The Great Canadian Talk Show

Our public safety investigations continue with an exclusive interview in Episode 27, about a house on Watt Street in East Kildonan that has been the source of mayhem for years with no relief for area residents. It was the topic of our Winnipeg Sun column today - Five Bodies Later, Neighbours Sound Alarm Over Elmwood Flophouse. You'll hear a neighbour tell all about the constant drug and criminal a...

Episode 26 has behind-the-stories details, with your comments, about our recent columns and reports in the Winnipeg Sun and Season 5 podcasts! Part 1 - We've been bringing forward exclusive interviews and investigations about what's happening in Winnipeg. Marty Gold tells how you can help ensure strong independent reporting makes up for Trudeau-funded media consistently failing our community. It's...

Our interview with North Kildonan Councilor Jeff Browaty ⁠went so well⁠ , we took it into overtime to get his thoughts on the biggest regional story of the summer for Episode 25! The collapse of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region's vaunted Plan20-50 started with ⁠Marty Gold's column in the Winnipeg Sun alerting the public⁠ of the serious flaws stakeholders exposed at first Public Hearing. Then when...

Another in our series of interviews with elected officials, as North Kildonan councilor Jeff Browaty steps up to the plate in Episode 24. Part 1- Marty recaps his recent reports in the Winnipeg Sun about riverbank homeless encampments and the town hall held by St. Vital councilor Brian Mayes. 7.40 Part 2- Jeff Browaty has guested on TGCTS since he was first elected, and is always ready to talk abo...

A long time listener was elected to Parliament last week, and you'll hear from the new MP for Elmwood-Transcona, Leila Dance, in Episode 23! Part 1- Fifteen years ago, Leila Dance appeared in the Kick-FM studio in her role with a social services agency, and "politics was not even being considered." But coming from a family with generational union and NDP links and deep roots in Trans...

Episode 22 provides a day-by-day account of the allegations hurled by Wab Kinew and the Manitoba NDP at Mark Wasyliw, the MLA they exiled who has pulled no punches in allegations about Kinew's toxic behavior and backroom micro-management. Part 1- A preview of the upcoming Sunday column in the Winnipeg Sun, about the federal by-election result in Elmwood-Transcona this week. You'll hear abo...

Episode 21 continues to explain the failed tactics used by regional planning honchos to override local councils and seize power, and the desperate attempts by influential proxies to rescue the Metro concept. Part 1- After all the hue and cry about the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region and the collapse of Plan20-50, you'd think the NDP government would want all the input they could get from the publ...

An update of our recent podcasts and Winnipeg Sun stories and a Crime and Public Safety round-up makes Episode 20 essential listening for the civic-minded of our city. Part 1 - Marty discusses his column about a West End man who had enough with shoplifters at his local 7-eleven in Metis Batman Saves Day , and his report about homeless encampments briefly appearing in Happyland Park . In addition,...

Episode 19 is a crime and public safety update with important details we are reporting first! Part 1- Marty Gold discusses his ground-breaking report in the Winnipeg Sun Banned radical Imam gets platformed in Winnipeg church hall Winnipeg broadcasters missed the memo from the Archdiocese of Winnipeg after extremist Saudi Shaykh Assim Al-Hakeem addressed a Muslim charity in a northwest Winnipeg chu...

The continuation of our interview with St. Vital councilor Brian Mayes has a few surprises for Episode 18. Part 1- A shout-out to our listeners outside of Manitoba and the readers of Marty's column sin the Winnipeg Sun. Hear a review of the impact of recent stories about Plan20-50 as an example of the work supported by our sponsors and donors. 8.28 Part 2- Civic issues relating to public infor...

We start out Episode 17 with a view from outside the Perimeter Highway about how Plan20-50 generated unprecedented grassroots pushback. As described by a Portage La Prairie outlet: "Kinew says this is a hot topic" & "Winnipeg Metro Region has taken the heat." You'll hear a rundown of what led the NDP Premier to don the mantle of freedom fighter, and defend local democra...

Friday morning started with our Winnipeg Sun report about the wheels falling off of the Plan 2050 bus. RMs ask province to let them out of Manitoba’s Metro Plan20-50 We have additional details in Episode 16 about why the rural municipalities of Headingley, Niverville, and St. Andrews- and then 2 more - joined Selkirk in pronouncing the document substandard and the take-it-but-you-can't-leave-i...

