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Oct. 3 2026-A Closer Look At Richard Avedon's Works on Ageing & Are You Anxious About Your Hair?
He was a celebrated American fashion photographer known for his iconic photos of gorgeous models wearing fabulous clothes in exotic locations but there’s a lesser known aspect of Richard Avedon’s work that focuses on ageing and It’s now on display in a Toronto exhibit. Libby spoke with Adam Gopnick, an award winning staff writer for The New Yorker who was a friend and close collaborator of Avedon.
19 Sept 2026
Sept. 19 2026-Lisa Raitt Shares a Very Personal Story on Caregiving & A New Survey on the Trend of Adult Children Relying on Parents for Financial Support
We often talk to former Deputy Conservative leader Lisa Raitt about politics, but she has also been very open about her husband Bruce’s disease: he was diagnosed with Young-Onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 56 and Lisa has been his caregiver since then. They recently marked their 10th wedding anniversary having actually married after Bruce’s diagnosis which I think is amazing. Here is my heart wrenching conversation with Lisa.
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Do you still help your adult children financially? Until what age do they turn to you for cash? A new survey from RBC finds that more than half of parents have provided support to an adult child in the past year, giving an average of $6,15, to be exact. Parents are increasingly helping cover the costs of everyday life: groceries, rent and utilities. And the age where the younger generation still needs help is going up- up to 40! I spoke with Lucianna Adragna, Vice President, Client Segments, Everyday Banking, RBC
22 Aug 2026
August 22 2026-A Rapid-Testing Trial at Long-Term Care Homes & A Closer Look at Ontario's New Hate Crime Prosecutions Unit
It’s a first in Canada and the hope is that it will make it easier to prosecute hate crimes. Ontario has just established a specialized hate crimes prosecution unit, staffed with Crown prosecutors experienced in the legal complexities of hate speech, bias-motivated crimes, and the line between criminal conduct and protected expression. The impetus came from a private members’ motion tabled by MPP Michelle Cooper in April. Not only do private initiatives rarely succeed, this one came to fruition at lightning speed. Libby talked with Ontario PC MPP Michelle Cooper (Eglinton-Lawrence).
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The idea is based on a lesson learned from the pandemic when Covid-19 tore through long-term care homes killing thousands of our most vulnerable citizens. A recent clinical trial found that using rapid, on-site testing for respiratory viruses at nursing homes could prevent 8,000 emergency department visits every year. Dr. Jerome Leis, is Medical director of infection prevention and control at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and co-principal investigator of the trial.
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Fraud Prevention & The Movement Miracle
Published 19 Mar 2023 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Find out more at Carp .ca. Her approach is the opposite of no paying no gain. Miranda Esmond White is a former ballerina who developed eccentric after enduring weeks and months in bed because of back pain. She says her system redefines gentle stretching and it can keep us fit and even reverse damage. We talked about her new book, The Movement Miracle. This is to return the range of motion of every joint. That's 360 joint. When you move your body and you have the ability to move every range of motion the way you could when you were younger, then you're going to feel young and energetic and that is moving and that is a miracle. […]
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