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A brief opening segment recaps the tremendous audience response to recent podcasts about the provincial election and public safety , and provides a correction thanks to keen ear of city councilor Ross Eadie. Then, Episode 47 reviews not only media reports, but first-hand accounts from Winnipeg residents and business owners about the mayhem they are coming face to face with all across the city. The...

After decades in the political doldrums, the Manitoba Liberal Party is trying to parlay dissatisfaction with the two leading parties into creating a safe harbour for voters. Leader Dougald Lamont, MLA for St. Boniface, set out an economic development plank at a press conference on Friday that he hopes will convince voters there’s a third way. “The NDP aren’t very good socialists and the PC’s aren’...

Startling reports of crime, violence and public disorder continue in Episode 45 - recounted in 2 parts from north end to south. Part One focuses on a hard-working businessman who endured a series of break-ins that caused him to rack up $85,000 in security costs for his restaurants - and that was before this week's bizarre encounter with an aggrieved cabbie. Marty Gold explains this incident ap...

TGCTS has set the pace in reporting on the eruption of ultra-violent incidents involving underage teens , random assaults , and senseless shootings . And the past week has firmly established that this summer, anyone can be a victim - it's a Winnipeg thing . In Episode 44 we set the stage for our special interview with a crime victim: A round-up of recent murders involving teens, a half-dozen f...

There's no bigger longshot in Manitoba politics than an independent candidate seeking to unseat an established MLA - but that's exactly what Patrick Allard is aiming to do in St. Johns. A contractor with experience in all sorts of building rehabilitations and renovations, Allard is a lifelong north-ender. He thinks that will help open the eyes and ears of voters in the constituency who may...

There's a lot of good information and interviews coming soon on TGCTS, but after a number of listeners sent their views on a CBC report, the issue of identity politics gets Episode 42 to itself. It's a more personal view on public affairs than usual in many ways. The race-obsessed CBC was sure to find critics of Environment Minister Kevin Klein from numerous directions, including an estran...

Episode 41 begins with a big 'thank you!' to our growing audience of listeners and supporters, and a brief recap of recent podcasts about core area homeless encampments - including a new one by the Salter bridge. As Marty Gold explains, this is a failure of leadership - starting with former Mayor Brian Bowman and continuing through the current council. Help us cover the costs of our local...

Episode 40 starts with a brief follow-up on our reports about the growing controversy surrounding a court judgement assessing the city a $5M liability to Gem Equities in the Parker Lands dispute, and a complaint to the Integrity commissioner about the role played by Coun. John Orlikow in the wrongdoing: There's 101 Reasons Why Winnipeg Council Must Review Orlikow's Role In $5M Court Ruling...

Our podcast discussing the behind-the-scenes conduct of Councilor John Orlikow with City officials thwarting a developer's plans, brought action from listeners, and re-action from one of Orlikow's supporters on City Council. Last week listeners heard directly from the King's Bench court decision, a $5M ruling that two City of Winnipeg planners acted outside of their authority to stall...

The blaring headlines outlined an expensive rebuke the City of Winnipeg received, after a property developer was misled and deceived during a lengthy approval process: Judge awards developer $5M after ruling 2 city planners deliberately stymied development of Parker lands In Episode 37, we go deeper into the scandal and discuss what King's Bench Justice Shauna McCarthy read, saw and heard, whi...

Listener feedback on some recent podcast topics , and a brief recap of two court decisions that embarassed the City of Winnipeg, opens Episode 36. This first segment points towards follow-ups in upcoming episodes- such as the alarming delay of an ambulance in St. Boniface. Those may become more commonplace if the City rams through proposed bike lanes. Marty also speaks about the passing of longtim...

Who's offended by the Ten Commandments? Apparently the bigwigs at the helm of our showcase public park in Tuxedo didn't want to find out. And if you weren't aware that the Assiniboine Park Conservancy Board of Directors kicked the can on their problem over to Winnipeg City Hall, neither was Marty Gold - until an outraged listener tripped over the paper trail. * Join our Facebook group...

Episode 34, Part 1: Marty Gold recaps the podcasts over the last 2 months which have attracted more listeners than ever, generated unique news tips, and sparked earnest public debate. Which episodes were ahead of the curve in identifying trends in politics, crime and City Hall? Hear the details of the stories and issues unreported in the mass media, and hear why it's important to help expand t...

In Episode 33, Marty Gold adds shocking new details to the story he broke in February about an incident at a basketball game on the Jewish campus in Winnipeg. The outrageous antisemitic conduct explains why there's been a cover-up by high-level "educators'' desperate to protect the University of Winnipeg Collegiate and sports administrators. Be warned, the language allegedly used...

In Episode 32: Exclusive details of how a third BIZ group in Winnipeg was in the dark about bike lane plans - but mounted a successful campaign to force City Hall to scrap the Regent and Day intersection re-do in downtown Transcona. Only the TGCTS podcast exposes the unfair and slanted tricks used by the City to screw over residents, small businesses and employees in character business districts c...

In Part 1 of Episode 31 - why supporting the work of TGCTS is important for Winnipeg residents, voters and business owners: You can trust our findings and our reports. As for the 'trusted media'? Well... trying to conceal that an underage teen drove the getaway car from a liquor mart robbery and rammed a cop car to evade arrest before being shot; pretending the drop in the poll numbers for...

Only days before an Open House to promote a bike lane planned from the Forks through the French Quarter, a city official received a notice distributed by the area BIZ wanting City Hall to slam on the brakes. In an exclusive report, Marty Gold reads their entire statement alleging that Provencher stakeholders faced a rigged public consultation process in St. Boniface. ( Quel coincidence , Marty sug...

Last week we reviewed how St. Boniface Councilor Matt Allard was roasted online after his dismissive attitude to the unacceptable risks that Winnipeg residents face using the Transit system . Since then, he's received more scorn and derision, as more reasons why taking a bus is unsafe - especially for women - piled up from users and on the police crime blotter. In Episode 29, hear how some bel...

In Episode 28, we look at how a city councilor was schooled by outraged transit users, and then at the polls that the Manitoba NDP fears. With the snow melted off of city sidewalks, St. Boniface councilor Matt Allard had to find a new topic to flog. It's actually not 'new', because Allard has simply returned to his one of his 'urban visionary' pillars, public transit. In a soci...

Some of the best, most informed feedback on local current affairs is found in the social media comments of common sense observers whom the MSM dares not to amplify. You'll hear from them in Episode 27, as public disorder is out of control while the failed health care and justice system sets the stage for more. Robert Allan Ingram was on the radar even before setting over a dozen fires- and end...

A rouges' gallery of thieves, thugs, gang-bangers and zonked-out zombies are running roughshod on Winnipeg streets. But among the subsets of violent criminals intimidating peaceful and defenceless residents and businesses, is a grouping that elected officials and the experts chosen by the media refuse to speak of, or ask questions about. In Episode 26, you will hear a sampling of the muggings...

We turn things inside out to start Episode 25 , with the Crime Courts & Public Safety update in the leadoff position for a change: We bring together more important details from a St. Vital mother who escaped a trap set by two derelicts. As we described last week, when Rebecca Rempel returned to a mall to pick up her vehicle, she was targetted by 2 men "planning to attack me", and bar...

Provincial politics is front and centre in the first segment of Episode 24, but first Marty provides a couple of quick updates on our recent stories. - Our Special Report East St. Paul Parents Stop School From Canceling Mother's Day is the most listened-to episode in the last year. - In the follow up report, Smear on Mother's Day Supporters A Lesson in Woke Journalism , we repudiated the s...

This past week, Winnipeg newsrooms began to chase our exclusive report - East St. Paul Parents Stop School From Canceling Mother's Day . The situation at Dr. W.F.L. Hamilton School was pretty straightforward - the 'leadership team' at the elementary school outside of Winnipeg "moved away from isolated observances of specific traditions like Mother’s and Father’s Day." Then wi...

Episode 23 has updates on our recent newsmaking investigative stories; audio with an insightful Canadian history lesson; and exclusive details about the Polo Park machete attack on 4 kids - and who is supporting the accused young offender. Last week's Special Report is now the most listened to episode of TGCTS since our re-launch. Listen to East St. Paul Parents Stop School From Canceling Moth...