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Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

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Fight Back with Libby Znaimer is a live, current affairs, call-in talk show airing daily on Zoomer Radio (AM740 and FM96.7 between 12 pm and 1 pm EST). Have your say about the headlines that have you talking and get trusted, expert advice on your health, wellness and finances. Call into the show: (416) 360-0740 or 1 (866) 740-4740 or email us at fightback@zoomer.ca. You can also follow us on Twitter at @fightbacklibby.
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Zoomer Week in Review

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Join host Libby Znaimer as she brings you the latest Zoomer Headlines from around the world and shines a spotlight on the key issues affecting you. You’ll also get the freshest perspective from CARP and Zoomer Media experts on health, wellness and living the good life!
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Zoomer Report

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Host Libby Znaimer brings listener’s special features on all topics of interest to the baby boom generation. Covering everything from health and wealth, to leisure and volunteerism and coming from the special vantage point of the generation that has changed society in its wake.
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Today marks the one year anniversary of the October 7th massacre perpetrated by Hamas terrorists. It was the deadliest attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust. Ceremonies in Israel and around the world are marking the moment. Here, on Fight Back, we heard from Israelis on the ground and family members of hostages who shared their stories. We al…
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October 6 2024-Amir Tibon Recounts the October 7th Massacre and his RescueTomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacre. For the most part, we have been dealing with the fallout from that terrible event, the war, the fate of the hostages, the displacement and destruction and the worldwide rise in anti-Semitism. I talked wi…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: 2025 CITY BUDGET CONSULTATIONSToronto begins 2025 budget consultations; police in the GTA planning heightened presence ahead of October 7th Hamas terror attack anniversary; and the latest on the Ontario subway line.Jane Brown is joined by Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, a former Toro…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: WHY BREAST CANCER RATES ARE RISING AMONG YOUNGER WOMEN Marissa Lennox is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing comprehensive primary care in Toronto, and Dr. Amol Verm…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: THE TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT FACES PRESSURE FROM THE BLOCLibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal MPP, Deputy Premier and Health Minister, Lisa Raitt, a former deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP.In the news: we discuss how the Trudeau Liberals a…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: THE BLOC'S PUSH FOR AN OAS INCREASEJane Brown is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at CARP, Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer at CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion.Today: we revisit the discussion looking into the Bloc's push for a 10 percent increase for the Ol…
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September 29 2024-Donating the Brain for Research & Cooking for the Holidays Ontario’s Minister of Sport, Neil Lumsden, has made a commitment to donate his brain to research after he dies. The 10-year CFL veteran and four-time Grey Cup champion is one of several former football players making that legacy through the Concussion Legacy Foundation. I …
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Today on Free For All Friday: Listeners reacted to the TDSB meeting that took place this week after students were taken to an anti-Israel protest in Toronto and Premier Doug Ford's proposal to dig a tunnel under Highway 401 in the GTA with the aim of easing gridlock. But, how much will it cost?Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO IS GETTING A NEW CONCERT VENUELibby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, a former Toronto City Councillor and the CEO of Variety Village, Barbara Hall, a former Mayor of Toronto, and Toronto City Councillor Brad Bradford for Ward 19 Beaches-East York.Why does …
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: SYNTHETIC BONES FOR CANCER AND TRAUMA PATIENTS?Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at Unity Health Toronto and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto an…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: CONSERVATIVES INTRODUCE NON-CONFIDENCE MOTION TODAYLibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal MPP, Deputy Premier and Health Minister, Lisa Raitt, a former deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP.Today: the federal Conservatives have introduced a…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: ONTARIO'S BILL 7 FACES CHARTER CHALLENGE Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at CARP, Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion.The More Beds Better Care Act (also known as Bill 7) is being challenged in court today. Through this legislation, h…
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September 22 2024-Exploding Pagers in Lebanon & AI Saving Lives in HospitalsThe use of pagers and walkie talkies may seem like a relic from the 1990’s but in Lebanon, this week, they were the targets of an entirely new level of electronic sabotage. Over two days, thousands of devices carried by Hezbollah terrorists exploded. Israel is presumed to b…
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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners weighed in on Toronto increasing the fines for its "Don't Block the Box" initiative as part of the overall strategy of easing traffic congestion, and the province is looking into not allowing bike lanes to be installed if it means those bike lanes lead to car lanes being removed. What do you think about it al…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: REACTION TO TORONTO'S "DON'T BLOCK THE BOX" INITIATIVELibby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, a former Toronto City Councillor and the CEO of Variety Village, Toronto Councillor Jon Burnside for Ward 16 Don Valley East, and Councillor Paula Fletcher for Ward 14 Tor…
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MEDICAL RECORD: WHAT A NEW STUDY TELLS US ABOUT THE USE OF AI IN TREATING HOSPITAL PATIENTSLibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor in Toronto, Dr. Amol Verma, Clinician-Scientist at St. Michael's Hospital and Temerty Professor of AI Research and Education in Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Aaron Schimmer, the Dir…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: LIBERALS LOSE ANOTHER BYELECTION & FAO LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO COST OF ONTARIO EXPANDING ALCOHOL SALES EARLY Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal MPP, Deputy Premier and Health Minister, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP, and Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister.I…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: SHOULD PHARMACISTS IN ONTARIO BE GIVEN MORE POWERS? Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at CARP, Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer at CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion.Our panel kicks things off with a discussion about the province's plans to pro…
