The Jerry Agar Show

Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, is joined by Toronto's Chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee to crunch the numbers on the Honda Indy and whether or not in benefits the city financially despite the traffic headache it causes  

After an suburb of Ottawa was hammered by a tornado yesterday Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, caught up with the Executive Director of the Western U's Tornado Project to find out how much we really know about how many touch down in Canada.  Guest Host: Mark Towhey

Once again a person with a long wrap sheet including attempted murder and defying bail conditions is allegedly responsible for killing someone in Toronto.  The bail system is broken, is the answer bail bonds and bounty hunters? Guest Host: Mark Towhey

As a follow-up to yesterday's conversation on the dangerous fires that EV vehicles can be responsible, Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, spoke with Toronto's Fire Chief on how the department is tackling this new concern.

An investigation by the Washington Post into the difference between premium and no-name printer ink showed they are largely the same.  The Post joined Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, for more.

Chow attacked Doug Ford – playing to her audience threatening a court room scenario with the province over Ontario place, and when Ford sounds more reasonable than you – you’re losing the argument.

Guest Host: Mark Towhey

Guest Host: Mark Towhey

Mark discusses Ontario’s look into wind and solar power to help ease the electricity supply crunch. Plus, Canada’s government is bloated as 1 in 4 Canadians are employed in the public sector.   

One borough of Montreal is charging bigger cars more money to park, is this right? And, Michel Juneau-Katsuya discusses pro-Beijing groups claiming credit for Olivia Chow’s mayoral election win. 

Mark Mendelson joins Mark Towhey for Party for Two to discuss the biggest stories of the day. More than half of Canadians are $200 or less away from being unable to pay their bills.  Doug Ford wants Bombardier to bid on a new military maritime patrol aircraft. 

Tom Korski from Blacklocks talks about the environmental impacts of road salt.  Carmi Levy discusses what to do when a company loses your data in a breach, and the data you're giving away by joining Threads. Eric Alper talks about what old CD’s are worth these days. Gavin Tighe discusses contracts for illegal services. 

Karen Stintz joins the show for Party for Two to go over the top stories of the day. Kenyon Wallace discusses how Torontonians are overtaxed. Jeremy Wang talks about self-flying cargo planes. 

Mark talks about the case of a landlord suing the city after they gave a tenant approval to rent her condo on AirBnB. Dan Riskin joins the show for Meta Science Mondays to go over the top science stories of the week. And, Christian Leuprecht gives an update on the war in Ukraine and NATO.

Mark Towhey fills in. He says it's unacceptable for the TTC to take so long to deal with the stabbing incident. What does the Ontario Food Terminal do? Should access to cooling be a fundamental human right? Why is the Toronto Zoo cutting back on screen time for their gorilla?

Mark Towhey fills in. Party For Two with Amanda Galbraith. Mark talks to Moshe Lander about the incoming interest rate increase. Chatter that Matters with Tony Chapman. Why was the TTC closed for so long to deal with the stabbing incident? Mark talks to Jon Burnside to find out why.

Mark Towhey fills in. Is Mark a heartless SOB for his TTC take? Airbnb = Affordability secret? Should a drunk canoeist be charged? Touchdowns & Fumbles with Bob Reid.

The judge thought jail might be too tough on a former cop so he'll get to serve his sentence at home...is this something that happens often? A criminal lawyer tells us he actually expects this will be appealed.

Ontario wants Toronto to give it a slice of city land under Lake Shore Blvd to implement its Ontario Place plans. If the city won’t sell it – they’ll expropriate it. Critics are upset. They shouldn’t be

8 Billion dollars? But in order to for this to happen the government has to help. The president of Henry of Pelham Estates told us what needs to change to ensure the value and growth of this industry.

It's to  prevent  the repair or replacing of broken car doors and windows.  Does this make sense?  why  wouldn't  you just remove all your  valuables  from sight?

The Ontario Government appears to be pursuing their plan to increase the availability of beer by putting it in your convenience  store, but is that something store owners want when many grocery  stores have removed it from their store?   

A card game with an ultra rare card, already valued at over 2 million dollars, has been inspiring "bounties" from all over the world.  It's a fun story involving your city that you probably didn't know about.