Chapter 1: A story that came out about an Abbotsford nurse pleading for people to take COVID seriously has caught the attention of the Canadian Nurses Association.  This comes after the nurse took a photo during her “breaking point” right after she witnessed a COVID patient go into cardiac arrest.

Guest: Tim Guest, CEO of the Canadian Nurses Association

Chapter 2: Experts are now warning that BC’s current vaccination plan will not lead to a COVID free future for the province.

Guest: Caroline Colijn, SFU Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Infection, Evolution and Public Health

Chapter 3: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that Canada is increasing the country’s targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 40 to 45 percent of 2005 levels by 2030.  This is an increase of Canada’s previous commitment of 30 percent.

Guest: Annamie Paul, Federal Green Party Leader.

Chapter 4: A new report from Insights West that was based on a survey of 1,600 Canadian adults provides our media partners with an in-depth look at how news consumption, media usage, video, and audio streaming have changed dramatically in the past year.

Guest: Steve Mossop, President at Insights West.

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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: From what we heard yesterday, the BC Liberal government did everything it could to deal with money laundering in our province - at least according to former premier Christy Clark. The Cullen Commission on money laundering in B.C. is hearing testimony from a series of high-profile witnesses, beginning with the former premier.

Chapter 2: Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest on May 25, 2020.

Guest: Allan J. Lichtman, American Historian  teaches at American University in Wash, DC, and author of “The Case for Impeachment”.

Chapter 3: The B.C. government on Tuesday set aside nearly $6 billion in new spending to address the COVID-19 pandemic in its first budget since the fall election.

Guest: Dr. Paul Kershaw, University of British Columbia, School of Population & Public Health Director, Master of Public Health Program.

Chapter 4: Following the BC Budget, how was education and schools addressed?  A new grant for students was announced, the BC Access Grant, for low and middle income post-secondary students, up to $4,000.  Did the province need to address more for education in the budget?

Guest:  Teri Mooring, BCTF President.

Chapter 5: Health officials in B.C. announced plans to distribute the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to British Columbians 40 years of age and older as the province sets up clinics in COVID-19 hot spots.  The provincial government said Monday that the AstraZeneca vaccine is now available to people aged 40 and older at pharmacies across the province.

Guest: Adrian Dix, BC Health Minister

Chapter 6: The B.C. government is clarifying how the province will crack down on those that break COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Guest: Mike Farnworth, BC Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General.

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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: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland‘s Budget 2021 plan to deal with the historic deficits created by COVID-19 spending are raising concerns from Conservatives that the targets are not clear enough.

Guest: Mike Lecouteur, Global National Reporter.

Chapter 2: The province’s COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalization and ICU capacity levels released this afternoon continue to be of great concern to BC Nurses’ Union president Christine Sorensen, who says nurses are at a breaking point as they work through this third wave.

Guest:  Christine Sorensen, BC Nurses Union President.

Chapter 3: The Liberal government will need the support of at least one other political party in order to pass its budget bill and avoid a federal election. But a key ask from the NDP is missing from the budget document: a wealth tax.

Guest: Jagmeet Singh, Federal NDP Leader and MP for Burnaby-South

Chapter 4: Early yesterday, many Rogers customers (which includes Fido & Chatr) experienced service disruptions all over the country. Even our show had technical difficulties due to the outage. This caused many on social media to voice their displeasure in the telecommunications giant, and to further push for more competition in the telecommunications industry.

Guest: Brett Caraway, Associate Professor Assistant Director, Digital Enterprise Management at the University of Toronto.

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View From Victoria: 

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Global News reporter Richard Zussman join the show with their take on the day's headlines.

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Chapter 1: The Opioid Epidemic. Is there a role for workplaces to help in preventing more opioid related deaths?

Guest: Jonathan Chapnick, of Portage Legal Services, is an expert on workplace law and policy.

Guest: Elliot Stone, CEO and co-founder ALAViDA, Vancouver

Chapter 2: Packed crowds, no social distancing, barely anyone with masks on, and even hugging. This was the sight at English Bay, as many people gathered at the beach due to the warmer weather. The problem? We are still in the middle of a third wave.

Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, Vancouver City Councillor.

Chapter 3: There is a new pasta in town.  What?  That’s right, a podcaster has created a brand new pasta shape and it might just take the noodle world by storm!

Guest: Dan Pashman, Sporkful Creator

Chapter 4: British Columbians will hear directly from former cabinet ministers for the first time this week, as B.C.’s inquiry into money laundering enters a new phase.

Guest: John Hua, Global BC

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A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Global News reporter Richard Zussman join the show with their take on the day's headlines.

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With guest host Jill Bennett

Chapter 1: Hospitalization rate rising in Canada

Hospitalization numbers continue to rise in the country, what could happen if our hospitals become too overwhelmed?

GUEST: Raywat Deonandan, epidemiologist at the University of Ottawa

Chapter 2: One-year anniversary of the Nova Scotia mass shooting 

13 Hours: Inside the Nova Scotia Massacre is an investigative podcast and online series that explores one of the deadliest killing sprees in modern Canadian history.

On the weekend of April 18-19, 2020, a gunman named Gabriel Wortman disguised himself as a police officer and murdered 22 people. He moved across the province wearing an authentic police uniform and driving a vehicle that looked nearly identical to a real RCMP cruiser.

He used semi-automatic weapons that were either obtained illegally in Canada or smuggled across the border from the United States. He also lit homes and vehicles on fire, and killed several animals. 

The killing spree took place across a 100-kilometre stretch of rural Nova Scotia, in the communities of Portapique, Wentworth, Debert and Shubenacadie.

You can hear 13 Hours: Inside the Nova Scotia Massacre on CKNW in a couple of weeks – Saturdays at 8pm starting May 1st. Or listen to all 13 episodes wherever you get your podcasts. 

GUEST: Sarah Ritchie, Global News Halifax reporter/host of 13 Hours

Chapter 3: Is the Canadian real-estate market better for locals or foreigners?

According to Vancouver Sun Columnist Douglas Todd, the federal government has not made any steps in making housing more affordable for Canadians. He suggests in his piece that the market in Canada still favors foreign buyers. How do we fix this? He joins us now...

GUEST:  Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun Columnist

Chapter 4: Is the answer to ocean health really that easy?

A new article in The Province suggests that the new documentary on Netflix “Seaspiracy” oversimplifies the solution to ocean health. We check in locally to see if the answer really is that simple.

GUEST: Sonia Strobel, CEO, Skipper Otto Community Supported Fishery

Chapter 5: The Legacy of Kim’s Convenience 

The beloved show about a Korean-Canadian family that runs a convenience store in Toronto has come to an end. The series finale aired on Tuesday, but for many the significance and legacy of the show highlighting modern immigrant families will live on forever.

GUEST: Jooyoung Lee, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto

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