The Jerry Agar Show

Karen Stints joins Jerry at the party table for today's Party for Two. Toronto city council adopts a bylaw mandating cooling rooms in apartment buildings. Tristin Hopper talks about his column on floor crossers. Plus, Lisa Raitt discusses a new report which states that the federal government should measure productivity in the public service. 

Jerry opens the show by talking about Ryan Donais of Tiny Tiny Homes finding a new place for his new home models. Mark Mendelson joins Jerry to talk about crime stories including the man who said he had been carjacked after a fatal hit and run in Vaughan. Thousands of e-bikes and smart docks are set to roll out in Bike Share Toronto's new 5-year plan. Plus, a man who was caught with child porn was given a lighter sentence to let him stay in Canada.  

Vass Bednar joins Jerry at the party table on today's Party for Two. Caryma Sa'd talks to Jerry about protests in the city. Preet Banerjee speaks with Jerry about why young people are stressed out and broke. Brian Lilley talks about how surging food prices highlight cost-of-living concerns.

Toronto city councillors consider a maximum ban for a contractor that overbilled the city. Francis Syms talks about Disney teaming up with OpenAI to let fans create content, and AI being used to scan thousands of murder case documents in the Barry and Honey Sherman case. Toronto city staff want to limit 'iceberg homes'. The president of RESCON, Richard Lyall, weighs in on this. Doug Ford eyes more casinos and a theme park to boost Niagara tourism. 

Sabrina Nanji joins Jerry at the party table for Party for Two. A Toronto man outruns the Finch LRT by 18 minutes. Toronto axes the traffic camera pilot to fight gridlock. And a follow up on the right-turn-only challenge. 

Jerry opens the show with commentary on why people need to start sounding more like him. Should vacant upscale homes in north Toronto be used to house low-income families? A GTA paralegal is offering pro-bono services to first-time offenders arrested for stealing groceries. Toronto police could get more power to seize e-bikes and e-scooters. Jon Burnside talks with Jerry about this.

Jim Richards is at the party table today for Party for Two. Amanda Corbett from The Caledon Community Road Safety Advocacy Group shares the group's concerns about commercial trucks in Caledon. What's coming up this weekend on the new Greg Carrasco Show on Newstalk 1010?  Then, Jerry asks Deb Hutton, "what do politicians do on a break from the Legislature?"  Plus - Touchdowns and Fumbles with Bob Reid!

Jerry has a conversation with Glenn Beck, who offered to pay for a surgery to save a Canadian woman with a chronically painful condition.  Jerry shares some great ideas to make Toronto a better place to live. Plus - another Conservative MP crosses the floor to the Liberals.

Ryan Knight joins Jerry at the party table on Party for Two.   An update on the IKEA monkey, Darwin, 13 years later, with Daina Liepa from Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary joins the Jerry Agar show.  The Blacklock's Report with Tom Korski. Plus - NHL players are not going to the Winter Olympics over safety concerns? Victoria Matiash, host on the NHL Network, shares her thoughts on this with Jerry.

Jerry opens the show with commentary on perception versus reality when it comes to safety on public transit.  A 10-year-old suffered a seizure after consuming energy drinks, Dr. Mitch weighs in on this. The NDP says that an Ontario report on intimate partner violence was partly AI-generated. Jerry talks to tech expert Carmi Levy about this. A potpourri of stories by Jerry including - military reserves to focus on emergency relief, charging EVs for free, and selling stockpiled US alcohol for charity.