Woodstein Media Podcast chats with Provincial Perth-Wellington candidate -Jason Davis, of the Ontario NDP

NDP candidate Jason Davis chats about his passion for creating effective, affordable housing options and his dedication to saving lives through maintaining, not cutting, harm reduction options across the province. Davis also spoke of NDP plans to help combat food insecurity that would encourage using locally harvested produce and options to help make food costs more affordable

Headshot of New Blue candidate James Montgomery.

Woodstein Media Podcast chat with Provincial Perth-Wellington New Blue Candidate, James Montgomery

The second episode of Woodstein Media Podcast season two features a chat with James Montgomery, the New Blue candidate for Perth-Wellington in the 2025 Ontario Election. This has been a snap election, and it will all be over by the end of February 27.

Woodstein Media Podcast Season Two kicks off with a conversation with Perth-Wellington Liberal candidate, Ashley Fox

The first episode features a conversation with Ashley Fox, the Liberal Party candidate for Perth-Wellington. In this conversation, we discuss why a focus on health care is essential for the overall well-being of the province, transportation in rural communities, how the decline in the relation with the United States will affect Canadians at all levels of government, municipal, provincial and federal, how hard reduction should be approached in Ontario and the importance of not only listening to but hearing and acting on concerns raised by students, parents, and educators in the education system.  

Destroy Boys: From Sacramento to Hollywood…Theatre in Vancouver, B.C.

Tyler Smith snagged a chance to chat with a couple of Destroy Boys members about the Sacramento music scene, psychedelics, bootlegging, and washrooms for the Punks on Pizza Podcast before they blessed the audience of the Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver with their badass sounds.

United Way announces new living wage

Living Wage Week in Ontario runs November 18 to 22 and United Way Perth-Huron (UWPH) is announcing the new living wage of $23.05 an hour, up slightly from $22.75 last year.

Your voice matters! SRPC and University of Guelph launch 2SLGBTQIA+ survey

United Way Perth-Huron’s Social Research & Planning Council is partnering with the University of Guelph on a study focused on local 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals’ experiences with discrimination and exclusion, priorities important to the community and the availability, or lack, of services across Perth-Huron.

Woodstein Media Podcast Episode 34: Mish Waraksa draws on experience as a healthcare worker to discuss harm reduction and targeted misinformation surrounding it

Mish Waraksa, a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner with over four years of experience working in safer opioid supply programs in Toronto, discussed how contaminants in the illicit opioid supply chain complicate the job of healthcare workers and the life-threatening side effects that come with Benzodiazepines and other impurities getting mixed into the street supply.

Woodstein Media Podcast Episode 33: Katie Langille draws on healthcare experience to talk Safer Supply and its positive effects on Toronto community

Katie Langille is a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in the SOS Program at the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre. SOS is a Safer Opioid Supply program established in 2020. Clients receive prescriptions for pharmaceutical opioids to decrease their reliance on the toxic, unpredictable street supply.

United Way Youth in Action grants create next generation of engaged citizens

As part of its mission, United Way Perth-Huron is building the next generation of engaged residents through the Youth in Action grants program; providing opportunities for youth to come up with creative solutions to challenges facing people their own age and develop skills that can transfer to other areas of life.

Woodstein Media Podcast Episode 32: Katie Upham and Emily Wadden talk about Harm Reduction in the Atlantic Region

This podcast features a discussion about the push to provide more effective harm reduction services, education, outreach and advocacy to enhance and save the lives of people most at risk from the toxic drug crisis in the Atlantic provinces of Canada.