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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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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: ROB FORD IS BACK IN THE NEWS & THE LATEST ON THE MISSISSAUGA MAYORAL ELECTIONLibby Znaimer is now joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village, and David Crombie, a former Mayor of Toronto.Its Thursday - time to talk about all things municipal - and last night there was a key debate in t…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: CANNABIS CONSUMPTION & SUNSCREEN MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIALibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Nadia Alam, family doctor and anesthetist in Georgetown, Ontario, Dr. Aaron Schimmer, the Director of Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as well as a staff physician and a senior scientist, and Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Resea…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: IS PREMIER DOUG FORD AFRAID OF PIERRE POILIEVRE'S CONSERVATIVES?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, former deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.Its Tuesday - time to talk politics! Is the …
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: HOW SUPPORTIVE ARE ZOOMERS OF THE FEDERAL LIBERALS?Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP, Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer of CARP, and Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.Its Monday - time for our Zoomer Squad - and both politics and health are in the spotlight. New…
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Best of Fight Back Sunday May 26 EditionOn Wednesday, our Medical Record Panel weighed in on a study about hip fractures among older adults. And, an exhibit of the former home of the iconic Sir John A. Macdonald is sparking plenty of controversy over how it is portraying him. Meanwhile on Tune into the Town, our panel reacts to a new City Staff rep…
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Best of Fight Back Saturday May 25 EditionThe Zoomer Squad started the week off discussing Loblaw grocery giant agreeing to sign on Ottawa's grocery code of conduct if other major players sign on tooThen on the show, Larry Haas dialed in to react to news of the Iranian helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Raisi among others. On Tuesday, D…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE CITY'S APPROACH TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS & NEW BIKE LANES FOR EGLINTON AVENUE?Libby Znaimer is now joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village, and David Crombie, a former Mayor of Toronto.They are everywhere...or so it feels like...if you live in Toronto you've likely stumbled acros…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: HIP FRACTURES AMONG OLDER ADULTSJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined byDr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto and Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Data Informed Healthcare Improvement at the University of Toronto as well as a General Internist…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: IRAN'S RAISI KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH & OTTAWA'S RESPONSE TO AUTO THEFTLibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP and Lisa Raitt, former deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.Today: we react to Ottawa's latest m…
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ZOOMER SQUAD:CANADIAN HOSPITALS CONTINUE SEEING LONG WAITING LINES IN EMERGENCY WARDSLibby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP, Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President, Maru Public Opinion.Libby today discusses the wait times skyrocketing in emergency wards partially due to shorta…
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Best of Fight Back Sunday May 19 EditionDo you have concerns about Prime Minister Trudeau's capital gains tax policy? Well we have on a tax and legal expert to break down what you need to know. And...what rights do tenants have when it comes to eviction notices from retirement homes? We hear first hand from a 92-year-old retirement home resident in…
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Best of Fight Back Saturday May 18 EditionThe Zoomer Squad started the week off discussing the number of reported claims that were so far submitted by Canadians as part of the Canad Dental Care Plan.Then on the program with guest doctors, we discuss the concerning trend of patients receiving cancer diagnoses at hospital emergency departments amid t…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE COST OF MAINTAINING TORONTO'S INFRASTRUCTURE IS STEEP...VERY STEEPLibby Znaimer is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto Centre and Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre.Today we discuss the latest on Sankofa Square, and the steep cost for Toronto to keep its …
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE TREND OF CANCER DIAGNOSES AT ONTARIO HOSPITALSLibby Znaimer is joined byDr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto and Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, Internal medicine and …
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: PM TRUDEAU'S CAPITAL GAINS TAX EXPLAINER VIDEO FACES BACKLASHLibby 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.We kick the discussion off about new penalties from Queen's P…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: THE LATEST ON THE CANADIAN DENTAL CARE PLANLibby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP, Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President, Maru Public Opinion.Libby and the panel discuss the number of claims processed under the Canada Dental Care Plan since it launched at th…
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Best of Fight Back Sunday May 12 EditionThe Medical Record panel weighed in on arbitration between Ontario's Health Ministry and the OMA regarding physician pay. Then we speak to our American experts South of the border to give an update on Donald Trump's hush money trial involving porn star Stormy Daniels. Then on Thursday, our Tune into the Town …
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Best of Fight Back Saturday May 11 EditionThe Zoomer Squad kicks the week off with discussion about news of Canada Post and the financial hurdles it faces as well as the important role that mail delivery serves for Canada's older demographic. Then on the show, reaction to commissioner Marie Josee Hogue's report on foreign election interference in C…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE COST OF MAINTAINING TORONTOJane Brown is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village and Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre.The cost of keeping the City of Toronto in a state of good repair just keeps on increasing. We learned this week from a city staff report that To…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS RELATED TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASELibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto and Dr. Amol Verma, a staff physician in Gene…
