London Live with Mike Stubbs

London Deputy Police Chief Scott Guilford joins 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to talk about the latest response time statistics and other portions of a report on policing in the city.

Ali Chahbar - Chair of the London Police Services Board - talks with Mike Stubbs about the $104 000 spent on a communications firm during the budget process.

London will play host to Game 1 of the two-game CHL USA Prospects Challenge on Nov. 26. Game 2 will take place in Oshawa the next night. Mike Stubbs spoke with CHL President Dan MacKenzie about the origin of the event and how it will play out.

Part of the 2024 London Air Show was the U.S. Air Force Doomsday plane. It's an aircraft that hopes to never have to begin its primary mission. Mike Stubbs spoke with Lieutenant Colonel Pete Amaral about what the Doomsday plane is for and what you would find inside it.

Beth Mai, the Board Chair of the Thames Valley District School Board joined 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to answer questions about Director of Education Mark Fisher going on a paid leave of absence.

Maryanne Oketch had what it took to become the second Canadian ever to win Survivor. She is now living in London and attending the Schulich School of Medicine as she looks to take her skills and engaging personality into the medical field. Maryanne sat down with 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to tell some stories from the show and talk about life after Survivor.

A strike by CUPE workers on the campus of Western University began on Aug. 30 and is still continuing. Mike Stubbs spoke with Chris Yates of CUPE Local 2361 about what has prompted job action and how things like information pickets are being done on campus. Following that conversation you can hear an initial conversation between Chris and Mike that they had on the day the strike began.

Thames Valley President of ETFO, Craig Smith joined 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to talk about Thames Valley District School Board Director of Education, Mark Fisher being placed on paid leave. Craig and Mike also talked about other education-related issues like challenges in the classroom and teacher salaries.

For a fourth year in a row the London District Catholic School Board has experienced record growth. The city would need roughly 20 new schools to accommodate the number of new students in the board's coverage area. We do not have 20 new schools opening this year, so what do you do? Mike Stubbs sat down with the LDCSB's Director of Education, Vince Romeo, to discuss the challenges.

Moshe Lander is an economist and lecturer at Concordia University and he sat down with 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to talk about tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and the economic impact EVs are having overall. Moshe also discusses women's pro sports and looks at hat could be in store for salaries heading into the future.

Mission Services of London’s Mission Store is celebrating 60 years of serving the London Community. Mission Services Director of Development & Communication, Tara Saunders spoke with Mike Stubbs about the atore and about what is being planned for the celebration.

If you go to Brockville, Ont., you will soon be able to find an ultra-discount grocery store under the Loblaw umbrella. The same kind of store is set to open in Windsor, Ont., and St. Catharines, Ont., as well. Scott Radley sat down with economist Moshe Lander, a lecturer at Concordia University to talk about what this could mean for the grocery shopping landscape.

There are changes coming in the way that temporary foreign workers are employed in Canada, however, those changes do not impact the agriculture sector. Mike Stubbs spoke with Ken Forth, the president of Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services and took some time to try to better understand the current program that employs temporary foreign workers in agriculture.

A 97 per cent vote in favour of strike action paints a picture of concern at the CAMI GM plant in Ingersoll. But what is currently happening to create that concern? Mike Stubbs sat down with CAMI Chairperson Mike Van Boekel to find out.

Construction continues in London and Jennie Dann, the Director of Construction and Infrastructure Services is back to update what is happening. Find out what is ending, when other projects could wrap up and what is still to come as you make your way around the city.

Cordano Russell was born in London, Ont., but quickly moved to St. Louis where a skateboard was literally dropped into his life at the age of 4. he found it in a bush and is now one of the top skateboarders on the planet and just back from making the street final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Cordano sat down with 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to relive some moments from Paris and his young career.

Shawna Lewkowitz is a PhD candidate in Georgraphy and the Environment at Western University and has been researching public washrooms around the world. Shawna joined Mike Stubbs to talk about her research and some of the areas where we are failing the public when it comes to providing available and accessible public washrooms.

The 2024 Paris Olympics ended with Canada's largest medal total in a non-boycott games. Dr. Laura Misener from Western University sat down with Mike Stubbs to take a look at a number of storylines that took place.

Ward 1 Councillor Hadleigh McAlister is going to present a motion to the Civic Works committee that asks to look at making major changes to Hamilton Road in London. 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs spoke with Councillor McAlister about what those changes could include.

The outbreak in cases of Legionnaires disease has slowed in London. 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs gets an update from Dr. Joanne Kearon, the acting medical officer of health at the Middlesex-London Health Unit.

Executive producer Kelly Gowanlock and director Mark Drewe followed the London Majors from the start to the finish of their 2023 season and created the documentary, "Majors League" to tell the team's story and go behind the scenes with players a personnel. Mark and Kelly talked with 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs about creating the documentary and where and when it will be available.

Mike Mendy of Tillsonburg is one of the top arm-wrestler's in the country. Mendy came second in his weight class at the most recent Canadian championships. He took some time to speak with 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs about the sport and his career to this point.

A new report from the Conference Board of Canada indicates that tourism spending has risen by 11 per cent in London. Moshe Lander is an economist and lecturer at Concordia University and joined Mike Stubbs to weigh in on the numbers.

Sarah Backman is from Sweden and is an 8-time world champion in arm wrestling. She joined 980 CFPL's Mike Stubbs to talk about how arm wrestling truly changed her life when she was very young and she is now looking to bring Pull After School to schools in Canada and the United States to try to help other young people. ***Sarah will be at Railway City Brewing Co. in St. Thomas from 7-9 p.m. on Tues...