Brian Crombie talks with Rocca Rossi, president, and CEO at the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, about COVID-related lockdowns, how they have impacted small and medium-sized businesses, the economy, government budgets, and his career and ambitions.

Brian Crombie presents Jazz performer Laura Fernandez. Laura is the host of Cafe Latino on Jazz FM and is an incredible singer-songwriter. She has a compelling story about how she re-found her passion for music after a successful commercial illustration career and a real estate business. We talk about her life, finding passion, music and play two songs, one Spanish one English from her new Album. Laura Fernandez

Later on in the show, Brian pays tribute to Steve Cox RIP, an absolutely wonderful guy who passed away a year ago. After my interview with Jazz performer Laura Fernandez, around 6:45, I share with you what an incredible guy Steve was. We need to celebrate all our friends and family and keep them alive in our memories.

Brian Crombie interview Two businessmen creating new fascinating businesses in our exponentially growing digital economy on Sauga 960 AM:

David Lucatch is the CEO, President & Chair of KABN that has developed a Liquid Avatar-Verifiable Identity Credential Healthcare Credential. He has spent over 35 years as a serial entrepreneur in the international marketing arena and over 25 years of that developing technologies and taking them to market. KABN Network’s mission is to empower individuals, through Self Sovereign Identity, to manage, control, and profit from the use of their identity and related personal data, a Liquid Avatar.

John Ricci, CEO of Danavation, a really cool company that makes Digital Smart Labels for Retailers to put into their stores. There Digital Smart Labels™ offers a class-leading high resolution, high contrast, wide-viewability, and vibrant color display designed to enhance the retail shopping experience and update pricing and product information in real-time.

Brian Crombie talks about rapid Covid testing.

Ioannis Prassas is a scientist at Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Canada), Department of Pathology and the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute (Toronto, Canada). Trained as a molecular biologist, his research focuses mostly on the application of proteomic technologies for diagnostics.
A New, accurate saliva test could be easy-to-use 'game changer' in battling COVID pandemic according to Ioannis Prassas.

With an ability to test hundreds of people per hour using minimal staff – and producing quick results – it could be easily deployed to screen people without symptoms

Maurizio Rogato, Principal Blackthorn Development discussing the proposed highway 413 which would be another ring road around Toronto north of the 407 and 401. Maurizio is an experienced planner and urban planner skilled in land development, negotiations and urban and regional planning, city/ urban issues and community building.
Some are very worried about the loss of green belt and farmland. Maurizio does a great job of reviewing the growth of the GTA, density options within already built up areas, the need for more development lands and the likely impact of building or not building this new highway. We discuss how development will likely occur in the GTA, transit and what type of housing we all want.

Dr. Nafeesa Jalal brings a wealth of experience in the non-profit, humanitarian, academic, research, public and private sectors, both in Canada and internationally. N. Jalal Global Consulting specializes in providing diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and anti-racism support to organizations (please visit www.nafeesajalal.com).
She holds a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Dr. Jalal is also a Lecturer with Seneca College Health Sciences. Pre-Covid, she was the host of her own T.V. show, Health and Wellness with Dr. Nafeesa Jalal. She is of Bangladeshi-Canadian background. With her love for travelling (71 countries and counting), having lived in 11 countries, and speaking 4 languages fluently, she prides herself on being a global citizen. In her free time, she models and is internationally published. Women’s issues have always been of utmost importance to her and she wishes everyone a very celebratory International Women’s Day 2021!

Family Law lawyer Leanne Townsend and Family Mediator Jennifer Barkin have joined together to launch a meeting podcast show “The Dish on Divorce”. We talk about their “real divorce talk, focusing on both the serious aspects and some light and entertaining content to help support the journey of divorce”. They “chat about celebrity divorces in the news, child/spousal support, custody, mediation and provide tips for self-care and dating after divorce”. The show is kind of fun. These ladies are hilarious.

Brian Crombie talks about the government lockdowns with Toronto Lawyer Jane Harvey who runs an Instagram site. Jane has several storefront retail locations across the GTA and has represented numerous retailers and small businesses that are facing bankruptcy or dramatically increased debt because of the government enforced lockdowns. She is also critical of the confusion caused by last-minute closure orders and the muzzling of any contrary views. Jane Harvey Lawyers.

Brian Crombie also checks in with Anthony Pampena of Fired Up BBQ in Port Credit to find out how bad the impact really has been on local restaurants, and it is bad. We discuss what government could do.

Brian Crombie, I present three people running a virtual conference for the movie and film industry - Movie Expo Fusion5ive

Zin Sze-To CEO & C0-Founder Movie Expo. Zin has over 20 years of experience in Events & Production for both Fashion and Entertainment. Her high-profile events include Toronto Pan Am Games, Honda Indy, and Toronto Rogers Cup. Zin Sze-ToTaz Garcia Movie Expo Vice President & Co-Founder. Taz is a Canadian actor-director, Best Selling Author, and Vaughan City Hall inductee. With 17 years in Hospitality & Tourism Management, sales, marketing, and psychology as well as two decades in customer service fields. Tazito Garcia Mallick Ayaz. CEO FUSION5IVE (Marketing Agency) www.FUSION5IVE.com. Ayaz is a Local Marketer, online presence, google marketing or social or digital media, anything and everything Marketing. Fusion5ive is a creative marketing agency providing innovative strategies, designs, and management taking your business to a different level.

Brian Crombie talks about cancer screening and preventive healthcare with Dr. Steven Shmuel Charlap, MD, MBA, CEO Soap Health whose mission is to “save a million people from premature death from cancer and heart disease. Soap Health supports increased access to genetic counseling services by providing innovative ways to capture more patients at risk for hereditary disease.
Dr. Charlap has 30+ years of health care experience; MD, NYU, Surgeon; MBA, Harvard; Fellow, Stanford; co-founder HealthDrive (acquired), largest US medical/dental services provider to extended care industry, two-time Inc. 500 company (#73) – built first US mobile, multi-specialty electronic medical record system; co-founder MDPrevent, primary prevention medical services; Director of Corporate Development, T Cell Sciences, biotechnology (public; acquired); In Vitro Care (public); Visiting Scientist Harvard; Stanford Researcher/Grant Recipient; Multiple Startup Board Advisor; HBS and Stanford-wide Mentor and a classmate of mine! https://soap.health