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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: Depression spike in long-term care homes

The rules about who can visit care home residents seem to vary widely depending on the home in question. Some care homes only allow visitors who are deemed “essential” while others take a broader view of who may be allowed on the premises.

GUEST: Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto

Chapter 2: Trump signs COVID-19 aid bill 

Lots of drama south of the border after a government shutdown was narrowly avoided. 

Global News Washington correspondent Reggie Cecchini joins us to talk about how this all unfolded last night.

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent

Chapter 3: Flaws in Canada’s public health system

Award-winning journalist Grant Robertson had a fascinating piece in the Globe and Mail over the weekend and we want to unpack it with him this morning. 

It’s about the flaws in our public health system that left Canada more vulnerable to this pandemic than we could have been. 

GUEST: Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail journalist

Chapter 4: Moving the border in Point Roberts

Moving the border crossing in Point Roberts could radically change the way the community interacts with everyone else in the Lower Mainland. That’s what the president of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce is talking about in an effort to create some semblance of a stable recovery for the hard-hit region. 

GUEST: Brian Calder, President of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce

Chapter 5: BC’s first case of the COVID-19 variant

The first case of the COVID-19 variant discovered in the UK was announced yesterday, as Ontario reports three cases in total. So how infectious is this new strain, and what does this mean as we continue to inoculate frontline healthcare workers in BC with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine?

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

Chapter 6: The mid-pandemic Boxing Day rush 

The pandemic didn’t slow down the Boxing Day shopping this year as people across Metro Vancouver flocked to shopping centres in Richmond and Tsawassen. There were huge lineups at all kinds of popular shopping destinations, and that’s on top of some of the get-togethers we know people were holding over the Christmas holiday. 

So what kind of shape are we in as New Year’s approaches and are we going to see a big spike in cases in mid-January? 

GUEST: Caroline Colijn, SFU Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Infection, Evolution and Public Health

Chapter 7: A knitting group to help recover from drug addiction 

GUEST: Nelson Mendonca, knitting group founder with the Phoenix Society

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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: If you’re thinking of giving homemade masks to your loved ones this year as a Christmas present, you should listen to this next interview.  Steven Rogak is a professor of mechanical engineering at UBC. In the fall, he and a team of researchers decided to test the most popular types of mask fabrics to find out how well they filtered particles while remaining breathable. He spoke to Simi Sara about his findings.

Chapter 2: People will need to get creative over the next few days to rework their beloved holiday traditions. For example, if you or your family enjoy doing one of BC’s polar bear swims, an alternative is being suggested by organizers who won’t be holding the events in person. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Contributor

Chapter 3: B.C.’s provincial health officer says the province isn’t ruling out extending the winter break for students...but she didn’t commit to the idea either.

Guest: Stephen Price, “Vancouver area elementary school teacher and education columnist”

Chapter 4: With the year nearly done, how are Canadians viewing the federal Liberal government? Darryl Bricker is here to walk us through the latest IPSOS polling. 

Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO Ipsos Public Affairs

Chapter 5: There is new preprint research about the limits of contact tracing in containing the spread of COVID-19. What does this mean? What are the most effective ways that contact tracing can be used? 

Guest: Caroline Coljin, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health

Chapter 6: 2020 certainly had its challenges...but it wasn’t ALL bad. Joining us to look at some of the good news stories from all around the world that happened this past year is Global News’ Europe Bureau Chief, Crystal Goomansingh.

Chapter 7: The BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society is helping a mother fight for justice after her daughter died of an undiagnosed infection at Lions Gate Hospital. 

Guest: Michael-James Pennie, President of the BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society

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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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