Chapter 1: Delayed road tests lead to drivers circumventing travel restrictions

The backlog of delayed road tests in the Lower Mainland means drivers are taking their tests in Victoria and the BC interior--circumventing the travel restrictions!

GUEST: Steve Wallace, Owner, Wallace Driving School

Chapter 2: One-on-one with Premier John Horgan for a year-in-review 

GUEST: John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia

Chapter 3: The BC Liberals’ rebuttal to Horgan’s 2020

GUEST: Peter Milobar, BC Liberal MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson

Chapter 4: Tom Cruise - strong leadership or workplace bullying?

Do we need to be more understanding of COVID-19 safety measures in the workplace?

GUEST: Stephen Hammond, Trainer for Workplace Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination at StephenHammond.ca

Chapter 5: Will we ever see progress made to replace the Massey Tunnel? 

Will the new project be a tunnel or a bridge?

GUEST: Rob Fleming, BC Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure

Chapter 6: What is the best replacement for the Massey Tunnel? A new tunnel or a new bridge? What gets finished first: Site C dam project or the Massey replacement project?

GUEST: Ian Paton, BC Liberal MLA for Delta-South

Chapter 7: Should Donald Trump pardon Edward Snowden? Should society be viewing Snowden as a hero or as a traitor?

GUEST: Christopher Parsons, Senior Research Associate with The Citizen Lab, University of Toronto

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Chapter 1: Abbotsford long-term carehome worker shares COVID-19 vaccine experience and Terry Lake shares concerns facing carehomes

GUEST: Angela Roos-Fehr, Long-term care worker in Abbotsford

GUEST: Terry Lake, CEO, BC Care Providers’ Association

Chapter 2: Is Vancouver’s rental market on the verge of a major price increase for 2021?

GUEST: Mazdak Gharibnavaz, Spokesperson, Vancouver Tenants Union

Chapter 3: Surveillance software to crackdown on exam cheating has unintended consequences

GUEST: Sarah Eaton, University of Calgary, Associate Professor and Educational Leader in Residence, Academic Integrity

Chapter 4: CERB overpayments lead to confusion

CERB overpayments lead to confusion about repayments and clarity on the rules - what should you do if you received a CRA notice?

GUEST: Jagmeet Singh, Federal NDP leader

GUEST: Lior Samfiru, Employment Lawyer, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP

Chapter 5: Victoria sewage treatment plant finally operational after decades of untreated sewage is pumped into the ocean

GUEST: Barry Penner, Former BC Environment Minister

GUEST: Matt Morrison, CEO, Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER)

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Chapter 1: COVID vaccines in BC!

GUEST: Cherito de Guzman Flores, Long-term care aide in North Van, received COVID vaccine yesterday

GUEST: Bonnie Hammermeister, Long-term care aide in Surrey, will receive the vaccine today

Chapter 2: 80,000 BC healthcare workers still waiting for top-up pay

According to the Hospital Employees Union, there are still about 80,000 healthcare workers in BC are waiting for their COVID-19 top-up pay.

GUEST: Mike Old, Spokesperson for the Hospital Employees Union

Chapter 3: Should the Canucks change their logo?

Sean Carleton, a historian and assistant professor at the University of Manitoba, thinks the Canucks should change their logo because it is cultural appropriation of Indigenous imagery.

GUEST: Ellis Ross, MLA Skeena (Liberal)/Former Haisla Chief

Chapter 4: The impact of delivery services on BC restaurants - is the delivery fee cap enough?

During the campaign both the BC NDP and Liberals said restaurant delivery services should cap their charges at 15 per cent for the next six months to help restaurants survive the winter and the COVID-19 pandemic.  This has yet to materialize, and does it go far enough?

GUEST: Brad MacLeod, President, C-LOVERS Fish & Chips

Chapter 5: Surrey Teachers’ Association open letter to Bonnie Henry

The Surrey Teachers’ Association has penned an open letter to Dr. Bonnie Henry saying they feel unsafe in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for changes.

GUEST: Julia MacRae, First VP of Surrey Teachers' Association

Chapter 6: More than $500,000 worth of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia stolen from the Gretzky family home 

Is there a family that is as famous as the Gretzkys in Canada? Probably not! But that didn’t stop a pair of thieves from allegedly stealing a bunch of Wayne Gretzky hockey memorabilia from their family home in Brantford, Ontario. Our show contributor Jawn Jang has more details regarding the Gretzkys. 

GUEST: Jawn Jang, Mike Smyth Show Contributor

GUEST: Rob Williams, Sports Editor at the Daily Hive

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Chapter 1: Hospital and long-term care home workers begin getting their COVID vaccine shots today at two locations - one in Vancouver Coastal Health and the other in Fraser Health.

GUEST: Timothy Caufield - Professor of health law & science policy (University of Alberta), speaker, TV host A User's Guide to Cheating Death: The Vaccination Picture

Chapter 2: Nine of 10 people in dozens of poor nations could miss out on getting vaccinated against COVID-19 next year because rich countries have hoarded more doses than they need - and Canada is the worst offender.  

GUEST: Simmi Dixit -  Manager of Humanitarian Programs for Oxfam Canada

Chapter 3: School exposure notices are becoming more vague as school cases increase across the province

GUEST: Jawn Jang with Kathy Marliss - Mike Smyth Show Contributor / Creator & Admin, BC School COVID Tracker

Chapter 4: Alberta and BC are the only provinces that are not using the federal COVID alert app.  Both have their reasons for not signing on, but with contact tracing resources stretched to the max isn’t this something BC should look at?

GUEST: Joyce Murray - Minister of Digital Government/MP Vancouver Quadra

Chapter 5: While 2020 is quickly winding down, the scams targeting the public continue to increase.  The Better Business Bureau has released a list of the 12 scams you need to watch out for.

GUEST: Karla Laird - Manager of Community and Public Relations, Better Business Bureau

Chapter 6: The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is set to file for the largest reduction in basic insurance rates in the province’s history.

GUEST: Michael Mulligan - Lawyer, Mulligan Defence Lawyers, Victoria

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School exposure notices are becoming more vague as school cases increase across the province

GUEST: Jawn Jang with Kathy Marliss - Mike Smyth Show Contributor / Creator & Admin, BC School COVID Tracker

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