Moore in the Morning - Sound Bites

Councillor Joe Cressy’s motion to allow drinking in city parks failed. Infectious disease expert Dr Isaac Bogoch tells Moore In The Morning why he doesn’t agree with the move. Yesterday he called the decision “disappointing,” and adding, “temporarily allowing alcohol consumption in parks is such a simple harm reduction approach.”

Guest: Dan Riskin- Newstalk 1010 Science Correspondent.

The Brampton City Council began a new campaign advocating for residents to receive a fair deal on their auto insurance. Mayor Patrick Brown tells Moore In The Morning what that would look like.

“Can’t someone else do it” was Homer Simpson’s campaign slogan for Springfield Sanitation Commission. Kenny McIlroy seems to be echoing that sentiment with his Bin Club, a new subscription-based service that offers garbage bin placement for home and business owners both before and after garbage collection. He joined Moore In The Morning to explain how it works.

A large amount of news came out of Queen’s Park yesterday, including military teams being sent to hospitals to deal with surge of COVID-19 patients, the provincial government considering diverting half of its vaccine supply to hot spots, and critical care workers from other parts of the country heading to Ontario. CTV’s Colin D’Mello broke it all down for Moore In The Mornin...

Fifteen people spent 40 days in a cave without sunlight or phones. Most want to go back. Deep Time project director Christian Clot joins Moore In The Morning from France to explain why they did it and what did they learn from the experiment.

The Morning Brief with Tim Hudak, former leader of the Ontario Conservatives, now with the OREA. Discussing the biggest stories of the day including new clues about the provincial paid sick time program, back to school looks to be in doubt,  here comes the military to help with the COVID-19 situation, the return of ActiveTO, the federal Liberals would likely win a majority if election held, 1...

Guests: Scott Reid, Former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin, Queen's Park Bureau Chief at the Toronto Star, Robert Benzie, International trade lawyer Mark Warner and Jerry Agar.

Guest: Dan Riskin- Newstalk 1010 Science Correspondent.

Guests: Former advisor to Mcguinty and Lastman, Jim Warren, Deb Hutton, former senior advisor to two premiers and now a communications advisor, Writer, actor and business owner Jason Peat and Mike Bendixen, NEWSTALK 1010 Program Director.

NEWSTALK 1010’s Dr Mitch Shulman explains to Moore In The Morning the mess of messaging around vaccination, especially out of NACI.

Infectious disease expert and associate professor at McMaster University, Dr. Zain Chagla, explains to Moore In The Morning whether we’re in the last of the COVID waves and what does he think will be the future of us living with the virus.

Associate professor at Ontario Tech University and long-term-care advocate Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos is fired up on the Ministry’s decision to allow fully vaccinated staffers work in multiple homes as well as moves they say are to ease mounting strain on hospitals. She joined Moore In The Morning to explain why.

The Morning Brief with Scott Reid, former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin. Discussing the biggest stories of the day including a 13-year-old Brampton girl becoming one of the youngest to die of COVID-19 in Ontario, fully vaccinated personal care workers can now go to multiple locations, and Durham schools tells parents to choose wisely when it comes to in person or online.

Guests: Tim Hudak, former leader of the Ontario PC party now with the Ontario Real Estate Association, Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, activist and politician Dr. Pamela Palmater and Adam Goldenberg, Toronto lawyer.

Guest: Dan Riskin- Newstalk 1010 Science Correspondent.

Doreen Brown, along with a group of several other women, were test subjects here in Toronto during the 1970s, tasked with smoking pot and performing menial tasks while scientists monitored their results over 98 days. A fictionalized version of this can be seen in the movie The Marijuana Conspiracy, now available through video on demand.   Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Kaleb Dahlgre...

John Moore speaks with filmmaker Alba Sotorra Clua. ‘The Return: Life After ISIS’, follows several women who were radicalized as teenagers in their Western countries and travelled to Syria as ISIS recruits. They now would like return to their home countries, but they're not wanted back. The film makes it's premiere at Hot Docs starting Saturday April 29.

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie joined Moore In The Morning to discuss her calls for the province to open outdoor recreation for adults

Guests: NEWSTALK 1010’s Dave Trafford, Toronto lawyer Courtney Betty of Betty’s Law, Amanda Galbraith with Navigator and host of Free For All Friday and Jerry Agar.

Guest: Dan Riskin- Newstalk 1010 Science Correspondent.

The Morning Brief with Deb Hutton, former senior advisor to two premiers and now a communications advisor. Discussing the biggest stories of the day including Canada baning flights from India/Pakistan, Doug Ford - Hero or Zero? NY Times on Justin Trudeau and his climate record, John’s thoughts on what downtown will look like post-pandemic, and a British man’s heart attack Linked-I...

Guests: Bob Reid with Veritas, Host of Poplife Richard Crouse, Tamara Cherry of Pickup Communications and now KPW Communications and Founder and CEO of AgentsC, Mide  Akerewusi.  

A little bit of normalcy to look forward to: the CFL will return in August. Pinball Clemons tells Moore In The Morning what we can expect with this season.

NEWSTALK 1010 Crime Specialist Mark Mendelson tells Moore In The Morning about organized crime groups selling fake COVID-19 vaccines and forged negative tests.