On Point With Alex Pierson
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Sinopse
A new voice and a fresh perspective. Join the conversation, with ON Point with Alex Pierson on 640 Toronto.With 20 years in the field, and behind an anchor desk, Alex is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. An in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines.ON Point with Alex Pierson airs weeknights from 7 to 10 p.m. on 640 Toronto.
Episódios
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'Blood on your hands': Jewish group calling on leaders to bring the temperature down after Toronto Starbucks vandalized with hate graffiti
16/11/2023 Duração: 08minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Levitt, President-CEO Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, about waking up to his local Starbucks covered in hate graffiti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What to expect from Trudeau, Biden's meeting with China's President Xi at APEC summit
16/11/2023 Duração: 11minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Blacklocks Check-In: ''Who awarded ludacris contracts for Arrivecan?'
16/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Department of Health yesterday would not comment on its continued concealment of what taxpayers were charged for Pfizer vaccines, dozens of whistleblowers cited instances of unethical federal contracting in the past year. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why is Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' going viral on TikTok?
16/11/2023 Duração: 10minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Music festival, interactive events headline Hamilton’s Grey Cup Festival week
15/11/2023 Duração: 08minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Ryan McHugh, Manager of Tourism and Events for Tourism Hamilton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why one of Toronto's oldest strip clubs could be protected with heritage recognition
15/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Chris Bateman, manager of the plaques program at Heritage Toronto, an arms-length city agency and a registered charity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Trudeau calls for ‘maximum restraint’ from Israel amid ongoing offensive in Gaza
15/11/2023 Duração: 11minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Vivian Bercovici, Former Canadian ambassador to Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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'I'm not going to shut up': Why this Toronto woman is wears a yellow star
15/11/2023 Duração: 12minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Olga Goldberg, a Toronto woman and member of the Jewish community, about why it's important to her to speak out against antisemitism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is Toronto a lonely place? New report paints bleak picture of the Big Smoke
15/11/2023 Duração: 08minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Sharon Avery, CEO of the Toronto Foundation, about the charitable organization's 2023 report, 'Toronto Vital Signs: The Power of Us". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Holy smoke: How much does Toronto spend on city branded crack pipes?
15/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Jay Goldberg, Ontario Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is Premier Ford paying more for surgeries done in private clinics than Ontario hospitals?
14/11/2023 Duração: 10minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Francesca Grosso, Principal at health policy firm Grosso-McCarthy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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''I'm not anti semitic, I'm an anti zionist'' The echo's being heard throughout the world
14/11/2023 Duração: 10min'Anti zionism' is antisemitism in sheep's clothing.'' Israel is in really dark days. Denying Israel's right to exist is proof that antisemitism is a global phenomenon. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahim Mohamed, Political Columnist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Blacklocks Check-In: Freeland will be facing questions; Beijing bank dubbed communist front
14/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Chrystia Freeland facing questions from MP's over her dealings with the Beijing bank dubbed communist front, Cabinet will not disclose a list of Nazi fugitives and many groups want this list. Cabinet promised this list 7 weeks ago. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is The Beer Store done for good? What this means for independent craft brewers
14/11/2023 Duração: 08minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Troy Burtch, Senior Manager, Sales & Business Development at Great Lakes Brewery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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RIP to The Beer Store? Does this mean Ontarians will finally see beer on convenience store shelves?
14/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Dave Bryans, CEO Of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Woman seeking justice after being raped has case thrown out due to court delays - Why does this keep happening?
14/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Wilchesky, Toronto-based lawyer with Rochon Genova LLP who specializes in sexual abuse cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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These two Israeli men fought off Hamas on October 7th - why they say no ceasefire will happen until hostages are released
13/11/2023 Duração: 18minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Harel Oren and Ilan Cohen, two Israeli men, who with five other men all residents of Kibbutz Reim, attacked by dozens of Hamas terrorists on October 7, fought off the terrorists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bad Boy furniture files notice under bankruptcy act, unable to give refunds
13/11/2023 Duração: 09minHost Alex Pierson speaks with Bruce Winder, retail analyst and author of RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Introducing... Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry | The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | 1
11/11/2023 Duração: 30minThe old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks and coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the gate—you know, just in case you thought you weren’t going to make it to your final destination… 1977 was one of the worst years for accidents in aviation history…in addition to several violent hijackings every month—sometimes with fatal results—There were also passenger plane crashes with great loss of life…including the worst aviation disaster of all time when two 747s planes collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. Frank Sinatra’s mother, the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, and all but one member of the University of Evansville basketball team died in crashes… But then there were the events of October 20, 1977, when a rickety chartered plane went down in a swamp in Mississippi…on board were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd…six of the 24 passengers died, incl
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Tech Talk: Affordable 5G, robotic guide dogs and Disney plus!
10/11/2023 Duração: 16minHost Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Rogers launching affordable 5G for low income Canadians, major data breach at a DNA testing lab, and robotic guide dogs for the visually impaired! All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices