Chapter 1: While it seems like we’re moving in the right direction here in BC, the rest of the country, and a lot of places around the world are cracking down.  Denmark is now following the UK’s lead and moving to the highest COVID-19 alert level, but unlike here in BC, their vaccine rollout is happening VERY rapidly. 

Guest: Shane Woodford, Freelancer in Denmark, former CKNW.

Chapter 2: It was a tough night at the World Juniors as Team USA beat Team Canada in the finals.  On the other hand, great news this week after the announcement that the Canucks will start the NHL season on home ice after getting the all-clear just weeks before the season is set to get underway. 

Guest: Christian Aumell, host of The Sports Show on 680 CJOB.

Chapter 3: Record breaking home sales in the Fraser Valley were just the latest development in what might be the strangest year in Vancouver real estate.  Despite dire predictions about the industry earlier this year, we actually finished up approximately in line with the sales trends in recent years.

Guest:  Colette Gerber, Chair of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

Chapter 4: The amount of COVID-19 tests being done every day in BC dropped 50 percent when we went into the holiday season.  Doctor Bonnie Henry told us they’re worried people were avoiding getting tested over the holidays because they didn’t want to quarantine over Christmas and New Year’s.  So what impact does this have on modelling and what should we read into the numbers with that in mind? 

Guest: Daniel Coombs, UBC professor in mathematics, extensive work in modelling disease.

Chapter 5: Public health officials announced a public health alert for the Revelstoke region yesterday, citing a substantial increase in community transmission there. 

Guest: Gary Sulz, Revelstoke Mayor.

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Making Cents of the Market:

Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski.  Lori Pinkowski is the Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca

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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: A group of Canadian business leaders and academics have banded together to present a comprehensive approach to Canada’s COVID-19 recovery.  They’re calling it, appropriately, the Canadian Shield. 

Guest: Robert Greenhill, Canadian business leader, former deputy minister, McGill University professor.

Chapter 2: It’s going to take another week to fully understand the impact of holiday gatherings when it comes to new cases of COVID-19, but new polling shows almost half of Canadians got together with family in the past couple of weeks.

Chapter 3: With outbreaks being reported at schools across the lower mainland, what can be done to help?  What does the BCTF think about a 2 week school shutdown?

Guest:  Teri Mooring, BCTF President.

Chapter 4: Canada is failing to administer our vaccine stock at the same pace as other developed nations, including the US and Israel.  It’s not just a matter of supply, which is a whole other concern we also need to talk about, it’s a matter of how quickly the doses we have are being distributed. 

Guest: Andre Picard, Globe and Mail health columnist.

Chapter 5: When you think about the most important book in history, you’d typically think of religious texts. But there’s an ongoing project right now that tracks down first edition copies of what might be the most significant SCIENTIFIC books to ever exist. 

Guest: Mordechai Feingold, author and historian, member of the humanities and social sciences faculty at California Institute of Technology.

Chapter 6: New regulations around COVID testing will hit Canadian airports on Thursday, but there are still a lot of questions about how it will work. 

Guest: Claire Newell, president of Travel Best Bets

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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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