Chapter 1: New Brunswick held their provincial election a couple of weeks ago and the government of Saskatchewan just called theirs as well.  We’re joined by Global News anchor and reporter Ryan Kessler in Saskatoon for more. 

Guest: Ryan Kessler, Global News anchor and reporter in Saskatoon

Chapter 2: Troubling news released by Statistics Canada yesterday: Canada’s total fertility rate has hit an all time low.

Guest: Sarah Brauner-Otto, Director of the Centre on Population Dynamics and Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University.

Chapter 3: Sick of working from home? What about RENTING an office for the day? A local hotel has a clever solution to help their business and help people who need a quiet space to work.

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 4: US president Donald Trump spent half his time arguing with Fox news moderator Chris Wallace during the first presidential debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent.

Chapter 5: Remember when we used to talk about things getting back to normal?  We’ve realized that a lot of things will never return to the way they were before - even when the pandemic is over.  One of those things is the workplace. With so many people working from home and businesses going bankrupt, the commercial vacancy rate downtown is ticking up.

Guest:  Jason Kiselbach, Senior Vice President & Managing Director at CBRE Group.

Chapter 6: The scariest part of this pandemic has been the uncertainty - what will happen with my job, my kids, my parents, all the questions that have been looming since the Spring. Well now the Angus Reid Institute has found a serious uptick in reported levels of concern about COVID-19,  the highest since the pandemic began.

Guest: Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute Executive Director.

Chapter 7: Get outside and bring your camera! That’s the message from the BC Parks Foundation who are encouraging people to snap photos of animals, insects, and plantlife. The goal is to collect one million observations of wildlife in our province in order to help manage, conserve, research, and protect the creatures living here.

Chapter 8: A shouting match posing as a debate last night between US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Democratic Candidate Joe Biden.  Fox News moderator Chris Wallace struggled to prevent Trump from constantly interrupting Biden when it was his turn to talk, and commentators on all sides are saying it was an unproductive debate. 

Guest: Anil Hira, Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.

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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: That’s Quebec Premier François Legault after the province announced over 700 new cases of COVID yesterday.  They’re cracking down big time, Global News reporter Brayden Jagger-Haines joins us from Montreal this morning with more on new health measures coming into effect Thursday.

Guest: Brayden Jagger-Haines, Global News reporter in Montreal.

Chapter 2: Tonight at 6 p.m., the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Guest: Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada, co author ofThe Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada US relationship in times of uncertainty.

Chapter 3: Today is World Heart Day - a day that serves as a reminder that cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death on the planet; but #2 in Canada after cancer.  Niki Reitmayer checked in with Scott Lear, a professor in the faculty of Health Sciences at SFU. She asked him: what is the most common cause of heart disease?

Chapter 4: Starting tomorrow, passengers on BC Ferries will no longer be allowed to remain in their vehicles on closed decks.  An exemption from Transport Canada is expiring, despite the efforts of the provincial government.  BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall is on the line to explain what will change. 

Guest: Deborah Marshall, BC Ferries.

Chapter 5: John Horgan has called a provincial election!  Is he confident in the NDP’s ability for re-election and what will he and the party be campaigning on?

Guest: John Horgan, leader of the BC NDP.

Chapter 6: The Green Party has a new leader in BC and she joins the show to respond to John Horgan and give her reasons why a Green vote is the way to go in the upcoming provincial election.

Guest: Sonia Furstenau, Green Party Leader.

Chapter 7: If you missed our conversation with NDP leader John Horgan you can find that on the Mornings with Simi podcast after the show.  New polling on the provincial leadership race commissioned by Global News, we’re joined by IPSOS public affairs senior vice president Kyle Braid to break that down. 

Guest: Kyle Braid, IPSOS Senior Vice President.

Chapter 8: Liberal MLA Jas Johal joins us to talk about what putting the provincial sales tax on pause would accomplish, and weigh in on our interview with NDP leader John Horgan earlier in the show.

Guest: Jas Johal, Liberal MLA for Richmond-Queensborough

Chapter 9: Even though we hammer the message home every election, the percentage of people who vote in provincial elections has dropped to just over 60 per cent.  Well Girl Guides is encouraging parents to make voting a family activity this time around. Girl Guides provincial commissioner Diamond Isinger joins us with more.

Guest: Diamond Isinger, Girl Guides Provincial Commissioner.

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