. Apparently someone knew and did nothing to stop it. What a racket. 

The City, which gets a cut of the action, claims it's the Province's problem. Marty suggests the Torah section read in synagogue last week proves otherwise. As an old classmate of his wrote about the lesson of the parsha: "Ill-gotten gains to build our schools, our synagogues, our businesses, our homes must still not be welcome in any capacity, for it is our goal to build a holy society so that God can be found." 

26:50 – Provincial Round-up: PC nomination races update, NDP  reassigns key critic posts: Why Shannon Martin says he walked away- we talk the hits and misses in media coverage on it. What term do you never hear the media use to describe a New Democrat? 

Nahanni Fontaine was shuffled out of Justice, and made critic of a portfolio that she has no street cred in: Family Services. Hear how as a high-paid advisor to the Selinger government for 5 1/2 years, she ducked holding him accountable for CFS scooping up First Nations kids. Where did Wab Kinew shuffle the most obvious replacement as Justice Critic? A chair near the exit. And, the Black Rod noticed that Dan Lett changed his tone about the election race last week, as we discuss. 

38:20 – Part 2 Fan Mail, Nick Hill commercials, and then, a U of Winnipeg Collegiate antisemitism cover-up update. 

Watch the highlights from last week's TGCTS podcast report on YouTube: Antisemitic incident between Winnipeg High Schools

Hear some vile Jew-hating comments Marty received in response to his 2 stories, from people justifying the abuse as 'Those Jews deserved it.' And far-left schools are making it an acceptable point of view.  

49:00 – Part 3 Crime Courts And Public Safety 

Another machete attack or 2 near HSC. Also - More inner-city danger on Balmoral - Thanks Manitoba Housing and 'award-winning" architects! 

Finally, we discuss a gruesome murder by a (then) teen of his mother. Not sentenced as an adult, he's appealing a youth sentence we think was already too lenient. We ask who should have prevented this family spiralling into destruction.  

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The Manitoba election race is being shaped by the political response to the increasing danger being faced by the public from crime and public disorder.

Episode 38 kicks off with Marty Gold noting it took over 6 weeks for the Free Press to catch up to TGCTS coverage about the shocking "number, severity of crimes committed by Winnipeg youth."

In the article, community activist Mitch Bourbonniere pointed to a new underlying 'root cause' of the explosion in under-18 violence. What role did the Freep play in it? They don't get off the hook so easily.

Mitch explains why "better intelligence gathering and information sharing" is needed among "stakeholders identifying who is at risk and who needs support". There's another factor the newspaper is reluctant to touch on that you'll hear about as well.

Surprise story of the week gets a mention next: Muslim community seeks hate crime investigation into Olive Garden stabbing⁠ . In this case, the stabbing victim was a teenager. As we reported, the perp was an infamous arsonist with deep mental illness and should never have left custody.

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The media narrative continues to pump the "heartless" refusal of the PC government to cave into demands by grieving families of two homeless women. They want a $184M dig into a landfill to search for the remains. The media insists the government is overstating the dangers:

Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen: “The provincial government... has to consider what the risk is for the families and those who might be doing a search on an industrial landfill site.”

Premier Heather Stefanson: “Asbestos and other toxic chemicals and so on and so we made what was a very difficult decision... I have to protect all Manitobans throughout this including those that would be asked to go into those landfills.”

How valid is their position? An expert who is a loyal listener says, VERY.

They describe the serious dangers for searchers and explain the catastrophic long-lasting consequences that the media ignores.

23.50 Part 2 - The two women believed to be in the Prairie Green landfill were homeless. Would new government spending on housing prevent more deaths? Hear about PC promises to quickly repair public housing and pay $150,000 per new unit to developers. Landlords will also get rent topped up to market rates to take in the homeless.

The Tories want to get this rolling during the election campaign- but we review some rules in the fine print that may scare investors off.

But as Marty explains, there's a limit to the effectiveness of the 'housing first' planning. Some of Winnipeg's homeless are settled into riverbank encampments in North and South Point Douglas and aren't inclined to move indoors with responsibilities or following rules.

Those camps are the source of serious crime occuring east of Main Street up to Portage Avenue.

As one headline read: ‘We feel completely abandoned’: downtown restaurateur fed up with repeated property crimes."

He's not the only one feeling abandoned. We got a statement from the frustrated longtime residents:

"We are at our safety and wit's end and need something done to clear out the encampments in our neighbourhood today"

Hear the details no one else will report about the crime and pollution they face from the camps. We challenge the refusal of elected officials and social service agencies to get rid of the Pt. Douglas encampments, leaving property and business owners to fend for themselves to deal with theft, violence- and murder.

The list of "Suggestions made by politicians" the residents provide will shock listeners. It illustrates how desperate area councilor Vivian Santos and NDP MLA Bernadette Smith are to favour the "rights" of offenders over protecting the public.

Next episode: Reaction about City Hall's lack of action, after our last podcast:

There's 101 Reasons Why Winnipeg Council Must Review Orlikow's Role In $5M Court Ruling

A classic 3 segment TGCTS Podcast is set for your Easter weekend listening!

Part 1 - We open Episode 31 with your comments about Nahanni Fontaine's March Madness- and we add a few more issues we didn't mention yet, to the storm of controversy around her and her department.

When the NDP froze foster care per diems in 2012, did Fontaine ever tell Greg Selinger it was harming indigenous kids? Of course not, that might have resulted in losing her plum position as "Aboriginal Women's Advisor." And she'd never have gotten the NDP nomination in St. John's.

18:50 Part 2- A brief explanation of the very negative consequences of the NDP regressing to a 1-1 ratio for trades apprentice supervision.

Marty Gold explains what will result: less trainees, less trainers, less training, less homebuilding, more costs to you. The NDP-supporting union is happy with that.

24.00- Happyland Park Pool supporters aren't giving up- but a letter to Mayor Gillingham and city council shows how far trust in City Hall has fallen in the neighbourhood.

What will Matt Allard do to help their last-ditch fundraising, and to prevent the City from arbitrarily bulldozing the pool while they try to save it?

And speaking of St Boniface, Mrs. Mike's on Tache wants to resume operations and was told it could take up to TWO MONTHS for an Occupancy Permit. Maybe Allard doesn't eat burgers, but thousands of Winnipeggers do. We've asked Allard to get things speeded up and not let St. B be treated like the North End of the South End, yet again.

34.00 Newsmaker of the Year Andrew Marquess doesn't trust City Hall either, and why should he?

City planners have invented yet another obstacle to approval of his Fulton Grove housing plan- and of all things, Coun. John Orlikow is empaneled to decide on it.

39:55 Part 3 - Crime Courts and Public Safety Update

- A Rally for Justice took place last week, and while the Free Press slanted their coverage to fit their narrative, we will be having organizer Mike Vogiatzakis on the podcast in the next few weeks to talk about his cause seeking to abolish catch-and-release policing.

- Two business stories: one a move and expansion, the other of business misadventure forcing a sale, with one thing in common- crime is badly affecting their sectors. It's Brian Bowman's legacy, that never gets pinned on him like it should.

- 49.35- Councilor Janice Lukes still hasn't responded to our request for an interview but took a moment to compliment the police for handing out speeding tickets on the South Perimeter highway. That's never been done before by city cops because it's a provincial road handled by the RCMP.

Predatory speed traps aren't legitimized just because drivers are duped into thinking the ticket was legal- and it's another reason why no one trusts City Councilors to have their backs.

Considering the last spate of tickets near there handed out by cops were dropped by the Crown as illegal - as the Designated Construction Zone didn't include the area they were enforcing the extra-penalty citations - we suggest Lukes makes sure these pass the sniff test before handing out the flowers.

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The spotlight is on the Manitoba Legislature in Episode 38, and we report on what people are talking about, what we've heard, and what we're willing to guess.

Part 1- The day Heather Stefanson walks out of 450 Broadway is coming up fast. We look at the jockeying for her Tuxedo seat, and for her former job as leader of the Progressive Conservative party.

She faced an unprecedented campaign of intimidation during the election as we reported. The mainstream media didn't report the story for hours. And in the case of CJOB radio and the evening TV newscasts, NOT AT ALL.

A new name has emerged from outside Winnipeg as a possible contender, while one caucus member is clearly going to take a run for the crown. Another may also be heading for the exit.

The former Premier is giving up her constituency office space, which resulted in a humorous sidebar discussion among the Grant Ave. community.

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23:54 Part 2- Multiple sources from different directions have told TGCTS that there was a domestic incident in March involving a veteran Manitoba MLA.

It started as a whisper, but now it's the talk of the town around politically-connected circles.

And word is spreading, because it might be heading to court.

And, we hear, the government is anxiously awaiting the fall-out.

You'll hear enough in this podcast to wonder what other rumours circulating about public figures might be more than gossip or an urban myth.

Upcoming episodes: Homelessness, housing and harm reduction in Winnipeg with Kelly Ryback; Questions about a bias in 911 responses; and City Councilor interviews!

To kick-off Episode 26, an update on our winter campaign! Please help us maintain the pace towards the $3800 goal by April 1.

Marty Gold outlines unique upcoming topics - including analyzing Wab Kinew's far-left Gaza gambit - that will continue to earn the support of those seeking a voice and listeners turned off by being force-fed MSM narratives.

13.20 - A brief analysis of the underlying political rivalries behind the budget debate about closing 3 outdoor pools.

Marty cites how the same tactics used a few years ago to demolish his childhood wading pool at Clara Hughes Park were again in play to set up the latest proposed closures. While Mayor Gillingham plays coy, the media lets him off the hook for an administration willing to slash services for poorer neighborhoods.

While Coun. Sherri Rollins signaled she favours saving Winakwa pool (but not Happyland Park), no one in the media is assessing if the residents affected are being rewarded or punished because of the politics between rival councilors.

Matt Allard frantically argued at the Community Services meeting for money to keep those pools open as St. Boniface becomes the North End of the South End.

We ask, are councilors getting back at him for how he lorded over Public Works when he was Chair, and his conduct at Council meetings?

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23:20 Part 2 - Crime Courts and Public Safety Update

- You'll hear about a violent March 5 incident inside HSC, how it relates to a March 7 announcement by NDP Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara, the Manitoba Nurses Union mocking arming new safety officers with "verbal Judo", and a 14 year HSC nurse who fled west after assaults and the "constant threat" of violence at work.

- Also from HSC- a lawsuit over an Emily St. parkade elevator that crashed, severely injuring a doctor.

- What did 4 teens learn after using pepper spray and brass knuckles on security guards at the Forks on March 7? That they don't spend even 24 hours being locked up, even if they were breaching court orders. Listeners offer some opinions.

"How safe does anyone feel going to the Forks which can now be designated a high crime zone."

- Transit safety officers needed police back-up after pulling a goon off a bus at Main Street near Portage during rush hour on March 9. Is there any public place in Winnipeg that's safe anymore? ⁠Someone should ask Dr. Joss Reimer.

38:59 Part 3 - The more we dig into the safety survey numbers, the worse police chief Danny Smyth looks.

Listen to how truly awful the state of public safety is, when only 10% of males and 5% of females feel safe downtown at night.

And if you think that's bad, wait till you hear about Smyth and councilors pretending burglars aren't waiting to get their hands on residential water-use data to find out when you aren't home.

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Winnipeg's leading public affairs podcast returns for Episode 18 with some Easter, Passover and shopping laws talk- and we mark an important anniversary from our Kick-FM heyday.

8:40 The Moving on Marion debacle, Part 4 - hear the feedback from St. Boniface after our YouTube series (Click for Pt 1 Pt 2 Pt 3 ).

"What's all the fuss about?" replied a bike lane acolyte. Well, there's the total failure of "public consultation" AGAIN for new bike lanes on Marion and Goulet and the exclusion of dozens of owners of the area's shoppes and services, who already deal with a parking squeeze. Listen to a message from one owner proving how the fix is STILL in at City Hall for the bike lobby- "same M.O." as 2010, says Spirited Kenny.

Marty interviewed a Marion St. homeowner who is losing frontage under the plan. She got a registered letter to attend a Feb. 28 meeting held by the project consultants and holds nothing back about the experiences of her and her neighbours- "it was a shit show."

Invitations were apparently sent to only a few of the affected properties. One goal was to gather feedback on how the plan "will change your experiences with the area" for further use at the Open House. She asked what about the effect on our taxes? "We never thought about that"

She concurs the entire Marion process is "a farce". Others representing St. B neighborhoods like Happyland Park objected at the meeting but their feedback had no influence at all, based on what was presented 2 weeks later to the public. As Kenny explains, "They aren't inviting people and they aren't answering questions?" (We've identified a dozen businesses on one single block left out.)

The homeowner echoed questions about the grossly under-used Eugenie bike path and adamantly stated:

"The Biz should have been more notified than us.. taking away parking now? That's rIdiculous!"

"They got screwed over- big time - by not being able to attend these meetings and voice their opinions."

Her prediction-- reducing parking spaces will devastate the St. Boniface shopping district.

Marty has a brief update from the Norwood Grove Biz which contradicts the Open House claim that the organization endorses the Moving on Marion plan. Hear the homeowner lay the blame for the dirty dealings squarely on St. Boniface councilor Matt Allard, and what his successor as Public Works chair Janice Lukes needs to do to unwind "the big mess" he started:

"Somebodies lying, who is it? She needs to have a meeting with the businesses around here and the residents and come clean." Guess who else she thinks should be there?

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42:15 Part 2 - Why the recent investigation reports are among our most popular episodes -because nobody else on the local media stands up for small businesses and property owners.

48:50 What 2 words did the media leave out of their update on a dangerous abandoned Manitoba Housing complex downtown? Word games are played by newsrooms and far-left inner city academics to conceal the waste of tax dollars and to protect careers. Wonder why provincial officials aren't held responsible the way private landowners would? How are there no records of when security patrols visit the site? We challenge a city councilor to prove that if restored, it will be safe enough for Ukrainian refugees to move into.

57:50 The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is at the forefront of irresponsible race-hustlers in Winnipeg who claimed without a shred of proof -and still haven't retracted the falsehood - that Linda Beardy was a 'victim of genocide'.

We review how a local racism columnist also tried to blame society for her death in a dumpster, and why his attempt to pump up that narrative is losing ground. Read a sharp analysis at https://melanson.substack.com/p/when-narrative-writes-its-own-scripts/comment/14367935

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Our election wrap-up is the theme of Episode 24 - and we look at the results, the campaigns, the media coverage, and we point out THE headline that Winnipeg media has dared not utter. Hear what the result really meant about 34.00 in. And CTV gets spanked for their 'Decision Desk' faux pas and non-apology. 

First- Marty walked past the Glen Murray HQ windows around noon on the way to Enterprise Rent A Car at 283 Ellice, who provided an election day Spark and great pricing and service. What did he see?

7:00  Our top 5 headlines of the election campaign - Kenny is surprised at how on the nose we were right from the start. Plus, one more headline still in play because of a broken Murray promise. Then we take apart some often vapid statements of the local political science talking heads, who seriously devalued their standing in the public eye in this election. 

Hear the description of the Pembina Institute allegations by an independent media outlet. They were damn serious but aside from CBC (that broke the story), none of the corporate newsrooms dared spell out the scope of Glen Murray's misconduct (ie the word 'pelvis'). Spirited Kenny has an idea why the Pembina allegations stuck, even after one pillar of poli-sci said scandals from outside of Winnipeg wouldn't matter to voters.  

Marty talks about the Murray campaign on E-Day - robocalls galore; insider words about what went wrong; and what took their focus off of Gillingham. 

27:50 Bartley Kives of CBC had a great story of the march to election day. We elaborate on the Bowman (non) factor, the rejection by voters of the union endorsements for Murray, the winning Gillingham strategy, the failed attempt of the elitists to recapture the 1990's, and the shame a whole lot of big money Conservatives should feel.

