Ontario government ‘in conversation’ with Hwy. 407 over potential buyback, Black Friday. Does it still matter? What's up with the Starbucks Red Cups?

Liberal Health Critic Dr. Adil Shamji on leaked health-care data that paints a troubling picture for Ontarians, including many to lose their family doctor.

Free For All ROUND TWO: NEWSTALK 1010’s Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah, Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Mayor Candidate and Toronto City Councillor Brad Bradford.

Michael Westcott, CEO at Allies for a Strong Canada, on a letter sent from the TTC CEO to the Toronto police chief detailing anti-Semitic acts in the transit system.  

NEWSTALK 1010 tech expert Carmi Levy on shoppers using ChatGPT and other AI tools for to score Black Friday and Christmas deals.  

Free for All ROUND ONE: Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and partner at reputation management company Oyster Group and host of Free For All Fridays, Toronto City Councillor Shelley Carroll and Paven Bratch, serial entrepreneur in health and tech. 

The Morning Brief with Tim Hudak, former leader of the Ontario Conservatives - founder of Tim Hudak political consulting 

Liberals and NDP combine to pass GST relief 

Ontario matches GST holiday by removing provincial sales tax on some items 

TTC writes to Toronto police chief to complain about anti-Semitic graffiti  

Test Tube Thursdays with NEWSTALK 1010 Science Expert Dan Riskin - Dan’s weekly email newsletter is called The Bat Signal  

How long ring fingers can point to a love of alcohol 

This New, Yellow Powder Quickly Pulls Carbon Dioxide From the Air, and Researchers Say ‘There’s Nothing Like It’ 

If We All Stopped Tailgating, We Could Dramatically Cut Traffic Jams 

Liberals and NDP combine to pass GST relief

Ontario matches GST holiday by removing provincial sales tax on some items

TTC writes to Toronto police chief to complain about antisemitic graffiti

Test Tube Thursdays with NEWSTALK 1010 Science Expert Dan Riskin - Dan’s weekly email newsletter is called The Bat Signal

How long ring fingers can point to a love of alcohol

This New, Yellow Powder Quickly Pulls Carbon Dioxide From the Air, and Researchers Say ‘There’s Nothing Like It’

- Toronto lawyer and independent journalist Caryma Sa’d on Ontario quietly extending its five-year pilot allowing electric scooters to be ridden in the province until the end of the decade. 


– Scott Reid: Overhyped and Underplayed


- Dr. Kevin Woodward, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at McMaster University, on how Canada is at the bottom of the G7 nations in terms of reducing the number of new HIV cases each year


– Border battle fails to include gun smuggling into Canada from U.S.

- crossover with Jerry Agar

- John Tory on how Doug Ford’s plan for addressing the opioid crisis is a good start, but isn’t a long-term solution. 


– Community and crisis worker Diana Chan McNally on Ontario fast-tracking its closing drug consumption sites bill and skipping public hearings.


– Rattled by Trump's tariff threat, Canada's leaders point fingers at each other
-OPP hunt suspect who fired at vehicles on the 401 in Mississauga


– Free For All ROUND TWO

• Sabrina Nanji with Queen’s Park Observer
• Principal at Broadway Strategy.com and the man behind Touchdowns & Fumbles heard Fridays, Bob Reid
• Robert Turner, NEWSTALK 1010 program director

Gunfire on the highway, tariff threats, serial killer denied parole, and Free For All Round 1. 

Border battle over guns and tariffs, scooters, and parole. Oh my. Plus: how the right kind of music helps you recover from surgery.

Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini on the province offering parental leave for adoption and surrogacy. WE ARE FIRST TO ANNOUNCE THIS. 

Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca on slashing development charges in the city to help kick-start housing construction and lower housing prices.  

Evan Solomon, publisher at G-Zero Media, on Donald Trump promises a 25 per cent tariff on products from Canada and Mexico.  

Free For All ROUND TWO: Sunira Chaudhri, employment lawyer at Workley Law, Queen's Park Bureau Chief at the Toronto Star, Robert Benzie and Richard Crouse, host of the podcast Last Call with Richard Crouse.