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: Researchers at the University of Oxford have found a new, efficient and inexpensive catalyst for converting C02 into jet fuel. The team says this could potentially lead to an industry wide change for producing fuel.

Guest: Dr. Joshua Heyne, Chemical engineer the University of Dayton

Ch. 2: According to figures from the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety released through Statistics Canada, the province topped the nation in police-reported hate crimes per capita in 2020, with a rate of 10.1 per 100,000 population.

Guest: Steven Ngo, Lawyer

Ch. 3: As COVID-19-related public health restrictions continue to ease across Canada, experts are split on whether officials are letting their guard down too quickly. The federal government announced Thursday that it is ending pre-arrival testing requirements for vaccinated travelers entering Canada by April 1.

Guest: Dr. Brian Conway, Medical Director & Infectious Diseases specialist at the Vancouver Infectious Disease Centre

Ch. 4: How did bars do as St. Patrick’s Day was back, but this time with no restrictions. 

Guest: Yvan Charette, Owner of My Pub Group

Ch. 5: With the number of gamblers and the amount of money being gambled continuing to increase, other professional sports leagues, such as the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) are seeing growth as well in expanding the betting experience and providing exclusive data and content to DraftKings, FanDuel, and other sports betting entities.

Guest: Tim DeByl, President of Media, for the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL)

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Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist

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Ch. 1: Canada is expected to announce an end to pre-arrival COVID-19 testing for vaccinated travelers, two federal government sources told Global News.

Guest: Natalie Preddie, Travel and lifestyle expert

Ch. 2: North Vancouver RCMP is warning the public to be aware and vigilant about mail theft and tax scams targeting your personal information and savings. We get some advice from the North Van RCMP. 

Guest: Sgt. Peter Devries, Media Relations Officer for the North Vancouver RCMP

Ch. 3: Canada is scrapping its pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers, the federal government announced on Thursday.

Starting April 1, vaccinated travellers won’t need to track down a COVID-19 test in the last day before their vacation ends. So how excited is the tourism industry?

Guest: Walt Judas, CEO of BC Tourism Association.

Ch. 4: British Columbians show up to help whenever there is catastrophe. We saw it with the flooding and wildfires, and now folks here are eager to welcome displaced persons from Ukraine in our province.

Guest: Contributor Raji Sohal interviewed Elvira Mruchkovska of Ukrainian Congress in B.C.

Ch. 5: British Columbia’s housing minister David Eby, says a new method for collecting data on homelessness is the first of its nature in Canada and will help BC tackle the issue.

Guest: David Eby, BC Attorney General and Minister for Housing

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