Chapter 1: Kids are spending more time online as many take courses on the internet or replace in-person hangouts with virtual socializing.  That’s led to a spike in cyberbullying online, and the impact on kids can be extremely detrimental. 

Guest: Denis Gagnon, President of BCSI Investigations

Chapter 2: Apparently Canada is the most desired place to move to, according to an analysis of Google search results for which country people want to move to.  People may want to rethink that though, as Australia is thriving in a virus free world. Maybe Canada can get there too...if the lockdown gets more strict.

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 3: Newly appointed education minister Jennifer Whiteside has been tasked with integrating childcare into the education system by 2023. Can a plan be in place in such little time.

Guest:  Sharon Gregson, provincial spokesperson for the $10aDay Child Care campaign, working with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC

Chapter 4: We’ve been asking you how YOU’RE planning to shop this Black Friday, but let’s talk to a local retailer about what they’re seeing.  London Drugs President and Chief Operating Officer Clint Mahlman joins us this morning.

Chapter 5: The full report on the 2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver was just released, and it’s the first time respondents were asked if they identified as a member of a racialized group. 

Guest: David Wells, Chair of the Indigenous Homelessness Steering Committee.

Chapter 6: Parents in Metro Vancouver have been frustrated with the communication they’re getting about COVID-19 exposures in schools. In some cases parents were asked to do their own contact tracing, in others it took weeks for notices to be issued. 

Guest: Miranda Tracy, Langley organizer.

Chapter 7: We’re always curious how people are planning to shop for presents and how much they’re going to spend on gifts every year, and Twitter has been monitoring what people have been saying about that?

Guest: Andrea MacDonald, Head of Tech & Telco at Twitter Canada.

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Chapter 1: CKNW contributor Jawn Jang managed to get a pretty remarkable interview we want to share with you this morning.  Helen Watson knew what to do when the COVID pandemic began, because she lived through the Spanish Flu.  Helen is 105 years old, and she has some great advice on how to navigate these uncertain times.

Chapter 2: Bizarre headlines from Denmark and the first signs that strict health measures across Europe might be working.  Former CKNW staff, now a freelance reporter in Denmark, Shane Woodford joins us to talk about what’s happening overseas.

Chapter 3: With the new year creeping up on us, here is an interesting fact. Apparently a number of old Canadian bills will no longer have legal tender status as of January 1st! Prepare yourself by listening to this report by Niki Reitmayer that tells you all you need to know!

Chapter 4: Over 300,000 Canadians head south every winter, but how is the pandemic going to affect that this year?

Guest: Evan Rachkovsky, spokesperson for the Canadian Snowbirds Association.

Chapter 5: COVID-19 outbreaks in remote communities are really serious because of their limited access to healthcare.  Right now there’s a positive case at a First Nation community on Haida Gwaii, and two cases at a community in Tofino as they begin to feel the impact of the second wave as well. 

Guest: Dr. Shannon MacDonald, Acting Chief Medical Officer for BC’s First Nations Health Authority

Chapter 6: In these winter months we experience more darkness during our morning and evening commutes. That’s why it’s so important for pedestrians to make sure that they are visible to drivers. Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart told our Niki Reitmayer that he had an awful fright while driving home from work last Friday, and he hopes his experience serves as a reminder to be careful out there.

Chapter 7: The federal government is expected to include plans around child care in their economic update next week. Our next guest authored a report detailing how a national childcare system would actually pay for itself. 

Guest: Jim Stanford, Canadian economist.

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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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