What's the Point

124 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -

The Pointer is an online media outlet providing world-class journalism to the cities of Brampton and Mississauga. In its weekly podcast, reporters, editors and publisher break down major issues impacting the Region of Peel and invite the voices of Peel to share their stories.

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Episodes

#185 - Brampton needs help: A discussion with NDP Leader Marit Stiles

April 19, 2024 22:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

#184 - Is democracy dying in Caledon?

April 12, 2024 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

#183 - Mississauga By-election: Interview with candidate George Tavares

April 05, 2024 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

#182 - Mississauga By-election: Interview with candidate Carolyn Parrish

March 29, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

#181 - Mississauga By-election: Interview with candidate Alvin Tedjo

March 22, 2024 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB

#180 - Mississauga By-election: Interview with candidate Stephen Dasko

March 15, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

#179 - Studying tornadoes in the Great White North

March 08, 2024 23:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

#178 - Fading away: PC's supporting widespread harm to Ontario wildlife

March 01, 2024 22:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MB

#177 - Homeless encampments are a human rights crisis

February 23, 2024 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

#176 - The disturbing state of Ontario's schools for the deaf and blind

February 16, 2024 03:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB

#175 - The bright, challenging future for the Brampton Library

February 09, 2024 02:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

#174 - How to finance a dissolving Region

December 08, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MB

#173 - A battle for the heart of Caledon

December 01, 2023 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

#172 - Ontario is failing those with disabilities

November 27, 2023 21:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MB

#171 - Part 2: Saving families from the devastation of child exploitation

November 17, 2023 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

#170 - Part 1: Saving families from the devastation of child exploitation

November 10, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

#169 - What is driving unhappiness in Brampton?

November 04, 2023 02:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

#168 - Saving Ontario's sick and injured wildlife

October 27, 2023 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

#167 - A climate change wish list for municipal budget season

October 20, 2023 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

#166 - An avian symbol of the PC's repeated environmental tragedies

October 13, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

#165 - A victory for food security in Brampton

October 07, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MB

#164 - Are municipal incentives to developers a waste?

September 29, 2023 23:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

#163 - Youth climate action sidesteps politics

September 22, 2023 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

#162 - The cost of violence against women

September 15, 2023 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

#155—Mental Health in a new world

July 22, 2023 22:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MB

#161—The first Black man to sit on the Peel police board

May 19, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MB

#160—Broken political promises are a threat to us all

May 12, 2023 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MB

#159—How to save Peel’s natural world

May 04, 2023 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

#158—The unbelievable death toll caused by our growing cities

April 28, 2023 21:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

#157—Inside The Mississauga Food Bank’s effort to help a community in need

April 21, 2023 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

#156—A Mississauga councillor on the struggle for equity & inclusion

April 14, 2023 21:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MB

#154 - Protecting Canada's water needs to be a national priority

March 24, 2023 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB

#153—Calling out climate hypocrisy

March 17, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

#152—Peel police struggles with anti-Black racism

March 10, 2023 22:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

#151—Brampton set to ball out

March 03, 2023 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

#150—Trafficking humans in your backyard

February 24, 2023 22:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MB

#149—Tackling ‘municipal madness’ in local government

February 17, 2023 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB

#148—Pushing back against the PC attack on wetlands

February 10, 2023 23:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB

#147—Bonnie Crombie on the lessons of Hazel McCallion

February 03, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

#146—A survivor takes the fight to human traffickers

January 27, 2023 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

145—When our own government destroys our environment

January 20, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

#144—Protecting students from educators who sexually exploit them

January 13, 2023 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

#143-Don’t let Doug Ford ruin your holidays

December 09, 2022 20:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

#142—Fireworks in Canada’s complex post-multicultural world

December 02, 2022 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

#141-Searching for compassion to battle Peel’s deadly opioid crisis

November 25, 2022 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

#141-Searching for compassion to battle Peel’s deadly opioid crisis

November 25, 2022 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

#140—How one citizen changed an election

November 18, 2022 23:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

#139—Two local union presidents on what the Ford PCs are trying to do

November 11, 2022 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

#138-Carolyn Parrish on Diwali night in Malton

October 28, 2022 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

#137-Bonnie Crombie lays out her plan

October 21, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB