0:11 Hello and welcome to RSJ Radio. I'm Jack Longo. 0:14 And I'm Dan Driego. The date is October 23 and it is spooky season as you know, Jack. 0:18 Oh, I know Dan, and I'm terrified right now. 0:21 Why is that? It's a beautiful 10 degree day today in Toronto, and it's even supposed to rain later. What can be better? 0:26 Well, I'll tell you what's worse. Did you see how many votes far right candidate Faith Goldie gotten the election last night? 0:33 Yeah. Thank God weed is legal. 0:35 Talk about starting on a high note. 0:37 Ladies and gentlemen, we've got quite a cast ahead of us. Lots of spooky election news, a scary low supply of marijuana and the frightful state of Saudi Canadian affairs, 0:45 Not to mention the ominous earthquakes on the west coast. But let's get into some election news. The votes are in. John Tory is reelected as Toronto's Mayor. Tory took home 64% of the votes. Runner Up Jennifer keesmaat followed closely behind with 24% of the votes with faith Goldie in third place. Tory the 65th mayor of Toronto says his first job is to bring people closer in Toronto and to provide opportunities for everybody. Sophie Diego has the story. 1:20 John Tory supporters cheer as the new mayor of Toronto steps up to deliver his winning speech. After a grueling 10 months of campaigning against predecessor Jennifer Keesmaat, Tory takes home 64% of the majority vote. Longtime politics professor from University of Toronto Nelson Wiseman says that Tory's victory was to be anticipated. 1:41 If you not do anything you still want elections name recognition cost very much, because we don't have parties. I didn't recognize any of the names for school board. I was just guessing who I should vote for what was I basing it on I had no idea. 1:54 Keesmaat garnered up 24% of votes. While in third place, Faith Goldie sits with 3.4% of votes. Keesmaat needed around 300,000 votes to even tie up with Tory.Weissman says that a reason why Tory won was because of his lack of scandal as compared to his former challenger Doug Ford. 2:11 Don't assume that he controls everything I mean, the province controls the the cities so you might want to find out what Doug Ford might want to do to Toronto. That might have greater significance as we just saw with his reducing the size of the city council. 2:24 Ward 13, or the Toronto center had the closest amount of votes between the two competitors. Votes for Tory were at 24% Keesmaat was at 16%. Don Valley West was the ward with the most votes for Tory, amounting up to nearly 37%. Tory's vote count is an improvement from his 2014 election against Doug Ford, when he received over 40% of votes. Ryerson student and voter Vivak George says Tory's campaign promises were more realistic than Keesmaat. 2:54 I think she was a little bit more liberal and more pushing for more social programs and such and trying to push just more anything more transportation, more housing, yada yada yada, but I wasn't sure if she was entirely realistic. 3:07 Picking up from where he left off as Toronto's previous Mayor, Tory promises that he will get Toronto back on its feet by putting his campaign promises into action. This is notably on pressing issues of transit and housing. For RSJ Radio, I'm Sophie Diego. 3:25 After you've controversy, Patrick Brown finally pulled off a political victory last night. Brown defeated incumbent Linda Jeffrey to become Brampton's Mayor elect. His victory is the latest development in 10 months of personal political chaos. Brown resigned as leader of the Ontario PCs in January amid sexual misconduct allegations. He then entered the race for the conservative leadership but quickly dropped out. He later ran for Peel Regional Chair but that position was dissolved by premier Ford in July. Brown then entered the race for Brampton mayor and then pulled off a victory last night. 3:56 Giorgio Mammoliti has been unseated following his 23 year stint on the Toronto City Council. Anthony Parusa defeated his fellow incumbent by over 2500 votes. Mammoliti's loss can be attributed to premier Ford's council cutting plan enacted in September. Ward seven, Mammoliti's former ward, merged with ward eight and nine to form the Humber River Black Creek riding. Following a controversial career of eccentric proposals and a lack of presence in council meetings, Mammoliti has left the building. 4:26 Incumbent Councillor Kristyn Wong Tam won her third council term last night in Toronto's municipal election. Wong Tam represents Ward 13, which includes the Ryerson campus. Reporter Trevor Green was at our election headquarters last night. 4:41 Kristin Wong Tam has reason to smile. Last night the counselor won over 50% of the vote in her riding of Toronto Central Ward 13. 4:50 And it's clearly very humbling. People work really hard on our campaign and I think they were largely drawn to our message message of positives, vision city. I'm progressive in my values and I never waver from that. And Toronto Centre clearly embraced that. 5:08 A lot of the people in her Ward are Ryerson University students. What she heard was that they are worried about transit. 