Ontario Morning Podcast September 20th 2023

Ontario Morning

The Ontario PCs held on to their seat in the Bay of Quinte yesterday with candidate Tyler Allsopp pulling in close to 39 per cent of the vote. Host Nav Nanwa spoke to Hollie Pratt-Campbell, co-publisher of Quinteist, about the results.

The music symphony, Tracing Colville, is being celebrated in the Netherlands’ 80th anniversary of the Liberation. Based on a diary and art/ work of late war artist Alex Colville that documented the Canadian experience in World War 2, the first two movements will be played and highlighted in the Liberation Concert Series as one of the four prominent countries that took part in the Second World War. Host Nav Nanwa reached the Canadian composer behind the music, Dean Burry, in the Dutch city of Nijmegen to talk about the story and music.

The Michelin Guide Toronto 2024 was recently released and, although most restaurants were in the GTA, one restaurant earned a star on the guide list in Clearview Township (originally a village called Creemore). The Pine celebrated the good news And we got the scoop about the night from our man behind the board, James Tulloch.

WHY IT'S POSSIBLE is a one woman show that explores a mother navigating her parental role as her child transitions between genders. It is a new play premiering in Kingston that explores that ubiquitous struggle in a topical context of when a child embraces a different gender. Host Nav Nanwa spoke to Kingston local playwright, Sophia Fabilli, about her work.

'NO DRESS REHEARSAL' is the new docuseries covering the Kingston band “The Tragically Hip” which was released recently on Amazon Prime. The band has long been considered a symbol of Canadian culture., and now, since the death of frontman Gord Downie, audiences will be able to get a more intimate look at the Hip's journey from small town band to cultural icons. Host Nav Nanwa had the pleasure of speaking to director Mike Downie, brother of the late Gord Downie, about why he needed to tell this story now.