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5/12/2008
TIM RICHARDSON, CHRISTOPHER PURILL...
...on today's abridged John Downs Show we'll chat with Prof. Tim Richardson, a lecturer at U of T about a story John's been chasing filled with intrigue and mustery...and Christopher Purill, a spokesperson with Wrigley's Gum will answer John's pointed questions regarding recent evidence that an ingredient commonly found in gum could cause cancer...
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5/5/2008
JULIAN FANTINO, JOSH MATLOW, DENZIL MINNAN-WONG, RAVI KANAGARAJAH...
...the O.P.P. have got themselves a slick new plane to bust speeders on the 400 series highways, Julian Fantino is pretty excited. What does the commish make of the new stats that indicate Ontario has the second safest roads in Canada, right after N.W.T....Josh Matlow returns to the show, and he'll join John talking with Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong about Toronto's new bike lanes. Denzil represents a largely car-driving demographic in ward 34, so his perspective should be interesting, and of course we'll take your calls...Ravi Kanagarajah is the owner and chef at 'Ravisoups', a popular downtown soup take-away restaraunt, and he's running an interesting new promotion - "pay what you want". We'll check in with him and see how that's going...
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5/1/2008
JOE MIHEVC, PROF ASHWIN JOSHI, CARMI LEVY...
...there's a new strategy to end panhandling in Toronto - it's abitious and expensive - what does Councillor [Ward 21] Mehevic think? We'll also ask what he thinks about a fast food tax. Would you support a 'sin tax' on fast food if it helped fund hospitals? New Jersey lawmakers are considering just that...What do you make of the punishment handed down to the military reservists charged in the beating death of homeless man, Paul Crouch? Cpl. Jeffrey Hall got ten years and Pte. Brian Deganis is looking at five and a half...Have you heard the new anti-drug P.S.A. grom the gov't on Canada we've been running on our station? What do you think? It's a little unusual. We'll ask Prof. Ashwin Joshi, Director of York's Marketing MBA Program what he thinks...our friend and Tech Guru Carmi Levy will stop by to talk a little bit about the new game Grand Theft Auto IV - MADD had recently joined the campaign against it...
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4/29/2008
DR. BERNIE WOLF, BARBARA DESMARAIS, CATHERINE HAY...
GM is eliminating 900 Jobs in it's Oshawa plant, where they build Trucks & SUV's - are the days numbered for these kinds of vehicles? Dr. Bernie Wolf is the Director of the BA Program at York's Schulic School of Business, and has been following the auto industry closely...California is considering passing a series of laws that will outlaw spanking children. Sweden is also in the process of eliminating it. Barbara Desmarais [TheParentingCoach.com] is one of Canada's most sought after parenting coaches, and we'll see where she stands on the age-old debate of spanking...PetroCan is recording record profits - but oil price consultants swear it has nothing to do with the rising prices...Catherin Hay is a senior consultant for MJ Ervin & Associates, and we're anxious to hear her explanation...
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4/24/2008
DR. GRIDLOCK, DENZIL MINNAN WONG, GEORGE GEORGOPOLOUS, CARMI LEVI...
...if you commute downtown, things are starting to change out there on the roads, tune in to hear what's happening to Jarvis street - and what Jeff "Dr. Gridlock" Gray, and Denzil Minnan Wong think - 416.870.6400 ot *640 on cell to have your say...Gas is expected to leap to $1.40/litre this summer, and projected to reach $2.25 by 2012. George Georgopolous is a prof. of economics at York University and he'll tell us why, we'll put it to you to see if we should be making changes...Our friend and technology guru Carmi Levy will stop by the show to chat a little bit about internet scams...
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4/22/2008
DAN MCTEAGUE, GLENN DEBAERMAEKER, COURTNEY BETTY, SHELLY HOOD...
...MP Dan McTeague [Pickering-Scarborough East] speaks to John about the late-breaking news of Brenda Martin's conviction in Mexico. The Canadian woman was given a five-year sentence and fined 35,800 pesos, much to the surpise of Canadians...Glenn Debaermaeker, Toronto's Chair of Public Works, joins the show to comment on something John hates the idea of - free corporate-sponsored people-powered eco-cabs. Glen thinks they could be a safety risk, John thinks they'll tie up traffic - what do you think?...Courtney Betty is a Toronto Lawyer & Community Activist
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