The Alex Pierson Show

Alex is joined by Doctor Alain Ptito, Brain Trauma Expert, McGill University, to talk about the real effects that are caused by repeated blows to the head. Following Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Gvozdyk's eleventh round knockout of Stevenson in their recent WBC Light Heavyweight title bout, some medical experts cannot justify boxing as a sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Antonio Nicaso, award winning journalist, author , organized crime expert, to take a closer look at the guilty plea that echoed through a Hamilton courtroom this past Monday and what an international investigation has revealed about the Hamilton-Toronto crime underworld. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Lorne Honickman, Global News Legal Expert, for this edition of Case and Point. Topics include: A trial date has been set for the man accused in the Toronto Van Attack that left 10 people dead, York Regional Police will now release the names of those accused of drunk driving, and Niagara Region's Police Chief says he's anxious to get answers on the recent shooting involving two officers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Jon Dwyer, Director, Aereus Technologies, and Stephen Ledrew, Toronto-based lawyer and broadcaster, for this edition of Counterpoint. Topics include: A family friend of Ontario Premier Doug Ford is now OPP Commissioner, Catherine McKenna is asked if the new incoming Green taxes will encite the same style of riots here as there were recently in Paris, Justin Trudeau throws the RCMP, CSIS and other intelligence agencies under the bus, and the average Canadian family is projected to spend over $400 more next year on groceries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Adrienne Batra, Editor-In-Chief, Toronto Star, to take a closer look into the hiring process and qualifications required for such a position. As well, the man hired to take on the role, Toronto Police Superintendent Ron Taverner, just so happens to be a family friend of Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's top talkers are: Devon Peacock - Global News Radio London & Scott Thompson - Global News Radio Hamilton Topics include: Toronto Police Service Superintendent Ron Taverner has been selected to become the next comissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, rising food prices means Canadians will be shelling out more at the checkouts and Catherine McKenna, federal minister of the envionment and climate change, is asked if we could see similar riots here as Paris experienced regarding the incoming Green taxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ill-timed or tone deaf? Those seem to be the general reactions to a recent tweet by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in which he flaunts a $50M donation to support education for woman and girls around the globe. The tweet comes just days after General Motors announced the closure of their Oshawa plant, leavibg nearly 2,500 Canadians out of work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques and two international colleagues joined the crew at the International Space Station after a successful launch aboard a Soyuz rocket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Chris Alexander, Canadian politician and former diplomat to discuss immigration. He served as Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration from 2013 to 2015.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Brett Wilson, Chairman, Prairie Merchant to discuss Alberta's oil production plan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices