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A very important non-profit agency ran aground after an influential community leader took over chairing the Board of Directors, leapt into managing day to day operations, and in short order piled up complaints from 17 clients and staff members about harsh scoldings, arbitrary rules straight out of ‘residential school’, and a toxic workplace where employees […]

It took a couple of re-writes for the name “Jim Walding” to appear in Winnipeg Free Press news stories recounting the fall of Howard Pawley’s NDP government in 1988. And the ‘newspaper of record’ persists in obscuring the fact that Pawley had drilled the NDP Manitoba brand so far into the ground that his successor […]

Fans of citizen journalism may have to wait until February for City Circus to return to Shaw TV, but we’re back with TGCTS podcasts and public affairs blogs before Christmas. This easy to listen to 15 minute version: revives an old favourite audio clip of Theresa Oswald -courtesy of the Winnipeg Sun and Captain Audio; reminds […]

The last podcast featured the only delegation that was heard by a Council Committee on January 19th – in other words, me – and my speech with a few broad stroke observations about the Parking Authority business plan that included making drivers pay to park downtown after 5.30 pm. After the meeting ended the COO […]

Once again The Great Canadian Talk Show had to step before a city hall committee to explain to Winnipeg councillors that the Parking Authority can’t put together a business plan that’s transparent or accountable, no matter how hard they “try” It was the least we could do, considering the business practices of the parking mandarins […]

The road for Kenny Omega to being a showcased talent on a major Japanese wrestling pay-per-view, led to a prestigious IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title match last weekend called by the legendary ‘JR’ Jim Ross, and earned the praise of best-selling author and wrestling superstar Mick Foley.         The road started in an […]

The Great Canadian Talk Show podcast has returned with a one hour tour of the mysteries of the Winnipeg School Board and the emergence of a third version of what happened when trustee Mike Babinsky tried to table a motion about winter school bus safety last June. First, according the to Winnipeg Free Press new […]

Is it possible that the most photogenic candidate for Mayor just doesn’t look that good to voters when they see more of him than just his smile?  Last week on Shaw-TV, Brian Bowman tried to prove his “I got grit” brag to Bartley Kives by attacking main opponents Gord Steeves and Judy Wasylycia-Leis. The response […]

If you are able to listen to this podcast, that means our technology upgrade was successful! So coverage of public affairs on City Circus TV will be augmented by The Great Canadian Talk Show once more, and not a moment too soon. I have some news and observations about the civic election to impart, having […]