33:08 The heat map - where the votes fell around the neighborhoods. The obvious headline about the result we'd hear if this was Vancouver. A commentary by The Daily Scrum had smart and different observations about the CBC debate, some of which ties in with our coverage. They reflected on poor MSM coverage and the outsize influence of inaccurate polls and misleading headlines early in the campaign. It's tilting the playing field and works against voters but the perps aren't accountable. 

43:54 Part 2 - TheJ.ca update

50:04 Let's talk about the media. Dan Lett wants to talk about voter suppression and disengagement? We talk about how the Free Press and a lot of other newsrooms should look in the mirror. Kenny has thoughts about another highbrow far-left columnist whose reason for supporting Glen Murray was- to spite the media investigating his misdeeds. With attitudes like that, the touting of "front-runner" Murray based on a garbage poll, pumping divisive narratives, entitled smarminess - trust in a lot of the Winnipeg media took a big hit. We analyze the subjects and issues we raised- especially the Caledon scandal that MSM almost all ignored. Yet it was important enough for Scott Gillingham to toss at Glen Murray in the CBC debate. 

1:07:10 Hear CTV anchor Marilee Caruso's lecture that the Gillingham campaign was wrong not to concede, because the "Decision Desk" said Murray won. Kenny was watching online and has an excellent description of the on-set mayhem. Guess what? CTV never mentioned Caledon in the campaign.

1:15:09 An overview of the City Council results, and media failures. Why was the media so un-curious about ol' Glen?

For TGCTS, history repeats itself. We will be back weekly, with 3 specific City Hall interviews being planned- starting with the new Mayor, Scott Gillingham.

Episode 23 starts off, unexpectedly, with the lessons taught to Marty by Yoram Hamizrachi, Nick Ternette and other grassroots journalists of the 1980's about the power structure in Winnipeg; the elitists still flex their might when an election rolls around. 

Encompassing the 'society' types, the political class, and the mainstream media, their circle jerk is a big reason why there was a 'lack of curiousity' about Glen Murray's "18 years more experience". The public has not heard important details about Glen Murray's actions in Ontario and Alberta and his actual record of shameful conduct. Marty and Spirited Kenny recap all of it. 

There are now at least 4 women, professionals all, who have personal experience with the intimidating behavior of Glen Murray. What about their human rights? Is Gail Asper ok with that? He has a problem with women and he is unfit for public leadership. 

We note the incurious media in the early stages of the campaign - why didn't they ask? Who makes those decisions? The late-breaking timing of the scandals- why after a poll, and after a debate, and not before? Voters now wonder how Glen Murray talks the talk, but the walk he walks falls far short of their standards. Kenny mentions the downturn for Murray in online forums after the recent CBC news about his abusive antics at the Toronto office of the Pembina Institute.

24:00 - We review the poll trends, and where some disillusioned Murray votes might leak to. We ask if the overall media disinterest in exploring Murray's background undermines election integrity, as the 40,000 advance voters were in the dark about him trying to out the Pembina whistleblowers. We tell what the outlets could do better. 

PART 2: 

51:05 - A look at the recent stories in TheJ.ca. Marty has another round-up on the Liberal funding of an antisemite in the Laith Marouf scandal. 

54:00 - B'nai Brith Canada asked the candidates for Mayor 6 questions about antisemitism and City Hall. A few of the responses, the non-responses, and the didn't-respond at-alls. 

1.08:00 - Most Listened To TGCTS 2022 election podcasts:  

First place: Aug. 8 - Glen Murray Should Come Clean About Caledon

2)  July 17 - The Don Woodstock Interview: "The Public Don't Want Another Bowman"

3) July 4 - Aaron McDowell Takes 5 Questions About The Civic Election

4) Aug. 15 - Klein Responds To Coun. Eadie / Glen Murray Takes Flak On 4 Fronts

5)  Aug. 22 -  The RFO Interview - And Some New Council Candidates Emerge (by tiebreaker) 

5.1)  July 10  - Police Chief Danny Smyth Makes Himself An Election Issue

Marty and Kenny discuss the topics focused on, why those episodes attracted larger audiences, and how we filled the gap in MSM coverage. Election wrap-up next week!

No Rogers network crash is going to stop The Great Canadian Talk Show from telling you what you didn't know about Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth. 

At his press conference on Friday, he did everyone the favour of proving he is a major civic election issue. 

Smyth spoke to the media only after feeling the heat from the police union, after Winnipeg Police Association President Moe Sabourin stated "attacks on innocent people appear to be more common" - a phrase anybody with half a brain can understand. Not the top cop, though.

Despite robbery after macing after stabbing at The Forks, Danny Smyth not only said HE feels safe at the Forks- and as we explain, why wouldn't he?  -  the chief did what any politician will do when faced with their own failure. 

He blamed the media. 

"None of this is new", stated the guy whose career path has gone from superintendent to deputy chief and then to chief since 2012, while crime has skyrocketed on his watch. Pointedly, Smyth did not shed any light on the brutal beating of 2 newly-landed Ukrainian refugees on July 1st. Smyth could not even admit the stabbing in the neck of one of those refugees was attempted murder. A description of the suspects a week after the attack? Ferget-it. 

We have a brief audio clip from the presser around 16 minutes in, so you will hear it for yourself.

“I feel safe in our community,” the press reported he said. “I can’t speak for everyone’s feelings but I think we’re doing our part. The community needs to do their part. The media needs to do their part.”

Luckily, doing my part back in 2019, I wrote an extensive report on the way crime had spiraled out of control, citing the cops own statistics. Wait till you hear how over the course of 5 years in just one area, property crime spiked over 90% - and ask yourselves, how much worse is St. Boniface today? 

And we explain why. In fact, "none of this is new"! After all, Smyth showed how little he cared about being held accountable for fighting crime three years ago. 

As he predicted, the crime rate got worse - but according to him, he is still blameless. 

Already, one Mayoral candidate has called out Chief Smyth. 

Don Woodstock posted on his election website: "We have a problem and it's major, despite what the Chief is reporting. We are on the street speaking with the public and people are extremely nervous.”

Citing his experience owning a security company, Woodstock said, "He is not being honest with our crime situation… I am proposing that the Chief of Police should never be the spin-doctor for the administration or politicians. Our Chief was merely spinning a story because of his political appointment.”

There's a lot of details- and we try to make it relatable to your own feelings and experiences with crime in this city. 

To end the show, we quickly glance over council candidates recent Twitter posts - none about Smyth so far- and we talk more about the effects of the Rogers network crash on small business and just plain folk. 

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Episode 17 begins with Spirited Kenny lamenting the Bombers bombing out in Hamilton and then the armchair versions turn to discussing the evolution of quarterbacks as athletes since the 50's and 60's. 

5:30 - Two notes about local school trustees and the school board election. One, Kevin Freedman is a candidate in Ward 5, seeking to regain his seat. The other is a sitting trustee in St. James-Assiniboia, Craig Johnson, who is retiring. Marty tells about his connection to each of them.  

12:00  - A brief review of the Mayoral registration verification to Sunday evening. 

15:25  - Part 2 - Opens with a reminder of Marty's coverage of the Laith Marouf federal funding scandal over at TheJ.ca.  

20:00 -  A Chris D. crime story about multiple crashes near the Mint with a stolen car, where a taxi was used for a getaway. Except then the thieves came back and the cops were there. Can you imagine what that cab ride was like. 

23:30 - Police Chief Danny Smyth quantified how overwhelmed the police service is, in a report tabled on Friday. A Free Press story mentioned that Smyth told the Police Board that communciations centre turnover is "the canary in the coal mine".    

26:40 - Global News provided a light overview about 'what candidates have pledged towards infrastructure so far." We add some extra, heavier details including campaign planks that either admit to raising taxes if elected, or don't explain how it won't.  Transit also comes up a lot in the discussion of the Mayoral announcements last week, as does the paramedics, the dissatisfaction with the overall emergency response capacity, and the concerns of the firefighters union. We've covered the paramedic's issues with the city since KICK-FM days and still, they don't seem to be heard...

40:30 - Marty tells the story of watching emergency response in action. A firetruck was attending to a prone person, in a park in a residential neighborhood. And it seemed at the end, about a half hour from the start, well... there's gotta be a better way to deal with the kind of case that unfolded in St. Bonface. 

We talk about whether any candidates have workable solutions for a case like this one - Because that was a lot of public dollars being spent, as four city responders stood there 'knowing what was going to happen', in Kenny's estimation. 

56:30 - The decline of a good neighborhood, in real time this summer, gets put under the microscope in a closing rant: "The Bus Shelters Are Filthy"

Area voters can't help but notice how this is putting the neighborhood seniors, medical patients, and area workers at risk. Like Marty, they're wondering whose responsibility it is to get the ball rolling on cleaning up overflowing trash cans and occupied bus shelters. This isn't a grimy industrial area, it's all around the St. Boniface Hospital. 

And, as mentioned at the end of the episode,

Bonus Audio: Marty on THE START Mornings @680CJOB: Discussing his column about his family's surprising collection about Queen Elizabeth II

(Go to Sept. 19, select 8-9 AM, and advance to 37.00 to hear the interview with Mackling, MeGarry and McNabb! Lots of fun was had.)

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We start out Episode 17 with a view from outside the Perimeter Highway about how Plan20-50 generated unprecedented grassroots pushback.

As described by a Portage La Prairie outlet: "Kinew says this is a hot topic" & "Winnipeg Metro Region has taken the heat."

You'll hear a rundown of what led the NDP Premier to don the mantle of freedom fighter, and defend local democracy at the expense of WMR over-reachers.

"(For RM's) who don’t think this is the right fit for them or for their citizens, they are going to have the freedom to leave" under legislation Kinew promised for the next session.

Is Kinew the first socialist to ever decide to "move away from that centralization that you saw in the past..." ?

Here's our background coverage:

https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/columnists/gold-winnipeg-must-let-the-people-decide-on-plan20-50

https://actionline.ca/2024/08/aug-9-2024-metro-fumbles-plan20-50-public-hearing-forced-to-retreat/

https://actionline.ca/2024/08/aug-15-2024-media-misinformation-masks-metros-plan20-50-mess/

https://actionline.ca/2024/08/aug-16-2024-and-dunnator-makes-6-as-rms-pan-metro-plan20-50/

4.45 Part 1- Another view from outside the Perimeter came from the Mayor of Ritchot, who got some things right but other things wrong.

He rightly criticized a WMR gag order on board directors. He preached for "collaboration" among the members but never came near addressing if he agreed with the Gillingham veto- the crux of the dispute.

Chris Ewan did admit, "it is now critical to answer the questions of community members when a change that will affect over a million people is about to happen.”

Marty details two more RMs that, unnoticed by TV and radio newsrooms, opposed the planning blueprint by voting against it at first reading. The RM of Tache, and the RM of West St. Paul, would make 8 RM's that rejected the Plan and half objected to being forced into Metro membership.

Ewan calling the plan 'flawed from the beginning' makes it 9 member RMs who wouldn't vote for it- 50% of the membership.

Kinew outright said it was "a planning region that isn’t working." But as Marty explains, ultimately the WRM bungled public consultations, hid behind word-salad documentation, and showed a patronizing attitude that created a storm across Southern Manitoba.

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22.30 Part 2- Did you know that former Mayor Brian Bowman ensured that city council voted on the draft of Plan20-50 in 2021? He also wanted council to "have the opportunity to vote in chambers like this on the final plan before the Provincial Government finalizes it".

We review the comments from Bowman, Coun. Janice Lukes and then-Coun. Gillingham. Guess which council member expressed concern that the WMR is an "unelected body"?

Marty questions, if elected officials in Winnipeg and in St. Clements cannot even agree what the board status is, how was a plan brought forward?

Listen to why Mayor Gillingham has to explain where he stands on having veto power in any future planning blueprint, and how he will add some democracy to the process.

29.45- Discontent with the $18,000 tab for Metro dues was on the table at a Springfield council meeting in January.

You'll hear the scepticism and value for dollar questions, whether they were kept in the loop by the Mayor, and if they needed to do more to create awareness of the plan. His response?

"They trust their governments, I guess, that’s all I can say."

In Winnipeg, there's a few good reasons why Mayor Gillingham and council need to earn that trust before sinking more tax dollars into the WMR.

37.45 Part 3- A crime and public safety update, following up on the recent Sun columns.

We tell about three more convenience stores said to be closing by month's end; a west end murder in broad daylight; and the terror bomb threat sent to over 100 Jewish institutions in Canada yesterday. Somehow the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg didn't warrant being threatened.

Episode 19 is a crime and public safety update with important details we are reporting first!

Part 1- Marty Gold discusses his ground-breaking report in the Winnipeg Sun Banned radical Imam gets platformed in Winnipeg church hall

Winnipeg broadcasters missed the memo from the Archdiocese of Winnipeg after extremist Saudi Shaykh Assim Al-Hakeem addressed a Muslim charity in a northwest Winnipeg church in August: “The parish was notified by the Archdiocese about this situation and was instructed to tell the charity to disinvite the guest speaker, but due to circumstances, the disinvitation did not occur.”

No local media or politician spoke up. So much for being "anti-racists".

10.40- An overview of the death of a homeless woman inside Fort Rouge Park on River Ave. after being struck by a police car.

A vigil held at the park revealed an agenda that seeks to erase the scales of justice:

"The [investigation] systems have continued to be designed in a colonial practice, so when the systems are being applied for Indigenous people, you're colluding with colonization. That is not our ways, that is not our sovereign ways, that is not our treaty ways."

A listener notes: "The problem is that what she calls someone's home is a public park and there is a law against overnight camping. If the City had enforced its own laws, Tammy Bateman wouldn't have been residing in the park in the first place."

You'll hear the known facts, theories about the collision itself, the allegations flung around from radical far-left mouthpieces, and the MMIW spin being promoted in a case where the deceased was neither missing nor murdered.

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26.20 Part 2- In response to the death, a protest at Portage and Main generated headlines after an altercation involving indigenous protesters and the bike lobby, and an errant driver. Not all the headlines told the truth.

We walk through an account of the sequence of events, and add what the videotape showed.

29.00- Listen to TV audio that explains exactly how the police catering to the anti-cop mob demands cops not be present at the intersection led to a mob having opportunity to attack a motorist.

Driving north on Main, he saw the unexpected- people with bikes and others in regalia blocking the no-pedestrians-allowed intersection "before others jumped on the car's hood."

The mob threw punches, kicks, and smashed windows, and now presents a challenge to the justice system. The perps are all identifiable, and the average person would expect to see charges for the mayhem laid.

Do charges in Winnipeg depend on which mob commits violence? Is "whitey got what was coming to him" or "our ways our laws" a reasonable defence?

36.00 All this occurred as Danny Smyth cleared his desk for the next police chief.

After Smyth set the stage for mobs to take over our streets, Mayor Scott Gillingham and police board chair Markus Chambers have to set aside their DEI focus on a new hire "fostering relationships"- and hire a crime fighter.

Hear why major US companies forcefully ditched their Diversity and Equity policies this summer, and returned to rewarding merit, delivering their core product, and restoring balanced HR and service practices.

Now is not the time to be woke central when it comes to police leadership. If as Council claims, they're running a corporation, they should act like it.

44.00 Part 3 Crime Roundup

- Two men in their 40's targeted by a West End carjacker with a knife

- Coun. Jason Schreyer attended the aftermath of a Keenleyside shooting and sent an update;

- A shooting north of Provencher on Tache- the third in about a year- may force St. Boniface Coun. Matt Allard to ask what's going on at area Airbnb's.

• Today in the Winnipeg Sun - Former St. Boniface pool now a 'dangerous place'

• Coming up Sunday - brazen shoplifters in the West End confronted by a hero filming their crimes and making them famous

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Do voters have a right to know who their candidates were, as well as who they are, before they cast their ballots on October 3?

The question of identity politics in Manitoba is again the topic- in Episode 11, we ask why some candidates get put under the microscope but others get a free ride from the MSM.

Part 1 - Kirkfield Park is a constituency where two opposing candidates have undergone various changes to their personal lives, and how they represent who they are.

NDP candidate Logan Oxenham has changed their gender, took hormones, and changed their name to adopt a male persona. No one is allowed to question their decisions or their motives.

Meanwhile, PC incumbent Kevin Klein declared an affinity with his mother's mixed-blood Ontario heritage, and was pilloried by the media and far-left activists like Oxenham who falsely claimed Klein's 'Metis' label had to meet the approval of the MMF- which we have already explained is utter nonsense.

A CBC "investigation" discovered Klein had changed his name in the 1990's - long before he entered politics.

Critics asserted he should have disclosed that before running for the Legislature. But as Marty Gold reveals, the media has failed to report that Klein isn't the only MLA who can be questioned by voters about their name and identity.

What's in a name? Ask Nahanni Fontaine.

14:05 Part 2- Going door-to-door to solicit support for her re-election in St. Johns, Nahanni Fontaine was "really concerned" to see hundreds of signs for the upstart independent, Patrick Allard.

The explanation her assistant voiced sheds light on why she's been forced to hit the hustings and risk being seen in the riding by voters. Her attacks on Allard, a contractor, from her pricy Lindenwoods home backfired with voters who noticed she didn't even bother to rent a local campaign space and contribute to the local economy, which Allard does every day.

Hear what she's been told at the doorstep, the questions she won't answer about Wab Kinew, and the total neglect one resident gets when they email their 2-term MLA asking for help.

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Self-interest has always been paramount in building her identity as a role model who always 'follows the rules' and works hard for aboriginals and the little people. Especially, when she didn't.

Hear how she rang up the taxpayers tab when she ignored a court fine as Justice critic. The First Nations leaders and organizations Nahanni Fontaine protected when she was "aboriginal women's advisor", and how it connected to Wab Kinew; A year later, Gordon Sinclair wrote about her manipulations to protect Kinew from domestic assault allegations: Indigenous MLA's attempt at damage control too little, too late

Fontaine once claimed Winnipeg police were rapists right in front of Chief Ewatski at a public forum. An eyewitness wrote:

"Like Wab Kinew, she has been elevated to positions of influence by power brokers... who have protected their starlets despite reckless and irresponsible behaviour past and present."

Listen to her history as a Marxist academic/activist ⁠who told Australia ⁠"it’s the children that is our motivation", yet called for⁠⁠ a boycott of white businesses⁠⁠ and continued to make racist anti-white comments as an MLA, smearing white doctors and nurses.

And, voters still ⁠remember her bashing Christians⁠ - the MSM doesn't report on that, or...

41:52 Part 3 - The argument was raised that Kevin Klein wasn't always a "Klein" and wasn't always 'Elvis'. Critics insinuated he had something to hide. But, his name change and Oxenham's now pop up on a Google search. Whose doesn't?

It turns out that Nahani wasn't always 'Nahanni' and she wasn't always "Fontaine" either.

Did the media ever mention her name change? Not that we could find. It was a surprise to 2 senior MLA's when we first asked them about it- in 2016.

Marty describes their reactions, and raises a few more questions.

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Episode 18 provides a rundown of the recent actions and statements of supporters of Hamas across Canada, including in Winnipeg.

You'll hear about the organization behind the cross-country rallies and the link to a terror group that takes credit for being part of the murderous October 7th raid on Israel. TGCTS compiled the genocidal chants heard on our streets at the events and the harassment of Jews that followed.

Part 1- A Winnipeg Sun story confirms that City Hall was the stage for terrorist propaganda on Thanksgiving Day. 'Gaza supporters' characterized the orgy of torture and murder of infants and grandparents as "retaliation"- an excuse even Prime Minister Trudeau refuted.

Marty Gold walks through the competing rallies and marches this week, the strong but belated statements of Mayor Gillingham and Police Chief Danny Smyth decrying the glorification of Islamist killers as 'freedom fighters', the harassment of Jewish university students, and reviews local MSM coverage and corrections.

The Winnipeg media don't report on the pro-Hitler online posts made by the local spokesman for the Palestinian community in the past. We do.

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21:00 Part 2 - As Marty explains, political leaders in Winnipeg turtled when a pro-Israel rally was mobbed on May 21 2021, screaming the same threats that played out in the Sinai. Now, maybe, elected officials will take Islamist antisemitism seriously.

A Cross-Canada round-up- Hear how:

- the Jewish community in Winnipeg offered support to a traveling performer isolated by the rest of the troupe

- a 7 year old boy was beaten up in Mississauga,

- arrests were made after threats to Jewish students in Toronto, and after antisemitic violence in Vancouver,

- Calgary was host to a dreadful love-in for terrorism, led by a radical activist who was welcomed to Parliament Hill last year because 'diversity is our strength'.

33.00 Listen to the condemnation of our country becoming a place "where evil comes to thrive" by Tristin Hopper.

He said media coverage by CBC and other outlets was "stomach-churning", that terror-cheering unions like CUPE cannot be trusted, and asked "so when do we declare the Palestinian flag a hate symbol. I'm not seeing a lot of them being waved by people who don't support mass murder..."

As France, Germany and the UK take action against what Imam of Peace describes as "Islamist Naziism" and the EU withholds funding for Gaza, the Trudeau government ducks.

Over a dozen American universities saw harassment and violence by "pro-Palestinian" groups as BLM Chicago celebrated the attack on Israeli civilians. Canadian universities and BLM supporters are no different, but the media won't tell you about it.

As Marty explains, radical Islamists and Marxists promote "decolonization" as a means to an end- it starts with the Jews, then it will be the Christians, and then other ethnicities.

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In Episode 15, we present another Lesson in Journalism, and explain how the media narrative during the Manitoba election kept certain inconvenient facts out of the public square.

As Marty Gold describes, throughout the campaign the media has pumped up themes like "social justice", public safety and health care, and it's been largely one-sided. They certainly didn't look into the background of major NDP figures and demand accountability.

The media controls the narrative by promoting far-left causes they sympathize with and dampening inconvenient facts contradicting the narrative.

Has any TV newsroom mentioned the defacing of Heather Stafanson's constituency office yet? Signaling it's merely 'minor vandalism' - who benefits from that silence? The politicians supporting the intimidation of opponents, perhaps.

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This episode is about a small church that was targeted by thieves. Only one newsroom reported on it, and proved that when it comes to crime in Winnipeg, the narrative is tightly controlled.

In this instance, it started with the Free Press headline that makes no mention of the church, or the break-in. Marty walks through the odd twists and turns the narrative takes, with diversions into unrelated information about shoplifting and 'food insecurity'. Anything to make the break-in sound like an oddity and not a big deal- because the newspaper focused on how the church fridge was emptied.

16:38 While the Free Press didn't check the crime angle, we did. You'll hear Don Woodstock of JamRock Security, who hadn't heard about this case, confirm that churches are increasingly targeted.

Later in the podcast, he reacts to learning the full extent of the damage to church property, and the lack of alarm about an apparent hate crime from the media and from authorities.

20:20 -Part 2 - The newspaper article buried the lede all the way to the end. And hid the most heinous act of the invaders, in a photo caption.

Hear what they did- and why a similar disgusting act against any other religious place of worship in the city would get front-page coverage - but not for a Ukrainian Catholic congregation.

That would have up-ended the official media narrative, that the perps - who cased the building for a week - were simply down and out folk needing food and are victims of society.

Marty describes going to the church, where he took photos and spoke with the victims. He tells more of their story, the fundraiser the food was intended to be sold at, and the ripple effect on the neighborhood.

26:25 - Don Woodstock returns to assail the media ignoring this serious incident. He says the time has come for newsroom honchos to justify their manipulation of crime stories to minimize criminal behavior.

"Mainstream media have gone numb... (reporters) will tell you they know what's happening but they can't report it."

"If you attack a church which is a corner stone of our democracy... it needs to be thoroughly investigated and should be exposed to the public."

But that would disrupt the narrative.

It would raise questions about criminal rings and fencing operations, homeless camps, and a city increasingly in fear walking out their door at night, while being told the criminals deserve sympathy and it isn't their fault doors and windows get kicked in.

And it also raises questions about Police Chief Danny Smyth, and why he hasn't spoken out against this hate crime, or the threats that churches in Winnipeg face today.

30:26 - Marty closes out the Lesson in Journalism, the final podcast prior to the Manitoba election. Sadly, while the Free Press downplayed a Hate Crime after a Winnipeg Church was targeted, the rest of the media didn't care at all. Not even about the meatballs.⁠⁠⁠⁠

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A tradition returns to TGCTS as we welcome the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for Episode 36!

Part 1- Gage Haubrich, CTF Prairie Director, starts off by tackling the City of Winnipeg budget.

We dig into the under-the-radar subject of the $200M civic 40-Year Bond, and the interest cost to taxpayers.

Despite the city carrying a higher than Canadian average debt load, somehow $82,000 of support for residential services like Happyland Park pool just didn't fit council's "urban vision".

Gaubrich urges all taxpayers to tell their councilor they "want the government to focus on basic priorities: recreational pools, roads, keeping the streets clean and safe" not spending on travel to conferences, adding bureaucrats, or exorbitant severance pay to outgoing ward assistants.

It's an uphill fight since special interest lobby groups often get government funding to advance their narrow goals.

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17:38 Part 2- Wab Kinew's new budget flaunted a huge $1.4B increase in spending and falling revenues, but WFP columnist Devryn Ross called out the Finance Minister for trying to cover it up.

The Tories had set aside half a billion for new civil service contracts, and Adrian Sala lied to try and explain away the deficit. That's not the only lie connected to the NDP approach to the budget.

While the 14 cent a litre tax break "helps a lot of people out", an $800M deficit and billions wasted on interest payments- $1520 per Manitoban - trends our province in a dangerous direction.

Haubrich addresses the change in the education tax credit to a flat $1500, contrary to Kinew's election promise to keep the discount at 50% of the bill. We walk through the escalating net cost to homeowners as the NDP farm club on school boards ratchet up taxes.

While Tom Brodbeck claimed "it's a good thing" for Kinew to break that election promise, Haubrich says "they shouldn't have promised it in the first place... that's a big problem that contributes to cynicism and hurts taxpayers' walletbooks."

Marty Gold raises the way governments are chipping away at the intergenerational transfer of wealth within the working and middle class while delivering less value for dollar to taxpayers.

Corporate welfare such as E-car rebates, millions allotted for a safe injection site that Kinew's crew won't be living anywhere near, Nahanni Fontaine jetting an entourage to the United Nations, are part of the expensive priority of the NDP- feeding their base, and claim the budget will be balanced in 4 years in time of the next election.

In the meantime, Manitobans will be paying $9.6B in interest over that term.

In the overall scheme of things, providing a paltry $300 credit for property security systems- which can save millions in losses, insurance hikes, and policing costs- shows it's difficult to get a caucus with no experience in making a payroll "to understand the plight of the everyday taxpayer, when your paycheque has been coming from the government," concludes Haubrich.

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Two shocking, senseless murders have rocked Winnipeg before Christmas- and Episode 36 looks at the details and how the courts and provincial government failed the victims.

Part 1 - Public Safety update: The pro-Hamas protesters wanted to emulate the harassment tactics seen in Toronto but their plans didn't work. We have the details about the police making sure the Indigo bookstore on Kenaston was protected- and how the local Israeli community came out on Thursday in support of the retailer.

17:05 Part 2 - We add a few notes about how the anti-Israel extremists were forced to back away from a planned Saturday incursion into the Polo Park mall. We describe the actions taken on the Jewish side of the equation, and the divide in the community between do-ers and talk-ers.

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21.30 - The killing of Ivan Rubanik in Elmwood, after his Ukrainian family came here a year ago fleeing the Russian invasion, was because the 'system' failed to remove a violent teenager who was clearly on an escalating criminal path.

Similar to Brent Meade, the accused in the Burrows murder last month, repeated incidents by 19 year old Ethan Gladu after a previous conviction weren't considered a reason to keep him off the street.

The savage murder of Rubanik at Talbot and Watt, on his way to work, happened despite a weapons prohibition on Gladu, and a curfew that did nothing to protect pedestrians during daytime.

We piece together the timeline of Gladu's charges over the last year, and the murder of his own brother by a 13 year old in 2018. You'll hear some caustic comments from 3 women about the deterioration of safety in Winnipeg.

35:06 Part 3- Has anyone asked, where was the 14 year old girl the night before she was killed on Graham Avenue?

While we don't know much about the 17 year old boy who stabbed her on Graham Avenue last Friday, we know about his court proceeding, the court appearance by his victim the day before he killed her, and that the same judge who released her with inadequate housing and social work supports one week also chaired the alleged killer's hearing the next.

The girl was a chronic runaway, coming from Northern Manitoba, on a waiting list for a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessment, and apprehended after 3 weeks hiding in a homeless camp at Osborne Bridge.

With that background, how was she released from secure custody, and ended up in downtown being murdered within 24 hours? Will anyone hold the judge accountable for her role? Hard questions, no answers, in this podcast.

We end with another report of public drunkenness and disorder in St. Boniface near the hospital, where despite removing the bus shelter, the partying for the derelict class continues.

Coming up on TGCTS:

A Christmas Day interview with our Newsmaker of the Year.

A City Councilor reviews Year 1 of Mayor Gillingham, and addresses federal housing bribe tactics, transit woes, and our bike lane investigations.

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Last week we reviewed how St. Boniface Councilor Matt Allard was roasted online after his dismissive attitude to the unacceptable risks that Winnipeg residents face using the Transit system. Since then, he's received more scorn and derision, as more reasons why taking a bus is unsafe - especially for women - piled up from users and on the police crime blotter.

In Episode 29, hear how some believe that a transit-taking molester in St. Vital may also have targeted women on other routes- including one in Allard's ward. And a senior citizen told Allard he just bought his first car because he's tired of seeing fare-jumpers and "seeing fights on the bus."

Then, our rundown of other recent crimes includes a snubbing of a call about a yard snoop in St. B. and the series of attacks city-wide that renewed use of the term 'stabby-peg.' And the horrific incident on the Graham Transit Mall - 2 blocks from police headquarters - proved how accurate our podcast was 2 weeks ago when we said: Violent Marauding Teens- And Pre-Teens - Sowing Fear Across Winnipeg

The swarming of a family after a downtown concert on Saturday by a gang of girls at Graham and Fort left a 17 year old boy lclinging to life and the father asking “What the hell is wrong with this city?”

The boy leaped in to protect his sister: “Four girls jumped her, and that small group… turned into over 10, mostly girls, maybe four boys,” he told the newspaper, “He’s a goddamn hero… He was saving his mom, his sisters and his beautiful woman and baby, without a thought for himself…”–

Only the extraordinary efforts of a nursing student, police, first responders and then HSC ER staff kept the homicide count from climbing even further. Why did people stand by and do nothing, asked the father. The level of savagery of the teenaged mob is a likely answer.

The real question is- which adults are responsible for the suspects? Are any of them wards of CFS? Have priors? Does the public have a right to know?

Of course they do, and the public will continue to have a justified fear of going downtown, being downtown, waiting at bus stops, and taking a bus. Will Allard and city council get the hint finally and do something?

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• Another contentious Open House is set for Thursday night as the Batlle over St. Boniface bike lanes opens a new front. We will be there to see for ourselves what will be said as the Biz group on Provencher joins the chorus of the business owners on Marion and Goulet that the rigged city consultation process "should not proceed without ensuring the input and feedback from the very businesses that contribute to the unique character of our community." (To get a copy of the statement from the Board of the Provencher Biz, email martygoldlive@gmail.com)

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• The Province suffered a big reversal in the Court of Appeal, as the bullying tactics of former Premier Brian Pallister may have gone too far - and we will have much more to say on this soon, as we covered this situation from the very beginning.

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Episode 28 is a Crime Courts and Public Safety report: shocking developments in Winnipeg have submarined a public relations effort by prominent officials to portray our city as "the best blend of everything Canada has to offer."