Episode 15 has the latest about growing opposition to the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region board attempt to take over development planning from the city and adjacent rural areas . The media- which has no clue about the ongoing legislative process- takes cues from the WMR narrative to smear critics of Plan20-50. Then, a crime report with a follow-up to Marty's column in the Winnipeg Sun about the s...

An unexpected Episode 14 tells the story of what really happened in Niverville on August 8th, when the public demanded to be heard by a shocked Winnipeg Metropolitan Region board. Interviews and audio help deliver the details about the scene. 6.10 Part 2 - Marty Gold reviews the obvious red flags and how WMR staff completely failed to prepare for the groundswell of public concern. No one should ha...

When we arranged for another interview with St. Vital Councilor Brian Mayes, we didn't expect he'd have landed in the headlines by the time we spoke. In Episode 13, you'll hear Mayes talk about the friction with Mayor Scott Gillingham that led to a fateful phone call on July 24th, while Mayes was attending a conference in Atlanta. 4.25 Part 1- After almost 12 years as a Committee chair...

Episode 12 is a mid-summer update on the safety and security of the Jewish community in Canada, and reveals 2 unreported incidents in Winnipeg. 4.00 Part 1 - The Winnipeg media isn't very fast to mention antisemitic violence and threats targeting Jews in Canada - and where a lot of these incidents are happening, their local media won't mention Jews are being targeted at all. Marty Gold enu...

Episode 11 features an interview with Sophie Hildebrandt about her petition to "Open Up Lyndale Drive" . The 19 year old is leading the fight in her neighborhood against City Hall- and as we reported in the Winnipeg Sun , the city's own data backs up their position. Only TGCTS has investigated the pushback against bike lane plans for the Route 19 truck route corridor ( "Moving o...

Marty opens Episode 1o with an update on the Season 5 Funding drive, now at over 25% of the $5600 goal. Every donor gets a copy of Retropeg, and you'll hear some background about it and the collection of black and white photographs taken in the 1970's by the late James Donahue. Then, it's a Crime Courts and Public Safety update! 7.00 Part 2- Last July we spoke about the rise of "g...

The final meeting of City Council before summer vacation had some important items on the agenda , and some gems from four councilors we've interviewed on the podcast previously. This week we do a listen-along of remarks from Mayor Scott Gillingham and from those council members last Thursday . What they say about proposals for garbage pick-up and fixing an old bridge will open your eyes to how...

Another City of Winnipeg fake public consultation, and the Premier admits his approved drug-use site will adversely affect the neighbours, are the focus of Episode 8. Part 1- A recap of recent episodes and Winnipeg Sun columns; Marty also notes the passing of two politically-connected matriarchs in the community. Olga Fuga and Katherine Morrisseau-Sinclair both had controversial tenures heading no...

This bonus edition briefly highlights our podcast and Winnipeg Sun columns being ahead of the curve, We've never backed down when it's come to talking about the things that matter to the public: The state of downtown, bus and public safety, and about how government approved drug use facilities do, in fact, create safety issues for the surrounding community. The ivory tower elitists tried t...

The urban visionary crowd suffered a humiliating setback last week in their campaign to convince Winnipeg residents that a slip lane for cars is the most dangerous aspect of life in Osborne Village, and that expressing public safety concerns is fearmongering. The Gas Station Arts Centre said no to gaslighting the public and yes to a permanent redesign of the exterior courtyard entrance to fence of...

To open Episode 6 - a recap of the Canada Day weekend road trips to Vita and CFB Shilo, more about Marty's column exposing antisemitism at the Pride parade, and a peek at Marty's upcoming Winnipeg Sun column with St. Boniface residents battling to save Happyland Pool. 10.38 Part 2 - If there's one thing we've got a nose for, it's news about Manitoba Hydro. Going back to our exc...

Heading into the Canada Day weekend, we get caught up on a couple of in-person appearances for Marty, and on some of the most popular episodes so far in 2024. Added to the reach of our investigations , interviews , and commentary is the Winnipeg Sun , where Marty will be getting right down to business every Sunday with his new column. This week it will be revealing public displays of antisemitism...

Episode 4 opens with exciting news, as the Winnipeg Sun has asked Marty Gold to become a regular Sunday columnist. It's a result of the success of the TGCTS podcast, telling it like it is- with your support. The first column, ⁠ 'Winnipeg transit like riding a bus in Gotham '⁠ explained how the new 'transit cops' aren't actually going to arrest anyone, and won't be turfi...