Chapter 1: Are you ready for a federal election? Clearly the major parties are ramping up and preparing. You’ve got federal party leaders crisscrossing the country already and the clearest sign? A federal government handing out big cheques, left right and centre. 

Guest: Jagmeet Singh, Federal NDP Leader.

Chapter 2: The long-closed Canada-U.S. land border will finally reopen in August but any reopening carries with it a number of unanswered questions.

Guest: Len Saunders,  Blaine based Immigration Lawyer.

Chapter 3: One of the industries hit the hardest by the BC wildfires is tourism, as the fires have made the area completely unsafe. How will this industry ever bounce back while dealing with wildfires, when it was just starting to recover from COVID-19.

Guest: Michael J. Ballingall, Chair of Thompson-Okanagan Tourism Association.

Chapter 4: The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) recorded 5 cases of Vibrio illness in the last two weeks, likely due to higher concentrations of the bacteria in warm ocean waters. To talk about this issue more is Lorraine McIntyre, Food Safety Specialist, Environmental Health, with the BCCDC.

Guest: Lorraine McIntyre, Food Safety Specialist, Environmental Health, BCCDC.

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