0:30 | Are you still wishing people a "Happy New Year"? Ryan kicks off today's show with an unscientific, unofficial Twitter poll.

2:58 | Mo Amir, just back from Maui, is one of thousands of Canadians impacted by airline snafus over the holidays. The host of This is VANCOLOUR on CHEK tells us how he's sticking with his New Year's resolution (three weeks in...attaboy!), what's bugging him about so-called legacy media right now, and what he makes of the Philadelphia Flyers/Ivan Provorov story. 

CHECK OUT MO'S SHOW: hhttps://www.cheknews.ca/shows/this-is-vancolour/

38:07 | The opioid crisis is the world's *other* health epidemic...but as a society, we don't take it nearly as seriously as we did COVID19. Why? Dr. Holly Geyer, addictions medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona explains how we got to this point, why we can't seem to "solve" it, and what it'll take to save thousands of lives. 

CHECK OUT DR. GEYER'S NEW BOOK: https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/product/ending-the-crisis-mayo-clinics-guide-to-opioid-addiction-and-safe-opioid-use/

57:06 | Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged in the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on a film set in 2021. Johnny updates the details of this developing story. 

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