View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Province Columnist Mike Smyth, break down the big headlines of the day.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the most extreme measure the country has taken so far, closing the borders, and it could have serious implications. 

Guest: Mike Armstrong, Global News National reporter

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chapter 1 - A CBSA member working at Pearson Airport has tested positive for COVID-19.

Guest: Kamil Karamali, Global News reporter in Toronto

Chapter 2 - A local charity is sounding the alarm over panic buying after they started experiencing a negative impact from empty shelves in stores.

Guest: Emily-Anne King, Backpack Buddies founder

Chapter 3 -  Hundreds of thousands of Canadians who head down to the US for winter every year are feeling the impact by all of the developments around COVID-19.

Guest: Evan Rachkovsky, spokesperson for the Canadian Snowbirds Association.

Chapter 4 - An Artificial Intelligence platform being used to develop precision oncology drugs at the Vancouver Prostate Centre has been repurposed to shave significant time off the process of finding a cure for COVID-19.

Guest: Dr. Art Cherkasov, Senior Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre

Chapter 5 - A BC man who killed his three children is eligible to apply for unsupervised trips into the community, despite concerns from the victims’ family.

Guest: Dave Teixeira, spokesperson for the victim’s family

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians who head down to the US for winter every year are feeling the impact by all of the developments around COVID-19.

Guest: Evan Rachkovsky, spokesperson for the Canadian Snowbirds Association.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As governments at all levels react to the spread of COVID-19, we’re seeing closures and cancellations across Metro Vancouver.

GUEST:  Jenn Palma, Global News Reporter

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Province Columnist Mike Smyth, break down the big headlines of the day.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A CBSA member working at Pearson Airport has tested positive for COVID-19.

Guest: Kamil Karamali, Global News reporter in Toronto

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chapter 1 - The Prime Minister is self-isolating after Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau tested positive for COVID-19.  Does Ottawa have a plan moving forward?

Guest: David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent.

Chapter 2 - BC Ferries has quite a few vessels that hold over 250 people so how are they dealing with the recommendation to halt gatherings of that size?

Guest: Deborah Marshall, BC Ferries Spokesperson.

Chapter 3 - While the big universities in B-C continue to ponder what to do about the COVID outbreak, UBC is facing a petition from students demanding the schools stop in-class instruction and move to online teaching.

Guest: Matthew Ramsey, UBC Director of University Affairs

Chapter 4 - AND How are restaurants going to respond to the direction from the Provincial Health Officer that gatherings of over 250 people should be cancelled?

Guest: Ian Tostenson, President/CEO BC Restaurant and Foodservices

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ow are restaurants going to respond to the direction from the Provincial Health Officer that gatherings of over 250 people should be cancelled?

Guest: Ian Tostenson, President/CEO BC Restaurant and Foodservices

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the big universities in B-C continue to ponder what to do about the COVID outbreak, UBC is facing a petition from students demanding the schools stop in-class instruction and move to online teaching.

Guest: Matthew Ramsey, UBC Director of University Affairs

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.