The Mayor of Vancouver, Kennedy Stewart, is sending out a warning that the city could face insolvency and is at risk of bankruptcy. 

Guest: Kennedy Stewart, Mayor of Vancouver

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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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Some would-be tourists had an abrupt end to their trip as they got stopped and turned around at a check-point near Tofino.

Guest: Josie Osborne, Tofino Mayor

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Well if you’re an amateur baker stuck at home because of COVID-19, you may have noticed a shortage of flour on store shelves because everyone else has the same idea!

Guest: Taylor Gemmel, Owner at Anita's Organic Grain & Flour Mill

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Chapter 1 - We’re heading into a sunny, warm long weekend. Under any other circumstances, many British Columbians would be preparing their cars and camper vans, getting ready to brave long lines up on Highway 1, along the Sea to Sky, or at the border. But this long weekend is very different - this long weekend, British Columbians should be preparing to stay home.

Chapter 2 - Mandatory self isolation when coming home from abroad starts today. For anyone getting off an airplane, they will be asked if they have a plan to self-isolate for 14 days. If not, the government will put them up in a hotel until they can make other arrangements. BC is the only province to do this right now.

Chapter 3 - The BC Interior asking tourists to stay away this holiday weekend.

Guest:  Sue McKortoff, Mayor of Osoyoos

Chapter 4 - We are hearing that the BC Fishing industry is the latest industry that is grappling with Covid-19 Impact.

Guest:  Melissa Collier, Owner of West Coast Wild Scallops.

Chapter 5 - Daniel Leung is the creator of an app called LivNao. It’s a ready-to-use health app that can track the spread of COVID-19 - and let you know if you’ve come in contact with someone who has the virus. He spoke to our Niki Reitmayer about contact tracing and how the app works.

Chapter 6 - Well someone we turn to for her political insights joins us now from West Vancouver, Alise Mills reached out because she’s been seeing HUNDREDS of vehicles passing through the community on their way to the island, on their way to the cottage, and they’re overwhelming the community!

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Chapter 1 - Government of Canada officials will hold a media technical briefing on COVID-19 data and modelling and Officials say Canada couldn’t enforce coronavirus quarantine for travelers from China at the beginning of the outbreak.

Guest:  David Akin, Global News chief political correspondent

Chapter 2 - There are many volunteers throughout our great province working tirelessly to make sure that BC’s most marginalized people are still provided for during the pandemic. Physical distancing and importance safety measures can make it difficult to connect with those most in need. But there are many groups still out there who are trying their best, including Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen.

Chapter 3 - Life on the job as a police officer has become more complicated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Coquitlam, RCMP arrested a man who was breaking into a home where there were two seniors inside. During the arrest, police asked if he had been showing any symptoms of being ill - which he said, ‘yes.’ He was told to face away from the officers...but instead turned and coughed directly and deliberately into their faces.

Guest: Sgt. Aaron Roed, Media spokesperson for VPD

Chapter 4 - The Labour Force Survey results for March were released this morning and the Canadian economy lost a record 1 million jobs amid the coronavirus fallout.

Guest:  Kevin Milligan, Associate Professor of Economics at UBC.

Chapter 5 - Right now we’re being told to wash our hands as much as possible, avoid touching our faces, all of those messages health officials have been hammering home for weeks now.  It’s also allergy season and the last thing you want to do is start sniffling and sneezing at work or out in public

Guest: Joanne Yeung, allergist and clinic immunologist

Chapter 6 - A variety of technology is aiding us in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Video conferencing allows many to work from home; 3D printers have been used to create medical equipment. Niki Reitmayer shares yet another way that technology has been adapted to provide assistance during the pandemic.

Chapter 7 - How is the School board ensuring the chaos of the COVID-19 Pandemic isn’t impacting student’s grades?

Guest: Suzanne Hoffman, Vancouver School Board Superintendent.

Chapter 8: We’re seeing boarded up storefronts all over the Lower Mainland, and that’s a staggering amount of lumber being used to do it.  Well in a time when we’re looking for silver linings, one local company saw an opportunity to help a great charity in the community. 

Guest: Dennis Coutts, CEO of Greater Vancouver’s Habitat for Humanity.

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