Chapter 1: Considering the massive cost associated with CERB, there has been some concern with whether or not people are taking advantage of the program. A recent article in the National Post stated that 8-hundred thousand people who claimed CERB did not file their taxes this past year which makes them ineligible for the program. That is NOT correct!

Chapter 2: If you’re caught without a mask in an indoor public space, you could face hefty fines.  For those living in apartment buildings, like Niki, you must wear a mask in all common spaces. This means as soon as you walk out the door to your suite, you must be wearing a mask. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 3: Opening day at Whistler Blackcomb tomorrow! Everything is different this year with COVID restrictions in place so how is that going to affect them?

Guest: Geoff Buchheister, Whistler Blackcomb Chief Operating Officer.

Chapter 4: Our next guest certainly has his work cut out for him, Norm Lipinski will be the Chief of Police in Surrey after the transition takes place and he joins us to talk about the new role. 

Guest: Norm Lipinski, future Surrey Police Chief.

Chapter 5: You might not be able to socialize with people outside of your household at restaurants, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get out and support our local businesses!  There’s a really cool new place opening in downtown Vancouver we want to tell you about, it’s called Street Auntie Aperitivo House and Yuyina Zhang joins us to talk about it. 

Guest: Yuyina Zhang,  Restaurant Owner.

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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: According to a classified intelligence report obtained by Global News, Canada’s national spy agency is alleging that millions of dollars of Iranian money is being smuggled into Canada.

Guest: Stewart Bell, Global News Investigative Journalist.

Chapter 2: A local Vancouver company is going to be launching a clinical trial using psilocybin in psychotherapy for substance use disorders. 

Guest: Payton Nyquvest, Founder and CEO of Numinus.

Chapter 3: Yesterday you heard a lot about the District of North Vancouver’s grinchy vote which could have seen council mandate Christmas lights be turned off by 11pm each evening.  Fortunately the District removed the amendment from their agenda.

Chapter 4: Can you believe almost half the calories Canadians consume come from ultra-processed foods?  That’s according to a new report from Statistics Canada.

Guest: Didier Garriguet, senior researcher at Statistics Canada.

Chapter 5: Trump authorizes transition to Biden administration, vows to continue legal fight 

Guest: Steve Dorsey, Washington based CBS Reporter.

Chapter 6: 2020 marks 350 years since the Hudson Bay Company was founded.  We’re joined by the author of The Company, Stephen Bown, a new book that traces the history of the most historically significant company in Canada. 

Guest: Stephen Bown, author of The Company.

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Chapter 1: New lockdown measures are coming into effect in Toronto this morning, Global News Reporter Marianne Dimain brings us the latest.

Guest: Marianne Dimain, Global News Reporter in Toronto.

Chapter 2: Non-essential businesses in Toronto are closed today as new public health measures take effect.  There’s just one month before Christmas and that’s on top of the terrible year stores have already had, so how are these stores going to survive?

Guest: Dan Kelly, President and CEO at the CFIB.

Chapter 3: Still almost two months before President-Elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, and the shenanigans out of the Trump campaign continue. 

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent.

Chapter 4: A record number of cases announced in New Brunswick this weekend, listen to this report from Global News journalist Silas Brown.

Chapter 5: The annual Lights at Vandusen Garden and Stanley Park Christmas Train were set to get underway this week, but how will these new restrictions impact that?

Guest: John Coupar, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner.

Chapter 6: Hawaii is still looking for ways to get Canadian customers, Global News reporter Mike Le Couteur explains what they’ve come up with.

Chapter 7: Movie theatres are operating under pretty strict COVID guidelines right now, but live shows have been shut down completely under the restrictions introduced a couple weeks ago.  That’s a massive blow to live theatre and live performances that had been able to reopen safely. 

Guest: Aaron Craven, founder of Mitch and Murray Productions.

Chapter 8: Some teachers in the province are taking things into their own hands as the province continues to refuse to mandate mask use in classrooms.  BCTF president Teri Mooring joins us to talk about the posters they’ve made for teachers who want students in their classroom to don a mask before entering.

Guest:  Teri Mooring, BCTF President.

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