Will any other provinces follow Quebec's plan to tax the unvaccinated?  Bruce puts the SMT lens on that one.  Plus the calls for Boris Johnson to resign intensify.  And then of course there's the question underlined by the Australian Open -- is there one set of rules for the famous and then the rules for the rest of us?

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Lots on the program today starting with the explosion in the use of sleep apps because of the pandemic.  But also we ask my old friend and former Washington correspondent Rob Russo to help us understand whether it will ever be possible for the US Congress to bring Donald Trump to account for what he did or didn't do on last year's insurrection day.

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This week's feature interview on the Covid story is with Dr. Lisa Barrett, the Nova Scotia epidemiologist at Dalhousie University who is tracking the virus not just there but around the country and around the world.  Her thoughts about where we are, what we are doing right and wrong, and where we are heading.  

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Chantal and Bruce start off 2022 with two big topics. We discuss the at times divisive politics of the pandemic in Canada; and then if Joe Biden is right and democracy is vulnerable in the United States, how ready is Canada?

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Is all news bad news?  Why isn't there more good news? Is it all bad for your health?  Just one of the questions for today in our Thursday combination of the stories we've missed and the letters you've sent.  Great way to help kick off our first week of 2022.

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It is one of the biggest compensation deals ever put together by the federal government.  Why did it happen? How solid is it? What does it say about the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the government?  Bruce has his say and so does Cindy Blackstock, one of the country's leading indigenous activists on the children's issue.

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As a new year starts with the same old story dominant on our minds, a new take on where we are.  And it comes from one of the big names on Canadian social media.  "Science Sam" is her social media handle and Dr. Samantha Yammine is her real name. You are in for a treat as she helps us navigate this story from a different perspective than perhaps you've heard elsewhere. The launch of a new year with a new voice on The Bridge.

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We're looking back at The Bridge in 2021.  Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on December 7th.  Peter in discussion with George Stroumboulopoulos about The Beatles.

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We're looking back at The Bridge in 2021.  Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on November 11th.  The Future of Libraries.

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We're looking back at The Bridge in 2021.  Today an encore presentation of an episode that originally aired on November 8th.  The Story of an RCAF WW2 Disaster.

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