View From Victoria:

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

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun

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Right now there is no rivalry between the Vancouver Canucks and the Seattle Kraken...but give it time.

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Ch1: Police in Ottawa cracked down on the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that has occupied the Canadian capital for 24 days.

Guest: David Akin, Global National Chief Political Correspondent

Ch2: Pro-Russia separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization Saturday while Western leaders made increasingly dire warnings that a Russian invasion of its neighbor appeared imminent.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent

Ch3: Two mayors in BC have gone off Facebook for the month of February in order to better their mental health, and to find new ways of communicating with their communities.

Guest: Merlin Blackwell, Mayor of Clearwater, BC.

Guest: Ange Qualizza, Mayor of Fernie, BC.

Ch4: The Omicron variant now appears to be beating the zero-COVID strategy in Hong Kong, where hospitals are overwhelmed. New Zealand too is facing numbers it has never seen before.

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

Ch5: The B.C. government says it is funding more than 600 new student nursing spots at public post-secondary institutions, in its latest pre-budget spending announcement.

Guest: Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation.

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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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Ch1: U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday that Russia could still invade Ukraine within days and Russia expelled the No. 2 diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, as tensions flared anew in the worst East-West standoff in decades.

Guest: Redmond Shannon, Global News Europe Correspondent.

Ch2: Ottawa is holding its collective breath as police appear ready to finally end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” demonstration that has paralyzed a good chunk of the capital city’s downtown core for the past three weeks.

Guest: Mike Armstrong, Global National Reporter.

Ch3: The B.C. government has laid out an economic plan with a road map on how to grow the economy and fill around one million jobs over the next decade.

Guest:  Greg D’Avignon, President/CEO Business Council of BC

Ch4: Employers in British Columbia will no longer be required to allow their employees to work from home, following a change to the province’s COVID-19 health orders.

Guest: Sharon Gregson, Childcare advocate.

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