Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian reflects on the federal election and breaks some of what was discussed at this weeks Kamloops city council meeting. 

BC's Labour Minister discusses the next phase of consultation getting underway as the province looks to implement a permanent paid sick leave program starting in 2022. The three options being discussed are 3, and 10 days of paid sick leave. 

Acumen Law's Kyla Lee talks about the requirement for employers to give workers three consecutive hours off on voting day so they can exercise they're right to vote. She also gets into the concern about falling sick just before election day and then essentially losing the ability to cast a ballot. 

Thompson Rivers University Associate Professor in the Faculty of Science Dr. Tom Pypker studies the after effects of wildfires with a focus on land disturbance and water flows. He joined Newsday to talk about what some of those impacts could be in the aftermath of an intense 2021 wildfire season in BC. 

the Vice President of the BC Lions George Chyka talks about an initiative the organization is undertaking to honour Orange Shirt Day and honour Canada's Indigenous peoples and residential school survivors. 

Chair of the TNRD Board Ken Gillis reflects on a presentation made by a group that is looking to ban truck traffic on highway 5A and divert it down highway 5. He also talks on some movement that has been made in getting senior governments to support 2021 wildfire victims. 

B.C.’s health minister says 24 ambulance stations in rural communities like Ashcroft, Barriere, Lillooet, Sicamous, and Clearwater will transition from on-call staffing to 24-hour service. There will also be eight new paramedics added to the City of Kamloops, part of 85 such positions meant for larger, urban communities. Troy Clifford is the president of the Ambulance Paramedics of BC and spoke to the announcement. 

President of Research Co. Mario Conseco talks about his latest poll on where votes stand with less than a week remaining in the federal election.

BC Senior Advocate Isobel MacKenzie speaks to the provincial announcement that booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine will now be made available to the most vulnerable in the province. 

Kamloops-Thompson School Board Chair Rhonda Kershaw joins Newsday to talk about how notice of COVID outbreaks in sch9ools will be communicated and discusses other topics coming out of Monday night's school board meeting.