The Alex Pierson Show

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This Yellowknife-based tour company just started to rebuild post COVID-19 lockdowns, now wildfires have halted business Aug 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joe Bailey, founder and owner of Indigenous tour company North Star Adventures, a Yellowknife based company.

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Bell to end TIFF sponsorship - what does it mean for the festival? Aug 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Peter Howell, a Film Critic for the Toronto Star.

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Chief of staff AG report put at centre of Greenbelt controversy resigns Aug 23, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jamie Ellerton, Strategist and Founding Partner of Conaptus.

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Trudeau; holding up the Chinese Interference Inquiry Aug 22, 2023

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Justin Trudeau is keeping the inquiry of Chinese Interference at a slow pace. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Sam Cooper, The Bureau and Author of ''Wilful Blindness.''

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Blacklocks Check-In: Mortgage holders are going deeper into debt Aug 22, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about Justin Trudeau's divorce, nearly half of mortgage holders are going deeper into debt to keep up with home loan payments, recovering nearly $2 billion from job quitters who cheated the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Liberal MP George Chahal isn't commenting after the Election Commissioner confirmed voting irregularities in his riding in the 2021 campaign. All this and more!

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Toronto Greektown business forced to close up shop after 44 years due to Ontario Line construction Aug 22, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Bill Gekas, president of Akropolis Pastries On Danforth.

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Why doesn't Canada lean on Indigenous fire knowledge keepers on their expertise to help with wildfires? Aug 22, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with Mike Anderson, the adviser and negotiator for the Skeetchestn Natural Resources Corporation.

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Law Society Tribunal rules man who abused children can practice law Aug 22, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger.

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Three former Toronto mayors want city staff to reconsidering renaming Dundas St. Aug 21, 2023

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Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Sewell, Former Mayor of Toronto, served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980.

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Canadian government calls on Meta to lift ban on news in hopes wildfire info can be shared Aug 21, 2023

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Alex Pierson speaks with Dr. Brett Caraway, Associate Professor with the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto.

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