A Saturday Globe and Mail clickbait article of "Canada's most liveable cities" placed Winnipeg at #3 Overall. WRHA head honcho Dr. Joss Reimer took to Twitter to cheerlead the rankings. But while Reimer, Mayor Scott Gillingham, and the urban visionary messiahs hopped on the bandwagon - "#1 for raising kids!" - another set of 'data-driven rankings' exposed the absurdity of their campaign. Because as the Globe piece said,

"Even if you could afford to live there, would you want to?"

Marty Gold reveals the Crime Severity Index and the inconvenient facts that MSM won't tell Winnipeg. You'll hear how just how violent StatsCAN says Winnipeg scores at after the 8 year term of Brian Bowman as Mayor, and which categories we are shamefully number one in. This is his legacy.

Among neighborhoods with a violence score over 700, Winnipeg make up 9 of the most 10 dangerous in the country - and 17 of the worst 26. And at number 26: West Broadway.

16:57 Part 2 - We recap the mystery surrounding the shooting spree inside a Langside St. rooming house on Sunday morning - with unreported details of the history of the property and of the drug-dealing past of one of the 4 victims.

A local newspaper managed to print 2 different versions of life on Langside, but only one is correct. We compare a local government-funded community patrol claim that "West Broadway is normally a pretty quiet neighborhood" with the lived experience of a mother who "has heard yelling and fighting and gunshots often in the area." You can decide who lied.

Also- an unaccomplished Liberal MP from gang-ridden Surrey, BC, tried to twist the killings into an online attack on Trudeau's opponents - and in short order Ken Hardie was exposed as a total moron for even suggesting the killings were "far-right".

Meanwhile, a suburban City Councilor got the same treatment from critics for inserting the dog-whistle word "hate" into his post, which even riled up a usually mild-mannered downtown businessman. Hear all about it.

38:04 Part 3 - Court time is coming up for the Hamas-supporting "Queers4Palestine" and the other radical antisemites in Winnipeg.

The railroad companies want a court injunction to stop further interference with their operations.

Guess what the train-blockers were chanting for on November 20th? That's right, more killing of Jews. And they aren't alone.

As you will hear, TGCTS has learned Winnipeg police are investigating an online hate-spouting video that included a well-known Winnipegger among a group praising Hamas and Hitler.

Of course, they'll claim they're just "pro-Palestinian".

In conclusion, Marty warns that there's a morally deceptive movement funded by Iran and other anti-West elements who want to turn our society against the concept of "Never Again".

Don't fall for it.

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Episode 12 is a mid-summer update on the safety and security of the Jewish community in Canada, and reveals 2 unreported incidents in Winnipeg.

4.00 Part 1 - The Winnipeg media isn't very fast to mention antisemitic violence and threats targeting Jews in Canada - and where a lot of these incidents are happening, their local media won't mention Jews are being targeted at all.

Marty Gold enumerates a horrible week for Jews in our country. In Toronto, a school was torched one day, another school was arsoned the next, and then two synagogues on Wednesday had lawn signs supporting the hostages in Gaza destroyed.

Toronto police hurriedly tried to quell any link to a hate crime in the second case, portraying it as mischief by a random homeless man. You'll hear about a neighbour’s video that exposed the deliberate actions taken by the perp. All of the antisemitic attacks occurred within a 20 minute radius in Toronto.

Here is a photo of the suspect, released after this episode was recorded:

11.20 - Dahlia Kurtz has taken a national profile as a leading defender of Jewish communities on social media, naming weak Islamist-enabling leaders by name. She stated:

"We've gone from learning about Jewish history to living Jewish history. JEWS ARE UNDER ATTACK IN CANADA."

Dahlia continued, "Olivia Chow, Doug Ford, and Justin Trudeau enable this. Political leaders do nothing. Police do nothing. Trudeau subsidized media doesn't report this."

13.50 - The Jews of Calgary held a Walk for Israel. In response, a pro-Hamas welcome wagon made their presence felt.

The 'Free Palestine' operatives left unmistakably genocidal graffiti on the protective wall outside the Beth Tzedec and elsewhere nearby, including "the flood is coming" and inverted red triangle - hearkening to the Hamas attack of October 7. Leftists extremists uphold the right of Jew-haters in Canada to "protest" in this way.

16.15 - On Saturday, Montreal will see a pro-Hamas car rally during the day and then a "Night of Rage." These kinds of public intimidation are organized and promoted courtesy of Iranian funding, as the Hamas leader who met his fate in Tehran is portrayed as a peaceful ceasefire negotiator.

People mourning the death of the leader of Hamas and participating in a support march are a threat to Canadians and non-citizens involved in such 'anti-Zionism not antisemitism' actions must be deported.

18.00- Two men faced charges of plotting a terror attack on Wednesday, as RCMP in Toronto alleged the father and son team were in league with ISIS.

We compare the arrests in the east with the total inaction of Winnipeg police when evidence of similar threats, made on video, in person, or over the phone are provided to the cops.

24.00 Part 2- We have details of a Winnipeg home that had an Israeli flag vandalized on July 24- and then had something happen to the replacement flag.

Listen for the twist in the story about the twice-victimized supporters of Zionism.

30.00- Marty Gold describes the way antisemitism in Winnipeg has evolved from the post-WW2 era to the present day.

Now, 'old country' tensions have faded and been replaced by a toxic mix of Marxist intimidation and Islamist hate.

Sympathy for Jihadist cultures has no place in Canada, if we want our land to be safe. We recommend directly pressuring elected political leaders to stand against this infiltration of our society, instead of mollifying divisive elements to secure their votes.

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In Episode 4 of Season 2, we cover civic, provincial and even some federal issues in three scintillating segments:  

Marty updates last week's popular recap of the PC caucus turnover. Insider info he got further dispells the 'abandoning ship' narrative of the media. Listen for a few more points about Premier Stefanson's health, and about her reshuffling senior staff positions. The Free Press slanted the story right from the get-go, and along with the rest of the MSM didn't even try to ask questions about the winner of the shuffle.  

10.20 You'll want to hear the information Marty dug up about the new Clerk of the Executive Council, Kathryn Gerrard. While the media might tell you she's “the head of the civil service", they don't tell you what Kathie was doing 10 years ago. It makes her path to becoming the person "in charge of making sure the government runs, no matter what, 24-7" seem rather unusual. 

He also explains why her resume also makes her previous ascension to Deputy Minister, responsible for mental health, homeless and addictions files, hard to explain, and ponders her supposed 'success' in that role. 

17.25 - Part 2 - Last week Spirited Kenny nailed the lazy media reporting of the anti-car lobby project to lower speed limits in Winnipeg. Did jargon-y civic reports - a Brian Bowman legacy - actually bolster their campaign? One councilor is against incomprehensible administration reports, but spearheaded the 30K car-crawl idea. If that's the case, we try to figure out was Coun. Lukes for it, before she was against it? 

What did councilors discuss at their planning retreat in Elkhorn this weekend? Was it how a teenager heading to class was outrageously tossed off a Route 19 bus when she couldn't top up her $3.10 fare ticket with another 5 cents? We have the details.  

35.35 Kenny picks apart 3 TV newsroom reports about Councilor Sherri Rollins deciding to seek a federal Liberal nomination to replace the late Jim Carr. He reviews the more likely reasons than the 3 different explanations the 'professionals' ran with, and compares the facts to the media spin. Her past political donations weren't reported in MSM - but we do. Hear why Kenny and Marty both believe Mayor Gillingham has to rethink the conflict of interest of any councilor serving on EPC while actively eyeing federal office.     

1.03.27 - Part 3 - After a throwback audio break, the Crime Report: 

- An attempted 6 AM dognapping near U of W has cops looking for 2 women with bear spray, who ate a knuckle sandwich instead.  

- More bear spray near Polo Park! We ask which adults are held responsible, since both shoplifters resisting arrest that afternoon are way under 18. 

- A startling report on violence in Manitoba helps explain why youth violence and criminal behavior is exploding - hear the words of a former gang member now educating kids: "I wanted to emulate some of the people I saw doing these things." 

Manitoba has the highest violence rate of any Canadian province. We share the numbers which prove males in our province are 2x more likely to be a victim of assault compared to the Canadian average. Wait till you hear how bad it is in the north.  

1.20.00: A surprise for Kenny! At the end of the show, he learns his 'favorite' Free Press newspaper typist has left the Mountain Avenue mausoleum. He adds some colourful comments. We agree with the departing message of their final column - support local journalism - just NOT the Trudeau-funded kind. 

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Episode 22 opens with a brief look towards important civic issues TGCTS will be diving into over the next few weeks, including resuming our interview series with Andrew Marquess of Gem Equities. Also, we'll be discussing potential impacts on the quality of life for residents of established neighborhoods if density-enabling changes to zoning and building regulations demanded by Mayor Gillingham are passed.

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6.00 - Crime Courts and Public Safety Update, sponsored by JamRock Security

When crime affects people you know, places you shop, and your own neighbours, it resonates. A CFIB survey says over 50% of Manitoba businesses have been affected. Marty reviews a story about the costs of public disorder incurred by Vernaus Autobody in South Point Douglas, an area we've covered extensively.

Meanwhile, near the St. Boniface Hospital, frustration with 'petty crime' led to warning posters about one late night perp. Area Councilor Matt Allard maintains his silence. Violence and arson don't affect the Goulet bike lanes, so he won't speak up.

21:03 Crime Part 2

Shootings became almost a nightly occurrence.

- A north end home invasion where a Bannerman homeowner was almost killed

- A Halloween night murder in North Point Douglas (not a shooting) with 2 women now charged. We have some background on one of the 20 year olds accused.

- A woman wounded on Garry St. downtown near police HQ

29.00 Hear about the trail of evidence markers leading to Portage Avenue in St. James, and the colourful social media trail about the deceased that hints at how 27 year old Lawrence Pruden, also known as Rich Porter, met a violent end.

His vehicle was peppered with bullets. It looks like he was driving and fired at from the roadway, so technically not a drive-by, but still looks gang-related.

33.40 - A family in River Heights needs your help after a fire destroyed their home.

The details include how Garrett, the eldest son of Brett and Lyndsay Zoratti is now in a medically-induced coma as doctors try to save his life after he rushed back into the burning house to rescue his younger brother Emmett.

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In this episode, you will hear the surprising press conference where Winnipeg Mayoral candidate Jenny Motkaluk broadsided rival Glen Murray over his undisclosed unfinished business with Elections Canada. 

Murray did not meet the deadline for filing expense and donor documentation after his failed 2020 try at the federal Green Party helm; Motkaluk discovered the province-hopping career politician is in breach of the Canada Elections Act requirements for transparency by campaigns. She's asked the Elections Commissioner to investigate.

Our coverage and analysis is the most complete reporting of this stunning revelation you will find in Winnipeg media. 

1.55 Motkaluk tells the media her campaign learned required filings were not on the Elections Canada website and that EC confirmed that Glan Murray had not filed mandatory declarations originally due April 6, 2021 

JM: "Full compliance with all election laws is expected of every candidate for office in this country"

4.45 Marty sorts out details about Murray's failure to follow the election rules and sets up the media scrum 

6.30 The first 3 media questions played include Marty first asking why voters should care about this issue; two other questions got more details of possible explanations for why the filing is 16 months overdue 

JM: "It calls into question his integrity and whether or not he thinks the rules apply to him"

8.30 Marty recaps Motkaluk's answers and adds that it's now known a 2 month extension had been granted, then explains what Bartley Kives of CBC asks in the next audio clip from the scrum 

1130 Two more questions from Kives and Motkaluk's reply about her campaign and plan to set out policy initiatives 

13.00 Marty learned that yet another Green leadership candidate is in breach alongside Murray. He reviews the explanation Heather Mack gave CBC of why she couldn't file the returns for Murray: "She inferred some mysterious volunteer vapourized the records and there was no back-up? - who knew??" He analyzes how Murray blew past the extension by 13 months before entering the Mayoral race, and by not going to court to seek a further extension Murray kept his offence hidden. Also, why did EC not prosecute these Green leadership also-rans?   

21.50 A listener heard the previous interview with Bev Pike of the South Osborne Residents Group and lamented the treatment of citizens standing up against City Hall. "It sure doesn't seem like anyone has the balls to try and make a change", he wrote. Listen to how Jenny Motkaluk responded to that comment, and explain why she supports Winnipeg residents who are scared to risk personal attacks if they stand up for their principles - citing the reaction of haters earlier this summer to her defence of celebrating Canada Day:

JM: "Being a north end girl, I don't take to bullies and I'm not afraid of people calling me names." 

23.38 Marty wraps up by noting Motkaluk will meet with Bev Pike on Wednesday to follow-up on the complaints we aired on the podcast; this is proof we make a difference and can get candidates to engage with our audience to earn their votes. 

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0:44  History of Louis Riel Day - Spirited Kenny explains who was against it and the nonsensical reason why, why the embarassed NDP government agreed to it, how the original name voted for by school kids got vetoed, and how as Jack Wells would say, it turned out nice again didn't it? 

4:40  A BasketBall Story, reverberating through the Jewish community and putting a spotlight on the University of Winnipeg Collegiate. Marty broke the story here: After Antisemitic Incident, U of Winnipeg Collegiate Disbands Basketball Team - TheJ.ca

An incident like this needs as much light shed on it as possible. That's what Canada's Envoy on Antisemitism, Irwin Cotler, said to Marty last week. 

15:00  What follows is a Lesson In Journalism: Somebody on the UW Collegiate boys junior varsity Wesmen did something on Feb 2. Somehow the Free Press mangled the story and managed not to mention the word 'antisemitism' once - as the two schools once again, clammed up. This cancelation, as Marty reported, was after 'a history' of problems for the Gray Academy players. Hear how many doors the Free Press didn't try, making it easy for the schools to construct a campaign of silence. 

A leading Holocaust educator is concerned about recommendations - from 2017 - to stem antisemitic hate at UW being ignored. Does it surprise anyone the U of W campus has enrolled ZERO students in the no-cost Holocaust and Human Rights Symposium on Apr. 7? 

And we don't buy the educators claim they can't be transparent because "minors". Hear what is behind their attempt to sweep it under the rug - why was there a collective punishment doled out ? What about the offending players going to other sports, if all that happens is they got their ball taken away for the last game of 2023? Kenny adds his views, as a parent, about the reality that has to be faced: team parents had to be notified, and probably all the school's parents too: "I would hope there was an email..." [not to the Jewish Federation, there wasn't]

24:53 -  We compare how rural public schools are dealing with a racism/harassment issue right now, to the cover-up by private city campuses. 

CBC broke yet another high school basketball incident - 2 of them at one game - and we explain how Sunrise School Division and Springfield Collegiate are working with the Lord Selkirk Regional school (Royals) and Lord Selkirk School Division to resolve harmful graffiti and language used towards a visiting First Nations player on Feb. 9th. We ask why, when there's a Jewish school involved, is it handled differently? Where's the reconciliation?

Failure by UW education leaders to combat antisemitism, unanswered questions about the coaches, why didn't anyone ever report the prior incidents to the MHSAA - Hear why neither school in a hurry to "DO THE WORK".

Marty and Kenny discuss how, as Cotler warned, unchecked hate towards Jews is endangering our city and our country and the factors on Canadian campuses is a toxic brew. 

PART 2 52:59 - CWE / 59:00 - Crime Courts and Public Safety: Millennium Library seizure stats, machete and meth and million $ drug busts! And, the return of the Level 5 Car Thief!

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Episode 51 of Season 4 is a Lesson In Journalism, about a Winnipeg Free Press attack on two candidates in the LRSD school trustee by-election. It was an obvious hit job timed for the Saturday edition before the June 6 vote.

The powers that be in the Free Press newsroom decided to manufacture a controversy and 'Make the story fit the headline' to fool voters in St. Boniface.

"I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie." George Orwell, 1943

From the first paragraph, the narrative is laid out in a style of "professional journalism" where facts don’t matter and anything challenging the narrative is excluded.

The article, filled with innuendo and outright falsehoods, should be studied in every J-school in the country as a lesson on how a newspaper can influence an election by, as Orwell described, publishing a report with no relation to the facts.

