Chapter 1: New polling conducted by IPSOS Public Affairs exclusively for Global News shows most Canadians want our government to take a giant step back from our current relationship with China. 

Guest: Darrell Bricker, IPSOS Public Affairs CEO.

Chapter 2: Most people don’t realize how aggressively Canada pursued a trading relationship with China in past decades, but years of sanctions against Canadian exports and the arbitrary arrest of two Canadians in 2018 may signal the end of an era. 

Guest: Matthew Fisher, military journalist and Global News Commentator.

Chapter 3: We’re getting details on the results of a province-wide COVID-19 survey that asked British Columbians how they were coping with the pandemic. 1 in 10 British Columbians (nearly 4-hundred thousand adults) filled out the survey between April 24-May 12.

Chapter 4: A new app is aiming to help make navigation easier for BC truck drivers! Dave Earle, President of the BC Trucking Association, spoke to our Niki Reitmayer

Chapter 5: Everyone wants to know what will happen when school resumes in September. Teachers have had to navigate a combination of online and in-class learning since the pandemic began, but as the number of reported cases of COVID-19 in BC continues to increase, what is the fall going to look like?

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

Chapter 6: Google mobility data shows people are socializing again, the outbreak in Kelowna continues to add more cases to the provincial total, and the entire situation could spiral out of control if we don’t change what we’re doing. 

Guest: Daniel Coombs, UBC professor in mathematics, extensive work in modelling disease.

Chapter 7: Premier John Horgan wrote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday asking him to decriminalize illicit substances.  There hasn’t been a lot of talk about how BC’s overdose crisis is affecting the South Asian community. However, overdose death statistics in that community are continuing to increase. 

Guest: Upkar Tatlay, Managing Director of Oxus Nexus

Chapter 8: The tourism industry in BC is getting slammed after decades of incredible growth.  Well they’re pushing the province to give them a hand up, Vivek Sharma is the Vice Chair of the Tourism Industry Association of BC and he’s here to talk about their request for $680 million in support.

Guest: Vivek Sharma, Vice Chair of the Tourism Industry Association of BC

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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: Protesters and police faced off in Portland over the weekend.  The Black Lives Matter protesters have been active for almost two months, CBS law enforcement and security analyst joins us to talk about this latest clash. 

Guest: Paul Viollis, Law Enforcement and Security Analyst with CBS.

Chapter 2: Even though we are in Phase 3, the government's messaging on taking personal safety precautions has not changed. As Dr Bonnie Henry said in her Friday press conference, we should still be wearing masks, particularly in situations where there is an increased risk of exposure.

Chapter 3: Both landlords and tenants are concerned about the future as eviction protections and rent deferrals start winding down.  This of course despite the fact unemployment is at 13% and people in tourism and hospitality still don’t know what the coming months and years will mean for their industries.

Guest: Mazdak Gharibnavaz, steering committee member of the Vancouver Tenants Union.

Chapter 4: “Few faces in large spaces” has been one of the catchphrases Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has been using for months, but there’s some places where you can’t do that - like public transit. 

Guest:  Ben Murphy, TransLink spokesperson.

Chapter 5: We’ve been talking about how people don’t seem to be following the physical distancing and other preventative measures prescribed by health authorities, even though we’ve seen a devastating outbreak in Kelowna recently. 

Guest: Steven Taylor, UBC professor in the department of psychiatry, author of The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease

Chapter 6: Lets catch up now with a woman we previously spoke to on our program. Do you remember Val Brandt? She started a petition to have the Jubilee Fountain in Lost Lagoon renamed after Dr. Bonnie Henry. She said that after her interview aired on CKNW, she saw an increase in support for her petition. So where does the idea stand now? Well our Niki Reitmayer caught up with Val, who started the conversation by reminding us what first inspired this idea.

Chapter 7: Promising results for a COVID-19 vaccine developed in the UK.  Jason Tetro has worked to combat infectious disease before, including the SARS epidemic. He joins us to talk about what we can learn from the results of this vaccine trial that were just announced this morning. 

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

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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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Chapter 1: The Prime Minister apologized for impropriety in awarding a massive youth summer jobs contract to the WE Charity that had paid speaking fees to members of his family, BUT this is far from over. 

Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent

Chapter 2: Some economists started talking about a  “she-cession” as soon as the layoffs related to the pandemic began. Well a new report from the Royal Bank of Canada shows women’s participation in the labour force is at its lowest point since the 90’s.

Guest: Dawn Desjardins, RBC’s Deputy Chief Economist.

Chapter 3: How are food trucks doing?  It’s been 10 years since food trucks were approved to operate here...unfortunately, it’s been a grim anniversary. How are food trucks holding up through the pandemic? Our Niki Reitmayer takes a look.

Chapter 4: : B.C. has set a record for overdose deaths for the second consecutive month. 

Guest: Guy Felicella, peer clinical advisor with the BC Centre on Substance Use and Overdose Emergency Response Centre

Chapter 5: A lot of people were joking around about another baby boom this winter when we reached the ninth month mark since the beginning of lockdown, but a researcher at UBC says people are actually having sex LESS since the pandemic hit. 

Guest:  Lori Brotto, Executive Director of the Women's Health Research Institute and Canada Research Chair in Women's Sexual Health at UBC.

Chapter 6: The ban on evictions for renters will end in September, and deferred payments are due by next summer.

Guest: David Hutniak, Landlord BC CEO.

Chapter 7: New rules around landlords and tenants related to COVID-19 were released yesterday by the provincial government.

Guest: Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Chapter 8: More B.C. flights with COVID-19 cases identified by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control

Guest: Claire Newell, president of Travel Best Bets.

Chapter 9: Gardening!

Guest: Carson Arthur, Outdoor design and lifestyle expert

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