Vancouver Island's tourism sector has been struggling since the beginning of the pandemic, but the recent announcement of the extension of the cruise ships ban could mean the end for some businesses. We speak to a local business from the Victoria Harbour, and the CEO from Tourism Vancouver Island to find out where they go from here.

We give an overview on Capital Daily's investigation into the sexual assault allegations of a bartender at a Victoria bar, and speak to Ninu Kang, Associate Executive Director of Ending Violence Association of BC about what comes next in dealing with this issue in the restaurant industry as a whole.

Today we speak to a modeling expert from the University of Victoria about what the future for the province looks like as vaccinations increase and more infectious variants spread.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps joins us for our first Municipal Monday as we run down some of the most pressing issues in the city.

In the inaugural Good News Friday episode, we speak to passionate local pet store owner Lisa Nitkin about the overwhelming interest in adopting pets that has led to animals in need across the Island leaving shelters and finding families. The Good News Friday is brought to you in partnership with the United Way Greater Victoria. CEO Mark Breslauer joins us to give an update on the extremely successful Holiday Drive with Capital Daily, and other vital initiatives that make us proud to call the South Island home.

The Capital Daily Podcast is back! Get to know the new host Jackie Lamport as she chats with Managing Editor Jimmy Thomson in downtown Victoria. We'll also give you a lookahead at the episodes to come.

This podcast is going on hiatus. It’s coming back in the new year, better than ever. We’re really excited to bring you more guests, more stories, more ways to make sense of Victoria and the Island. Watch this space for more Capital Daily — and please subscribe to our newsletter at capitaldaily.ca/newsletter. You can also follow us on all the usual social media channels; we’re there with new stuff for you every day. Thanks for listening.

We chat with the owner of the Pic-A-Flic video store Kent Bendall about how he is still able to successfully run one of Victoria’s only remaining video stores in today’s streaming and download world.

We chat with reporter Jolene Rudisuela about her article on the Capital Daily about paramedic pay and just how paramedics in BC are struggling to make ends meet.

We chat with UVic researcher Harley Gordon about the rollout of the COVID vaccine in BC next month and just how it will affect things moving forward.