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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: SOME ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES SAY ENCAMPMENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo,  a former NDP MPP, and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of the federal Conservatives. 

It’s Tuesday, time to talk politics: some Ontario universities have said they will not tolerate any encampments on their campuses. And, BC shifts its policy towards the use of drugs in public settings.




ARRESTS MADE IN MAJOR FRAUD SCHEME

Libby is joined by Detective David Coffey with the Toronto Police Service's Financial Crimes Unit.

It’s called synthetic fraud - as if we needed yet another type of scam to watch out for. It involves identity theft and the creation of fake identities. Yesterday, Toronto Police announced 12 arrests and charges against 102 individuals. So what do we have to know about this?




THE GROWING CAMPAIGN OF HATE AGAINST LOBLAW (NOW THERE'S A MUSIC VIDEO)

Libby is joined by Emily Johnson, organizer of the popular subreddit group “Loblaws Is Out of Control" - an online forum with 60,000 members and counting, and Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author.

Grocery prices are in the spotlight and consumer crosshairs again. Are you going to boycott Loblaw and its many brands and banners? That initiative is set to begin tomorrow. There is even a theme song to spur the effort.

THE ZOOMER SQUAD: CANADA'S NATIONAL DENTAL COVERAGE PROGRAM STARTING THIS WEEK

Libby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP and Lorne Bozinoff, President, Forum Research Group.

The dental plan is once again at the top of the agenda. It is supposed to start this week and 1.7 million Canadians are signed up but where are the dentists? Also starting this week, those warnings on individual cigarettes-- 12% of the population still smokes. Will this get them to quit? And on a really positive note, the Rolling Stones have embarked on their latest tour - they’re in their 80's! We’ll talk  about that.

AN UPDATE ON KING CHARLES'S CANCER DIAGNOSIS FROM THE PALACE

Libby Znaimer is joined by Patricia Treble, a veteran royal watcher who has the Write Royalty newsletter on Substack.

We just learned that King Charles is set to resume some of his public duties in the midst of his cancer treatment. The palace made the announcement saying that his medical team is very encouraged by his progress. However, the official news came after tabloid reports quoting unnamed friends of the king that stated he was doing very poorly. While Charles has been forthright about his diagnosis in a general way he hasn’t disclosed what type of cancer it is or what stage it is at.




ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-ZIONIST PROTESTS RAGE ACROSS UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES

Libby Znaimer is joined by Eyal Yakoby, University of Pennsylvania student combating anti-Semitism and Assaf Zeevi, Professor and Kravis Chair holder at the business school and data science institute at Columbia University.

This weekend, the wave of pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas, and anti-Israel encampments on U.S. college campuses has spread here. There is a growing encampment at McGill where authorities note that many of the protesters dug-in in the tents are not part of the student body and that there is plenty of hateful anti-Semitic speech and intimidation. It all started at Columbia University in New York.

Best of Fight Back Sunday April 28 Edition

Our Medical Record Panelist joined to discuss a new U.S. study which concludes people are less likely to die or be readmitted to hospital if they are treated by women doctors.
Sylvain Charlebois, the senior director of the agri food analytics lab at Dalhousie University joined us to talk about a planned boycott of Loblaws that is expected to start on May 1st

Then on the program, The Tune Into the Town Municipal Panel react to Mayor Chow reiterating what she said last week about moving toward 24-7 construction on the Gardiner between Dufferin and Straun.

Best of Fight Back Saturday April 27 Edition

Tasha Kherridan was joined by our Zoomer Squad to discuss free dental care being provided by Toronto Public Health for residents of city operated long term care homes.

City of Toronto staff launched the third pothole blitz of the year involving 133 workers on repair patrol. Barbara Gray, General Manager Transportation Services, at the City of Toronto joined us to discuss.

On Tuesday we heard reaction from our Recovering Politicians Panel about Umar Zameer being found not guilty of 1st degree murder in the death of Detective Constable Jeffrey Northrup

Today on Free For All Friday: our listeners phoned in to pay tribute to the late Bob Cole, and to talk about parking in High Park, the shingles vaccine, and more.

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: AN ASSESSMENT OF OLIVIA CHOW'S FIRST 10 MONTHS AS MAYOR

Jane Brown is now joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village, and David Crombie, a former Mayor of Toronto.

What a new poll tells us about how Torontonians feel regarding the job that Olivia Chow is doing as mayor. And, the City of Toronto has made car access and parking in High Park off limits for visitors looking to get a glimpse of the Cherry Blossoms in peak bloom. Then on the panel, we discuss the next steps that the City is taking in terms of addressing dangerous dogs. City staff will be visiting owners of dogs who are listed as dangerous and will require them to post a visible sign indicating as such on their property. Currently, there are 373 dangerous dog orders across Toronto.

DOSE4DOSE CAMPAIGN: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Jane Brown is joined by Dr. Molly Yang, a pharmacist who is the Director of Pharmacy Innovation and Professional Affairs at Wholehealth Pharmacy Partners, a national group with over 200 pharmacies across Canada.

On this National Immunization Awareness Week, the importance of keeping up with our vaccinations is top of mind. More than 200 Wholehealth pharmacies are taking part in a campaign called Dose4Dose where they are donating up to 30,000 childhood vaccines including measles, polio, tetanus to UNICEF Canada. And, as part of the campaign, they are encouraging Canadians including older adults to get their own vaccination whether it be for meningitis B, HPV, pneumonia, RSV or shingles. For more information about the campaign, visit: wholehealthpharmacy.ca/dose4dose