Open Sources Digest

22/02/2024

Get It Done with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU93.3fm Navalny silenced - Israel v Gaza - Trump and the Primaries - choice language in post secondary battle royal

This week Open Sources Guelph is dealing bad news. What else is new? From critics silenced to cities under siege, we’re reminded that there’s a world full of danger and destruction out …

15/02/2024

Get on the Omnibus with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Strong Mayor flex & an epic by-law battle - the Bill 124 crawl down ends and layoffs/cuts at CTV/Bell

01/02/2024

Open Sources Guelph Digest 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Urban Designer, author and The Life Sized City host Mikael Colville-Andersen joins us to talk about Bikes4Ukraine, cities, urbanism and all things in between

Website for Mikael Colville-Andersen - designer, urbanist, author, TV host, photographer.

18/01/2024

Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm we revisit interviews with Craig Pickthorne from the Ontario Living Wage Network on affordability, the minimum wage hike and the gap between these and Jean Hopkins of the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy on the drug poisoning crisis and the struggle to turn the tide

Open Sources Guelph is a weekly news, politics and current events radio show on CFRU 93.3 fm, campus and community radio in Guelph. Picking up the baton passed down by the Beyond the Ballot Box and…

11/01/2024

The nominees are at Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm - 10th Anniversary retrospective - this week - an encore presentation of our very first political film awards show

Merry Christmas! To celebrate the holiday season, and to enjoy a well-earned break, this edition of Open Sources Guelph will be a special one. Or rather it will be a special. This week, the show is…

28/12/2023

Lights! Camera! Open Sources Guelph! 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Our annual political movie reviews show - four hot picks both current and classic to add to your favourites list

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re taking the week off, and you probably are too. If you’ve entered the usual post-Christmas/pre-New Year’s boredom, then this is the show for…

21/12/2023

Hit the bricks with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Labour strikes back in Quebec - Political pugnaciousness over pronouns in Saskatchewan - Pt. 2 (5.30) Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield talks federal politics and his to do list

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’ve got one more before Christmas break. On this, the shortest day of the year, we will dig into this epically long strike in Quebec that looks to roll on …

14/12/2023

Deck the halls with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm International Student situation - Ford govt flips and flops - Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Caron on housing and more

This week on Open Sources Guelph, it’s a time for gift returns. What? It’s not even Christmas yet! Well, the provincial government has been doing a lot of returning lately, taking back …

07/12/2023

Always a clean audit at Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Israel v Gaza - Conspiracy theory poll results - Pt. 2 (5.30) new Green MPP for Kitchener Centre Aislinn Clancy

This week on Open Sources Guelph, are we even real? Maybe this show has been one, big nine-year conspiracy. Not that we’re trying to put thoughts in your head, but it turns out that we don& #8…

23/11/2023

Rank your ballot with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Possible/tentative pause in Gaza - Ontario Liberal leadership race Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 4 (Quatro) Councillor Linda Busuttil on budget balancing (and battles)

This week on Open Sources Guelph, many storylines seem to be wrapping up. In the Middle East, there’s a hope for peace after more than a month of war. In Ontario, the third place party is abo…

16/11/2023

Rock on with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3FM UCP goes MAGA in ALTA - The Rock for US President? - Pt.2 (5.30) City budget breakdown with Ward 2 Councillor Rodrigo Goller

This week on Open Sources Guelph, can you smell what the show is cooking?! That’s an old reference, but it might have new relevance if a certain wrestler turned actor decides that he wants to…

09/11/2023

Fall back with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3 FM Israel Gaza onslaught continues - protests, messaging and what constitutes hate speech? - Pt 2 (5.30) Wellington County Councillor & Social Services Committee chair David Anderson

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we make jokes about snow tires. Good thing because the rest of this show is about some super serious stuff including the war in Gaza, which has really heated up si…

02/11/2023

Always tax free Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3 Will Ford ever face the music? - Carbon Tax clash - Pt. 2 (5.30) Update with Ward 2 Councillor Carly Klassen

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we come down from the Halloween sugar high. A lot’s been happening on the homefront lately so we will take a break from current affairs in the Middle East an…

26/10/2023

No tricks all treats at Open Sources 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Israel/Palestine - Sarah Jama & more at Queen's Park - pronoun perturbation in Saskatchewan and what's the story on Guelph turning Tory?