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Part 1- Two candidates seeking to win the vacant Ward 1 seat were singled out over supporting 'parental rights'

LRSD Board members, candidates seeking to join their club, and even the Superintendent were given free rein to invent malicious false claims about the pamphlets, and paint Sandra Saint-Cyr and Marcel Boille as "belligerent, confrontational and anti-inclusion."

Marty Gold knows the facts because as a voter in the ward, he has the election literature the reporter was bashing. He also has the loaded, one-sided questions sent to one of the targets, ⁠Sandra Saint-Cyr, who was interviewed in Episode 46⁠.

The story wanted to divert attention from their in-school practices, and we wondered why.

Hear how Boille is smeared for courting supporters of deposed trustee Francine Champagne and defending her. The substance of his platform- "students do not belong to the trustees or the teachers" and wanting "quality academic and vocational education" was never divulged in the hit piece.

16:56 Part 2- While the LRSD Supt. claimed Saint-Cyr misrepresented the “lived experiences” in the schools, and others insisted parents were fully informed about division practices, we let you compare the candidate's supposedly controversial statements with actual LRSD policy- unlike the Free Press.

The article misled readers about why Saint-Cyr hadn't responded to them - hiding that reporter Chris Kitching gave her only 3 hours to reply.

27.00- The road map of influencing the by-election pivoted on trapping Saint-Cyr with loaded questions built on Orwellian "emotional superstructures" about "banning books", 'safe inclusive' schools, and "Do you consider yourself to be on the right or far-right?"

Did Kitching ask anyone he quoted if they are "left or far-left" for his story, so readers can get context on their bias? Listen to all the questions and the narrative behind them.

34.55- "Political suicide questions" to frame Saint-Cyr as a "child-hater" is how a listener described it, with the Free Press hoping no one reads what she wrote or the LRSD rulebook.

That's because the issues she raised- including keeping "private and confidential" information from parents, biological males competing against girls, and allowing boys into girl's change-rooms - is LRSD policy.

That's the "lived experience" of kids in their care. Are parents who have concerns "hateful"?

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46:59 Part 3- To bolster their web of misinformation, the Free Press trotted out an Ontario 'hate expert'.

They didn't say he's a self-described 'queer activist' who has an avowed hatred of Christians.

56.20 - Justin Trudeau gives the newspaper almost $1M a year, and in return opponents of "progressive" policies are keel-hauled by, as Orwell explained, "retailing these lies."

We offer free advice for the new owners of the Winnipeg Sun on how to compete with the Free Press.

Season 5 kicks off with an in-depth interview with Elmwood- East Kildonan Councilor Jason Schreyer, who takes on bureaucrats, unchecked construction inflation and ongoing City borrowing he says is unsustainable.

The 3 term Winnipeg councillor wants a review of the rules around long-term borrowing, especially when it’s underwriting infrastructure projects that come in way over budget.

“It was not something being talked about regularly” when he was first elected. Now city finances are in trouble.

A member of the Water and Waste committee, he also addressed whether the City should be leveraging performance bonds posted by contractors to control spiraling costs.

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Part 1 - 3:05: "The problem is more and more pressure is being put on municipal governments" since the 1980's, said Schreyer.

Council recently voted to finance an extra $23M for a South Winnipeg recreation campus but is draining Happyland Pool over a $100,000 shortfall, which Marty Gold challenged as being unfair to the less affluent St. Boniface ward.

"I’m not going to dispute what you’re saying," replied Schreyer. "We've got a problem with construction inflation more than any other inflation at city hall.”

9.30- A discussion about contractor performance bonds. How is Council protecting the public interest and who is being held accountable? An example Schreyer has seen first-hand is in our report: ⁠Goulet Bike Lane Barricaded, New Lanes A Treacherous Wreck⁠

"There should be answers for these questions you're asking."

Part 2 - 16.07 - Jason Schreyer notes the media had never once asked him about construction inflation before this interview.

He feels that the media contributed to a lack of information for taxpayers “about why costs are going up, increasing all our taxes, fines, fees, levies, and rates at an unprecedented rate and actually reducing services.”

The interest being paid on long-term bonds is "not sustainable" and Schreyer agrees that it's time for a review of city practices.

Citing the rate of inflation outpacing wages for 30 years, “now we’re forced to, relative to the income of Winnipeggers, sell more and more debentures."

“I don’t feel like its my job to defend the administration or City Hall. Cost overruns happen, (but) we should do a record of how often contractors are actually under the estimates... we should always be vigilant in terms of every single construction contract, yes we should.”  

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22.10- A former Mayoral candidate has raised the idea of the City generating millions by opening an aggregate plant- and Schreyer said there was a good precedent:  

“I’m very grateful to Don Woodstock for taking up these issues. … back in the day, the city owned its own gravel quarry."

Hear Schreyer describe his questions about whether the City selling off its quarries had saved any money- and the stonewall bureaucrats put up.

"There is no answer from the administration on this. That tells you what kind of trouble we’re in. We can’t think, 'if the administration can’t give answers that’s the end of that’- the opposite is true!”

Listen for why Schreyer and Coun. Russ Wyatt just pushed off a proposed housing plan on Dawson Road because bureaucrats were unprepared for their line of questioning. "It's the right thing to do."

26:56  The interview concludes with Schreyer focusing on accountability from City Hall and councilors.

"I don’t blame people for that concern, I have that concern. Do you think I get my questions answered at city hall?" he states.

"There is no accountability on the issue of further debt. Because if you really project it… I don’t see how it's sustainable... I’m not here to look at things with rose-coloured glasses on."

28:18 - Episode 1 closes with a recap of Schreyer's major points, and our focus on first-time donors for the Season 5 funding campaign!

Episode 23 has updates on our recent newsmaking investigative stories; audio with an insightful Canadian history lesson; and exclusive details about the Polo Park machete attack on 4 kids - and who is supporting the accused young offender.

Last week's Special Report is now the most listened to episode of TGCTS since our re-launch.

Listen to East St. Paul Parents Stop School From Canceling Mother's Day

Since that podcast, we learned the school principal gave an evolving explanation for trying and failing to cancel Mother's Day. His E-Memo on May 5 plainly stated Dr. F.W.L. Hamilton school had arbitrarily enacted "a transition to a more inclusive practice" as "we have moved away from isolated observances of specific traditions like Mother’s and Father’s Day".

When a mother said she was relieved by his reversal of the edict, he mentioned the "intent" of the "school leadership team" - which he didn't disclose when Marty Gold first started asking questions. It's obvious the idea had nothing to do with 'being sensitive' to kids in "traumatic situations." Marty explains how the failed gambit ties into the pattern across the country of schools reinstating Mother's Day after they got caught undermining community values.

Media chasing our story tried to smear parents in East St. Paul for being "traditionalists" and against "inclusion". We will have a Special Report in a few days to expose the newsroom bias against those families and provide a Lesson in Woke Journalism.

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12:26 The War on Cars in Winnipeg - our recent series exposing how bike lanes are being snuck into St. Boniface is the tip of the iceberg. Marty attended the Portage and Main Open House on Day 1 - and got consultants to admit they left transportation sectors out of discussions. He thinks councilors need to be shown photos of the display placards- there was a lot of pushback on the anti-car urbanist concepts from sceptical attendees with common sense observations. One proposal, however, got almost unanimous support councilors should be informed of.

Marty discusses the New Urbanism movement that tries to achieve policy goals by infiltrating government planning and rigged public consultation processes instead of winning support at the ballot box. The newly-announced Osborne Village plan is another 'supported by the Biz' concept - Marty asks, what if the Biz in St. Boniface opposed Moving on Marion bike lanes? If they say "no way" to throttling traffic and killing commerce- would they get their way? Maybe that's why the Open House didn't mention the 99 parking spots at risk in St. B.

Meanwhile, tricks to silence unsupportive stakeholders in Brandon backfired, as people pushed back. CBC immediately labeled them as promoting a "conspiracy theory" about 15 minute cities.

But it's no conspiracy theory. We explain how it is being imposed in England and will kill off normal, acceptable social activities like the symphony, and deconstruct the night-time economy in the name of "climate crisis." The perverse ideology to disrupt your community is pushed by a well-connected, funded lobby with professional organization- we speak for the rest of you.

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32:37 - We present another short audio of Conrad Black speaking at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. He discussed the significance of Canada coming into being. and how it fit into the global and regional political landscape of that era. Well worth a listen!

43:17 - Crime Courts & Public Safety - Exclusive details how a 16 year old with a machete stalked 4 younger teens boys at Polo Park mall. It's crystallized the fear for parents and kids to be able to go anywhere in Winnipeg and be safe. The thug targeted one kid and broke bones, then unleashed life-altering violence- but his mom blames CFS. Who is being held responsible?

Season 4 concludes with more news about antisemitism in Winnipeg that the local media is, once again, concealing from the public.

This time, it's because the Jew-haters are taking over one of the media's sacred cows- the Pride movement. We review the words the militants used that the media don't repeat.

Part 1- As Marty Gold explains, a trend emerged with confrontations at Pride events around North America, provoked by the "Free Palestine" mob who benefit from a sympathetic media.

We pick up on a point made by the Black Rod, concurrent with our exposing how the Free Press ran a hit piece on a retired teacher seeking a school board seat:

"Will you ever see a Free Press story reading "pro-Palestinian protestors---associated with the terrorist group Hamas that committed mass murder in Israel in October"? Of course not." 

How did this favoritism play out last weekend?

• In San Francisco, "pro-Palestinian" allies within the Pride movement oppose any involvement by supporters of Israel. Pride honchos agreed to exclude a parade float from Israelis.

Exclusion, rather than inclusion. And not just in SF:

• "Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters bring Philly gay pride parade to a halt" reported the New York Post.

"Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters crashed (the parade) chanting the anti-Israel slogan, “Palestine will live forever! From the sea to the river!"...

"... the pride marchers looked on with perplexed and dampened expressions... Some protesters in the anti-Israel group held up a rainbow flag with the words “no pride in genocide” painted on it"

That describes part of happened on Portage Avenue too.

Except the Winnipeg media left out the parts about Israel and the Jews.

Episode 52 recaps Pride Parade reports from 3 outlets to deliver the full scope of the radical demands- and not just the ones to exclude Jews.

A CTV piece set the stage- "dozens of protesters" carrying a banner "‘No Pride in Genocide.'" We add details from CBC, which downplayed it as "Parade was paused for short time due to blockade, discussions with Pride Winnipeg."

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13:07 "Short time" to CBC meant 45 minutes, with "50 people" extracting "time at the main stage to make others aware of (their demands) in order to leave the road."

No other media reported on this intimidation. But- CTV and CBC failed to report on the demands about Jews.

The Free Press almost did, but stopped short.

The newspaper described the demands of "more than a dozen protesters" but failed to mention the Z-word:

"Refuse to allow Zionist organizations (a) place in Pride events."

Just like San Francisco, Winnipeg's Pride would not tolerate support for a Jewish homeland allowed. Essentially, no Israelis and no Jews.

We explain why the media hides the antisemitism within the LGBTTQ+ movement.

But what will Mayor Scott Gillingham- a professed Zionist, or Premier Wab Kinew do? Would Gillingham and Kinew agree with Pride excluding 4000 Somalians, or Syrians, or Ukrainians for their political beliefs?

33:10 Part 2- Episode 52 reveals there was a surprise dry run on Saturday by the rainbow-adorned Hamas cheerleaders. Again, MSM didn't tell the public.

The drag-themed gala by the Rainbow Resource Center surprised many in attendance- and at least one board member- when a stage performance incorporated "a political rally for Palestine coordinated by venue management."

"The (Met) venue was not safe on PRIDE" as the anti-Israel mob made their move.

What should disturb all is how the Met crowd cheered the highjacking of the show.

The antisemites didn't get stopped Saturday, and they didn't get stopped Sunday. They want Jews excluded from their Pride events.

A theme for Season 5- IS THAT YOUR WINNIPEG?

To conclude Season 4, we recap the most-heard episodes, the growth of the ActionLine.ca audience, and preview what's coming up in Season 5, starting next week.

(See also: ⁠Dahlia Kurtz: Trudeau fiddles as Canadian Jewish institutions burn⁠)

The cult of personality - and what used to be called a high 'Q' factor - helped propel Wab Kinew and the NDP to a majority government on Tuesday.

In Episode 16, Marty Gold looks at the Manitoba election, the winner's careful steps to the right on key platform issues and how a compliant media - as we discussed ⁠here⁠ - was all-in for their former cohort.

Kinew of course, was never described as “heartless” for never apologizing to the cab drivers he ripped off and fought, and he was never described as “heartless” for never apologizing to the common law wife he dragged by the hair after the guests left.

Who were the other gangbangers that hopped into the taxi with Wab Kinew and had no intention of paying for the ride? The media never asked to speak with them. Just like it appears they never asked to speak to Kinew's ex, Tara Hart.

It’s all an extension of the far-left narrative that we analyzed in January - The Stories Winnipeg MSM Tell, and Some They Don’t Tell.

Marty describes the guiding hand of Brian Topp, who successfully camouflaged the dreadful Rachel Notley in Alberta, and then sold the public a kinder and gentler (than the Tories) Manitoba NDP. The dark days of Greg Selinger didn’t present an obstacle and the media gladly played along when former Premier Gary Doer, who apparently had never met Kinew, dropped a hearty endorsement of Wab.

Kinew kept the fuse on his temper dry, kept the anti-business, critical race theory radical candidates under control, and then waffled to the right by saying he’d continue affordability cheques started by the PCs and getting tough on gangsters.

Marty also looks at the Tory campaign, that needed to run on a happy note of fiscal recovery, health care hiring and a modern economic plan featuring rare earth minerals - but, they didn’t get the tune right.

11.00 - Listener reactions: the election, the results, their disillusionment with Manitoba politics and the social engineering the NDP will undertake to entrench their ideology.

"You thought Selinger was bad."

"Hopelessly and thoroughly unimpressed with the candidates in my area"

Marty ends with a quote from WinnipegTribune.ca: "Manitobans will have to remain vigilant, active participants in the democratic process to ensure that their province prospers and that any potential mistakes are rectified in due course."

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20:40 Part 2 - Election officials screw-up

Miracle of miracles, the Editor of the Free Press and TGCTS agree on something! Elections Manitoba makes "conspiracy theories" look good by insisting it was "a free and fair election" after broken voting machines, delayed vote counts, and "dodging the media on the day after a provincial general election." One candidate relayed a serious problem with proving the vote counts are accurate.

33.40 - Corus Media screws up even worse

Marty was at Dougald Lamont's last campaign appearance on Monday and watched his departure from the political scene after a bitter defeat on election night.

Global TV and CJOB made his night even worse with the single worst election night interview in broadcast history. We have the audio of Lamont's reaction to what was said to him live on air, and how the Global panel tried to hide their embarrassment.

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It turns out that Nahani wasn't always 'Nahanni' and she wasn't always "Fontaine" either.

What's In A Name? Ask Nahanni Fontaine.

Coming up- more about this story:

Why a similar disgusting act against any other religious place of worship in the city would get front-page coverage - but not for a Ukrainian Catholic congregation.

Why Winnipeg Media is Silent on Evidence of Anti-Christian Hate Crime

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Since 2004, followers of TGCTS on radio and online have heard the views of MaryAnn Mihychuk, a well-traveled geologist and consultant who is a former member of the Doer cabinet in Manitoba and the Justin Trudeau cabinet in Ottawa. She’s now serving as President of the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association (MPDA).  

With the Manitoba election heading for the clubhouse turn, Marty Gold again hosts an animated discussion with MaryAnn Mihychuk about her industry, our economy, and the need for sensible policy. 

Hear about where we are in the mining cycle, Manitoba's potential as a critical mineral producer compared with Ontario, Quebec and BC, and why royalties are not where the provincial treasury will make money- it’s from the skilled jobs and economic spin-offs created that will “make Manitoba prosperous once again.”

