• Ontario Morning Podcast - May 7th, 2024.

  • May 7 2024
  • Length: 32 mins
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Ontario Morning Podcast - May 7th, 2024.

  • Summary

  • Kingston city council is considering a new approach to planning, transportation, and infrastructure.

    It's to prepare for the city's expected growth in the coming decades... toward a population that's expected to reach more than 220,000 by 2051.

    A new report is calling for a visionary and strategic approach to that future growth.

    Laura Flaherty is the Planning Services project manager for City of Kingston and one of the authors of the report.


    While the province wants more affordable childcare spaces for families, local counties are struggling to make this vision happen.

    Samantha Zuercher is Simcoe County's director of children services.

    She tells us what happens if space isn't made.


    Midwives in Ontario are getting more powers from the province.

    Leda McDonald is midwife from Midland.

    She explains what this means for the hundreds of parents- to- be in need of health care.


    Ontario's wild turtles are already an endangered species.

    Recently their existence seems to be threatened by pet turtles.

    We hear more about the domestic invasion of turtles into natural habitats from Johanna Rumney is the animal care co-ordinator at Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre in Midland.

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