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: Protests over the death of George Floyd continued last night around the world. 

Guest: Paul Viollis, CBS Reporter in New York.

Chapter 2: Long Term Care is a mixed bag of private and public operators in Canada, both with their own varying mix of policies and procedures.  That’s just part of the reason we’ve seen outbreaks in long term care homes across the country.

Guest: Ross Lord, Global News Journalist

Chapter 3: London Black Lives Matter team says next protests will be largest yet

Guest: Crystal Goomansingh, Global News European Bureau Chief.

Chapter 4: Ferry service between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay resumes, with four sailings scheduled per day and more routes expected to return in the near future.  How are the island communities coping as we move into what would normally be a very busy time of year for tourism.

Guest: Mark Collins, BC Ferries CEO.

Guest:  Leonard Krog, Mayor of Nanaimo

Chapter 5: Nobody wants to pay COVID-19 surcharges, but they expect everything to cost more as we continue to reopen the economy. 

Guest: Steve Mossop, President at Insights West

Chapter 6: It was a devastating moment for the community when it was announced that Army and Navy were closing all their stores permanently. 

Guest: Jacqui Cohen, Army and Navy owner.

Chapter 5: There was a sigh of relief by businesses facing eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic but unless the federal government extends the rent relief program at the end of the month, they might be in a bad position to restart. 

Guest: Ken Charko, Owner of the Dunbar Theatre, Director of the Motion Picture Theatre Association of BC.

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Making Cents of the Market:

This is Making Cents of the Markets with Senior Vice President & Sr. Portfolio Mgr at Raymond James Lori Pinkowski. As always if you have any questions you can contact her team directly at 604-915-LORI or visit 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: It’s now been two weeks since we entered Phase 2 of the reopening plan on March 19th  and there still hasn’t been a spike in transmission, now that’s some good news!

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

Chapter 2: Protests continued across the United States last night, and criticism of President Donald Trump for a photo-op at an historic church in DC yesterday afternoon is coming from all sides.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent

Chapter 3: Almost the entire Regional District of Central Kootenay was impacted by the rainfall, information office Frances Maika joins us to talk about what’s happening right now.  

Guest:  Frances Maika, communications officer for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary.

Chapter 4: Sport fishing is one of the industries that depends on tourists from outside of BC, and they’re worried about what this year will look like. 

Guest: Owen Bird, Executive Director, Sport Fishing Institute of BC.

Chapter 5: It’s just the latest chapter in a story that’s been going on for months, about  a hospice in Delta providing palliative care but won’t provide medical assistance in dying. As you may have heard, any taxpayer funding from the hospice has now been canceled.

Guest: Angelina Ireland, Executive Director of Delta Hospice Society.

Chapter 5: There have been a lot of recommendations to protect people from COVID-19 in stores, restaurants, and on public transportation - but what about sports?  The province asked the non-profit group viaSport to provide guidelines for starting some of those back up again.

Guest: Charlene Krepiakevich, viaSport CEO

Chapter 6: Everyone has seen their grocery bill go up since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Stuff that’s usually on sale is selling for full price, and Stats Canada is predicting food will continue to cost more. 

Guest: Sarah Rotz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at York University in Toronto.

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