Ch1: A busy weekend at the border as testing requirements were finally lifted for vaccinated travellers. However, with the influx of travellers passing through the border, combined with a system that is still getting used to the added volume of travellers, the border saw it’s fair share of chaos for the last few days.

Guest: Len Saunders, Blaine Immigration Lawyer.

Ch2: British Columbia’s first cruise season in three years appears to be getting off to a bumpy start, with the cancellation of the first vessel scheduled to dock in B.C. since the beginning of the pandemic.

Guest: Ian Robertson, CEO of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.

Ch3: Iryna Karpenko, The owner of a Vancouver Ukrainian bakery is breathing a sigh of relief now that her sister and nephew have made it safely to Canada from their war-torn country.

Guest: Iryna Karpenko, Owner of Kozak Ukrainian Food.

Ch4: The Pope’s apology to indigenous delegates made waves around the world. But now, for many  indigenous people in territories here, they’re processing what that apology means to their communities and what happens next.

Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor

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View From Victoria:

We get a local look at politics from the Provincial capital.

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun

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Ch. 1: Pope Francis has delivered a formal apology for the grave harms caused by Canada’s residential schools. In a livestreamed audience with more than 170 Indigenous survivors, elders, knowledge keepers, youth and community leaders on Friday, he said he was “deeply grieved” by stories of abuse, hardship and discrimination he heard throughout the week.

Guest: Crystal Goomansingh, Global News European Bureau Chief/Correspondent

Ch. 2: The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says an uncontrolled movement of a train led to the fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary in 2019. Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed in February when 99 grain cars and two locomotives plummeted off a bridge near Field, B.C.

Guest: Kathy Fox, TSB Chair.

Ch. 3: Following a weekend off from MLS play for Vancouver, the 'Caps are now set to host Western Conference foes Sporting Kansas City this Saturday, April 2 at BC Place.

Guest: Vanni Sartini, Head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps

Ch. 4: British Columbia’s government has introduced a bill that will close gaps in three pieces of legislation while potentially making it easier to dispute traffic violation tickets. If approved, the statement says, proposed changes could also offer more flexibility for remote hearings and create pilot projects to develop and test pre-hearing ticket dispute resolution options.

Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, forensic consultant and retired police corporal

Ch. 5: A historic day as Pope Francis delivered a formal apology today at the Vatican for the grave harm caused by Canada’s harrowing residential school system. For more reaction to this we bring in Rachel Ann Snow, Indigenous Legal Advocate.

Guest: Rachel Ann Snow, Indigenous Legal Advocate

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Site C is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2025 at the earliest. A year later and costing twice as much as when BC Libs approved.

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist

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