Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Sahar Ghafouri, Senior Director of Operations at the North York Harvest Food Bank, about how they're facing a roughly $50,000 loss following Tuesday's storm. What was damaged - and can they proceed if they don't come up with the cash? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTo) speaks with Jim Ginn, Mayor of Central Huron, about why his town is committed to honouring author Alice Munro, despite revelations of a dark family secret. Munro's daughter Andrea Robin Skinner, the youngest of Munro’s children, penned a first-person essay in the Toronto Star that shed light on the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepfather, Gerald Fremlin, Munro’...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with criminal lawyer Joseph Neuberger about two sexual assault cases heading back for new trials after Ontario's Court of Appeal found the judges were wrong to rely on stereotypes to doubt the alleged victims' accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Laryssa Waler, Executive Advisor at GT & Company consulting firm, about new internal government polling commissioned by Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives that found the LCBO workers' strike is having little impact on the public and Ford.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Dianne Martin, CEO of WeRPN, about a study commissioned by the Registered Practical Nurses Association in Ontario (WeRPN), that revealed a concerning majority of RPNs find staffing shortages are having a negative impact on patient care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) focuses on the disastrous response by the City of Toronto to the extreme flooding we saw Tuesday. Toronto saw road closures, TTC stations shuttered due to flooding.. was the flash flooding a complete surprise? Global News Chief Meteorologist Anthony Farnell with those answers.. Also, Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager of Toronto Water, joined Toronto Today to talk about the city’...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Stephanie Smyth, broadcaster, Smyth Media Group, Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York & Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate discussed: Storm response Internal poll for Doug Ford finds strong support for booze liberalization plan Car theft finally decelerating in Canada after surge Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager of Toronto Water, about the flash flooding seen across the city Tuesday.. How old are Toronto's storm drains - and do they need updating? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) leaned into a new survey from the Toronto Region Board of Trade that found that more than half of residents, 53 per cent, have thought about moving away from the GTA and its congestion. Giles Gherson, President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, joined Greg in studio to discuss. Also, Earl Blaney, immigration consultant and education agent, joined Toronto Today to ta...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Ana Bailao,housing expert and former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor & Norm Di Pasquale, Co-Chair of Ontario Place for All, volunteer with Save Ontario’s Science Centre, former school board trustee discussed: Bad traffic causing locals to consider leaving Toronto: survey  LCBO launches new ad with negotiations stalled Trudeau government's carbon rebates went out...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Parthi Kandavel (@ParthiKandavel), Toronto city councillor for Scarborough Southwest, about an item he's bringing to the city's executive committee meeting, asking for a boost in violence prevention opportunities while young people are on summer break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with immigration consultant and education agent Earl Blaney about shocking new data regarding the number of study permit holders seeking asylum in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Giles Gherson (@gilesgherson), President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, about the results of an Ipsos poll that shows that more than half of residents, 53 per cent, have thought about moving away from the GTA and its congestion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) discussed the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. There are so many angles to this developing story, but first, let's go to the scene of the crime with Donna Hutz. Donna travelled from Ohio, with her son, to attend Trump's rally. She was just rows behind Trump when he was shot. Also, Michael Harrigan, a partner at PAX Group and a former FBI agent about how...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Nokha Dakroub, former Peel District School Board trustee & Ryan Painter, host of the Ryan Painter Podcast, consultant and public speaker discussed: How the attempted assassination of former President Trump unfolded A staff report will be made public today, examining the Ontario government’s obligations regarding the Science Centre under its lease with the city Learn mo...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Mike Harrigan, Partner at PAX Group, former Chief of the FBI's Firearms Training Unit, about security protocols that would've been in place at President Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Dr. Eric Kam, Economics Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, about the economic fallout following President Donald Trump being shot at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Jon Reid (@tpareid), President of the Toronto Police Association and Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto's Crime Specialist and former police inspector, about the investigation into the shooting at President Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Donna Hutz, who travelled from her home in Ohio to Butler, Pennsylvania to see former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Donna was right behind President Trump when he was shot in the ear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FBI is investigating the shooting at President Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania as domestic terrorism. Greg (@gregbradyTO) speaks with Jacob Ware, a domestic terrorism researcher with the Council on Foreign Relations, and co-author of ‘God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Host, Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) and the panel of: Ana Bailao, former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor, housing expert & Jon Burnside, Toronto City Councillor for Don Valley East discussed: Toronto's youth firearm arrests up 161% in 2 years Work at Ontario Place is stopped pending a court hearing Trudeau says he’s trying to recruit Carney, but did not say if it’s to replace Freeland as...

Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with David Valentin, principal at Liaison Strategies, about his latest poll on Mayor Olivia Chow's performance in her first year in office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Gary Sands, senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, about the lag in grocers signing up for new licences that would allow them to sell beer, wine and ready-to-drink cocktails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Jay Goldberg (@JayJGoldberg), Ontario and Interim Atlantic Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, about why Premier Doug Ford needs to allow grocers to sell all alcohol during the LCBO workers strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) spoke with Joe Walsh, Former congressman and host of, 'White Flag with Joe Walsh,' about President Joe Biden's performance at the NATO summit - and if Biden can continue in the Presidential race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices