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Libby Znaimer is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto,\xa0 Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village.\n\nOlivia Chow had her first official council meeting as Mayor this week and was able to successfully push a motion forward to open up additional shelter beds for refugees--150 of them. City Council approved the motion unanimously with a 26-0 vote in favour. The federal government announced this week roughly $97 million in funding to help the City of Toronto with supporting refugees. And, it looks like Chow and Premier Doug Ford can work together considering they issued a joint-statement calling on Ottawa to assist refugees and hike its stopgap funding. City Council has also approved a pilot allowing for drinking alcohol at 27 different parks (from Aug. 2 to Oct. 9), and we take a closer look at the City's plans for e-scooters and gas powered leaf blowers.\n----\nNEW STUDY LINKING HEARING AID USE WITH POTENTIAL SLOWING OF COGNITIVE DECLINE\xa0\n\nLibby Znaimer today is joined by Dr. Victoria Sanchez, An Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of South Florida who did key research for the study, and Dr. Thomas M Holland, a physician scientist in the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, investigating how lifestyle modifications can impact brain health as we age.\n\nIn the news: a new study published in the Lancet medical journal this week reveals that the use of hearing aids and counselling may contribute to slowing down cognitive decline among Seniors. The research found that individuals wearing hearing aids saw their rate of cognitive decline cut almost by half over three years compared to older adults who just received education.\n----\nNEW STUDY LINKING HEARING AID USE WITH POTENTIAL SLOWING OF COGNITIVE DECLINE\xa0\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Jason Lietaer, Conservative Strategist, President at Enterprise.\n\nPM Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet next week. Jason weighs in on what the strategy might be behind this move and which areas the government is currently weak on when it comes to the hot button issues.\n\nListen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!