5:15 The university student population is obviously very sizable, but I think largely they're struggling around issues of commuter access and accessibility. By making sure transportation works for them to meet them at their needs, especially since the population is largely commuter base. 5:34 This sounds like Richmond Carter's life. Carter is a new media student here at Ryerson. He agrees that commuting is a serious problem. 5:42 It would be nice if the delays were less frequent. Everything goes well I can get from Lawrence to Dundas in 20 minutes, but like, it's not infrequent for that to take 40 minutes or even an hour. And if it could be more reliable, that'd be great. 6:02 Wong Tam knows that getting things done at City Hall is hard. She has served two terms on Council, and now she is in for a third. For RSJ Radio, I'm Trevor green. 6:14 Students with minimum wage jobs won't be seeing raise anytime soon. The Ontario government announced today that it is capping the minimum wage at $14 until 2020. Ontario's minimum wage was scheduled to rise to $15 next year under legislation from the previous Liberal government. It already rose from $11 and 60 cents to $14. In January, the Ontario PCs argue the minimum wage rise is hurting businesses throughout the province. 6:41 For Ryerson students trying to find a space to work in the Student Learning Center seems almost impossible. This is where Vacant comes in. With Vacant, students would be able to see how full each floor is in real time. The system would use sensors strategically placed on each level in various places. The Ryerson student led creation will be proposed at the Red Bull Basement University Competition. 7:03 Moving across campus, it seems that Ryerson students are upset about the safe injection clinic near the university. The clinic is located at the corner of Victoria and Dundas on the edge of Ryerson's campus. Concerns heard from students include a greater risk of assault near the site, and the prevalence of used syringes in the area. The Government of Ontario decided this weekend that the province's overdose prevention sites are here to stay. This includes the site near Ryerson. 7:27 Some students at Ryerson are using drugs and a campus group says harm reduction action is desperately needed to keep them safe. Harm reduction means taking steps to make risky activities like sex and drug use safer. Next week, the group will meet with President Mohammed Lashemi to push for change. Julie Mutis has the story. 7:46 Students advocating for harm reduction policies at Ryerson are busy collecting signatures for their petition. The petition calls for Ryerson to do more to improve safety specifically for students and community members who use drugs. The group is the Ryerson chapter of Canadian students for Sensible Drug Policy. President Ilana Fricker joins us by phone to talk about the initiative. 8:09 The school has done some great things but it's not enough. There's no awareness campaigns on campus about fentanyl, about how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. There's nothing about other safer drug use practices. For example, don't use alone. Don't use in a locked room, things like that that are very basic safety messages that need to be given to students. 8:28 Fricker says Ryerson has an awareness campaign about cannabis use, but the information about other more taboo drugs is lacking. She says she hopes the school will increase access to information, safe sex and safe drug use materials. 8:42 I think it's extremely important that the school has things like you know condoms, clean needles, smoking equipment things so that they aren't using dirty equipment so they don't transmit disease. We know that students are using drugs, so a whole bunch of different solutions are needed at the schools. 8:59 Fricker says she also hopes the school will implement a good samaritan policy. This is an agreement where people on campus can call for help during an overdose with no legal or academic consequences. 9:10 So if a student calls for help during an overdose, they could be punished. I.E. expelled or suspended for having used on campus. So there's problems there that could dissuade a student from calling for help, which is very important. 9:24 Fricker says other universities in Canada have already started doing things to reduce drug related harms. 9:30 We're starting to do something but we're not quite there yet. And we could be doing a lot more especially because of our urban location and the high rates of overdoses in our neighborhood like we really could be leaders in this. 9:39 The group has collected more than 350 signatures since early October. Fricker is presenting to the Lashemi next Tuesday. For RSJ Radio, I'm Julie Mutis. 