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: Some pretty damning testimony about his actions as BC Lottery Corporation CEO from Michael Graydon at the Cullen Commission on Money Laundering Yesterday. 

Guest: Sam Cooper, Global News investigative journalist.

Chapter 2: A huge event on the Chinese calendar, Lunar New Year celebrations will happen over the weekend - celebrating the year of the Ox!  This past Christmas was a lot different than we were all used to, and the Lunar New Year celebrations are no different. 

Guest:  Denice Wai, Vancouver Chef, founder of 6 Senses Cooking School.

Chapter 3: We just talked to a local chef about how she is making sure the Lunar New Year is celebrated, but what about the big annual event in Chinatown?  Michael Tan is the CoChair of the Chinatown YVR Legacy Stewardship Group, he joins us to talk about how they’re adapting. 

Guest: Michael Tan, CoChair of the Chinatown YVR Legacy Stewardship Group.

Chapter 4: The B-C Coroner’s Office reported 1,716 overdose deaths last year, that’s compared with 981 in 2019, a number that was already disturbingly high.

Guest: Dr. Lindsey Richardson, research scientist at the BC Centre on Substance Use and an Associate Professor of Sociology at UBC.

Chapter 5: Joining us to talk about the grim milestone and efforts to address the ongoing crisis we have Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart. 

Guest: Kennedy Stewart, Vancouver Mayor

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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: How effective are COVID-19 vaccines against the variant strains of the virus that are coming into Canada?  That’s what the opposition in Ottawa is asking -  on Friday morning they’ll be making their case for a full briefing from Health Canada officials.

Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent.

Chapter 2: A massive transit funding announcement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but how much of it will B-C get, and more importantly, WHEN.

Guest: Catherine McKenna, Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.

Chapter 3: So there’s transit money on the table for B-C but we don’t know exactly how much we can count on for the SkyTrain extensions to Langley and UBC. 

Guest: Jonathan Cote, New West Mayor, Chair of Mayor’s Council.

Chapter 4: We now know that over 600 cases of COVID-19 have been connected to Whistler since January 1st.  With the long weekend approaching, health officials are imploring B-C residents to stay local, and resort communities are bracing for the worst. 

Guest: Michael J Ballingall, Senior Vice President at Big White Ski Resort.

Chapter 5: WorkSafeBC did a big enforcement blitz over the weekend, they were checking in on whether local bars and pubs were following COVID-19 protocols for Super Bowl Sunday.

Guest: Ian Tostenson, President/CEO BC Restaurant and Foodservices

Chapter 6: Students living in residence at UBC are participating in a program that may be a test-run for rapid testing here in B-C.  The participants will be tested one to three times per week from now until April 8, they expect to be doing over 200 of the tests every day.  A number of industries have been calling on the provincial government to start using all the rapid tests from the federal government, especially when it comes to Long Term Care.

Guest: Terry Lake, CEO of the BC Care Providers Association.

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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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