The Alex Pierson Show

Martin Firestone, President, Travel Secure, Travel Insurance Specialist talks about Covid 19 and coverage for possible future travel plans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karl Littler, Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Retail Council of Canada talks about shopping at malls as stores reopen in Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marika Vida, International Sommelier, wine writer, President of “The Mom Somm” Based in Pennsylvania, USA talks about the Global impact of Covid 19 on the international wine industry  http://www.marikavida.com Instagram: Themomsomm    Facebook: Marikavida  Twitter: Marika_Vida Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. David Jacobs, Ontario Specialists Association, Chair, Coalition of Ontario Doctors talks about the latest news on Covid 19 in Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How has daily life been affected by rising tensions in Hong Kong?  Alex talked to a man we're calling "John" about what he's seeing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JANE LEE IS WITH A GROUP OF TORONTONIANS, STAND WITH HONG KONG. HERE  IS HER CONVERSATION WITH ALEX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario Dentist Association Past President, Dr. David Stevenson talked to Alex about how dentist offices will reopen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JOHN TRAUGAKOS IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO’S ROTMAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT. HERE'S HIS CONVERSATION WITH ALEX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Families connected to the Orchard Villa long-term-care home in Pickering are pushing for a criminal investigation into the care of their loved ones.  A letter has been sent to Durham Regional Police Chief from 41 families.  They say what took place at the facility during COVID-19 is 'completely out of proportion to what has occurred in other facilities in this province.'  Cathy Parkes lost her fat...

This week we're talking to business owners who run entertainment venues and services.  They've been hit hard by the pandemic and so far, haven't received any financial compensation. Here's Alex's conversation with Doug Wilson, the President and CEO of the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Hetherington is a retired history teacher and leads groups of Canadians to the battlefields of Europe each year.  This month marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian First Army in 1945. Sadly due to the current worldwide COVID pandemic the ceremonies to mark this historic event throughout the Netherlands have all been cancelled. Thousands of Canadians w...

With schools gradually re-opening in Quebec, Susan Mintzberg writes, it’s crucial to plan how schools will be able to pursue their mission of supporting vulnerable children and their families psychologically, socially and academically.  Here's that conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're talking to business owners who run entertainment venues and services.  They've been hit hard by the pandemic and so far, haven't received any financial compensation. Here's Alex's conversation with Ryan Vande Vooren, Owner of GlowZone 360 in Brampton and Mississauga. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're talking to business owners who run entertainment venues and services.  They've been hit hard by the pandemic and so far, haven't received any financial compensation. Here's Alex's conversation with Mark Bingeman, President of Bingemans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're talking to business owners who run entertainment venues and services.  They've been hit hard by the pandemic and so far, haven't received any financial compensation. Here's Alex's conversation with Jason Rizzuti, Managing Partner of GO Tours Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're talking to business owners who run entertainment venues and services.  They've been hit hard by the pandemic and so far, haven't received any financial compensation. Here's my conversation with Glen Shackleton, the owner of 'Haunted Walks.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a 19-year old was caught going 308km/h on the QEW, we wanted to get a sense of how dangerous something like this is.  We reached to Canadian IndyCar driver, James Hinchcliffe.  Here's that conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Christine Kropp is pivoting to greet cottage country visitors.  The owner of the Whimsical Bakery in Huntsville is facing backlash from some for even reaching out to cottage country visitors.  Here's her conversation with Alex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As politicians bicker over who should and shouldn't visit cottage country this summer, business owners are adapting.  Here's Alex Pierson in conversation with Leah Leslie.  She's the Director of Sales & Marketing for the JW Marriott on Lake Rosseau and Chair of the Muskoka Tourism Board of Directors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Mintzberg is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work at McGill University.  She recently penned an editorial for the Montreal Gazette.  Here is here conversation with Alex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson in conversation with Evelyn Fox, the mother of Kiesingar Gunn, and Tamara Cherry, a media liaison for victims of crime with Pickup Communications. Before the weekend of what would be Gunn's 30th birthday, his mother Evelyn is asking for any information to solve his case.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson in conversation with Sgt. Jason Peddle.  Prior to taking his current job with 41-division in Scarborough, Peddle was the Toronto Police Service's vulnerable persons co-ordinator.  Before that, he was a support worker and activation therapist at a long-term-care home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario's Attorney General, Doug Downey in conversation with Alex Pierson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AMONG THE STRANGE SIGHTS DURING THIS PANDEMIC…ARE COMPLETELY EMPTY SHOPPING MALLS.   MOST HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE MARCH…BUT WHEN WILL THEY REOPEN? AND CONSIDERING MANY HAVE LOST BUSINESS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS DUE TO AN INCREASE IN ONLINE SHOPPING…WILL THEY SURVIVE?  HERE'S ALEX PIERSON IN CONVERSATION WITH BENJAMIN SHINEWALD, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BOMA CANADA. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Many parents are struggling to find a work/life balance while their children remain at home amid the COVID-19 crisis.  Children are missing out too... on the full classroom experience, exercise during gym or recess, and social aspects such as seeing their friends or teachers.   Epidemiologists are proposing measures should change for younger children, now that more research is available.  Here's A...