What does the Manitoba government need to do to attract maximum investment in our mining sector as jurisdictions compete to attract qualified players? Start with opening the Mining Act, suggests Mihychuk.  While election pronouncements are broad strokes, Mihychuk said, “You’ve got to give credit to Heather Stefanson, she’s made some changes and we’ve moved from 37th place to 15…”

“… if the leadership of a jurisdiction say nothing, or say something negative, that will hurt the financial community. Premier Stefanson has come out strongly in favour of mineral resource development and exploration, so kudos to her, that’s a good first step.”

The role of First Nations as a source of resource workers and project management, the impact of climate change and of the United Nations UNDRIP plan, are all address by Mihychuk in this 18 minute interview. 

** The subject of the mining industry in Manitoba came up previously in these podcasts: 

 ⁠May 25 2023 – Wab Kinew Mining For Votes⁠ and 

⁠July 16 2023- Tory Michael Birch Aims To Upend NDP In Northern Manitoba Seat

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On Deck: Election campaign exclusive- What’s In A Name? More on the identity politics of the provincial election.

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Two main topics this episode: A blog post that echoed our civic election themes about crime and public safety, and then we explain- what kind of a poll did Glen Murray 'win' anyways? 

In the opening banter - rest assured this is Episode #8, not #7 as Marty said (but corrected later in the show.) The highlight (?) of Spirited Kenny's week was seeing his first local Instagram star in the flesh. Then, we quickly swing into a segment that was a pillar of our program on KICK-FM. 

We built our reputation on broadcasting alternative points of view in this city, and in particular as articulated by Winnipeg political bloggers. And one of the few remaining in the city just happened to post an excellent commentary on Saturday. 

At 6.40 Marty reads out John Dobbin's post, Crime and Safety in Winnipeg in 2022 Part 1

John explains why every Mayoral candidate should pay attention. 

"...Being randomly attacked or being a victim of crime are probably first and foremost of concern for citizens... If people think their safety is at issue, they make different choices. It is why crime and safety blur. Perception that The Forks is safe and that crime is rare cannot only be about words but deeds."

His post also addresses safety issues inside major malls, and mentions mall parking lots are seeing carjackings. He talks of other incidents around the city. Ultimately, John Dobbin hits the nail on the head: "The randomness makes anyone say: Are we safe anywhere?"

Anyone wanting to be the next Mayor, has to produce their plan to turn the city around. Last weekend 3 teenagers at The Forks were bear-sprayed, and a west end bus was terrorized. We ask: who will speak for those 3 victims? And for all the rest of the victims. Crime victims need a voice in the Winnipeg election.

At 23.40 there's a message from Marty we ask you all listen to. 

Then: everything you wanted to know about the Probe Poll but had no one to ask. The media, with maybe one exception, is not interested in facts and context, but in headlines. 

Starting at 24.30 we look behind the headlines and news reporting of "Murray Has Healthy Lead" and at the overlooked details.

Probe described their poll as "a sample of convenience". 

What does that mean? As you'll hear, compared to random sampling, "convenience sample has an extremely high degree of bias... it is perhaps the weakest of all of the non-probability sampling strategies". 

That's the kind of Probe Research poll Glen Murray finished first in, that the media lost their minds over. 

We break down the numbers, explore the biases in the response pool, and tell you why MSM poll coverage is misleading. 

Did defending Canada Day shift support away from Jenny Motkaluk? Did anyone report that Probe poll respondents were not aware Glen Murray hadn't filed his financial disclosure yet and is in breach of the Canada Elections Act?  No? Hear what we think, as we wrap up with election notes.

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5:00  We note the passing of 'climate crisis' debunker Dr. Tim Ball, who supported us on Kick-Fm and Shaw-TV. Here is one of his excellent videos.

11:30  The flyer of St. Boniface candidate Marcel Boille makes some important points about how St. B has lost out by joining Unicity and watching their tax dollars go to "Winnipeg" and got nothing in return except for spiraling crime rates and deteriorating services. He touts separation but Spirited Kenny doesn't think it's very realistic (Headingley anyone?)

22:00  Glen Murray claims the city has gone to shit and only he can fix it, BUT he always A) leaves out the responsibility of Mayor Brian Bowman and B) never mentions that the first thing he did when he retruned to the city in 2018 was to... endorse Brian Bowman. Listen to Bowman's hint why Murray won't dare speak truth to power at City Hall. 

25:40  Glen Murray tried to guilt Winnipeggers into picking up the tab to restore Thunderbird House. we tell the truth about why it failed - a $40k air conditioner it didn't need and irresponsible governance. Meanwhile Robbie Ouellette says he'd move the Mayor's office there.  

37:00 - The media loves to tell about how *certain* politicians endured childhood poverty and family struggles, but the Free Press proves that it isn't only the kind of 'disadvantaged' folks usually promoted. Hear of 2 unexpected tales of mayoral hopefuls who overcame the odds to build successful careers, Kevin Klein (who spent time in a Sally Ann shelter) in corporate media, and Jenny Motkaluk - who went to University at age 16 and earned advanced science degrees before her successful careers in sales and business consulting. 

47:25 - CBC has a list of Mayoral campaign planks and a discussion about how complete/accurate it is. For instance the Motkaluk housing plan had a 'help the homeless' component CBC missed, but she is way ahead in Arts and Culture proposals; meanwhile the Scott Gillingham camp was satisfied overall but added a few notes we pass along.  

52:00 - RFO's transit ideas - like a buck a ride and allowing tap payment - get a good/sceptical look, as does Klein's 'trailers for the homeless' concept. We go over the CBC investigative report on Glen Murray's departure from the Pembina Institute which Marty also discussed here. Was this Murray's "Principal Skinner" moment? Tom Brodbeck rejected his apology and Kenny remarked "It's the same old Glen no matter where he goes."  We then recap the Motkaluk promises to fudn the Sanat Claus parade and other events like Cruise Nites to build civic spirit.

1:10:50 - Part 2 Crime, crime and more crime - and 2 more murders. Marty thinks this election may lead to a serious discussion of the concept of Unicity as a whole. 

We received an extensive response to the comments of Mynarski Coun. Ross Eadie about the entry of Kevin Klein to the Mayoral race-  if you want the entire reply of Coun. Klein, we can email it to you. 

5.00  The response began with Klein's view of Wise Up Winnipeg driver advocate Chris Sweryda:

"Chris is one of many who have tried to bring things to light... City employees, and the public, shouldn’t have to face an uphill battle to bring forward problems and suggestions and improvements, especially if they find errors in data. As Mayor of Winnipeg, taxpayers will not have to fear City Hall."

He addresses Eadie's questions about how Klein would fix financing issues with ambulances and police - including by 'increased or decreased taxation', and says that the Planning Department which can drive additional revenue is underfunded. Klein asks "Wouldn't we want to increase funding to this department' - and we explain why taxpayers wouldn't. He acknowledges "There are limits to tax increases as residents may move to surrounding RMs or other provinces to find lower taxation" and asserts "I will try to end the arbitrary tax increases based on guesswork and politics." Klein also refers to reducing arson and city fuel costs. 

This led to a discussion of poor planning of new neighborhoods, deficient transit services, downtown decay, and the results of what Marty says was "development for the sake of development." Then comes Part 2.

24.00  The increase in pressure on 'he who used to be Mayor', Glen Murray, came from 4 fronts last week. Whether it be his memory, his accuracy, his work history or his honesty, the other campaigns keep noticing, and even long-time lefties say 'Glen's opportunism' turns them off.  

First- Scott Gillingham took Murray to task for questioning his campaign announcement about city 311 staffing and spending. 

"Mr. Murray finds this odd b/c he was busy in Toronto, focused on his federal leadership ambitions in October 2020, so he may have missed the fact that cities across Canada - including Winnipeg - were fighting severe budget challenges from a global pandemic at the time... Repeatedly, Mr. Murray has campaigned as if the pandemic didn't happen."

30:50  As for Murray's failed run at the Green Party post, the Elections Commissioner sent a reply to Jenny Motkaluk's fomal complaint that her opponent has broken federal law by not filing his donor and expense returns. The OCCE replied "Electors in the City of Winnipeg may choose to use (news) reports to inform their decision-making or to request additional information or clarification from the candidate.“ She upped the ante by calling on Murray to tell voters if and when he comes under investigation.

34.30  Don Woodstock had already asked Murray to sign a pledge not to be a "habitual quitter" - again - if elected Mayor; 

36.10 The Rana Bokhari camp caught Murray stretching the truth about how long he has been back in the city, and reminded voters that when he left Ontario politics, he said he was done with public life.

40.25  Hear what former NDP MLA Sharon Blady said, about Glen Murray "for some bizarre reason being treated like a returning hero."

(And no one mentioned Caledon. We did.) 

Then we report on why Woodstock may be on to something: an old interview revealed that Glen Murray did have a remaining political ambition in Winnipeg- but not at 510 Main Street.

In Episode 31, you'll hear exclusive news about how the City of Winnipeg started the reconstruction of Portage and Main and managed on the first day to screw up not one, not two, but three different requirements to keep the public properly informed about the week-long closure of Portage Avenue East.

And it isn't just us 'saying it'. You'll hear the details - including an eyewitness account of the chaos - in Part 2 of the episode, which begins at 7.45.

Listen to our previous episode about Portage and Main-

March 11 2024- Walls To Seal Off Portage And Main Underground

20.40- The bigger picture is that on DAY 1 of Scott Gillingham's 'Team Open' approved project, his team at 510 Main Street FAILED.

You'll hear how a city official admitted in an email that as we suspected, stakeholders and drivers alike were failed, although it wasn't clarified who is responsible for failing to do their job.

Marty Gold asks questions about why the public service continually screws up, and why councillors and the Mayor refuse to ensure taxpayers get the services they are paying for.

Listeners are asked to chime in for a special poll about City Hall.

In Part 1 -- Marty Gold provides a brief overview of his recent columns and reports in the Winnipeg Sun - exclusives about the failure of Winnipeg Police to maintain the trust of the Jewish community, and about a child seen in a homeless encampment with drug users.

He also speaks of his upcoming appearance in the big CWE wrestling main event on Saturday night in Winnipeg - here's a link to the preview in the Sun:

Wrestlers to Rumble at CWE showcase card on Saturday

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COMING UP- Jewish teen targeted by antisemites; why infill housing crews need more regulation; more ideas for improving Transit safety; city councillors holding town halls...

Episode 11 features an interview with Sophie Hildebrandt about her petition to "Open Up Lyndale Drive".

The 19 year old is leading the fight in her neighborhood against City Hall- and as we reported in the Winnipeg Sun, the city's own data backs up their position.

Only TGCTS has investigated the pushback against bike lane plans for the Route 19 truck route corridor ("Moving on Marion") and for Provencher Blvd.

Now, a third front has emerged in St. Boniface after too many residents were harassed and abused by cyclists and the City ignored the result of their own poorly executed and designed public consultation.

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Norwood Flats is bordered by St. Mary's Road on the east and ringed by Lyndale Drive which runs alongside the Red River, where there's a park and newly built AT path.

Continuing a pandemic-era policy, the City has imposed summer restrictions on traffic that divert vehicles through narrow residential streets with schools, buses, parked cars, and kids. Sounds safe, eh?

Because the Flats isn't laid out in a grid, some people can't get to their houses any other way, yet get threatened with tickets by police. Meanwhile, homeowners get harassed by cyclists who mistakenly think the Drive is reserved for their personal use.

6.05 - "I want the barricades gone," says Sophie Hildebrandt, and she's not alone. With 186 people already signed, the St. Boniface Facebook groups are chattering.

Marty Gold asks her about the reasons she started a petition, the effect of traffic detoured past schools, and the confusion for delivery vehicles and even Post Office drivers to find addresses so complicated even Google Maps aren't accurate.

14.00 - Hear how a police officer declined to write up a $200 ticket on Sophie and on another neighbour "because he could tell I had no other way to get to my house." That's what led her to start the petition.

"Even the cops who the city are employing to patrol the neighborhood and pull over only the locals who use this road, think it's redundant. They don't understand why they're there."

17.45 Part 2- Sophie was urged by her parents to take action.

"Right after I got pulled over, I said yes. So I called my city councilor, sent him an email, and started a petition."

"I've been complaining about this since the second it was put into place... it's still actively making our lives harder."

Even though she took the City survey, she was never notified of the results.

You'll hear her reaction to the actual percentages- and on ActionLine.ca you can see the survey results, after bureaucrats suspiciously failed to surpass 10% participation among the 3200 residents in Norwood Flats.

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24.20 - A clear majority of neighborhood residents wanted Lyndale Drive re-opened and a study done before a closure was considered.

As we explain, bureaucrats included the overwhelming support of 70 cyclists- mathematically tipped the scales against the will of the community.

That's how Norwood Flats got rooked.

32.00- Sophie tells of the intimidation of families using their cars from the other road users- and describes how Coun. Allard did not reply to her multiple calls and emails.

36.00 - She urges anyone interested to email her at norwoodflatspetition@gmail.com. (The petition is now at 246 supporters.)

Sophie can augment the petition with the City survey results- that Matt Allard himself didn't understand - proving that the neighborhood wanted the street barriers removed and a new study done.

City Council voted to do one but won't pony up the cash to pay for it.

"I've been trying to get in contact with the Mayor's office... Here is proof there are hundreds of people who feel the same way I do."

Episode 40 starts with a brief follow-up on our reports about the growing controversy surrounding a court judgement assessing the city a $5M liability to Gem Equities in the Parker Lands dispute, and a complaint to the Integrity commissioner about the role played by Coun. John Orlikow in the wrongdoing: There's 101 Reasons Why Winnipeg Council Must Review Orlikow's Role In $5M Court Ruling

Coun. Eadie Defends Orlikow After Integrity Commissioner Asked To Investigate

Next, our investigation continues into the fight faced by residents, home owners and businesses in Point Douglas to get any relief from the rampant public disorder connected to the entrenchment of homeless camps in the area.

You'll hear behind the scenes details of a terse reply a homeowner in South Point Douglas gave to a letter from a Manitoba Public Safety director- "Boilerplate responses are not action."

After the DoJ official got taken to task for sidestepping responsibility for resident safety, a small but appreciated enforcement action was taken by police about 48 hours later and we have eyewitness accounts. Cause and effect? Hard to say, but it's easy to say that the TGCTS coverage of brought CBC to the table.

Marty Gold reviews their report about the homeless encampments and the comments of a community leader. The current situation of intimidation, violence, fear, theft, vandalism, and murder, flows from a failed hands-off approach by the City of Winnipeg that started under former Mayor, Brian Bowman.

"The disruption in lives and society is huge and I don't see it getting better."

Listen carefully to what was said about the current Mayor and the area councilor who went on a tour of the problem area and offered no action. Marty describes the proof City Hall has failed the property owners and citizens of Point Douglas: the current-day experience of anxious days and sleepless nights caused by garbage, filth and round the clock criminal activity. How much did it cost to replace an industrial air conditioner unit after Pt. Douglas vagrants climbed the roof to steal the copper? It's unacceptable.

TGCTS will continue to shine a spotlight on the crime and abuse that is causing residents to sell off their homes and flee.

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25:25 - Part 2 - A fast-paced update on recent important stories:

Assiniboine Park - word of a champion emerging to have the Ten Commandments monument returned to the Park

Another ambulance to St. Boniface Hospital delayed by City-engineered gridlock

What do school kids learn from this? Unionized teachers in Manitoba don't report all incidents of students committing bullying and violence

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We lead off Episode 25 with an update on the political decision by Mayor Scott Gillingham to open up the corners of Portage and Main, the cost considerations, and some new information.

Two sources have explained how some of the discussion about what kind of work that might need to be done, has missed the mark. And, we're told, the decision is less influenced by 'Team Open' insiders than by realities beneath the surface.

8.05 - A brief clip from last week's Property Committee meeting with Coun. Russ Wyatt sparring with chair Coun. Sherri Rollins. Wyatt stated the P & M issue is symptomatic of a failing city hurtling toward the level of a certain U.S. city that will sound familiar to regular listeners.

