Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Lauren O'Neil, Senior News Editor of BlogTO, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village, and David Crombie, the former Mayor of Toronto.

Right now, Ontarians are grappling with COVID-19, the flu and RSV all circulating. So, is it time we re-institute mask mandates? At this point, our public health officials are refraining from making that call, including Toronto's medical officer of health, Dr. Eileen de Villa. And, at the same time, hospital ER wait times for patients reached a record high in September going up 44.7 percent compared to September of 2021. So, what does our municipal panel think about all of this?

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REMEMBERING OUR WAR HEROES

Jane Brown is joined, first, by WW2 veteran Jack Rhind who served in the Royal Canadian Artillery and fought in the Italian campaign among other places, followed by General Richard Rohmer who also fought in WW2.

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. To mark the special occasion, we invited on two WW2 vets who share their respective stories of fighting in the war. Jack, 102, reflects on the brutality of war and has said that ‘we need to remember how stupid and unnecessary" it is. He reads us a selection of passages from his diary. General Rohmer, 98, then details taking part on D-Day. And, of course, we want to hear from you, our listeners, about your own families during the war.

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