Ontario Morning Podcast April 24rth

Ontario Morning

Prince Edward County has recruited six new physicians and introduced a pilot project that included significant funding for the overwhelming paperwork doctors have to deal with. Now current doctors are taking on new clients and the county has renewed the project. We spoke with Adam Hambly, the head of Physician Recruitment with Prince Edward County Family Health Team, about it.

Trent University and Fleming College are now partnering with SpacesShared to tackle affordable housing for students. SpacesShared matches students with older hosts for a home sharing arrangement. We spoke to Jen Coulter, the director of student housing and residence life at Trent University, about how it works.

Richard Peddie's life is a journey filled with curiosity. Now this curiosity has taken him to small towns across Ontario like Picton and Huntsville to find out how they are preserving their history and what makes them so resilient. We spoke to him about his chronicles.

The Keep Refillery in Kingston is tackling plastics in a big way. They've diverted hundreds of thousands of bottles from landfills in just 4 short years. We spoke with the owner, Jacquie Rushlow, about her war against plastics.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Library is celebrating Sikh Heritage Month with the works of Canadian artist Kanwar Singh. Singh's Art of Punjab exhibit allows people to view his art with a lens towards sikh culture and history. It's meant to recognize the important contributions that Sikh Canadians have made to the province's cultural fabric. We spoke to Kanwar Singh themselves for details.