Chapter 1: Everyone makes worse decisions when they’re tired or stressed out, and there’s plenty of that going around right now because of the pandemic.  That’s why this is such an interesting perspective on fraud prevention month that we’re going to talk about this morning. 

Guest: Rachel Jolicoeur, Director, Fraud Mitigation and Strategy at Interac Corp.

Guest: Dr. Christine Purdon, Psychology Researcher at the University of Waterloo.

Chapter 2: A lot of information about COVID-19 in the Lower Mainland is getting flushed down the toilet. Believe it or not - that’s where Metro Vancouver is measuring COVID-19 viral loads. They have this amazing new tool that actually lets you see the results by region.

Guest:  Dr. Natalie Prystajecky,  Environmental Microbiologist at the BCCDC Public Health Laboratory and a Clinical Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

Chapter 3: We talk about fish farms and wild salmon populations a lot here in B-C, but a new documentary released on YouTube this morning is all about the salmon right in our backyards.  The man behind the Urban Salmon project is nature photographer Fernando Lessa. 

Guest: Fernando Lessa, professional nature photographer.

Chapter 4: Encouraging news yesterday on the vaccine distribution front from Dr. Bonnie Henry Yesterday. Frontline and essential workers may now be getting their shot sooner than expected, and the timeline across the board may be getting accelerated. 

Guest: Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH Chief Medical Health Officer

Chapter 5: B.C. is rolling out their COVID-19 vaccination plan for those over 80 and are extending the time between doses.  What is being done and what are some of the steps they’re taking to facilitate visitations in long term care homes.

Guest: Terry Lake, BC Care Providers CEO.

Chapter 6: Junior hockey might be back in the near future if everything goes according to plan.  It’s welcome news as Western Hockey League teams outside of the province gear up for the new season. 

Guest: Ron Toigo, Vancouver Giants Owner.

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Chapter 1: In spite of many delayed film releases, the 78th Golden Globes were held virtually last night, with superstar comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosting together for the fourth time. 

Guest: Chris Jancelewicz, Global News Entertainment Journalist.

Chapter 2: Building a wall around long-term care homes to protect them from COVID-19 has been instrumental in preventing even more outbreaks than we’ve had.  Vaccines are the next step in protecting our seniors, and we want to highlight a phenomenal program providing people connected to that industry with clear answers about getting inoculated. 

Guest: Matt Hacker Teper, medical student at the University of Toronto and the Volunteer Program Manager at COVID-19 Resources Canada.

Chapter 3: Donald Trump is back in the limelight after speaking yesterday for the first time since President Joe Biden took office.  Trump addressed a crowd of Republicans at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, repeating claims of election fraud and dispelling rumours he might consider starting his own party. 

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent.

Chapter 4: Some fascinating preliminary data from Stats Canada this morning showing low-income households REALLY benefited from the pandemic support measures put in place by the government.

Chapter 5: Some buildings or intersections in Vancouver seem to change every couple of months, but others have been around almost as long as the city itself.  Local photographer John Bentley has a fascinating project called Now and Then that caught our attention, and he joins us this morning with more on how it came to be. 

Guest: John Bentley, Vancouver Photographer.

Chapter 6 : Billions of dollars in cost overruns and we’re nowhere near completion. Premier John Horgan confirmed Friday that the province will continue with the Site C dam project in Northern B-C, even though the final price tag remains unknown. 

Guest: Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Chapter 7: Unintended consequences from the new federal gun bill, C-21.  People in the popular Airsoft industry say the ban on replica weapons will destroy their sport. 

Guest:  Justin Kirkwood, Airsoft In Canada representative for British Columbia, Airsoft event organizer with Omega Ops.

Chapter 8: Do you avoid the snack aisle in the grocery store? Why is it so much harder to resist sweet treats when you KNOW they’re in the cupboard?  The author of the hit book Salt, Sugar, Fat, Michael Moss, has a new book out. Hooked: Food Free Will, and how the Food Giants Exploit our Addictions, is all about how we’re manipulated in ways we might not even realize. 

Guest: Michael Moss, author of Hooked, and Salt, Sugar, Fat

Chapter 9: There’s an astonishing lack of options for people who are diagnosed with A-L-S in B-C. There are over a hundred known therapies for the condition but none of them are available to people who live here.  We’re going to be examining the state of A-L-S treatment here over the next few weeks because it’s a condition affecting thousands of Canadians. 

Guest: Brad MacKenzie, Living with ALS and ALS BC Advocacy Committee Chair.

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Chapter 1: There’s been a marked increase in the number of people reporting the pandemic is impacting their mental health.  We’re coming up on the one year anniversary of when pandemic restrictions began in earnest, and there’s a lot of people who are suffering. 

Guest: Arti Patel, Global News reporter and managing editor.

Chapter 2: If you think it’s tough to buy a house right now, thank your lucky stars you’re not looking for commercial space.  CBRE Real Estate has been tracking the huge demand over the past few months and they’ve just released their 2021 outlook so let’s dive in Jason Kiselbach from their Vancouver office. 

Guest: Jason Kiselbach, Senior Vice President & Managing Director of CBRE Vancouver

Chapter 3: You’ve probably seen some of the spectacular images of Mars the NASA Perseverance rover is sending back to earth, but did you know there’s actually a company here in Richmond that helped make that happen? 

Guest:  Sadiq Panjwani, Global Vice President and General Manager at FLIR Systems Inc.

Chapter 4: The chief medical adviser at Health Canada has been overseeing the Astrazeneca vaccine approvals. She’s part of a technical briefing on the approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine that’s taking place in Ottawa right now.

Guest: Jason Tetro, infectious disease expert and host of the Super Awesome Science Show podcast.

Chapter 5: Remember how many people started going to B-C parks and campgrounds last summer? The other day we heard Metro Vancouver reporting over a million visits to regional parks in JANUARY.  So let’s talk about some new destinations the provincial government will have coming online in the next couple of years. 

Guest: Melanie Mark, Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.

Chapter 6: Residents of False Creek want transparency from the city as public consultations wrap up this weekend.  Members of the planning committee for the area say the city will use the results in closed-door meetings to decide on the future of the community. 

Guest: Richard Evans, Chair of the RePlan Committee of the False Creek South Neighbourhood Association.

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