View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.

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Chapter 1: There’s a non profit there called Big Bike Giveaway that has been collecting, repairing and handing out bikes for the last seven years - and given how popular bikes have become during the pandemic you can figure that they’ve been pretty busy. In fact they’ve handed out more than 2,000 free bicycles over the years.

Guest: Kelly Wang, 980 CFPL Radio Reporter/Anchor.

Chapter 2: Premier John Horgan joined CKNW and discussed several topics, one of which is on the travel restrictions and was asked if the government was confusing British Columbians?

Chapter 3: The Society of BC Veterinarians claims the pandemic has increased the demand for vet services so rapidly, the industry is now in a crisis.  Two years ago, the society wanted to look into predicted labour shortages, finding that there would be a shortage of 500 veterinarians in B.C. by 2024.

Guest:  Dr. Hatley McMicking, general manager of veterinary service for the BC SPCA.

Chapter 4: After nearly a year and plenty of controversy, people are being moved out of a homeless encampment in Vancouver’s Strathcona Park.  The province and BC Housing have committed to finding housing for campers and removing all tents and structures from the park by April 30.

Guest: David Eby, Attorney General of BC

Chapter 5: Playland has announced it will be delaying its reopening date until after the May long weekend over concerns around the spread of COVID-19.  The attraction was set to open every Saturday and Sunday in May but announced later on Tuesday that due to concerns about people travelling outside their health regions, they will remain closed.

Guest: Laura Ballance, Spokesperson for the PNE and President of Laura Ballance Media Group.

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Making Cents of the Market:

Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski.  Lori Pinkowski is the Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca

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View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.

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Chapter 1: We have been talking a lot about if businesses should have a bigger role in helping combat the overdose crisis, well an organization in Langley actually helps companies by educating them about the overdose crisis.

Guest: Daniel Snyder, We All Play A ROLE project coordinator.

Chapter 2: B.C. Attorney General David Eby testified at the Cullen Commission into money laundering. John Hua reports.

Chapter 3: Affordable housing advocates say young workers who remain shut out of the housing market are the collateral damage of policymakers unwilling to make big moves to cool housing prices.

Guest: Adil Dinani of Royal LePage West Real Estate Services.

Chapter 4: The Vancouver School Board voted 8-1 last night to end its school liaison officer program and remove uniformed police officers in the city's schools.  The decision came following months of debate over the purpose of school liaison officers in Vancouver schools against the negative effects of having uniformed police officers on the well being of students when it comes to their mental and physical health

Guest:  Markiel Simpson, member of the B.C. Community Alliance Steering Committee

Chapter 5: We continue our conversation on the VSB decision to cancel the school liaison program with the VSB Chair Carmen Cho.

Guest: Carmen Cho, Vancouver School Board Chair.

Chapter 6: An extraordinary period in which Xennials and Generation-Xers became eligible for AstraZeneca doses in several provinces has not only increased Canada’s vaccination rate, but also appears to have heightened comfort in the AZ vaccine itself.

Guest: Shachi Kurl, President of Angus Reid.

Chapter 7: The results are in: Canadian retro-modern country-fusion artist Joy Chapman is officially the new Guinness World Record holder for Lowest Female Vocal Note!

Guest: Joy Chapman, Canadian Music Artist with the world record for lowest female vocal note

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A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.

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Chapter 1: The federal Conservatives are demanding more hearings after a parliamentary committee heard testimony last week suggesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff knew about a misconduct allegation against general Jonathan Vance.

Guest: Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief

Chapter 2: Polling shows that the federal budget didn’t inspire Canadians all too much and the way Canadians would vote, if an election were held this year, remained mostly unchanged.

Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice President of Ipsos

Chapter 3: The Oscars ceremony certainly looked different this year, and not just because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The Academy Awards were handed out in a new venue: the open, airy Union Station, located in downtown Los Angeles.

Guest:  Chris Jancelewicz, Global News National Online Supervisor, Entertainment

Chapter 4: Researchers believe they have developed the world’s most effective malaria vaccine, providing 77-per-cent effectiveness in a randomized trial against the devastating disease that kills more than 400,000 people annually.

Guest:  Dr. Michael Curry, Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Emergency Medicine, UBC .

Chapter 5: The opioid crisis continues to get more attention as just last week in BC was the highest number of overdose calls to paramedics.

Guest: Kirk LaPointe, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Business in Vancouver.

Chapter 6: Following the BC budget last week, many school concerns including funding for several programs were not addressed. How does the government plan to find funding for teachers, students, and programs at risk of running out of cash?

Guest:  Jennifer Whiteside, BC Education Minister.

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View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.

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Chapter 1: A so-called “double mutant” variant of COVID-19 feared to be driving a record surge in new cases in India has now been found in Canada.  On Wednesday, British Columbia confirmed 39 cases of the B.1.617 variant – first detected in India – while Quebec reported its first known case of the new variant in the province.

Guest: Jason Kindrachuck, Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba.

Chapter 2: At a time when the media spotlight was on suspicious cash entering casinos, the issue didn't seem top of mind for those responsible for gaming in this province, including Shirley Bond, the now interim-leader of the BC Liberals. Bond says when she took over as minister responsible for gaming in 2011 she doesn't remember being briefed on the issue. John Hua has more from the Cullen Commission on money laundering.

Chapter 3: As Asian communities across Canada and the U.S. continue to be the subject of shocking violence, harassment and abuse, Global News is proud to announce today a networkwide news special, Hidden Hate: Anti-Asian Racism airing on Saturday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. local time on Global.

Chapter 4: Canada is banning passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases and a new virus mutation, says Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.  In the last two weeks, more than 100 international flights landing in Canada have carried at least one positive COVID-19 case on board, according to the federal government.

Guest: Sumeet Bains, Operations Manager at Bains Travel.

Chapter 5: As B.C. health officials reported more grim COVID-19 numbers Thursday, paramedics released sobering data showing the province’s other health crisis shows no signs of slowing down.  According to BC Emergency Health Services, paramedics responded to the province’s highest single-day number of overdose calls in B.C.’s history on Wednesday.

Guest: Leslie McBain, co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm, lost her son to opioid addiction.

Chapter 6: Imagine Van Gogh is an immersive exhibition that originated in Paris that has now traveled across Canada.  It was also recently announced that it is extending its stay in Vancouver for the summer, meaning more people will get to experience the immersive exhibit.

Guest: Annabelle Mauger, co-creator of the Exhibit.

Chapter 7: It’s world book day!

Guest: Megan Williams, CEO and Founder of Vancouver-based The Self Publishing Agency.

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View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.

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