The John Oakley Show

Fraudsters are infamous for winning — taking people's money, spending it and leaving a slew of victims in their wake.  But Steven Morrison wasn't prepared to be a victim. In spring, he wanted a deck built in his backyard and it didn't take long to find a handyman service advertised on Kijiji.  When he was visited by a man the next day, Morrison said he was immediately confronted with a request for...

Sgt. Bill Calder with the Durham Regional Police Service on the charges that three teens face while dressed as clowns and wreaking havoc in the Durham community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Toronto author says a manager escorted her to the basement of a country club because customers were complaining she was breastfeeding her baby in view of the restaurant. Alexandra Shimo and her partner were attending a charity event at the Lambton Golf and Country Club on Saturday night. When they couldn't find a babysitter, they brought their two-month-old child, Jacob.  “Mother” may soon be re...

Toronto Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru (host of The Employment Hour on AM640) covered a trio of topics on The John Oakley Show. 1) Can an employer force an employee into a rehab program that goes against their religious beliefs?2) Must an employer make accommodations for breastfeeding employees?3) If a court injunction bans the Cleveland Indians team name and logos from Ontario, can an employer le...

Jocelyn Bamford, founder of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers of Ontario, is organizing Ontario businesses to fight back against the province's oppressive hydro prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto Developer and "Condo King" Brad J. Lamb has been affected by mayor John Tory's "war on developers" who tie up city streets and sidewalks with lengthy construction projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Architect and indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal has filed an application to the Ontario Superior Court (which will be heard Monday) and Ontario Human Rights Tribunal to prevent the Cleveland Indians from using their team name and logo when playing against the Toronto Blue Jays this week in the ALCS. His lawyer, Michael Swinwood, explained why this application is necessary. Learn more about your...

Digging by Toronto Sun Scrawler Joe Warmington has revealed that the Ontario Liberal's proposed Bill 28 may see the term "mother" replaced by "birth parent."Following this revelation, Adoption Council of Canada Chair Deborah Brennan explained why she disagrees with Warmington's view on the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With everything that has happened over the last week or so, does Donald Trump still have a shot at the presidency? Premier Kathleen Wynne is taking a swing at the name of Cleveland’s baseball team — and praising sportscasters for not using “Indians” in their broadcasts. Should Wynne and any other politician keep their noses out of sports and entertainment?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

It didn’t take Auston Matthews long to live up to the hype. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 draft scored four goals in his first regular-season NHL game, in the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday’s season opener for both teams. He also became the first player to score four goals in his NHL debut. Has Matthews already peaked? American singer-songwriter Bob...

University of Toronto Psychology Professor Jordan Peterson is facing intense reaction from students and the public following his criticism of Bill C-16. Is he transphobic, or is he protected by free speech? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News' Cindy Pom explains why an alleged accident gawker is lucky to be alive following commuter chaos on the 401 at the East end of Toronto Thursday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toronto Sun's Sue-Ann Levy discusses the controversy surround the Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon in Toronto, Councillor Shelley Carroll's move to provincial politics, and John Tory's war against Toronto developers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sustainable Vaughan's Sony Rai declares that Ontario developers are lying about the reasons why they need to expand into the Greenbelt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sustainable Vaughan co-founder Sony Rai told The John Oakley Show why opening the Greenbelt to developers will only make life worse in the GTA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Blue Jays head to Cleveland for the American League Championship Series, the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner wants news outlets to avoid using their opponent’s full name. Commissioner Renu Mandhane is far from alone in her concern the name — the Indians — and the team’s bucktoothed, slant-eyed, red-faced logo is an offensive caricature of indigenous people. Is it time to drop the "India...

Professor Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy at the University of Alberta, explains why actor Ben Stiller's advice on prostate cancer should be ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AM640 Legal Analyst Lorne Honickman discusses a Mississauga family lawyer dodging suspension following a child porn conviction, the trouble with vigilante Creep Catchers, and charging clients for time spent on the toilet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marijuana Activist Matt Mernagh was one of only two people the Ontario Liberal government "consulted" before they briefly exempted marijuan use from new e-cigarette legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who do you think won the second presidential debate Sunday between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton? Is Trump right to label his inappropriate comments dating back to 2005 as “locker-room talk”? Joe Warminton from the Toronto Sun joins the show to talk about his latest column about Donald Trump having a point about our health care system. Sue-Ann Levy from the Toronto Sun joins the show to give he...

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie told AM640 why she decided to file a hate-crime complaint against the author of a racially-charged online article. Does Islamophobic content fall under the umbrella of free speech? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toronto Sun's Sue-Ann Levy argues that Donald Trump shouldn't have to endure the criticism he's now experiencing following inappropriate comments made 11 years ago. She also believes the Republican nominee was articulate when defending his many viewpoints during Sunday's debate with Hillary Clinton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Organizers are planning a "Clown Lives Matter" march for October 15 in Tucson in reaction to the recent spate of frightening incidents -- both real and imagined -- spread in the news and on social media. The march will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 15 on 4th Avenue in Tucson. Attendees are invited to show up wearing full clown makeup or masks. According to a flyer advertising the event, "this is a peaceful...

The Fraser Institute's Deani Van Pelt tallied the increasing costs of education in Canada's public system, and discovered that a majority of the increase in money spent on education was thanks to rising compensation for teachers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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