The Municipal Election is Almost Upon Us. Nathan Caranci and Mike Donachie provide insight about where we are today and what might happen next.

Announcing - London Ontario Online News! Mike Donachie joins "Buckle Up" to tell us all about it.

A new Project! This is Buckle Up, your weekly update about all things London brought to you by London Ontario Online News - that’s LOON for short. What's LOON? Mike Donachie, Cedric Richards, Diana Tamblyn, Steve Cordes and I have teamed up to provide London leaders like you with 5 products per week that will focus on all things local. You can find us over on Substack. This week, all of the content is on the house and next week, if you like what you're hearing, reading and seeing - you can subscribe. The London Ontario Online News line up: Monday - Buckle Up - podcast with Matt Brown and Guest: The weekly podcast to set you up for the week ahead. News – construction – weather – nonsense. Former mayor Matt Brown, our Executive Editor, leads this and will bring in more guests over time. Tuesday - Cedric in the City - tour with Cedric Richards: Join City Editor Cedric Richards on a tour of London’s 14 wards by bicycle, beginning with Ward 1. Supported by Mike Donachie. Wednesday - City Hall Notes - news and more - by Mike Donachie: Your Executive Briefing For Informed Citizens, looking at the issues, decisions and discussions shaping local government. Thursday - the Forest City Arts and Culture Roundup - by Diana Tamblyn: Our Culture Editor shares news, perspectives and stories from London’s creative community. Friday - Reflecting - with Steve Cordes: Opinions Editor Steve, retired non-profit leader and video blogger, offers views - his and others - on the week we’ve had. And free on Fridays: the ROUNDUP. Mike Donachie briefs you on the stories you need to know, gathered in one place. Regular analysis of the issues affecting London and the region. The Matt Brown Podcast will remain as a stand alone and it continues to be provided at no cost, thanks to our sponsor London Bicycle Café. And, if you like what you're hearing on The Matt Brown Podcast and want to help with expenses (so I lose less money producing this favourite hobby of mine), you could always visit TheMattBrownPodcast.com and make a small contribution by "buying me a. coffee" - Look for the button. Today's Buckle up is the first and only episode of Buckle Up that will be posted here on The Matt Brown Podcast and, every Monday morning, I’ll be hosting someone from our team or a recognizable person from our community, to give you the information you need to prepare for the week ahead. I’m excited about this new project. I hope you are too. With me today is my business partner, journalist Mike Donachie, so let’s go! Featuring: - Weather chat - Further nonsense - Construction hotspots - London’s newest municipal idea - growing our own trees - Ward 1 Race *Spoiler: There will be a loon call at the end of the episode. Mike hates it, I love it. Mike, why call it LOON if we can’t have a loon? Thanks for listening!

Mario Circelli joins to tell us all about Forest City London Music Week

Mario Circelli  joins us to tell us everything we need to know about the 24th annual Forest London City Music week it's lauches tomorrow on Saturday June 6th and it runs for 13 days wrapping on June 14th. Thanks for listening and hope to see you at a performance between now and the middle of June.

Ward 1 Council Race: Incumbent Hadleigh McAlister and Challenger Roger Caranci join us to share their visions for London

Between now and election day, I hope to have many candidates join the show to give us a sense of why they’re running, and what their vision for London is. Today, we’re speaking with the candidates from Ward 1. Today, it's Ward 1 Incument, Hadleigh McAlister during the second segment of this episode. First up is challenger, Roger Caranci. London’s municipal election is underway. We’re still in the early days with the vote scheduled for October 26th. At the time of recording, there are 5 candidates running for mayor and 33 candidates running for one Ward seat or another. Based on these numbers, and considering that the 2022 election had a record setting low voter turnout, at just over 25 percent, there is a sense that the field of candidates running for office might be larger this time around, which could translate into greater interest and possibly higher voter turnout too. Naturally, a good deal of attention is directed to the City Wide Race which means it can be more difficult to find out about any given Ward Race. Here on Newsmakers, between now and election day, we’re going to take a look at as many of those Ward Races as possible, with specific attention given to the most contentious ones.For each of these episodes, all candidates running will be invited to participate and the questions will be fair and balanced. Thanks for listening!

The Municipal Election, What the Urban League of London Can Do For You.

What can the Urban League of London do for you? Luis Patricio, the volunteer president of the organization, is joining us for this next segment. Luis is an urbanist, an educator and a community organizer. He’s also a PhD candidate over at the Geography Department at Western University and a lecturer in the Governance Leadership and Ethics program at Huron University College. Luis is going to join us to give us a sense of how this volunteer organization supports neighbourhood associations right across the city during election periods AND outside of them, too. He’s here to tell us all about it. Thanks for listening!

The Election is Upon Us! Mike Donachie joins to tell us about the first days and what might happen next.

The Municipal Election is upon us. What should we be looking between now and the end of June? At the beginning of May, nominations for the municipal election opened, and now, close to 30 campaigns for seats around the council horseshoe are underway. Journalist Mike Donachie is joining us to give us an update about what’s happening in these early days of London’s municipal election. On May 1st, when City Hall’s Election Office opened, almost two dozen Londoners lined up,some for hours, to file what’s called their “nomination papers”. What does that mean? Essentially, this is the final step a Londoner must take before officially becoming a candidate in this election. There is some leg work involved leading up to this step - including a requirement to collect 25 signatures from other Londoners who are “nominating them” to stand for office. The candidate must also provide additional information within this paper work to demonstrate they are eligible to run in this election. So, They stand in line, submit their forms, pay a fee - $100 to run as a Ward Councillor and $200 to run for mayor - and they’re off. With over 20 candidates filing to run for office on day one and a total of 27 at the recording of this episode and more today, things are happening. What does all of this activity and this number of candidates coming forward in these early days mean? Mike’s Donachie is here to tell us all about it. So let’s go. Thanks for listening! Also, Mike may be clairvoyant. Listen to what hew has to say about Susan Stephenson!