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LEAD-RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL:A TORONTO COUNCILLOR SPENT $16,000 TO ATTEND A CONFERENCELibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP and Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister.On today's panel discussion: a Toronto City Councillor'sver…
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Libby is now joined by Jay Solomon, Chief Advancement Officer, Hillel Ontario which is a campus Jewish organization and Yotam Gubbay, a student at UofT who is about to begin graduate studies.As we have been reporting since last week, the UofT administration has made NO move to dismantle the anti-Israel encampment not only that they are allowing the…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: PLANNING YOUR OAS AND CPP FOR RETIREMENTLibby Znaimer is joined by Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP and Dave Korzinski, Research Director of the Angus Reid Institute.Canada Post just reported staggering losses and warns of more to come. Will we see more cu…
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Best of Fight Back Sunday May 5 EditionThe Medical Panel weighs in on BC's plan to roll back its decriminalization of illicit drug use in public settings and what prompted that decision to reverse their drug policy. Then on the show we get perspective from a criminal defence lawyer on the tragic and fatal high-speed police chase that went the wrong…
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Best of Fight Back Saturday May 4 EditionThe Zoomer Squad started the week off with a discussion about warning labels now being put onto individual cigarettes--making Canada the first country to do soThen on the program, reaction to King Charles's cancer diagnosis update as given by Buckingham Palace.And we hear from a Columbia University professor…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: MOST CAFETO PATIOS IN TORONTO WILL BE OPENED BY VICTORIA WEEKENDLibby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto, Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth, and Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre.Its Thursday - time to talk about all things municipal. The encampment at U of T is apparently …
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: BC SHIFTS ITS DRUG POLICYLibby Znaimer is joined byDr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Data Informed Healthcare Improvement at the University of Toronto and Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Medical Dire…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: SOME ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES SAY ENCAMPMENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATEDLibby 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.Its Tuesday, time to talk politics: some Ontario u…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: CANADA'S NATIONAL DENTAL COVERAGE PROGRAM STARTING THIS WEEKLibby 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 Canad…
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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 boy…
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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 …
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: AN ASSESSMENT OF OLIVIA CHOW'S FIRST 10 MONTHS AS MAYORJane 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 …
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THE MEDICAL RECORD:THE POTENTIAL RISK OF MICROPLASTICS ON CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTHJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Data Informed Healthcare Improvement at the University of Toronto and Dr. Nadia Alam, fami…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS: FUTURE OF TORONTO POLICE AFTER UMAR ZAMEER TRIAL ENDS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORCETasha Kheiriddin filled in for Libby Znaimer today. She was joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal Cabinet Minister, Cheri DiNovo, former Ontario NDP MPP and Andrea Mandel-Campbell, former Conservative candidate in Don Valley Wes…
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ZOOMER SQUAD: TORONTO TO PROVIDE FREE DENTAL CARE SERVICE TO CITY-OPERATED LTC HOME RESIDENTSTasha Kheiriddin filled in for Libby Znaimer today. She was joined by Bill VanGorder, Chief Advocacy and Education Officer at CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Community & Benefits Officer at CARP and Lorne Bozinoff, President at Forum Research.The panel discussed…
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Best of Fight Back Saturday April 20 Edition On Monday the Zoomer Squad talked about how foreign trained nurses play an important role in the healthcare system.Next Libby had guests on to discuss National Volunteer Week. On Tuesday, The Recovering Politicians panel reacted to an agreement between Ottawa and the province in which the former decided …
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTOS SHARE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGETIts a busy week at Toronto City Hall as Mayor Olivia Chow and councillors react to what was in and not in the federal Liberal budget delivered on Tuesday.And the mayor and councillors today and yesterday have also been taking care of city business which includes the debacle around the rollout …
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINESLibby Znaimer today is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Data Informed Healthcare Improvement at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Founder and Medical Director of The Medical St…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: A LOOK AHEAD TO THE FEDERAL BUDGETJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Lisa Raitt, Former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada, Cheri DiNovo, Former Ontario NDP MPP, and John Milloy, Former Ontario Liberal MPP who served as a cabinet minister under the Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen…
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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: CAN FOREIGN-TRAINED NURSES SOLVE OUR NURSING SHORTAGES?Libby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine, and Lorne Bozinoff, President, Forum Research Group.Today: the panel discussed what you need to know about the carbon rebate, the challenges that foreign-trained n…
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Best of Fight Back Sunday April 14 EditionOn Wednesday, The Medical Record panel kicked things off with a discussion about whether Alcohol should have warning labels and also about updated guidelines to the health condition Atrial Fibrillation.Then on the Show, primary care physician Dr. Jia Hu on the importance of getting vaccinated for Pneumonia.…
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Best of Fight Back Saturday April 13 EditionWe began the week with our Zoomer Squad and their reaction to the prime ministers roadshow. Justin Trudeau has been touring the country making tens of billions of dollars in pre-budget announcements.Then on the program, the Toronto Police Association called on Mayor Olivia Chow to condemn a letter signed …
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