Chapter 1: Using AI to test WHL players for COVID-19 

Teams in the Western Hockey League have signed on to try a COVID-19 test that uses artificial intelligence. This is a fascinating new application for AI and it would be a total game changer in terms of quickly testing large groups of people. 

GUEST: Peter Whiteside, CEO of Light AI

Chapter 2: Vacancy tax hits airspace with a hefty price tag 

We’re now learning that some small business owners have found themselves the unintended target of the BC speculation and vacancy tax - and it comes with a hefty price tag. 

Las Margaritas in Kitsilano found out they’re going to have to pay an extra $6,000 for last year, so how many other businesses are in the same boat?

GUEST: Annie Dormuth, Alberta Director for Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Chapter 3: Ocean exploration with autonomous boats

It’s easy to think every corner of the globe has been explored, but there are still massive swaths of ocean no one has ever seen before. 

A robotics company in Saanich is designing autonomous boats that might be able to go where no man has been able to before. 

GUEST:  Colin Angus, Chief Technology Officer at Open Ocean Robotics

Chapter 4: Ontario to enact month-long stay-at-home order 

Ontario is expected to announce a 4-week stay-at-home order today, after dozens of schools went back to online learning earlier this week. 

GUEST: Travis Dhanraj, Global News Queen’s Park Bureau Chief

Chapter 5: Surrey schools need a circuit break 

The week after hearing Doctor Bonnie Henry say B-C needs a circuit break, and the Surrey District Parents Advisory Council is saying the same thing about schools. 

Ontario has closed dozens as cases there continue to rise, and with our 7-day average rapidly approaching a thousand cases it’s easy to see why parents here are concerned. 

GUEST: Rani Sanghera, Director of the Surrey District Parents Advisory Council

Chapter 6: All US adults to be eligible for a vaccine on April 19

When the pandemic began we were eager to close down the border with the US because of how many cases they were reporting. 

The situation might be reversed in a couple of months though, they’re administering vaccines at a mind-boggling rate right across the country. 

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent

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