What's the Point
The Pointer is an online media outlet providing world-class journalism to the cities of Brampton and Mississauga. In its weekly podcast, reporters, editors and publisher break down major issues impacting the Region of Peel and invite the voices of Peel to share their stories.
#149—Tackling ‘municipal madness’ in local government
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0500
#148—Pushing back against the PC attack on wetlands
Fri, 10 Feb 2023 18:00:00 -0500
#147—Bonnie Crombie on the lessons of Hazel McCallion
Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0500
#146—A survivor takes the fight to human traffickers
Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:00:00 -0500
145—When our own government destroys our environment
Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:00:00 -0500
#144—Protecting students from educators who sexually exploit them
Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:00:00 -0500
#143-Don’t let Doug Ford ruin your holidays
Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0500
#142—Fireworks in Canada’s complex post-multicultural world
Fri, 02 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0500
#141-Searching for compassion to battle Peel’s deadly opioid crisis
Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:00:00 -0500
#140—How one citizen changed an election
Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:00:00 -0500
#139—Two local union presidents on what the Ford PCs are trying to do
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:00:00 -0500
#138-Carolyn Parrish on Diwali night in Malton
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0400
#137-Bonnie Crombie lays out her plan
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:00:00 -0400
#136 - Nikki Kaur wants Queen’s Park to investigate Patrick Brown
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:00:00 -0400
#135—Patrick Brown is a disaster; more scandals emerge
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0400
#134 - Meadowvale candidates want more housing, fewer cars
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:00:00 -0400
#133—Cheryl Connors doesn’t want Caledon to become a freight-town
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:00:00 -0400
#132—The Pointer launches in Niagara!
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0400
#131 - No, the growing dysfunction in today's politics is different
Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:00:00 -0400
#130 - The fight to end racism inside the PDSB
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:00:00 -0400
#129 - Cary Kaplan wants to make Brampton the cricket capital of Canada
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:00:00 -0400
#128 - Rethinking the environmental movement
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:00:00 -0400
#127 - The Liberals & the NDP are not young or progressive
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0400
#126 - The man in the middle of Mississauga’s waterfront transformation
Fri, 27 May 2022 12:00:00 -0400
#125 - Patrick Brown, ethnic communities are tired of you
Fri, 20 May 2022 17:00:00 -0400
#124 - Patrick Brown’s continued abuse of Brampton taxpayers
Fri, 13 May 2022 17:00:00 -0400
#123-Peel's auto sector gets an electric lifeline
Fri, 06 May 2022 17:00:00 -0400
#122 - MADD, Brady Robertson & cannabis laws
Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:00:00 -0400
#121 - Brampton’s deadly illegal apartment problem
Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:00:00 -0400
#120 - Developers dictate Peel’s latest push for more sprawl
Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:00:00 -0400
#119 - Does anyone in power even care about debilitating house prices?
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:00:00 -0400
#118 - Transit dreams in Mississauga; nightmares in Brampton
Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500
#117 - Patrick Brown’s House of Cards Falls Apart
Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:00:00 -0500
#116 - ‘Love shouldn’t come with a cost’: Ending sex trafficking starts with fostering healthy relationships
Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0500
#115-Homelessness in Mississauga & Brampton
Sat, 19 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0500
#114 - Brampton’s controversial CAO is gone, but Patrick Brown is the real threat
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:00:00 -0500
#113 - Why are so many residents leaving Peel?
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0500
#112 - Watching Our Democracy: A new feature on The Pointer
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0500
#111 - Let’s be real about greening air travel
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:00:00 -0500
#110 - Local governments moving in the wrong direction on climate change
Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:00:00 -0500
#109 - Budget season—Is your money making your life better?
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:00:00 -0500
#108 - How to fight modern slavery in the growing human trafficking market
Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0500
#107 - Shady trucking schools pop up across Peel
Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:00:00 -0500
#106 - The stakes for Mississauga’s massive waterfront plan
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:00:00 -0500
#105 - A Mississauga youth talks about Peel's housing crisis
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 22:00:00 -0400
#104 – Ford’s planning takeover wreaks havoc on environment & democracy
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0400
#103 - Management of child welfare in turmoil
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#102 - Confronting Islamophobia in our schools
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0400
#101 - The citizens of Brampton will have to clean up City Hall
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#100-Peel's international student crisis
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#99 - What can we learn from the defeated candidates?
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0400
#98 - Canada's politicians ignore modern-day slavery
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#97 - The debate and what you should know
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:00:00 -0400
#96 - Are Peel's white leaders tone deaf to the problems of their communities?
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#95- A champion of equity in education explains how some PDSB trustees are failing Black students
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0400
#94 - Are political leaders taking the climate crisis seriously?
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#93 - The latest on Brampton’s City Hall corruption probe
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#92 -Want better food? — Grow your own! (Pt. II)
Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0400
#91 - Can Urban Farming Take Root In Peel?
Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400
#90 - Will the driver who killed a mother & her daughters get what he deserves?
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#89 - The ripple effect of Peel’s affordable housing crisis
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#88 - Will PDSB ever eradicate its systemic racism?
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#87 - Smart growth, climate change and a hard urban boundary
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#86 - Sports will be fine but will fans forgive it?
Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#85 - Twitter wars in Mississauga–PC MPPs serve Doug Ford, not their city
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:00:00 -0400
#84 - A Brampton family’s avoidable loss & a city’s crumbling healthcare
Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#83 - Why is it so hard to plan a downtown?
Fri, 28 May 2021 19:00:00 -0400
#82 - If you’re not white, good luck getting a job inside Mississauga City Hall
Fri, 21 May 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#81 - Patrick Brown is destroying City Hall
Fri, 14 May 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#80 - Can Mississauga become the next Hollywood North?
Fri, 07 May 2021 18:00:00 -0400
How do we move forward with policing?
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400
#78 - Brampton City Hall is in turmoil
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#77 - Peel’s pandemic real estate frenzy
Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:00:00 -0400
#76 - Racism & Union leaders – Peel teachers abandoned by their own
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#75 - A Niagara citizen's group tells Brampton how to win back City Hall
Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400
#74 - Will Brampton voters buy Doug Ford’s plan for 250 hospital beds?
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:00:00 -0400
#73 - Just give Peel its damn vaccines!
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:00:00 -0400
#72 - A downtown Brampton 7-Eleven wants to serve alcohol
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:00:00 -0500
#71 - No paid sick days and a trickle of vaccines
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:00:00 -0500
#70 - Is the death of hockey in Peel inevitable?
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0500
#69 - India’s farmers & its failing democracy
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:00:00 -0500
#68 - Parents: Pornhub is part of a much deeper crisis
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:00:00 -0500