13.00 - Armed with physical copies of the report and studies City Hall is reviewing, one aspect leapt out at Marty Gold- the rising water table downtown. Hear him explain why it's significant, what factors aren't.

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Although the average person pictures this proposal as a massive fill-in project, that's not what's going to be done to end pedestrian access. There's other utility infrastructure underground that has to be preserved and maintained because it simply can't be moved.

There's still lots not-to-like about the rushed process, and not-to-trust about the consultant's reports- especially for the folks in St. Boniface where we continue to be treated like the North End of the South End.

22:39 Part 2 - We have more information about civic issues we've been covering.

- Hear more about the $200M capital bond issued by the City, and the information we've asked city officials for that should have been provided off the top of their heads.

- The budget arguments launched against the proposed closure of outdoor pools in St. B - including from a major developer- reveal a skew against poorer neighborhoods and a deceptive reporting practice by city staff. They covered up how a fake 'lifeguard shortage' suppressed pool user numbers, then proposed the pools could be demolished and not replaced.

- The cone of silence is still being kept over a bike lane plan in the West End.

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41:45 Part 3- Crime and Public Safety Update

The 2024 Winnipeg Police Service Citizen Survey of 600 respondents, released at last week's Winnipeg Police Board meeting, proves the Board should have canned Danny Smyth instead of just letting him serve until his planned retirement.

How low did the "I feel safe downtown" number go? Even we were shocked.

Only nine per cent - 9% - felt "safe or reasonably safe" walking alone downtown at night.

We go through the year-by-year decline. The police chief refused to fight crime and tried to be a social worker, and the result is why downtown is in a total collapse.

When apologists claim fears about downtown safety has nothing to do with below-target Jets attendance, ask them about the survey results.

COMING UP- MORE ON BELL MTS LAYOFFS, HOW WAB KINEW'S NDP IS BOTCHING FOSTER CARE, AND ANOTHER 911 RESPONSE FAILURE.

Follow-ups on "Nightmare on Watt Street", more about Plan 2050, and asking if civic politicians played politics with commemorative awards, are what you'll hear in Episode 28!

Part 1- Lots of horror stories continue to emerge after Marty's column in the Winnipeg Sun exposed a rooming house wreaking havoc on a working class neighborhood in East Kildonan. The interview with the whistleblower in the last episoderecounted the ways the City of Winnipeg has failed to protect the community.

Coun. Jason Schreyer is scrambling to hold public meetings to turn things around- even as advertising appeared on Thursday to fill a vacant bedroom for $650 a month.

You'll hear reaction not only from readers, but audio from a recovering addict who lived there until March, confirming one of the deaths that occured inside the Watt St. "death trap" and outraged the rental property is still operating.

Harvey Smith made a point of taking a drive through his ward to see for himself what was happening at night. Do any city councillors do that anymore? No one is speaking up for area families and businesses in fear of more arsons, crime and deaths- and we will keep the pressure on to help them.

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23.20 Part 2- A telephone referendum, held in the RM of Springfield by a taxpayer's rights group, showed an incredible degree of opposition to Metro's Plan20-50. Will the rump WMR caucus still supporting the plan- led by Mayor Gillingham - persist in calling them "misinformed" or "conspiracy theorists"? There's 2900 folks in that RM who'd challenge the name-callers.

Who would residents of Winnipeg ask if they wanted to know how Plan20-50 will affect them? Months later, the City can't answer that question.

31.00- Another story about crime and disorder affecting law-abiding property owners and residents is in the Winnipeg Sun today.

Riverbank ‘garbage dump’ impacting ability to attract tenants to downtown building

Marty Gold spoke with a representative of the high-end apartment complex at 300 Assiniboine, who have challenged Mayor Gillingham and Premier Wab Kinew to remove the garbage-strewing, arson-starting, drug-using homeless encampments behind their building on the banks of the Assiniboine River.

33.00- Politicizing the Winnipeg 150 Awards has fueled even more cynicism towards City Hall.

An email from a listener - one of many, actually- raised questions about the choices the Mayor and city councillors made for Winnipeg 150 medals, supposedly "nominated for their significant contribution to their neighbourhood or the city at large."

Some are clearly deserving of recognition.

Others, such as a CBC radio host with no listed volunteer activities since moving here, seem to have been beneficiaries for political purposes.

Some check all the right boxes- except the boxes denoting the actual pre-requisites for the medals. Should people doing a job at a city-funded agency get an award for simply doing the jobs thay are paid to do?

Coming up- Transit undermines driver and rider safety; more trouble from downtown homeless encampments; Vandal says vamanos to politics...

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The continuation of our interview with St. Vital councilor Brian Mayes has a few surprises for Episode 18.

Part 1- A shout-out to our listeners outside of Manitoba and the readers of Marty's column sin the Winnipeg Sun. Hear a review of the impact of recent stories about Plan20-50 as an example of the work supported by our sponsors and donors.

8.28 Part 2- Civic issues relating to public information and consultation, and city staff falling far short of their duty:

- Is the city Transportatation2050 plan merely formalizing an existing administration practice to "Design streets with emergency vehicles in mind?" Mayes confirms that even as chair of Community Services, he has "no memory of ever talking about that."

He commits to asking how city staff decided there was not a "significant" delay to emergency service response caused by the Goulet bike lane bottleneck.

14.30 - Mayes says it was a "poor" decision by bureaucrats to give only one day's notice about pop-ups at local malls to explain Transportation2050 to the public. (Their excuse? it's not part of the public consultation process so there's no minimum notice required.)

He agrees that the purpose of those sessions is to give residents a chance to evaluate the plan and then tell their councilors what they think. The limited times and venues chosen excluded too many Winnipeggers.

"You'll show up at the mall? And nobody will spot that (pop-up)... I feel a town hall coming on."

Mayes will be focusing on the lack of planning for modifying St. Mary's Road to manage traffic flow.

18.00- Hear Mayes describe:

- How planners made assumptions when no money is alloted, wanting to "authorize density on the idea that oh, there'll be a bridge here (to the U of M)... it just seemed hare-brained."

- "I voted for a bunch of this stuff under Mayor Bowman's fairly grandiose plans and the bills are now coming due... I think we'd be better off saying we can't afford to do a ton of this stuff, let's revise Our Winnipeg down to a much shorter list."

- "The disconnect between the planning and the transportation has got to get better."

- Mayes compliments transit planners for paying attention to residents in his ward

- The city transportation plan was going to be subservient to the Metro region Plan2050, yet city bureaucrats admitted the WMR plan was only 'alluded' to in the City plan.

- Mayes has concerns about water and sewage capacity as housing expands in the city and nearby RMs.

"We can all say we want more housing but at the end of the day, we got to have a sewer system that can handle that and I'm not convinced that we do."

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32.00- Part 3- Crime and Public Safety update

We have the latest on the August closing of 3 convenience stores, in EK, St. B, and the West End.

40.25 - You won't believe the extraordinary measures that retailers are taking to secure snack and grocery items. These closures and security concerns are devastating to the employees and degrade the quality of life for the community.

- A trio of intoxicated teenage thugs - armed with a machete and an ax - ruined the lives of a 15 year old boy on Selkirk and an 80 year old homeowner on Pritchard this month. The north end wonders, do these kids have a social worker involved? Maybe Nahanni Fontaine can tell them.

The new column in the Sun exposed years of complaints about cyclists and others racing at high speed over the Tremblay bridge into the Archwood neighborhood. Animals have been hurt, and private property damaged.

https://winnipegsun.com/opinion/columnists/gold-speeding-cyclists-on-collision-course-with-homeowners

St. Boniface councilor Matt Allard did what he usually does when aggressive cyclists endanger the public- nothing.

You'll hear an update from Saturday night about the kind of accidents waiting to happen that were witnessed.

In Episode 46, you'll hear about the Louis Riel School Division By-Election to fill a Trustee seat in Ward 1 on June 6th.

School board elections have long been used as a farm club for the Manitoba NDP- and with no spending or donation rules it's a wild-west environment for unions and other radical groups to seize a lever of political power.

After the LRSD Board forced Francine Champagne to resign, 5 residents have ⁠filed nomination papers⁠. Unlike Winnipeg's MSM, we explain the far-left lens used to determine that she failed the ideological purity test demanded by the other trustees.

As the Black Rod reported, LRSD has adopted the teachings of a Brazilian educator celebrated by Marxists. Paulo Friere's foundational belief was students must liberate themselves and become social justice warriors:

“All education is political; teaching is never a neutral act”.  

The disastrous effect on math education in Manitoba was explained in our last podcast.

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LRSD is at the forefront of indoctrinating employees and students with "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism" mandates. After all, who's against anti-racism and inclusion?

Parents represented by Francine Champagne believe that children should be allowed, for instance, to mature at their own pace and to grow up and form healthy adult relationships- and she said so. To 'Woke educators' this is hate speech.

Now those parents and the rest of the electorate have to pick a replacement for Champagne. Marty briefly discusses 4 of those candidates- and then interviews the fifth.

20:11  Part 2- Sandra Saint-Cyr describes moving to Winnipeg as a teen and an education career that spanned the UK, Sweden, Norway and Manitoba- which included an FN-run school and then 3 schools within LRSD.

Married to a retired policeman and mother to 4 children, she tells how "My focus has always been centralized on the learner and the family behind the learner."

She states the Division has been excelling in literacy programming, going back to the basics after 'whole language' curriculum proved a failure.

29.00- Saint-Cyr believes "Parents make good parents but large, multilayered governmental organizations never make good parents.”

At the door, voters tell her they "want to be informed and to have a voice,“ but aren't sure how. She notes the protocols for "LRSD Policy AC - Respect for Human Diversity," are not widely known about by teachers, let alone parents.

That policy is cited to justify keeping parents in the dark about their kids experimenting with gender identity.

"If we're withholding critical information about a child's development from the parent... we have systems and supports in place (like clinical support). Those systems work very well and at no point prior to this have I experienced when the parent wouldn't be fully informed."

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38:22 Part 3- A Free Press report claimed “they are elected to represent the perspective of their constituents," but when Champagne did that, she was labeled a bigot who "fell out of line".

Marty asks Saint-Cyr about the lack of ideological diversity on the LRSD Board. Citing a 2017 provincial rule, she says "our only option is to affirm" a student's gender spectrum self-ID.

50.00- "A teacher's being asked to diagnose and support a decision we have no expertise to do... It's critical that parents are part of every decision we make for students."

But with numerous countries now backing off transitioning underage youth, "parental consent is at the heart of the issue. We need to involve the family."

Saint-Cyr shares concerns of some parents about sexualized library content. "That is an area that needs attention and I believe change," which will depend on parents stepping forward at Board meetings to bring questions forward.

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The controversial war resulting from the terror attack on Israeli settlements by Hamas on October 7th has affected almost every sphere of society from domestic politics to academia to entertainment.

In Episode 27, we look those affects with examples from the macrocosm - the Oscars and the Trudeau Liberal's foreign policy - and then the microcosm, after Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew attempted to play both sides.

A rebuke from a former Winnipegger in Israel exposed his shallow understanding of the war to eradicate Hamas, and of antisemitism.

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Part 1- You'll hear about what happened in Hollywood: ‘Zone of Interest’ Executive Producer Danny Cohen Refutes Director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech: ‘I Just Fundamentally Disagree’

“The war and the continuation of the war is the responsibility of Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization which continues to hold and abuse the hostages, which doesn’t use its tunnels to protect the innocent civilians of Gaza but uses it to hide themselves and allow Palestinians to die. I think the war is tragic and awful and the loss of civilian life is awful, but I blame Hamas for that."

9.00 - National Post: Mélanie Joly visits Israel only to trivialize Hamas's sexual violence

After restoring funding to the Hamas front group UNRWA, Joly announced equal funding to both Israeli and alleged Palestinian victims of sexual violence. Then, accompanied by Minister of mental health and addiction Ya'ara Saks, they struck a collegial pose with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas - a Holocaust and October 7 atrocity denier who makes hefty 'Martyr' payments to the families of terrorists that murdered Jews.

Israel’s Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism, former Montrealer Michal Cotler-Wunsh, "slammed the Canadian foreign minister for perpetuating a “false moral equivalence” between Hamas’s coordinated use of sexual torture on Oct. 7 and allegations of sexual misconduct levied against individual Israelis."

“Canadian tax (dollars) supporting blood libel inversion of fact (and) law.”

"Why is Joly insistent on “all lives matter-ing” the organized sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli women and girls?" asked Rahim Mohamed. "(It's) an affront to reality."

The 'why' is a political calculation that Joe Roberts described:

"Justin Trudeau’s legacy will be the abandonment of our allies—leaving a Canada that cannot answer the call of NATO, but happily answers the call of the antisemitic mob. Shameful."

18:33 Part 2 - We dissect Wab KInew's ceasefire call- a gambit to assure the Jewish community he's an ally, while at the same time asserting Muslims are victims of Israel having "little regard for civilians."

Ignoring facts on the ground that disprove his concept of how war against Islamists and their supporters is waged and why there's a "famine" in Gaza, you'll hear how Kinew is playing the human rights card to placate the antisemites in the NDP and the pro-Hamas protest mob leaders, revealing "a tremendous amount of ignorance and naivety."

43:41 Part 3 - Marty Gold reads the response from a former classmate who lives in Southern Israel to Kinew's misguided and misinformed statement.

Hear how combat to eliminate terrorists is taking place door-to-door, with support for Hamas and Hitler found inside those homes.

Instead of Kinew comprehending that like the Nazis, Hamas must totally surrender, "Calling for a ceasefire may be politically correct and an attempt to pander to all constituencies, but it is, in fact, cowardly and morally corrupt. You can do better."

Episode 27 concludes with a look at how Hamas has faked casualty reports "because the daily totals increase too consistently to be real... they assigned about 70% of the total to be women and children, (and) in-filled the number of men as set by the predetermined total."

See Also - https://actionline.ca/2024/03/the-unmentionable-jew-then-and-now-by-dr-rafael-medoff/

Identity politics continues to feed divisive headlines that legacy media newsrooms churn out with no shame. In Episode 5 of Season 3, we ask - Is Fake News being used to legitimize evaluating political candidates based on their blood quantums?

You'll hear how one of those abhorrent narratives, used to pillory a PC incumbent, was granted the aura of 'fact' by biased Winnipeg newsrooms - but when put under the microscope, fails the test of truth.

7:06 - Kevin Klein, PC candidate in Kirkfield Park, joins Marty Gold to explain why he's taking action against CBC Manitoba.

The race-obsessed CBC reported about his family heritage in Ontario and alleged that he has falsely claimed Metis bloodlines.

Now, Klein is promising to go beyond mere corrections and apologies - because the smear campaign has affected his family directly.

Sometimes it's not what's in the story, it's what was left out of the story, that tells the tale, Klein explains.

"The family tree that we have is not the one they published... what would make the media happy? Am I supposed to disown my family?"

That's just part of what shifts the media reports outside of the realm of legitimate public interest journalism - and it's being used instead as the foundation of a smear campaign.

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This weekend, a newspaper columnist hopped on the bandwagon, telling a personal story of taking her young children to get their MMF cards and her family history and particularly of how the ancient governments "robbed Metis children" - presumably including hers in the present day- "of their inheritance".

After 5 paragraphs, "Metis heritage always comes down to community" suddenly veers into Kevin Klein.

Assailed for his "lack of education about Indigenous people in our province", the columnist said when "Klein asserts he is Metis" is it "hurtful and confusing".

So confusing to her, in fact, that Rebecca Chambers concluded that Klein is "claiming to be us" to bolster his political ambitions. But that is Fake News.

Last month we asked Is This What Louis Riel Would Say About Kevin Klein? He certainly wouldn't say what Rebecca Chambers did in the Free Press.

As you'll hear him confirm, his mother's bloodline has no link to the Red River Metis and Klein never said it did. And this issue has nothing to do with requiring any approval from the MMF.

This is a far-ranging discussion with Klein about the role of mainstream media in elections, and ends with a stark reminder of the ripple effects of Identity Politics on family members and relationships.