9:50 Just days after legalizing marijuana Canadian stores say there's a shortage. Hundreds line the streets last week in Canadian provinces at newly opened pot shops. The high demand for weed is not matching the limited supply, leading store owners in Edmonton to close their doors. With more pot shops set to open in the new year, it is expected that the strain on supply will become worse. Cannabis stores are still illegal in Ontario, but will be permitted as of April. 10:15 Toronto Police have raided 11 unlicensed marijuana dispensaries since legalization last week. Police shut down five stores Friday and six others over the weekend. 21 people have been charged under the province's new cannabis act, but have since been released. Currently the only legal marijuana distributor is the province run online store. Dispensaries must apply for licenses in order to legally sell marijuana. The first licenses are expected to be approved by April 2019. 10:44 Some of Canada's first marijuana customers say the amount of plastic used to package the product is excessive. One customer says that for every gram of cannabis, there can be as much as 70 grams of packaging waste. Health Canada states that cannabis must be packaged in an immediate container that is tamper evident, child resistant, prevents contamination and keeps cannabis dry. Customers are calling for this packaging to be made of glass that can be returned or reused. 11:12 Returning to Ryerson, a business student is putting a local activist's life on the big screen today. As a business student, he wants to branch out into the film industry by using the skills he has learned through his program. RSJ reporter Aneta Rebiszewski has the story. 11:27 Mike Regis has always been passionate about filmmaking. This year, he graduated from Ryerson University with not a film degree but with a Bachelor of Commerce that helped him to pursue a filming career. He often felt marginalized in his life when he was constantly told he would never make it in the industry as a person of color. 11:44 I've always wanted to get to film since like 15, since a very early age and the reason why I chose businesses because I needed a practical you know fallback. But most importantly at a young age I was told based on my skin color, I wouldn't have opportunities industry so I was that made me very scared so I went the safe route. 12:02 Despite being discouraged Regis got accepted into a nonprofit organization medium program run by POV Third Street. The program works specifically with marginalized youth to help them break through in the media industry. Today at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Regis will showcase his first ever documentary. The film shadows the life of Randall Adjay who started and adversity movement in Scarborough. 12:25 This guy has no limit. Society and friends with rich politicians with visions of keeping the poor in prison and the rich isn't. 12:31 During the filming process. Regis found himself relating to Adjay more than ever, he says. 12:36 You know, throughout the process, there's a lot of my story too. And what intrigued me about this narrative was seeing a black man change his life for the better just that character transformation. So because going up you know, I I was I didn't do anything serious, but I got in trouble too. You know, then, you know, as I grew and found an outlet of filmmaking, I became focused and serious and my life changed. 12:58 You can catch the screening of Regis's film Worst Student Ever at 7:30pm. The graduating class of the POV Third Street program will also be showing their films tonight at the AGO. For RSJ Radio I'm Aneta Rebiszewski. 13:12 In Canadian news, Prime Minister Trudeau says he does not want to leave Canadians with a massive bill by canceling the Saudi Arabia arms deal. The comments came as Canada faces increased international pressure to cancel the deal after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trudeau says canceling the deal would cost at least $1 billion. He says Canadians shouldn't pay that much in order to stand up for human rights. Saudi Arabia admitted to killing Khashoggi earlier this week, which is drawn international condemnation. 13:40 A Saudi dissident living in Quebec says the people who organized the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi were after him. Omar Abdulaziz says Saudi operatives made a trip to Canada to try and lure him back to Saudi Arabia. He says no threats were made, but the three men pressured him to go to the Saudi embassy with them in Ottawa. After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, he worries that he could have been the next target. 14:01 Toronto's alleged serial killer will be heading to trial earlier than expected. Bruce MacArthur waived his right to a preliminary hearing during a court appearance yesterday. MacArthur appeared in person and didn't want to make eye contact with any of the victims families. He faces eight counts of first degree murder and the deaths of eight men from Toronto's gay village. He's due back in court November 5 to set a trial. Hurran Aljankapan is an LGBTQ advocate. 14:27 I think it's nice because then it doesn't drag out the process for longer or anything. You know, the better the sooner that we can put this to rest and and the families have answers, I think the better it is for folks. You have to understand that. 14:38 The federal government says carbon tax rebates will exceed the cost of the tax for most people. Prime Minister Trudeau detailed the plan for rebates during an event in Toronto this morning. He says the government will return at 90% of carbon tax revenue back to Canadians. The announcement comes amid mounting pressure from some provincial governments to cancel the tax. The majority of provincial governments currently oppose it. Ontario previously announced it is launching a court challenge to fight the tax. 15:03 And now we move west. British Columbia could experience a 50% reduction in natural gas this winter. Earlier this month an Enbridge pipeline exploded and caught fire near Prince George. Luckily, there were no injuries reported and no criminal activity is suspected. It is unclear why it burst but Enbridge says that the pipeline is set to be back in service by mid November. Until then, the natural gas system may be challenged in times of high demand, and residents are asked to conserve energy whenever possible. 15:32 Seven earthquakes have shaken the west coast of Vancouver Island in the last two days. It all started on Sunday when the first four earthquakes hit. They they measured between 4.9 and 6.8 magnitude and then three more earthquake struck within less than an hour. They were milder. No damage was reported and no tsunami warnings have been issued for these earthquakes. 15:54 On a lighter note, let's move on to some sports. A new program designed to get more women involved in intramurals is in full swing this fall. Women in Sport strives to keep women playing their favorite sports once they hit university. Reporter Lyba Mansoor has the story. 16:09 A group of Ryerson students playing a quick game of basketball is what an ordinary afternoon looks like at the Ryerson Athletic Center. The group this afternoon made up entirely of male students polish their skirt skills recreationally. In some cases they're prepping to play for the school's intramural team. Though the courts are often filled, it's rare to see many women playing. A newly introduced program plans to change this. The program women in sport aims to run weekly providing a space for women, women identifying people to get active. Randy Pfifer, Ryerson's intramural and recreational clubs coordinator explains what it's all about. 16:41 Anyone that is a woman or female can come out. We're doing a different activity each week. You don't sign up as a team you sign up as an individual. We're trying to cater a little bit more to the people that maybe feel a little bit intimidated in coming out or feel that there may be a beginner. 17:03 The program plans on hosting a variety of sports like basketball or soccer, handball and ping pong. Piper says that there's still a stigma of male dominance in sports. Andrew Petta Ryerson's recreational manager says Ryerson is trying to make room for change within the intramural programs. 17:18 We're about 80-85 90% men depending on the sport. And so we know our campuses a little bit more than 50% women. It forces us to ask a question say, what are we doing to reach a different audience? What's happening in our existing program and it could be different to be more welcoming? What new programs could we offer to welcome women in a different way? 17:41 This program is only the beginning of Ryerson's efforts to reach a wider demographic and sports. 17:46 So what we're maybe going to try next semester is an actual co-ed division where the gender rule is you have to have at least two male, two female on the floor. 18:00 With the dedication to being more inclusive Ryerson recreation is trying to make sure women feel more a part of the team for rsaa radio. I'm Lyba Mansoor. 18:09 It appears the Toronto Raptors are off to a great start in the new NBA season after an impressive first week. The team ranks first in the Eastern Conference after winning their first four games and the addition of Kawhi Leonard has proven to be an excellent decision by Raptors management 18:23 An excellent decision indeed, Jack. In three games played Kawhi averaged 26 points and nine rebounds. Considering he hasn't played in over a year. That is very impressive. The rest of the season looks promising. 18:35 Toronto sports have been looking pretty good recently. The Raptors are undefeated and the Leafs are leading the Eastern Conference. 18:41 But what about the Argos jack? 18:44 Well, we don't talk about them, Dan. It's too shameful. And actually speaking of shameful I heard you're going trick or treating this year, aren't you? 18:53 You bet I am. I'm dressing up as the scariest thing I could think of, you. 18:57 Oh, well that brings an end to the freaky finale of today's show. I'm Jack and I think I'm gonna go have a good cry now actually. 19:06 And I'm Dan and a big thank you to Angela Glover, our super producer. For more news and updates be sure to join us next week for a sadly less spooky show.