On Point With Alex Pierson

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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

  • Why this Hamilton-area creamery is a stinkin' big deal in the Cheese World

    10/11/2023 Duração: 11min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tor Krueger, Owner and Co-founder of Udder Way Artisan Cheese in Hannan, Ontario, about winning big at this year's World Cheese Awards in Norway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Why this 24-year-old Toronto man is interviewing WWII and Korean War Veterans - and needs your help!

    10/11/2023 Duração: 11min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Zach Dunn, Founder and Director of Remembering Canada’s Veterans. Visit Zach's website to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • New hostage videos indicates 'sign of life' - what goes into hostage negotiation talks?

    10/11/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Andrew, Principal of PAX Group, a global crisis and conflict management consultancy, and a former FBI hostage negotiator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • There's been a jump in dog attacks in Toronto - how do we hold irresponsible owners accountable?

    10/11/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Aaron Murray, Personal injury lawyer specializing in animal attacks, Partner at Leone Murray LLP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • How AI is about to make spam calls even worse

    09/11/2023 Duração: 08min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jonathan Nelson, director of product management for Hiya, company that specializes in detecting spam phone calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • 'We won't be silenced': New giant milk carton campaign features faces of children kidnapped by Hamas

    09/11/2023 Duração: 08min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dorit, one of the organizers of the Milk Carton campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Blacklocks Check-In: Trudeau hired an election team, but no election has been announced

    09/11/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Liberal Party appointing a re-election campaign committee but no mention was made for a vote, the Commons yesterday by a 292 to 30 vote rejected a New Democrat motion to remove GST from all home heating, and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault yesterday said Canadians must do more to meet climate targets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • 'I'm dead': Ontario woman recounts horrific dog attack

    09/11/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Chris (Christine) Bonnett, 75 year old Norfolk County woman who was recently attacked by a dog when taking out the garbage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • ArriveCan: Federal chief technology officer lied to committee, PM Trudeau 'concerned'

    09/11/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Barrett, Conservative MP for Leeds, Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and Shadow Minister Of Ethics and Accountable Government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Jobs or housing? New report suggests Premier Ford's land set aside for jobs in Ontario is under threat.

    09/11/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Giles Gherson, president and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, about how the loss of employment lands is a "silent killer" of jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Pro-Palestine protest takes over Union Station during the morning commute

    09/11/2023 Duração: 03min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Global News reporter Matt Carty, live from Toronto's union station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • ''Jack of all trades and a master of none.'' A disjointed RCMP report.

    08/11/2023 Duração: 12min

    We have a Federal and National force that spends its time and it's resources doing contract policing but they aren't performing well on their mandates. The RCMP commissioner has the largest span of control of any police force in the democratic world. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada - expert on security and defense. Author of Dirty Money; Financial Crime in Canada, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Ontario neck guard maker says demand surged after hockey player’s death

    08/11/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joe Camillo, owner Aegis Impact Protection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Would you know what hate looks like if you saw or heard it?

    08/11/2023 Duração: 10min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Barbara Perry, Criminologist and Director of Ontario Tech University's Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Controversial Montreal Imam has leaders calling for hate speech investigation after weekend rally

    08/11/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS Analyst. about Imam Adil Charkaoui, a controversial Islamic educator in Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • ''My car within seconds filled with black smoke.'' Jamie Kerri Mitchell tells her story

    07/11/2023 Duração: 11min

    What would you do if your car caught on fire without you knowing? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Kerri-Mitchell, car engulfed in flames while driving to work over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Today marks the one month anniversary since the war with Israel and Hamas began

    07/11/2023 Duração: 09min

    We're into a dangerous phase of the war. Today, Benjamin Netanyahu says that he'll consider tactical pauses to get aid in and hostages out of Gaza. People are moving through the evacuation corridor in Gaza. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Lt. Col Peter Learner, Spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Blacklocks Check-In: Conservatives lost the carbon tax vote; what now?

    07/11/2023 Duração: 09min

    Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the carbon tax vote and the Liberal member of making an obscene hand gesture as MP's voted to uphold carbon taxes, Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne yesterday promised to fire any appointee responsible for suspected sweetheart contracting, and subsidies. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • ''A vacuum of authority'' Where is our leadership and authority when it comes to hate-crimes?

    06/11/2023 Duração: 08min

    Where are the police and leadership if you were watching the news over the weekend? Protestors walked up and down the streets of Ottawa holding Swastika flags and in Toronto, Aroma Espresso bar ended up being the target. There's a ton of people chanting the destruction of Israel. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mark Saunders, Former Chief of Toronto Police Services. Why aren't we seeing arrests? Is there anything concerning/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • ''All the citizens of Israel not to travel and avoid displaying their Jewish identity''

    06/11/2023 Duração: 11min

    One of many warnings out for Jews not to travel or show their identities. Should we deport anyone who isn't a Canadian citizen who supports terror and breaking laws? Europe is doing it! Is this something that we should look at? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Guidy Mamaan, Immigration Lawyer with Mamaan, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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