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September 15 2024- Athletic Fundraising Events vs. Traditional Galas & When Is It The Right Time To Take Your CPP? This morning the annual Terry Fox Run is underway with 15,000 participants here in Toronto and many more across the country. Last weekend, The Princess Margaret's Walk to End Cancer raised a record 3.5M with 1500 walkers. As fundraiser…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: IS LIBERTY VILLAGE FINALLY GETTING CONGESTION RELIEF?Libby Znaimer is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, a former Toronto City Councillor and the CEO of Variety Village, and Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher of Ward 14 Toronto-Dan…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: WHAT COMES AFTER CANCER TREATMENT?Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Fahad Razak, a Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and General Internist at Unity Health Toronto, Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing comprehensive primary care in Toronto, and Dr. Keith Stewart, Vice Preside…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: MARK CARNEY TAKES ON ROLE WITH LIBERALSLibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP for Parkdale-High Park, and John Mykytyshyn, Conservative strategist and President of Bradgate Research Group.Our panel reacts …
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: THE TREND OF INTENSE ENDURANCE SPORTS AMONG OLDER ZOOMERS Libby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion.Our panel reacts to disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard's 11 year prison sentence and the trend of…
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September 8 2024-On the Road with The Beatles & It's Arthritis Awareness MonthIt’s been 60 years since Beatlemania gripped the world. And one man..then a reporter with the London Daily Express..spent six weeks of unrestricted access to the fab four during their iconic 1964 North American tour. In his book ‘The Beatles And Me On Tour- 60th Anniversa…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO GRAPPLES WITH VERY VIOLENT LONG WEEKENDLibby Znaimer is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, a former Toronto City Councillor and the CEO of Variety Village, and Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher of Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.…
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SOME BUSINESSES STILL CONSIDER CASH TO BE KINGLibby Znaimer is now joined by Christina Santini, Director of National Affairs at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Marco, who owns a corporate catering company, and Mike Ojala, Co-Owner of Swan Dive Bar on Dundas Street West.When shopping or eating at a restaurant, have you been a…
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SIX HOSTAGES KILLED BY HAMAS Libby Znaimer is now joined by Professor Amos Guiora, a former Legal Advisor to the IDF in Gaza and Jon Allen, a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and a former Canadian Ambassador to Israel from 2006 and 2010.After six hostages were found murdered by Hamas terrorists in an underground …
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ZOOMER SQUAD: CANADA'S AGING POPULATION: FINANCIAL STRAINS, HOUSING CHALLENGES, AND HEALTH CARE UPDATESGuest Host Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by Bob Richardson, Public Affairs Consultant, Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer at CARP, and Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer at CARP.The panel explored why many seniors prefer to rema…
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September 1 2024-Tips For This Wasp Season & The "Grandma Babysitting Club" They seem to be everywhere this summer…unwanted guests at our backyard bbq’s, outdoor family gatherings forcing many of us indoors. Why so many wasps now, is there anything you can do to keep them away, and what should you do if you get stung? We posed these questions and m…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: MORE THAN 80,000 LETTERS DELIVERED TO PREMIERE OVER CONCERNS OF ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRELibby Znaimer is joined by Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre, Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, and Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village.Recent debates on immigration cover abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker program, vi…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: COVID-19 HASN'T GONE AWAY & WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HYPERTENSIONJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, a Medical Oncologist with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, a General Internist based in Toronto and Canada Research Chair in Heal…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: TRUDEAU'S CABINET RETREAT & OTTAWA GETS TOUGH ON CHINAJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health minister and Deputy Premier, Janet Ecker, former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister, and Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP for Parkdale-…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: AGEISM AT WORK & WHAT DOCS ARE SAYING ABOUT OZEMPIC FOR ADULTS 65 +Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP, Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion.This week: we kick things off with a discussion about ageism…
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August 25 2024-Wait Times for Surgery in Ontario & What Are We Agreeing to When We Click “I Agree”There is a staggering variation in wait times for elective surgery in Ontario. For cataract surgery for instance, it ranges from 15 days for some patients to 249 days for others. And it’s not just the difference from one hospital or clinic to another, …
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: JEWISH INSTITUTIONS IN CANADA TARGETED WITH BOMB THREATSLibby Znaimer is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, a former Toronto City Councillor and the CEO of Variety Village, and Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak for Ward 6 York Ce…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: A CONCERNING STUDY ON ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERSLibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Fahad Razak, a Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and General Internist based in Toront…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: WHAT ARE ONTARIO'S PLANS FOR SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES?Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister, and Deputy Premier, Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada, and Cheri DiNovo, a former Ontario NDP MPP.Our panel reacts to Education…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: THE GTA GRAPPLES WITH MORE SEVERE RAINFALL, FLOODINGLibby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion and Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP.This past weekend, the GTA grappled with more heavy rainfall and flooding after the major rainstorm. And, …
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August 18 2024-Professional Grief Counselling For The Loss Of A Pet & The Rich History Of The Noble AnchovyTo take on ownership of a pet is to welcome a new, full-fledged member into your family, and there is an entire industry devoted to their care. With the strong emotional ties that bind people to pets, there is even professional help available …
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: A BIKE PATH BOONDOGGLELibby Znaimer is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak; David Crombie, a former Toronto Mayor; and Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence and former Toronto City Councillor and the CEO of Variety Village, for a conversation about all things Toronto.WHAT THE…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: UPTICK IN MPOX CASES, HEALTHCARE WORKER BURNOUT & CANCER PROJECTIONS FOR MENLibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency; Dr. Fahad Razak, a Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and …
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THE RECOVERING POLITICIANSAn emergency committee hearing was held in Ottawa this morning to vote on whether to call Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Immigration Minister Marc Miller to testify about how the recently arrested father-son accused terror team was able to immigrate to Canada.Libby Znaimer is joined by Cheri DiNovo, former Memb…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: GET THAT SHINGLES SHOT!Libby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP; Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP; and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion for a conversation about the importance of getting a shingles vaccination; overcrowding in Ontario's ERs, and more.ONTARIO PREMIER DOU…
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