"It's a hunt to take me down... This is just political spin, enough is enough is enough. We're elected to do a job, not to create political division."

36:58 - Marty wraps up the episode, with a mention of our most recent investigative series:

Part 1 of our exclusive sit-down with Andrew Marquess of Gem Equities ⁠can be heard here.⁠

Listen to Part 2 - City Expropriation Fiasco: Marquess May Get $90M

Part 3 with Andrew Marquess, more Election candidate interviews, and fresh City Hall reports are upcoming!

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You can hear our previous interviews with candidates in the 2023 Manitoba election:

Dougald Lamont: "We Want to Do Something Different"

Tory Michael Birch Aims To Upend NDP In Northern Manitoba Seat

Patrick Allard Kicks-Off Campaign: "Our Neighborhood Has Been Forgotten About"

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Here's my newest column:What Has Built The Tory Momentum in Manitoba?

Episode 38 features an interview with Brian Mayes, the Winnipeg council representative for St. Vital since a byelection November 2011.

In Part 1, he discusses his ward and his view on the first year of Mayor Scott Gillingham's term- "a very honest man" who knows how City Hall works, but they did have some heated dialogue about the federal strings-attached housing funding.

5.25 - "Change is hard is a pretty hollow, shallow argument", Mayes remarks, citing how city staff claims they don't get complaints about infill applications while council members get swamped.

"I think we got out-negotiated' by the Trudeau government, says Mayes, because the City was never going to get $192 million in funding. Gillingham still pitched it as a reason for councilors to support zoning process changes.

Mayes calls that deal "a loss of democracy here" as residents won't be able to file opposition to many projects anymore.

"The City put out an FAQ thing saying "does this mean there could be 4plexes everywhere?" and the answer "No!!"- clearly that's the exact federal wording... now you'll have the infighting of various councilors who voted for it trying to shape the thing so none of it affects them."

Mayes explains how defining the "800 meters to a bus corridor" could result in people trying to move bus routes and affect the exclusion of River Park South, and how "clumsy oversight" meant the Parker Lands project- "purpose built" for a Rapid Transit line - doesn't qualify under Trudeau's new rules for funding.

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14:51 Part 2- Speaking of clumsy oversight, the Goulet bike lane road rebuild is a dysfunctional mess affecting a Truck Route his residents rely on. As reported on ActionLIne.ca, Mayes is going to speak with another council critic of the rushed project that has degraded a major route for a bike lane that isn't even open.

“You’ve been good at policing some of these projects.”

25.00 Mayes gets reminded by Marty Gold he was one of 7 current councilors who voted for the requirements for fairness to all stakeholders set out in the City Auditor's review of the Assiniboine bike lane debacle.

"Things are often obtuse at City Hall," Mayes notes. "I can ask... some of these routes have implications along multiple wards".

27.34: Mayes returns to the housing fund debate:

"I do worry about the long term impacts" and that "many of the fears were realized" during previous infill debates.

Reviving the Al Golden caution "the devil is in the details," a brief discussion of Golden's work on Council in St. Vital ward years before Mayes assumed the seat, and Mayes' tireless work to get running tracks added to City recreation assets- West End, you're next! - is part of the conclusion of the interview.

35:40 - Marty provides a closing commentary, mentioning a retro sports scandal he helped investigate about 30 years ago.

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Welcome to our new listeners! We appreciate the enthusiastic response for last week's interview with sportscasting legend Peter Young about the life and times of the Golden Jet, Bobby Hull. Here's an 11 minute excerpt that touches on the fans and his friends: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/pnK0ht3nnxb 

You'll want to hear a reaction we received from a listener explaining the out-of-context slant of most of the local media coverage, and their suggestion for the next talk with PY The Sports Guy. 

8:40  Back to our political coverage: A recent Manitoba election poll showed an 11 seat swing between Wab Kinew's NDP and the reigning Tories - but Marty points out what the new result really shows. Will it help spur renewed enthusiasm at the grassroots to modernize the appeal of the Manitoba PCs? 

11:44  Exhibit A? A change of plans for a potential candidate in Brandon West, Jordan Sisson. Hear about his background and why this is a bit of a big deal. There was also a change in plans in Spruce Woods. Some may ask what the rush was, before the nomination meeting was postponed? Some media doesn't seem to give a full picture of the candidates and Marty fills in the blanks. One of them was endorsed sight unseen by 'she who finished second' to Heather Stefanson to become Premier. But that isn't the only race where Shelly Glover has tapped a favorite.  

16.40  In Kildonan-River East, longtime political strategist and former Glover campaigner Braydon Mazurkiewich is posting high-profile endorsements that cut across social and political lines. Hear who's backing him in his effort to unite the party.

23:18  Part 2  To start, a shout-out to Scott Taylor for his own reflections on Bobby  Hull in Senior Scope. 

27:40  Spirited Kenny noticed a pattern with a couple of the PC candidates - we mull over how the anti-Pallister backlash is going to affect the party. Are the not-Stefanson conservative voters who were alienated in a position to upset some Tory applecarts in rural Manitoba?

32:15  Harvey Pollock, a legendary city lawyer and a mensch, passed away last week. * Certain * newsrooms didn't seem to notice. They get shamed after Marty provides a history lesson to the journalists who ignored the importance of Pollock to the legal profession, how he made history at the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, and helped build a bond between First Nations and the Jewish community. Marty even whistles in his honour.   

44:40  City Hall briefs; then, a rookie city councilor in Peterborough, Ontario took some flak for urging residents to donate more than just tarps to help maintain homeless encampments. Based on his own experience, he wants folks to contribute... pot and booze. We talk about the idea and what would happen if a Winnipeg councilor tried that 'harm reduction' stunt.  

51:55 - Part 3 Crime round up - why hasn't the media mentioned that an accused in homicides #4 and #5 made similar headlines 20 years ago? Then hear the odd court sentence of a maniac who crippled a woman in a Transit stabbing. And, Kenny talks catfish/alligator DNA!

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In Episode 13, we explore the subtle and not-so-subtle ways the Winnipeg media slants headlines and ignores election news inconvenient to their biased election narrative.

And as Marty Gold explains, the cult of celebrity that surrounds Wab Kinew and other NDP champions of 'antiracism' within the media is a root cause behind election reporting that falls far short of serving the public good.

This explains how Global did a profile of Kinew without mentioning a syllable about Kinew's assault of a cab driver or the similar charges involving a spouse. It explains why the Leaders debates were also absent of such questions- and the media hasn't asked his victims what they think of his suitability to become Premier. The cult worship extends to the media still not reporting that Nahanni Fontaine had an undisclosed name change - and promoted a boycott of white-owned businesses. And, still not reporting that an NDP candidate tried to intimidate her Liberal opponent in Southdale.

Hear why, when compared to the current rules for a Preliminary Disclosure Order, Kinew's proposed 'Unexplained Wealth' law is a Charter challenge waiting to happen.

18:34 - Kinew has made wild promises about tackling crime and health care. They reflect he'll say anything to get elected and his caucus are happy to go along with it.

Hear why Shannon Sampert told CJOB "There's no way he'll be able to keep any of them." She had her own dealings with Kinew, when his 2019 election strategy included boycotting two women journalists.

Can you change without making amends? Kinew has convinced his women candidates it doesn't matter.

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25:42 Part 2 - A study in media bias - Marty tells how he got the story of another grandstanding play by MMIW protesters, who posted online of their misdeeds defacing the Tuxedo constituency office of Premier Stefanson. The mainstream media didn't report the story for hours. And in the case of CJOB radio the evening TV newscasts, NOT AT ALL.

Why would the media not tell voters that the activists Wab Kinew supports vandalized the Premier's office on Grant Avenue? Why would they not ask him to denounce the mob intimidation during an election?

While the incident involved the same individuals who've been in the news for their destructive and race-baiting antics at Brady landfill and police headquarters, none of the news outlets reported those details The Sun even blamed Stefanson for provoking the attack because she refuses to commit $184M towards a landfill search for bodies. You can be sure they'd never say that if it was Wab Kinew's office smeared with paint by activists.

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Marty gives more example of the story selection and manipulation of headlines by MSM to influence voters in their favoured, intersectional direction.

Listen to the comments of our listeners about their shock at the photos of the incident- they see a pattern of two-tiered justice and two-tier reporting that started with the destruction of statues at the Legislature, and has continued as *certain* causes and naratives get favoured in the media, while Chief Smyth refuses to enforce the law, lest Nahanni Fontaine and other Marxist heros call him 'racist', again.

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A history lesson about Winnipeg before Bobby Hull arrived to play for the Jets, and how our city changed after he jumped from the Black Hawks to the WHA and became an ambassador for Winnipeg. 

Marty sets the scene for Episode 8: who our heroes were, the rise and fall of the amateur National team, and the leadership of Ben Hatskin with other businessmen and community leaders to bring major league hockey to the Arena. This is about Winnipeg sports history as we lived it - in Marty's era, sports was our other religion and part of his upbringing; he sets the stage of how the national game had evolved as Canada's Centennial and the NHL expansion era dawned, the stars from Winnipeg, etc. 

Bobby Hull was a superstar, with flair, bulging muscles and a personality made for the media. The Jewish community - proud to be represented in the ownership of the franchise - along with the rest of Manitoba were presented with fire-wagon scores and unmatched excitement. Hear how The Golden Jet made Winnipeg internationally famous and put our city on the map.  

10:00  Peter Young, PY The Sports Guy, joins the podcast. He talks about his career in Thunder Bay, being invited to Winnipeg in June 1974 and the luck he had in becoming the CKY-TV sports anchor. Hear about his 50 years of friendship with Hull; the experiences of travel in European countries where Hull, Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg et al established their brand of hockey and made Winnipeg an international destination. Peter tells about the appreciation players had for Hull taking down the reserve clause and about Hull with his fans and his work with charities off-ice. 

From Marty as a fan at the game and Peter doing TV play by play, hear of the dramatic night Hull tied Rocket Richard's 50 goals in 50 games record against Gordie Howe and the Houston Areos on Valentine's Day 1975. Peter tells about Howe and Hull ribbing Peter's dad. You'll hear a fan letter Hull got after that game from a family that ended up owning... the Jets. 

40.00  We talk about the '74 WHA series against Russia, '76 Canada Cup, and our perspectives of seeing the home squad beat the tremendous Russian and Czeck national teams. 

So many Bobby Hull imitations and memories - the broadcasters and athletes of the past - hear about Friar Nicholson, Don Jonas and more; listen to the experience of a blind kid in Philly, a former network anchor, and an ex-Chicago goalie - and of Hull trying to save a life in the Jets offices.

Peter tells about some historical revisionism he put together for an MTN recap about the 1972 Canada-Russia series. Peter addresses the 'other side' of Hull and the things being said by people who never knew him; then the final visit with Bobby at the WHA reunion. We recall the George Smith trophy and the Jets-Russia old-timers at the post-game bar. Peter also confirms that he gave a boost to Marty's wrestling career on CKY in '83 and tells some AWA stories.

1:28.26 Part 2 - One more funny Jets story - Marty's most memorable Jets WHA game was because of a wild final 5 minutes, and a Racers goalie who never knew what hit him. Literally. Then, Kenny and Marty add a few observations about the coverage of Bobby Hull's issues away from the game, review what's been written, and analyze the agenda behind it. 

1:46:00  A brief crime report scoop - we tell you what the cops won't tell the public about the victim of homicide #5 this year - even though they told us about him before. We ask why the cops are biting their tongue. 

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Pajo (Paul) Radocaj, 83, was born in Croatia and was a retired construction worker living in the North End. Last August 15, new neighbours moved in. As you will hear, his daughter Vera got a call the next day that something was wrong at her dad's house.

This special edition of the Crime Courts and Public Safety update brings the story of a family whose elderly father was brutally murdered last summer, by a killer who will never face justice.

Roman Demczyszak, a friend of the new neighbours, was arrested in December and charged with 2nd degree murder. A few weeks ago, the Radocaj family got a call about the killer, too.

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In Episode 49, Marty Gold reads the statement of Vera Radocaj with details about her dad, the day of the murder, the failed alibi, and the evidence that would prove Demcyszak did it- had he not died in custody.

"With these unfortunate circumstances I was now able to find out what happened and how my dad was killed. I was informed that even though the case did not go to trial it wasn't a matter of who did it. Roman was the only one involved..."

[One correction to the details provided- the murder happened in St. Johns constituency, which TGCTS regularly covers. However it was mis-stated that Paul lived on St. Johns Avenue- his home was on Cathedral.)

13:02 Part 2 - More details from the west end of a bus stop assault on Ellice and arrests in a Furby St. murder; plus a bit of background about the 'Molotov Man' busted on Redwood Ave.

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Coming up: More Manitoba election promises from Wab 'Waffle to the Right" Kinew; More candidate interviews; City councilors silent as businesses hemmed in by road construction; and our new website!

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You can hear our previous interviews with candidates in the 2023 Manitoba election:

⁠Tory Michael Birch Aims To Upend NDP In Northern Manitoba Seat⁠

⁠Patrick Allard Kicks-Off Campaign: "Our Neighborhood Has Been Forgotten About"⁠

⁠Dougald Lamont: "We Want to Do Something Different"⁠

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Here are some recent audio commentaries and opinion columns that Marty Gold has filed at ⁠Winnipegtribune.ca⁠: NDP Stumbles Over Crime Platform

Sheriff Wab?

Union Members Not Returning The NDP Love⁠

⁠Kinew Between A Landfill And A Hard Place⁠

⁠George Hickes Once Had a Good Idea⁠

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The Magic Word Is 'Starter' as Marty finally got to the bottom of the car problems! But even without getting to live events with candidates this week, we had lots to talk about in Episode 14. And as we predicted - crime, policing and public safety continue to get big attention from the Mayoral hopefuls.

2:45 - We get a couple of small corrections on the record from Episode 13 (Attn: S. Dobson and E. Duncan)

4:08 - An email from Rick Shone, running for Mayor and making a good impression along the way, is Part 1. He was responding to Spirited Kenny's remarks about police shifts in supermarkets and Shone clarifies who's paying. Kenny makes an important point about WPS officer burnout and whether taking extra special duty shifts might be adding risk instead of rest. Shone also describes his views as a small retailer of the shoplifting problem in Winnipeg which he says was made worse by lax big box stores, slams the Manitoba Liquor store "solution", and explains how he handles it at Wilderness Supply. We talk about his email and note how candidates like him and Don Woodstock have first-hand experience at street level with crime- and their ideas are worth looking at.  

18:45 - Part 2 starts with a fast review of Kevin Klein's announcement this week. He would try to coordinate all the groups working on homelessness issues and try to ensure we get the best results from the grants City Council gives to them. Kenny and Marty assess that idea given the rivalries between the competing groups, and also Klein's proposal to have BIZ organizations (and the City) give entry-level jobs to recovering homeless folks.   

25:38 - Robert-Falcon Ouellette took to the progressive line of "re-defining policing". His goal is to find ways to improve crime response and prevention. RFO also wants Winnipeg police training to be revised, based on ideas from the failed former police chief of the 1990s David Cassels, who walked away from the job after barely 2 years. Hear what we think of their idea for the federal government to create national training standards. We discuss how the feds are responsible for the rise in brazen criminal violence by eliminating deterrence and trial delays, and we tie it back to Shone's comments about the LCs.  

34:20 - An in-progress robbery at a St. James business got no police response on Friday afternoon. The owner of Red Bomb Fireworks corresponded with Hal Anderson, who is running to replace Klein in Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood. We go over the details of how an exasperated Matt Bialek watched on security cameras - while on the line with 911 - as the criminal, who had zero fear of being caught, taunted his staff. 

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As we enter the last half of our independent coverage of the election, we thank all of you for listening, talking with us, sending us opinions questions and tips, and helping us keep alive the spirit of citizen journalism that was pioneered on 92.9 KICK-FM and City Circus on Shaw-TV. 

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Watch the episode with the eventual runner-up for Mayor that year, Judy Wasylycia-Leis. 

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