Chapter 1: Saskatchewan has expanded their mask mandate to the entire province, imposed new restrictions on visiting care homes, and reduced gathering sizes again too.  Global News Regina journalist Allison Bamford joins us to talk about their struggle to contain the virus.

Chapter 2: Digging deeper into the subject of ASD and pandemic pressures, we wanted to know how adults with ASD are coping during this crisis. Our Niki Reitmayer spoke to Joette Heuft,  Executive Director of Square Peg Society (a non-profit charitable society helping adults on the autism spectrum).

Chapter 3: Can you guess the most popular password of the year?  It’s as easy as 1,2,3...4,5,6. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer - CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 4: If you thought something as innocuous as buttering toast couldn’t be controversial, think again.  British chef Nigella Lawson sparked a firestorm of outrage after sharing her technique for buttering toast in a segment on her BBC show, and it’s certainly unusual - take a listen!

Chapter 5: There’s over 40 care homes with active outbreaks of COVID-19 right now, including the first on Vancouver Island announced yesterday.  That’s 40 care homes where people can’t visit loved ones, and some of the stories of isolation and suffering have been heartbreaking. 

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

Chapter 6: Over a hundred people connected to the Tabor Home care facility in Abbotsford have now tested positive for COVID-19. 

Guest: Dan Levitt, teaches long term care administration at Simon Fraser University, Executive Director of Tabor Village.

Chapter 7: Vancouver City Council approved the Climate Emergency Action Plan last night, despite NPA councillors voting against it.  NPA Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung joins us to talk about what this plan means.

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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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Premier John Horgan has scheduled his second media conference since the morning after the election.  What's it all about?

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Chapter 1: Fallout today after a leaked RCMP report revealed what they’re calling a “failure of leadership” in the case of a high-ranking civilian employee facing espionage charges.

Guest: Stewart Bell, Global News Investigative Journalist.

Chapter 2: Online shopping has almost doubled since the pandemic began, and most people are buying at least a couple things online for Christmas this year.  There’s lots to look out for if you’re not used to paying for things over the internet. 

Guest: Denis Gagnon, President of BCSI Investigations.

Chapter 3: What was that one toy that you had to have when the holiday season came around?  Was there a run on that toy?

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 4: There have been more cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island in the month of November than there has been total up until now.  Tofino and Ucluelet are actually asking Lower Mainland residents not to come there until at least November 23rd.  Britt Chalmers is the acting mayor of Tofino, she joins me to talk about what’s happening in the community. 

Guest: Britt Chalmers, acting Tofino mayor

Chapter 5: Surrey is in trouble if the new cases there keep shooting up like we’ve seen in the past few weeks.  A return to the kind of lockdown we had this Spring would devastate local businesses, Surrey Board of Trade CEO Anita Huberman joins us to talk about how they’re coping right now. 

Guest: Anita Huberman, Surrey Board of Trade CEO.

Chapter 6: It was a bit of a watershed moment when we closed all the restaurants for St. Patrick’s Day in March. So how are they faring amid the second wave right now?

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

Chapter 7: The situation in Manitoba continues to deteriorate with one hospital in Steinbach reporting they’re nearing capacity as a result of the pandemic.  Global News Winnipeg morning reporter Abigail Turner joins us to talk about what’s developing there right now.

Guest: Abigail Turner, Global News morning reporter in Winnipeg.

Chapter 8: Today the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade will be exploring the question: how will the results of the US election impact BC industries? Shachi Kurl is one of the panelists who will be speaking at today’s event. 

Guest: Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute

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Should the province take a pause on the school plan and go to Christmas break early?

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Ch1: We’re now into the rainy winter months...but it’s never too early in this province to start thinking about wildfire prevention! A new report from SFU recommends the management of community forests may be the key to preventing wildfires.  Niki Reitmayer spoke to Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz and Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, two PhD Candidates with UBC’s Faculty of Forestry. She first asked them a simple question: what are community forests?

Ch2: There was a ton of pent up demand for real estate after the initial lockdown, but the numbers we’ve seen don’t capture the pre-sale market where homes are sold before they’re built.  Cam McNeill is the executive director at MLA Canada, and he joins us to talk about what those numbers reflect. 

Guest: Cam McNeill, Executive Director with MLA Canada.

Ch3: How are families with autism coping with the COVID-19 pandemic? Not well, according to a new report from SFU. Niki Reitmayer spoke to Grace Iarocci, SFU Professor of Psychology and Director at the Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab.

Ch4: The success of the Pfizer vaccine is really encouraging, but it’s not going to be a silver bullet.  We like to talk about how far we’ve come in the fight against this pandemic, but part of the conversation we need to have is how far we still have to go.  Jonathan Jarry is a science communicator at McGill University and he just wrote a fascinating piece about the combination of factors we need to end the pandemic. 

Guest: Jonathan Jarry, science communicator with McGill University.

Ch5: The Fraser Health region has been the hardest hit by new COVID cases in the past few weeks. More aggressive restrictions aren’t working, and a lot of people are worried we’re going to see non-essential businesses shut down. 

Guest: Doug McCallum, Surrey Mayor.

Ch6: Cambridge Elementary School in Surrey will be closed for two weeks after becoming the first school in the province ordered to close due to an outbreak. 

Guest: Jordan Tinney, Surrey School Superintendent.

Ch7: In another sign things are moving in the wrong direction, three lower mainland schools were closed over the weekend and it’s going to be two weeks before students return.  Teri Mooring is the president of the BC teacher’s federation and she joins us to talk about what comes next. 

Guest: Teri Mooring, BCTF President.

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