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The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.

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This Yellowknife-based tour company just started to rebuild post COVID-19 lockdowns, now wildfires have halted business 23.08.2023 10:09

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joe Bailey, founder and owner of Indigenous tour company North Star Adventures, a Yellowknife based company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bell to end TIFF sponsorship - what does it mean for the festival? 23.08.2023 9:54

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Howell, a Film Critic for the Toronto Star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chief of staff AG report put at centre of Greenbelt controversy resigns 23.08.2023 8:42

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Ellerton, Strategist and Founding Partner of Conaptus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau; holding up the Chinese Interference Inquiry 22.08.2023 10:48

Justin Trudeau is keeping the inquiry of Chinese Interference at a slow pace. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau and Author of ''Wilful Blindness.'' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks Check-In: Mortgage holders are going deeper into debt 22.08.2023 10:18

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Justin Trudeau's divorce, nearly half of mortgage holders are going deeper into debt to keep up with home loan payments, recovering nearly $2 billion from job quitters who cheated the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Liberal MP George Chahal isn't commenting after the Election Commissioner confirmed voting ir...

Toronto Greektown business forced to close up shop after 44 years due to Ontario Line construction 22.08.2023 9:40

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bill Gekas, president of Akropolis Pastries On Danforth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why doesn't Canada lean on Indigenous fire knowledge keepers on their expertise to help with wildfires? 22.08.2023 8:47

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Anderson, the adviser and negotiator for the Skeetchestn Natural Resources Corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Law Society Tribunal rules man who abused children can practice law 22.08.2023 9:09

Host Alex Pierson speaks with criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three former Toronto mayors want city staff to reconsidering renaming Dundas St. 21.08.2023 9:37

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Sewell, Former Mayor of Toronto, served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian government calls on Meta to lift ban on news in hopes wildfire info can be shared 21.08.2023 9:09

Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Brett Caraway, Associate Professor with the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wildfires happen frequently in Canada - so why are we never prepared for them? 21.08.2023 8:50

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Robert Gray, an AFE-certified wildland fire ecologist and President of R.W. Gray Consulting, about how Canada's never prepared wildfires we know are going to happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman 18.08.2023 16:22

This is Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield brought to you by Vacuman. On today's episode, learn about AI when it comes to recycling, MIT'S liquid metal batteries, and cool paint from Stanford; you can energy save in style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Human rights groups are frustrated that there's been no response to Chinese Interference 18.08.2023 10:23

There's growing frustration. Pro democracy groups and Chinese Diaspora groups are getting together because nothing has been done to push back against Chinese Interference. They are launching a petition to push the inquiry through. Alex Pierson speaks with Chuek Kwan, Co Chair of Toronto Association for Democracy in China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Satirical outlet back on Meta's Facebook, Instagram after getting booted for its 'news' content 18.08.2023 8:19

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'No sleep and a lot of panic': Yellowknife evacuation ordered due to wildfires 18.08.2023 11:00

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ollie Williams, Editor of news coverage for Cabin Radio in Northwest Territories, for the latest on evacuation orders for Yellowknife due to wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two year anniversary of Afghanistan's fall 17.08.2023 7:45

It is the two year anniversary of Afghanistan's fall which happened to be the same day Justin Trudeau announced the election is on. Taliban fighters were closing in on Kabul and Western countries did not react. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Eckland, Canadian Philanthropist and Founder of Canadian Heroes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks Check-In: Feds are shot gunning money; we have a crisis! 17.08.2023 8:50

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the covid contracts approved by the Department of Health shows more than a tenth failed to follow the rules, Cabinet has donated a small portion of its mammoth pandemic ventilator stockpile to Ukranian War victims, and only 40 percent of homeless people provided federal aid successfully became home owners, say...

Mayor Chow meets with Toronto Police Association after wave of violence against officers 17.08.2023 10:58

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau government calls intimate partner violence an 'epidemic' following inquest 17.08.2023 10:15

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Kirsten Mercer, lawyer who represented the End Violence Against Women group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hamilton city councilor support tiny cabin pilot project in response to homelessness crisis 16.08.2023 8:37

Host Alex Pierson speaks with John-Paul Danko, Hamilton City Councillor for Ward 8 - West Central Mountain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebuilders cancelling projects despite Canada's housing crisis 16.08.2023 8:21

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why don't we have more rentals? Landlords can find themselves with a nightmare tenant 15.08.2023 9:17

What happens when a renter refuses to leave because they cant find affordable housing, what do you do? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lorrie McKibbon, Hamilton woman, about her situation of not being able to move into her home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks Check-In: No end in sight for inflation 15.08.2023 9:15

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the commons finance committee gas voted down a motion to question the finance minister over looming impacts of interest rates on mortgage renewals, Parliament's Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency yesterday entered its 18th month of deliberations with no deadline in sight for a final report...

What is the immediate solution to get affordable housing built? 15.08.2023 9:12

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Mike Moffatt, Founding Director of PLACE Centre at Smart Prosperity Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Unmanageable housing crisis': Housing prices aren’t just sky high in big cities 15.08.2023 10:44

Host Alex Pierson speaks with mortgage broker Ron Butler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices