Richard Southern
@RichardCityNews
Award-winning Journalist. Queen’s Park reporter for 680 NewsRadio. Tips confidential at [email protected] and in open DM's.
Joining the Mike Farwell show shortly on 570 NewsRadio to chat about the latest news out of Queen's Park. Listen live - kitchener.citynews.ca/audio/ @farwell_WR
NEW “To deliver positive change at Queen’s Park, it’s clear we need change in our party too” Nate Erskine Smith with a shot across the bow, saying he thinks Bonnie Crombie would need more than 51% support to remain on as party leader at her leadership review in September.
To deliver positive change at Queen’s Park, it’s clear we need change in our party too. We need our Ontario Liberal Party at its best. And this is where you come in. Because if we want to strengthen our politics, the answer is participation. uncommons.ca/p/the-future-o…
Some of the best-known Canadian UFO sightings over the years. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/18/som…
#BREAKING: Ontario Progressive Conservative schedule convention for same time as Poilievre’s party, via @StephanieLevitz & me #cdnpoli #onpoli theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
NEW - Is the Eglinton Crosstown LRT still on track for a September opening? “I think September is a reach” says acting TTC CEO Greg Percy. “This fall is plausible, and certainly by years end” he says. But the government tells me September is still the target opening date.
Java jolt, why coffee prices have skyrocketed this year and the new technologies like lab made coffee that could eventually bring them down. On todays @thebigstoryfpn I talk to Robert Carter, president of the Canadian Coffee Association. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/16/cof…
First Nations to launch legal challenge against Ontario, federal bills 5 and C-5. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/15/fir…
NEW - Premier Ford says Prime Minister Carney will be in attendance at the previously scheduled first ministers meeting in Huntsville later this month.
In the face of President Trump’s latest threat, we need to come together. We need a plan on how Canada will respond and how we’ll protect our workers, businesses and communities. I’ve asked and Prime Minister Carney has agreed to an in-person First Ministers’ Meeting on…
Trump threatens a 35% Canada tariff, up from the current two-tiered rate of 10% and 25%. The letter is silent on whether current exclusions for USMCA-compliant trade will be extended.
Examining political extremism in Canada in the wake of the alleged anti-government militia plot in Quebec. On todays @thebigstoryfpn podcast, I speak with a post-doctoral fellow to dissect the intersection of politics, misinformation and radicalism. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/10/que…
10 in a row for the Blue Jays.
Tonight’s game is official. FINAL: Blue Jays 6, #WhiteSox 1
We now know more about what the Therme spa at Ontario Place will feature. It will have 10 pools, some allowing you to swim outside in winter. 20 water slides, & 14 coed saunas. Adam Vaughan, who now works for Therme, tells me swim up bars will also be part of plan.
The magic of live television direction.
"LOOK AT THIS SHOT!" I can't sing the praises of our home SNY crew loud enough. Cameras nail the definitive angle while also capturing the emotion and suspense of the moment.
Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada and will hit them with a new tariff within seven days. (Canada is not facing a July 9 deadline like others are.)
#BREAKING: The Ford government has appointed financial supervisors to oversee the Toronto District School Board and, the Toronto Catholic District School Board toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/27/for…
#BREAKING - Education Minister Paul Calandra says the government is taking control of four school boards, including the Toronto District Echool board and the Toronto District Catholic school Board. He’s appointing supervisors to “Fix the mismanagement” citing financial issues.