Chapter 1: It didn’t take long for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fill the seat of outgoing finance minister Bill Morneau, Global News chief political correspondent David Akin joins us with more on the flurry of activity in Ottawa right now. 

Guest: David Akin, Global News chief political correspondent.

Chapter 2: People have been talking about the upward tick in the number of COVID cases in BC like it’s the dreaded second wave but the reality is we’re still neck-deep in the FIRST wave. 

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

Chapter 3: One of the casualties of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proroguing parliament is the special committee on Canada China relations. 

Guest: Steven Chase, Globe and Mail journalist in Ottawa.

Chapter 4: Do restaurants need to advise the public if there has been a COVID-19 case linked to their establishment? Not always.  Two pubs in Coquitlam didn’t know there had been a COVID-19 exposure at their establishments until after they’d been posted online. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer - CKNW Mornings contributor

Guest:  Owen Coomer, Taphouse Coquitlam operations manager

Chapter 5:  Parents and students in Surrey have a bit of an idea of what school will look like when it starts in September. 

Guest:  Stephanie Higginson, President of the British Columbia School trustees Association.

Chapter 6: A local grocery store on Main Street in Vancouver has decided to get rid of their policy that required customers to wear masks in the store. 

Guest: David Kwen, Owner of East West Market on Main Street.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chapter 1: We saw this coming a mile away but federal finance minister Bill Morneau officially announced his resignation yesterday so what comes next?  Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief Mercedes Stephenson is here to take us through what’s next for Morneau and who is going to take his place.

Chapter 2: Only around 1.3 million Canadians have downloaded the federal contact tracing app that was released two weeks ago.  In Quebec, all the opposition parties are telling Premier Francois Legault to stop developing the provincial version and even suggesting people shouldn’t download the one approved by Ottawa. 

Guest: Denis Gagnon, President of BCSI Investigations.

Chapter 3: BC had its highest case numbers of COVID-19 yesterday since the pandemic began. Are you worried about the virus? Because the way people are acting, they certainly do not seem worried. 

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 4: If you plan on passing through Hope this summer, stop into town to check out the newest edition to their collection of many wood carvings: a life-sized statue of John Rambo.

Chapter 5: About 1-in-3 BC residents live in Strata titled homes but Strata councils don’t have any direction on dealing with COVID outbreaks or exposures right now.  Who are they supposed to notify? What do they have to tell residents? What are the rules around identifying the infected person?

Guest: Tony Gioventu, Executive Director of the Condominium Homeowners Association.

Chapter 6: There’s been a number of stories in the news recently about Chinese influence in BC and it’s no secret the authoritarian government there wants to continue their unparalleled economic growth. 

Guest: Graeme Wood, Glacier Media Journalist and reporter for Business in Vancouver.

Chapter 7: The highest single day increase in cases since the pandemic began was announced yesterday by deputy provincial health officer Dr. Réka Gustafson, that was for Friday to Saturday and 236 new cases were announced over the three day period since Friday’s update. 

Guest: Adrian Dix, BC Health Minister

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chapter 1: The devastation from that explosion in Beirut is rallying people around the world to help. Over 150 dead, thousands injured, and hundreds of thousands without homes. 

Guest: Bill Chambers, CEO of Save the Children Canada.

Chapter 2: It’s a story we’d normally be talking about a LOT more but the pandemic has completely overshadowed the fall election down in the United States.  The Democratic National Convention kicks off today and it’s where Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will get the official party endorsement and start their campaign in earnest. 

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent.

Chapter 3: On Sunday, the Mornings with Simi team did a road trip to Penticton to see the Bob Ross exhibit at the Penticton Art Gallery.  They had other paintings there that looked similar to Bob Ross’ work; but the other artist was actually a Canadian fellow. And standing in front of those paintings, Niki had a chance to speak to Penticton Art Gallery curator Paul Crawford about the exhibit.

Chapter 4: Air Canada is promoting leisure travel to the United States while the Canadian government has been saying to avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice. 

Guest: Amanda Connolly, Global News political reporter.

Chapter 5: Hundreds of Americans are still getting turned back at the border as they try to come into Canada for shopping and vacation MONTHS after the border was closed to nonessential travel.

Guest: Len Saunders, immigration lawyer.

Chapter 6: Travel packages are being promoted to Canadians in a phone message from Air Canada that seems to encourage Canadians to hop on a plane and travel to the US.

Guest: Claire Newell, president of Travel Best Bets.

Chapter 7: Last August we got the results of the gas price review that was launched to find out why gas is so expensive in Vancouver. If you recall, the review found we were paying 13 cents a litre more for reasons they couldn’t explain.

Guest: Bruce Ralston, Energy Minister.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices