The Alex Pierson Show
640 Toronto / Curiouscast
The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.
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Feb 6, 2024 • 7min
'It's a sellers market': Greater Toronto housing market tightens as home sales surge 37% in January
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Frank Leo, Broker, Frank Leo and Associates, about how Greater Toronto home sales soared 37 per cent last month compared with the same month a year ago as lower borrowing costs associated with fixed-rate mortgages lured some buyers back to the market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 5, 2024 • 12min
StatCan report finds more than 15% of immigrants have left Canada within 20 years - but why?
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Cassandra Fultz, Founder and Senior Consultant at Doherty-Fultz Immigration, about more than 15 per cent of immigrants who came to Canada from 1982 to 2017 ended up leaving the country within 20 years of their admission, according to a new study from Statistics Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 5, 2024 • 16min
2018 World Junior investigation: Why charges of sexual assault can no longer be swept under the rug
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Jennifer Walinga, Rower, Olympian, Researcher on Culture and Leadership Through Sport and Professor at Royal Roads University, about the culture change needed at Hockey Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 5, 2024 • 9min
'Hard to get out': Parts of Cape Breton under state of emergency, 100+ cm of snow possible
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Dr. Monika Dutt, a family physician and Cape Breton resident, about having to hunker down as a powerful winter storm covers Nova Scotia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 2, 2024 • 12min
Toronto police to make “very difficult choices” following city budget reveal
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw following the unveiling of Mayor Chow's version of the 2024 city budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 2, 2024 • 11min
Jurors in coroner’s inquest into death of Sammy Yatim issue 63 recommendations
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto Crime Specialist and Former Toronto Police Inspector, about how jurors in a coroner’s inquest into the death of a teen shot by a Toronto police officer more than a decade ago issued dozens of recommendations in an effort to prevent similar deaths in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 1, 2024 • 12min
'I'll be fighting all the way': Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow unveils budget and city tax increase
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Stephen Holyday, City Councillor for Ward 2 - Etobicoke Centre, about Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow unveiling her version of the city’s 2024 budget, shaving one per cent off the proposed tax increase and appearing to end speculation she could forge ahead with blaming further tax increases on the federal government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 1, 2024 • 9min
What you need to know about 'riskier mortgages' being offered by the major banks
Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with mortgage broker Ron Butler about concerns with fixed-payment variable mortgages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 1, 2024 • 9min
Toronto District School Board votes to cancel classes on day of solar eclipse
Guest host Anthony speaks with Dr. Elaina Hyde, Physics and Astronomy Professor at York University and director of the Allan Eye Carswell Observatory, about the TDSB approving a staff recommendation of changing the date of an upcoming PA day to coincide with a rare solar eclipse set to rise above parts of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 31, 2024 • 12min
Head of CBC tells committee executives doesn't get “so-called bonuses” but isn’t ruling out “incentive pay
Guest hosts Anthony Furey and Ana Bailao speak with Jeffrey Dvorkin, Author, "Trusting the News in a Digital Age" former head of the journalism program at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and former CBC Radio executive, about the head of CBC not ruling out executive bonuses - despite announcing 800 job cuts to address financial strains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
