Moore in the Morning - Sound Bites

Discussing the biggest stories of the day including a TTC strike averted and border agents possibly walking the picket line, Ford shuffles his cabinet, and claims of corruption.

Mike Branch, Vice President of Data and Analytics at Geotab ITS in Oakville, the world’s largest telematics company, breaks down the number for @MooreintheAM on what impact recent Gardiner construction and lane reductions have had on commercial vehicle traffic and business productivity in Toronto.

Alan Liu, owner of popular Thai restaurant Salad King , tells @MooreintheAM how downtown retailers could be impacted by a transit strike on Friday.

Discussing the biggest stories of the day including commercial traffic travel times on the Gardiner increasing 250 percent and whether back to work legislation could prevent TTC workers from striking.  

Test Tube Thursdays with NEWSTALK 1010 Science Expert @RiskinDan: We Used to Think Everybody Heard a Voice Inside Their Heads – But We Were Wrong.

Sean Lee-Ying, Research Programmer at the @OntScienceCtr, tells @MooreintheAM about Indigenous Celebration 2024 - a free community event happening at the Ontario Science Centre this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

GUESTS: NEWSTALK 1010’s Robert Turner Paven Bratch, serial entrepreneur in health and tech and the guy who created those mooing milk cartons in the 1990s! Toronto City Councillor Shelley Carroll

GUESTS: NEWSTALK 1010’s Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and partner at reputation management company Oyster Group and host of Free For All Fridays Toronto City Councillor Brad Bradford

GUEST: Jamaal Myers - Toronto City Councillor and TTC chair

GUESTS: Sabrina Nanji with Queen’s Park Observer Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former mayor candidate Rob Davis, former City Councillor and founder of Rob Davis and Associates

GUESTS: Tim Hudak, former leader of the Ontario Conservatives, now with the OREA International trade lawyer Mark Warner Anne Marie Aikins, Independent media consultant and an associate with the PR firm Curious Public

Stephanie Carvin, former national security analyst and now a professor of international relations at Carleton University, breaks down an intelligence report that says some Canadian politicians were collaborating with foreign governments to further their own interests for @MooreintheAM.    

The MOTIVE Crime & Mystery Festival is currently underway - retired Toronto Police officers Phil Hibbeln and Bob Moynagh, who launched Toronto Crime Tours, join @MooreintheAM to discuss what's in store for attendees. 

Marvin Alfred, president of @ATULocal113, tells @MooreintheAM that Toronto should prepare to have the union withdraw services on Friday. Plus, @ATU_Canada leader John Di Nino warns of a "total disruption" of the city's transit.

Tech Tuesdays w/ NEWSTALK 1010 tech expert @CarmiLevy: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later.

Discussing the biggest stories of the day including Toronto police already spending $1.5 million on the World Cup, MPs working with foreign governments, and Pride events being scaled back.

 GUESTS: TPS Superintendent Katherine Stephenson and lead detective Kiran Bisla

Sunira Chaudhri, employment lawyer at Workley Law  Queen's Park Bureau Chief at the Toronto Star, Robert Benzie  Richard Crouse, host of the podcast Last Call with Richard Crouse 

Scott Reid, CTV Political Commentator and advisor to a number of Prime Ministers, premiers and political leaders  Deb Hutton, former advisor to two premiers Jerry Agar   

David Shellnutt, @theBikingLawyer, tells @MooreintheAM about a road rage driver who ran down a cyclist on Yonge Street last year, who will receive a summary judgement with 2 years probation after entering a guilty plea.

Artist, filmmaker and canoeing Olympian, @WolfRuck, tells @MooreintheAM about challenging the city of Mississauga over its weeding bylaws in court.

Vincent Puhakka, from the advocacy group @TTCRiders, joins @MooreintheAM to discuss the union warning of 'total disruption' of Toronto transit service if no deal is reached by Friday.

Mulcair Mondays with former NDP Leader and CTV political analyst @ThomasMulcair: Liberals slammed by opposition over proposal to delay next election.  

Discussing the biggest stories of the day including Ontario gave parents more than $1B in cash over 2 years, Convocation ceremonies starting at U of T as the encampment continues, and whether mandatory conscription is necessary.