TUNE INTO THE TOWN: BRAMPTON MAYORAL RACE HEATS UP

Libby Znaimer is joined by our own Lauren O'Neil, Senior News Editor of BlogTO, Councillor Joe Mihevc for Spadina Fort-York and San Grewal, Founder of the Pointer in Brampton.

It's our last Tune into the Town panel before the election! San Grewal gives us the scoop into what's going on in the Brampton municipal election as things heat up between Patrick Brown and his major rival Nikki Kaur.

VULNERABLE PERSON'S REGISTRY

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Mississauga Fire and Emergencies Services Deputy Chief Samuel Williams.

The City of Mississauga has set up a Vulnerable Person's Registry. How it works is if you or a loved one may require extra assistance in the event of an emergency, you can sign up to this registry that will then be referred to by fire fighters so that they can more effectively help residents in times of need. It's a confidential program and cost-free. It also does not have any restrictions on age and will serve residents who have mobility issues, or visual and/or hearing impairment and those who depend on oxygen devices or require other assistance. Samuel weighs in on the latest.

IRAN PROTESTS AND THE CASE OF THE ROCK CLIMBER

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Azam Jangravi, an Iranian paralegal and human rights activist and former political prisoner who lives in Toronto.

Azam weighs in on the latest pertaining to the ongoing protests in Iran. Just this week, an Iranian rock climber competing at an event in South Korea left after she competed without wearing her country's mandatory head scarf. Azam also shares her own personal story of becoming a political prisoner in her home country.

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CANADA'S INFLATION AT 6.9%, BUT FOOD PRICES CONTINUE RISING

Libby Znaimer is joined by Benjamin Tal, Chief Economist for CIBC as well as Pau Pujolas, Associate Professor of Economics at McMaster University and Julia Wendling, economist with Rosenberg Research.

According to Statistics Canada, the rate of inflation declined to 6.9 per cent during the month of September. It was 7 per cent in August. At the same time, our food prices went up 11.4 per cent compared to one year ago. Our economists weigh in on the latest and what this means for you.

JAGMEET SINGH ON NDP MOTION ADDRESSING "GREEDFLATION"

Libby Znaimer is joined by Jagmeet Singh, leader of the NDP.

Since Monday Loblaw Companies’ move to freeze prices on some lower end no name products has been front and centre. The announcement by the company’s billionaire chairman Galen Weston just reignited the debate about whether the large grocers are using inflation as  a cover for price gouging. The concept is called greedflation and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has been spearheading the discussion on this.

DR. THERESA TAM'S FORECAST OF A FALL RESURGENCE OF COVID-19

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Prabhat Jha, Epidemiologist and faculty member at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

We’ve been hearing some dire warnings about a potential fall resurgence of COVID-19. The latest is from Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam who says  the Public Health Agency of Canada is looking carefully at the evolution of Omicron subvariants and preparing for a "worst case scenario". There have been some reports that the latest subvariants  have the ability to evade the vaccines and may be even more contagious.

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Libby Znaimer is joined by Charles Sousa, The former minister of finance for Ontario and MPP for Mississauga South, Lisa Raitt, Former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada, and Glenn De Baeremaeker,  a former Scarborough City Councillor, and Deputy Mayor for Scarborough.

This week: Loblaw announced a price freeze on over 1,500 no name products. And, the NDP pushed a motion calling on Ottawa to confront "greedflation" and look into grocery store chain profits. The motion received unanimous support from MPs yesterday. Also in Ottawa: the public inquiry into the government's use of the Emergencies Act during the trucker convoy continues. The departing Ottawa mayor, Jim Watson, will be speaking today.

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WORLD MENOPAUSE DAY

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Jennifer Blake, a professor at the University of Toronto and  CEO of Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, and Vandana Juneja, Vice President, Advisory Services, at Catalyst.

Today: it's World Menopause Day and we have on a leading health expert to talk about this critical life stage. It is estimated that as many as 10 million women over the age of 40 are at some stage of menopause. Catalyst is a non-profit raising awareness of the reality that menopause is often overlooked at the workplace and wants companies to implement a strategy to ensure that women employees going through it can be better supported so that they don't end up leaving their positions at this time in life.

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TORONTO'S POTHOLE PROBLEM 

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Elliott Silverstein, Director of Government Relations at CAA Insurance.

Toronto has a pothole problem. We get to the bottom of it.

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Libby Znaimer today is joined by David Cravit, Chief Membership Officer of CARP, Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer at CARP,  and Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine.

