TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO POLICE RAMPS UP SECURITY MEASURES IN JEWISH COMMUNITY

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Libby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village, Alex Blumenstein,Co-Founder of The Peak, and Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.

We are catching up with local news: The RCMP is investigating the Greenbelt land swap scandal. What implications will this have for the Ford government? Meanwhile, Toronto City Council has voted to increase the vacant home tax to 3 per cent. And, Toronto Police say they are ramping up security measures in and around the Jewish community amid Hamas calling for a day of Jihad (in other words, a call to violence) across the Muslim world against Israel which has been a concern for Jewish communities everywhere. Our panel discusses the latest.

WORLD SIGHT DAY-THE IMPORTANCE OF EYE CARE IN THE WORKPLACE

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Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Nupura Bakshi is a retina and uveitis specialist, on staff at St. Joseph's Health Centre, Kensington Eye Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at UofT in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences. She will be a spokesperson on behalf of the Living With It campaign, which seeks to bring more awareness to eye conditions like Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), and the importance of getting your eyes checked.

This year, the theme of World Sight Day is about the importance of eye care in the workplace and, of course, the health of your eyes in general. Dr. Bakshi weighs in on the key message here and also weighs in on how the Ford government took steps earlier this year to expand eye-related surgeries at private health care clinics.