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SIU report details death of Danforth killer Jan 17, 2019

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Peter Sherman is joined by Dave Perry, Global News Radio Crime and Security AnalystIn to discuss a report relaeased Wednesday. The Ontario Special Investigations Unit said the gunman who opened fire in Toronto’s Greektown last July, killing two and injuring 13, had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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Person of 'national security concern' was accidentally granted permanent residency Jan 17, 2019

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Peter Sherman is joined by Tom Quiggin, former military intelligence officer, RCMP advisor, and a court appointed expert on jihadist terrorism discuss' a person of "national security concern" was granted permanent residency "due to a series of failures" by the Canadian border agency and immigration department.

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Ontario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan Jan 17, 2019

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Peter Sherman is joined by Steve Clark, MPP Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes and the Minister of Municipal Affairs to discuss Ontario's proposal to change the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan. The government says it would make it easier and faster to build housing.

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Emissions and odours wreak havoc on residents surrounding cannabis facilities Jan 16, 2019

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Alex is joined by Marvin Junkin, Mayor of Pelham, Ontario, to talk about some of the issues that his constituents have brought forward in regards to the bright lights and overwhelming odours that are stemming from the many cannabis production sites, that have sprouted up in the region.

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Case & Point with Lorne Honickman Jan 16, 2019

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Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Radio Legal Expert, for this edition of Case & Point.

Topics include: Unsealed documents from the Danforth shooting reveal some scary new details about the gunman responsible, a former Liberal Premier's chief of staff has been sentenced to four months in prison, Bruce McArthur is scheduled to appear in court this week and two Toronto cops caught partying could be in big trouble.

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A rotating cast of Veteran Affairs Ministers are leaving actual vets feeling like an afterthought. Jan 16, 2019

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Alex is joined by Sean Bruyea, served as an Intelligence Officer in the Canadian Air Force for 14 years, to talk about the latest federal Liberal cabinet shuffle that see's the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould, being re-assigned as the new Veteran Affairs Minister. Many are calling the move a demotion for Wilson-Raybould, while most veterans see the move as yet another placeholder taking the mantle.

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Counterpoint - Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 Jan 16, 2019

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Alex is joined by Jon Dwyer, Director, Aereus Technologies Inc. and Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster for this edition of Counterpoint.

Topics include: China blasts Canada for "irresponsible remarks" made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, should a Canadian boycott on Huawei products be used as a response, A U.S/Saudi Arabian lobby group warns Canada's relations with Arab-Muslim countries may be dwindling, police documents reveal the Danforth shooter had a stocked weapons cache inside his own home, a top aide to former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, is behind bars and the Ford government has unveiled a plan to review all 82 provincial municipalities.

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Canada and China up the rhetoric as diplomatic tensions escalate Jan 16, 2019

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Alex is joined by Erin O'Toole, Conservative MP for Durham Region, Shadow Minister, Foreign Affairs and International Development to discuss the on-going situation between Canadian and Chinese officials that is now getting out-of-hand.

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Global Top Talkers - Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 Jan 16, 2019

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Tonight's top talkers are:

Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton

Craig Needles - Global News Radio London

Topics include: The fallout from the political back-and-fourth between Canadian and Chinese officials spills over as each government issues travel advisories and the Ontario government is going to review all 82 Ontario municipalities, with the possibility of amalgamation not entirely ruled out.

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The Point: When it comes to the LCBO, clearly the control part is lost on them. Jan 16, 2019

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Despite being below the retail industry standard for revenue lost due to theft, the number of brazen robberies inside Ontario's liqour stores have steadily increased year over year. The problem, is that employees are being told to essentially look the other way when it comes to theft. Kind of defeats the purpose of having "control" in your masthead, doesn't it?

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