Chapter 1: The community of Portapique Nova Scotia is still grieving after the horrific massacre last month that left 22 dead.

Guest: Elizabeth McSheffrey, Global News Halifax.

Chapter 2: We’re seeing a consistent downward trend of COVID-19 cases here in BC, and as a lot of regions experiment with contact tracing apps, a local investigator says we don’t need one here.

Guest: Denis Gagnon, President of BCSI Investigations.

Chapter 3: Birth control for pigeons. If that odd phrase sounds familiar, that’s because you likely heard of a pilot project that began 18 months ago. Well the project has now expanded into Phase 2.

Guest: Niki Reitmayer, CKNW Mornings contributor

Chapter 4: The fact that we’re in phase 2 of the provincial COVID-19 recovery plan is a testament to all the sacrifices we’ve been making, and the amazing dedication of our frontline healthcare workers, but the fact remains that we’re still a long ways away from returning to normal.  

Guest: Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, member of the Premier’s Economic Recovery Task Force

Chapter 5: A ton of people can’t afford to stay home from work if they’re sick, and this isn’t a new problem. So are we going to see some actual action here.  The coalition wants the province to mandate 21 paid sick days for the length of the pandemic, allow workers to accrue sick days based on the number of hours worked. 

Guest: David Fairey, labour economist and co-chair of the BC Employment Standards Coalition

Chapter 6: New polling from the Angus Reid Institute seems to indicate that Canadians agree with that decision. 

Guest: Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute Executive Director.

Chapter 7: The summer isn’t going to be what many of us may have been planning for, but we live in one of the most incredible places on the planet in terms of things to see and do. 

BC Parks will now give preferential access to residents of the province.

Guest: Maya Lange, Vice President of Global Marketing at Destination BC.

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There’s a fantastic lineup for The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson coming up on Sunday, it’s going to focus on the relationship between Canada and China.

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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 a bleak outlook for homeowners, and there’s a real concern about the foreclosures that will likely result from it. 

Guest: Dane Eitel, founder of Eitel Insights.

Chapter 2: With restaurants, salons, and shops reopening this week, some are charging an extra fee. They say this fee will help cover the cost of the PPE and other expenses.

Guest: Niki Reitmeyer, CKNW Contributor

Guest: Dean Barbour, Executive President of Fleetwood Business Improvement Association.

Chapter 3: Many surgeries were initially cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now surgeries are getting rescheduled - on the condition that we don’t see a new spike in cases.

Chapter 4: A lot of businesses are choosing to stay closed in spite of Phase 2 allowing them to open. Innovative Fitness is a chain of training facilities in Metro Vancouver and they’re not planning to reopen until next month.

Guest: Curtis Christopherson, CEO of Innovative Fitness.

Chapter 5: Everyone knows difficult times bring out the best and the worst in people, and unfortunately we bring you a horrifying scam that is targeting seniors.

Guest: Don Davies, Vancouver Kingsway MP

Chapter 6: The innovation we’ve seen from local businesses adapting to new demands from COVID-19 has been incredible, and we wanted to highlight another company that found a way to join the fight against COVID-19. 

Guest: David Sommer, BarrelWise CTO.

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Chapter 1: What are schools going to look like when part-time classes resume on June 1st?   How are kids going to manage things like physical distancing when they’re so excited to see their friends again?

Guest: Dr. Colin Furness, epidemiologist and professor at University of Toronto.

Guest: Niki Reitmeyer, CKNW Contributer

Chapter 2: Is your teen missing out on prom this year? Many alternative ideas are being proposed to make this grad year a little more special. One group has created an online cross-Canada virtual prom. Niki Reitmayer spoke to Laura DaSilva, spokesperson for Student Life Network.

Chapter 3: The long weekend is behind us and summer vacation is ahead. We don’t know what will reopen in the next few weeks so what kind of vacations and day-trips CAN you plan for?

Guest:  Louise Pedersen, Outdoor Recreation Council of BC.

Chapter 4: The Kwantlen Polytechnic campus is going to look a lot different in September. They’re just one of the schools that’s investigating how much they can do online because there’s so much uncertainty about where we’ll be in September. 

Guest: Dr. Sandy Vanderburgh, KPU Provost and VP Academic.

Chapter 5: An awesome local story to share with you and it started at a fast food drive-through window! 

Guest: Joshua Bradshaw, President of Vital Manufacturing, graduated BCIT Mechanical Engineering Technology program.

Chapter 6: There’s now a petition in support of a motion that councillor Christine Boyle will bring to Vancouver City Council next week, to allow drinking in public parks. 

Guest: Christine Boyle, Vancouver City Councillor.

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