In Conversation: Paid Sick Days, with Sheila Block of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
To get some background on the paid sick days issue we spoke with Sheila Block. She’s a senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
A photo of a hand reaching out for help from water. Credit Mishal Ibrahim.
At Issue: Barrie’s Opioid Crisis. Part 1
Barrie’s discussion about a downtown Supervised Consumption Site has stretched on for years. City Council’s multiple motions to wait on the decision of where to put a SCS site stretched from 2019 into 2020, with the pandemic causing a halt to the decision making process entirely.
Picture of books on a shelf in a library. Credit Chuttersnap.
In Conversation: Barrie Public Library’s 2021 budget
Sam speaks with Barrie Public Library's CEO Lauren Jessop on the 2021 budget, the impact of COVID-19, and a planned expansion into the neighbourhood of Holly.