Today: our Zoomer Squad does a recap of last week's Toronto mayoral debate hosted by CARP. Topics included: "aging in place", affordability, transit, and the reality that city services don't appear to be functioning well (or at all). And, our squad reacts to the news that Loblaw is putting a price freeze on no name products.

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LIZ WEST SHARES HER EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Liz West, co-host of the Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio, who ran for Toronto city council twice in the past and lost both times to the incumbent Paula Fletcher for the Toronto-Danforth ward. She explains what that experience was like and she weighs in on the current municipal election cycle and whether Torontonians are really engaging with it.

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LOBLAW PUTS A PRICE FREEZE ON NO NAME PRODUCTS AMID INFLATION

Libby Znaimer is now joined by consumer advocate and journalist, Ellen Roseman.

Loblaw has announced a price freeze on over 1,500 no name products to help provide shoppers with grocery bill predictability amid record-high inflation. This will go until January of 2023. Of course, this is welcome news to consumers, but what does it mean for the company? Is this just another PR stunt?

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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners called in to react to this week's first of two Toronto Mayoral debates that was hosted by CARP. The key issues discussed included: aging in place, affordability, transit and how well City services are functioning. Another hot topic today: bike lanes and not everyone is happy about them.

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CARP hosted the first of only two Toronto mayoral debates ahead of the election on October 24. The key topics included: affordability, "aging in place", transit, and long-term care. And, at the end Libby discussed the reality that City services just aren't functioning well enough (or at all). The event was broadcast on Fight Back with Libby Znaimer and live streamed on zoomerradio.ca

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Libby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village, Lauren O'Neil, Senior News Editor of BlogTO and Councillor Joe Mihevc of Spadina Fort-York.

Today: one of the central themes we are focused on is the reality that basic city services are not functioning properly (or at all). We're heading into the winter season soon and we're hearing stories about wards where it took months for some neighbourhood streets to get plowed, we've got overflowing litter bins, and it's not hard to look elsewhere where things are just not getting done. Also, this Thursday, CARP is hosting one of only two Toronto Mayoral debates at the Zoomer Hall which will also be broadcasted live on Fight Back at noon. We ask each of our panelists what they think the top question should be for the candidates.

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ONTARIO HEALTH REPORT: THE CRISIS IN ONTARIO HOSPITAL ERs

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Stephen Flindall, an emergency doctor in the GTA.

A new report by Ontario Health reveals the severity of the crisis in ERs at hospitals. For example, the report found that hospital stays in emergency departments increased by 15.8 per cent in August compared to the year before Our guest reacts to the latest.

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TECH COMPANIES MADE THEIR OWN ARRIVECAN APP PROVING THAT OTTAWA SPENT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON THE ORIGINAL

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Sheetal Jaitly, Founder and CEO of TribalScale.

TribalScale is one of two tech companies that produced their own version of Ottawa's ArriveCAN over the Thanksgiving weekend and it proved that the federal government did not have to spend a whopping $54 million on the mobile app. Sheetal explains.

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Libby Znaimer is joined by Charles Sousa, The former minister of finance for Ontario and MPP for Mississauga South, Lisa Raitt, Former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada, and Howard Hampton, former leader of the Ontario NDP.

It’s Tuesday - time to talk politics: And we begin in Alberta where Danielle Smith will be sworn in as the province’s 19th Premier. She of course is the former head of the right wing Wild Rose party and she has promised to challenge the federal carbon tax and to introduce an Alberta sovereignty act that would reject federal laws deemed against the province’s interests. This has some people wondering if Alberta is the new Quebec.

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THE LATEST ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE AND IS CANADA DOING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT?

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Maria Popova, Jean Monnet Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University as well as Dr. Eric Ouellet, Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Russia’s latest retaliation against Ukraine has sparked condemnation around the world. President Vladimir Putin of Russia ordered the largest aerial assault since the early days of Moscow’s invasion, raining missiles down on at least 11 cities and killing at least 14 people. Dozens of missile strikes — from Lviv in the west to Mykolaiv in the south and Kharkiv in the northeast — In Kyiv,  residents took shelter in subway stations. All this targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. This after escalating nuclear threats from Russia.

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CANADA'S GUIDELINES ON BREAST CANCER SCREENING

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. David Jacobs, a radiologist at Humber River Hospital in Toronto and President of the Ontario Association of Radiologists.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the president  of the Ontario Association of Radiologists is saying that breast cancer screening all across the country should be expanded to include women in their 40’s and that the current guidelines are costing lives. Currently, only 4 provinces--not including Ontario--offer this to women of average risk in the younger cohort.

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Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!