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: Today marks 75 years since Britain and its allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s surrender. An important day not only for the generation that fought and sacrificed with their lives but also those who were at home living through the long and deadly Second World War.

Guest: Crystal Goomansingh, Global News European Bureau Chief.

Chapter 2: The union representing Toronto Pearson Airport taxi drivers now says 10 of its members have died due to COVID-19.  Frequenting airports and driving international travellers to their destination is a risk facing all transportation providers, so what’s been happening here in Vancouver?

Guest: Carolyn Bauer, General Manager at Yellowcab Vancouver.

Chapter 3: The northern BC city of Prince George is celebrating a milestone. Today is the 60th birthday of their mascot.  Mr. PG. He stands 27 feet tall and looks like a man made out of lumber wearing a baseball hat.

Chapter 4: Air travel is technically still allowed but not many people are taking flights as concerns over social distancing and contracting COVID-19 still loom.

Guest:  Jennifer Weatherhead Harrington, Travel Expert from travel-and-style-dot-c-a.

Chapter 5: What will support look like for workers in industries that can’t reopen yet. 

Guest: Carla Qualtrough, federal minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion.

Chapter 6: Following a drop of over one million in March, employment fell by nearly two million in April, bringing the total employment decline since the beginning of the COVID-19 economic shutdown to over three million.

Guest: Kevin Milligan, Associate Professor of Economics at UBC

Chapter 7: We know there’s a lot of AirBnB’s sitting empty right now, and they’re teaming up with a great charity to put some of those to good use. 

Guest: Alex Dagg, Airbnb’s Canadian Head of Public Policy

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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: The Prime Minister is set to update Canadians on the work the CAF is doing.

Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent.

Chapter 2: BC Privacy Commissioner is looking at different contact tracing apps to track COVID-19 spread.  What kind of information do these apps gather and how safe is your  information?

Guest: Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of the Global Privacy & Security 

by Design Centre.

Chapter 3: Premier John Horgan and Dr. Bonnie Henry were asked how families should celebrate new births during the pandemic and how families should celebrate Mother’s Day.

Chapter 4: When should we expect a second wave, and how realistic is it to expect we can build herd immunity before then?

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

Chapter 5: A bizarre story out of Venezuela where authorities claim they’ve captured two US mercenaries who were part of a team attempting to capture President Nicolas Maduro.

Guest: Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics at UBC.

Chapter 6: The province has no timeline to reopen casinos, nightclubs or bars, calling it a “complicated consideration.”

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

Chapter 7: We know businesses and nonprofits everywhere are struggling right now, and retails hubs are experiencing the compounding effect of the lost revenue their stores use to pay rent.

Guest: Tim Sanderson, Executive Vice-President at JLL Canada

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Chapter 1: With a lack of clear direction from British health officials, restaurants and businesses are left wondering how to safely reopen in the UK.

Guest: Crystal Goomansingh, Global News European Bureau Chief

Chapter 2: Have you found yourself doing more puzzles during this pandemic (be they jigsaws, riddles, or Sudoku?) Well it turns out there is a neurological reason for why solving a puzzle is so satisfying. Our Niki Reitmayer looks at this - plus, did you know, the skills that you’re developing as a puzzle solver are transferable to the real world?

Chapter 3: While the roads are quieter, doesn’t it seem like drivers are more crazy?

Here are a couple stories of drivers behaving badly

Chapter 4: Repatriation is underway for the Canadian soldiers killed in a helicopter crash

Guest: Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief.

Chapter 5: A lot of people in Canada are overdue for a dentist appointment right now.  It might mean you just need a cleaning, but if you have a nasty cavity, that can be hard to ignore. So what warrants an emergency visit and when will offices start booking regular appointments again?

Guest: Dr. Nicoll, Chair of BCDA's Back to Work Task Force. Former president of the BCDA and also the Canadian Dental Association.

Chapter 6: The worst senior’s care home outbreak in the province is officially over. They’ve now gone 28 days without a new infection at the facility that had 20 deaths resulting from COVID-19. 

Guest: Daniel Fontaine, CEO of the BC Care Providers Association.

Chapter 7: Let’s check in with the BC Wildfire Service on what their season has looked like so far and what the short-term projections look like. We’re joined by spokesperson Erika Berg. 

Guest: Erika Berg, BC Wildfire Service Spokesperson

Chapter 8: While most Canadians endorse the proposals of their respective provincial administrations to restart the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, significantly fewer believe that restaurants, barber shops or gyms should be open to the public in May.

Guest: Mario Canseco, President of Research Co.

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