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we realize that it’s always darkest just before Halloween. At least that’s what it seems like when we open social media or a news app on our phone. We&…

23/10/2023

Breezy Breakfast 9am Monday on CFRU 93.3fm Guest: Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield stops by for a conversation and open Q&A. Breezy is live every Thursday 8am at the Rise and Shine

combined the family diner atmosphere with an island feel.  With strong roots in Trinidad we decided to bring the flavour of the islands here for our families to enjoy.  We hope you have a warm and pleasant experience when you dine with us at Rise & Shine Island Flavour

19/10/2023

Keep on truckin' with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Israel v Palestine - Convoy(s) 2.0 - Pt. 2 - Ward 3 Councillor Michele Richardson talks city budget and more

This week on Open Sources Guelph, it’s a kind of rerun. On the one hand, there’s still violence in the Middle East and it seems to be getting worse despite the interventions of foreign …

12/10/2023

Three long dashes indicate it's Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3 Endless war in Israel/Palestine - House speaker crisis in USpoli - Pt. 2 (5.30) Kitchener-Centre by-election Liberal candidate Kelly Steiss

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’ve got to get serious for bit. Well, more serious. As we were enjoying the Thanksgiving long weekend, there was no rest for the people in Israel and the G…

05/10/2023

Always affordable Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Controversies pile up in Ottawa - CRTC discovers podcasters Pt 2 - (5.30) Craig Pickthorne of the Ontario Living Wage Network on affordability, wages and gaps

This week on Open Sources Guelph we’re thankful for scandal. As we head into the long weekend, we’re going to talk about the ongoing issues facing the House of Commons that have kind of…

28/09/2023

Plough through with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3 Chaotic opener at Queen's Park - Epic fash fiasco in Ottawa - Manitoba election mania (or meh?)

This week on Open Sources Guelph, it all just blew up! It was kind of cruel last week when Ontario’s premier came out and apologized for a two-month old scandal on show day, but it was well-t…

21/09/2023

Fall in with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Indo-Cdn relations get frosty - COVID is still a thing (btw) - Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 5 Councillor Cathy Downer on the busy fall session

This week on Open Sources Guelph things get serious. Well, they’re pretty serious every week, but it’s not every week that we’re talking about a foreign government allegedly killi…

14/09/2023

No powerful paycheques for Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Conservative Party convention - Freedom Convoy trial continues - Pt. 2 (5.30) Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward on recent events in Onpoli and more

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re bring it home! The news that is. Of course, that’s also the new catchphrase for the all-new, all-different Conservative Party who had a very news…

07/09/2023

Back to school with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm The Greenbelt battle rages on - a Million People might march Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt on the fall session

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re not back at school but we’re still looking for an education. With this episode, we’re trying to get smarter about Greenbelt-gate, which had…

31/08/2023

Get to work with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Back to school labour battle(s) in Ontario - Ukraine war / Prigozhin's "exit" Pt. 2 (5.30) Canadian Media Guild president Annick Forest on the TVO strike and the state of Cdn media

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting you ready for Labour Day! No, not the holiday weekend widely considered the last break of the summer, we mean the “fight the power”…

24/08/2023

Fully trained on social media Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3 The politics of climate change - busy week for US Republicans Pt. 2 (5.30) Jean Hopkins of Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy on Overdose Awareness Day

This weekend on Open Sources Guelph, we go from one mess to another. We will look at the political fight to make progress on fighting climate change, and then we will look at the fight to hold Dona…

17/08/2023

Not blocked (yet?) Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm - Greenbelt dirty laundry drop in Onpoli - Pt. 2 Geordie Dent of the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations on tenant rights and advocacy in these worst of times

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re back from summer vacation, and it was nice that everyone waited till the first part of August to launch their biggest scandals. We’re going to ta…

10/08/2023

Dodge the big tech block with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm - week 2 of our hiatus = producer's choice from our greatest hits archive

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re taking a break, and it’s the same for next week (or last week depending on when you’re reading this). Yes, the time has come for our usual …

03/08/2023

Open Sources 5pm CFRU 93.3fm is on a short summer break. Today's OTA episode will be one of our greatest hits from the extensive CFRU archive, which you can access at your leisure 24/7 at

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27/07/2023

Try this in a small town Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Trudeau's cabinet shuffle - Doug Ford rapid fire round - Presidential contenders line up - electoral riding makeover(s)

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re a four quadrant success. We’re going local, provincial, national and international with the news this week, and this is what we’re talking …

13/07/2023

Primed up at Open Sources 5pm 93.3fm Buddies & Bomblets - homegrown problem in Pt. 2 (5.30) by election candidate for Kitchener Centre Debbie Chapman

This week on Open Sources Guelph, things get awkward. It’s hard enough to criticize your political enemies, but what happens when you criticize your friends and then you have to fly off to Eu…

10/07/2023

OSG speaks to Dr. Catherine Varner, who recently wrote in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that not only are the problems in Canada’s E.R.’s persistent, they’re going to continue for the foreseeable future. Original air date June 29th, 2023

OSG speaks to Dr. Catherine Varner, who recently wrote in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that not only are the problems in Canada’s E.R.’s persistent, they’re going to continue for the foreseeable future. Original airdate June 29th, 2023