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Chapter 1: Should telehealth be the primary way to deliver healthcare?

GUEST: Ahmad Firas Khalid, MD, PhD, Health Policy Expert

Chapter 2: Can Broadway become a Great Street - and results of Birch development hearings 

GUEST: Michael Geller, Vancouver-based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer, serves on the Adjunct Faculty of Simon Fraser University

Chapter 3: Surrey City Councillor says the only business keeping “banker’s hours” these days is City Hall, and that has to change if Surrey is going to better serve its residents and taxpayers post Covid-19.

GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor

Chapter 4: Rocky Mountain Climate Change 

GUEST: Andrew Trant, Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux

Chapter 1: Rent-to own

GUEST: Amin Eskooch, Managing Partner, Aultrust Financial

Chapter 2: We charity kerfuffle, Buying the Youth Vote

GUEST: Dan Albas, Conservative MP, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola

Chapter 3: Seattle CHAZ postmortem

GUEST: Paige Browning, Reporter and Anchor with KUOW Seattle (NPR)

Chapter 4: Bill 17 - CLEAN ENERGY AMENDMENT ACT, 2020 will kill the BC based Independent Power Producers (IPPs) industry and why we shouldn’t rely on power imports from the US. 

Guest: Laureen Whyte, Executive Director of Clean Energy BC

Chapter 5: “Hong Kong’s not dead yet, for its people are not dead, Hong Kongers are still fighting.”

GUEST: Anastasia Lin, Actress, Ambassador for China policy, McDonald Laurier Institute

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Chapter 1: COVID school closures could widen inequities for youngest students

GUEST: Emis Akbari, Ph.D, Professor of Early Childhood | Coordinator, School of Early Childhood @ George Brown College

Chapter 2: Canada and US relationship, Importance of voting for American expats

GUEST: Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada and author of the best selling memoir The Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada US relationship in times of uncertainty.

Chapter 3: Push to have scooter / e-bike rentals ready sooner than later

GUEST: Sarah Kirby-Yung, Vancouver City Councillor

Chapter 4: Canadian sparrows are ditching traditional songs for a new tune 

GUEST: Ken Otter, Professor, Biology at UNBC, specializing in animal behaviour, particularly in avian reproductive behaviour and communication.

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux

Chapter 1: More businesses are reopening but only 14% of British Columbians currently working from home understand how they will return to the office 

GUEST: Sean Forkan, Vice President and Country Manager, VMware Canada

Chapter 2: Mimik Technology apps

GUEST: Fay Arjomandi, CEO and Founder of Mimik Technology Inc

Chapter 3: 78% of British Columbians in favour of banning foreigners from buying property

GUEST: Mario Canseco, ResearchCo

Chapter 4: Sports update - NHL, MLB, Tennis, and Golf!

GUEST: Rob Williams, Sports Editor at the Daily Hive

Chapter 5: Canada/China interference

GUEST: David B. Harris, former senior manager at CSIS, Lawyer and director of the intelligence program of INSIGNIS Strategic Research Inc, Ottawa.

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Chapter 1: Actually, the world doesn’t need more Canada

GUEST: David Webster, Professor of History and Global Studies at Bishop’s University

Chapter 2: Trudeau announces further support for post-secondary students

GUEST: John Hepburn, CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs

GUEST: Alexis Smirnov, Dialogue Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Chapter 3: Ghost Kitchens - are they going to be part of the New Normal? And an update on Commissary Connect

GUEST: Sarb Mund, Founder and CEO of Commissary Connect

Chapter 4: This weekend is the first weekend in months that the Vancouver Aquarium has been open - what’s changed?

GUEST: Lasse Gustavsson, CEO, Ocean Wise

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux

Chapter 1: Crisis Fatigue

GUEST: Kimberley Cross, Registered Psychotherapist, specializing in anxiety, depression, and mindfulness, as well as neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and ASD

Chapter 2: Former B.C. MP calls for more accountability from the RCMP

GUEST: Nathan Cullen, Former BC MP

Chapter 3: The UN Security Council rout 

GUEST: Leslie Varley, Executive Director, BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

Chapter 4: It’s the first weekend of summer - what is there to do around the lower mainland/island/interior? Staycation 2020!

GUEST: Walt Judas, CEO, Tourism Industry Association of BC

Chapter 5: Condo Insurance Up! 

GUEST: Tony Gioventu, Exec. Director

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Chapter 1: Many Lower Mainland ERs see 'historical' drop in visits

Guest: Dr. Darius Dowaltshahi, Stroke neurologist from Ottawa Hospital Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Institute

Chapter 2: Deloitte data - New Consumer Survey

Guest: Marty Weintraub, National Retail Leader - Deloitte

Chapter 3: Sports update - Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, MLS

Guest: Rob Williams, Sports Editor, Daily Hive

Chapter 4: City Council approves new public space strategy for downtown Vancouver

Guest: Charles Gauthier, President & CEO, Downtown Vancouver BIA

Chapter 5: COVID-19 Vaccine Trial overview - ethics and rollout 

Guest: Jason Tetro, Host of the Super Awesome Science Show and expert in emerging pathogens

Chapter 6: Seattle and CHAZ

Guest: Paige Browning, News anchor/reporter with KUOW Public Radio in Seattle

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Chapter 1: Letter to BCC calling out half-baked measures to combat racism

GUEST: Karima-Catherine [KC] Goundiam, CEO at Red Dot Digital Inc.

Chapter 2: How police departments can identify and oust killer cops

GUEST: Temitope Oriola, PhD, Associate Professor of Criminology in Department of Sociology at University of Alberta, Vice President - Canadian Association of African Studies, Joint Editor-in-Chief - African Security, Co-Director - Terrorism and Extremism Study Group 

Chapter 3: Numerous school boards across the US have begun to drop contracts w/ police departments - should we do the same here?

GUEST: Patti Bacchus, Georgia Straight K-12 Columnist, Public education advocate VSB chair (2008-2014)

Chapter 4: The PNW’s almost-lost language 

GUEST: Jay Powell, Retired University of British Columbia anthropological linguist, perhaps the last person to learn Chinook Wawa 

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux

Chapter 1

TOPIC: Vancouver Food Bank update - how have the last few months been, and how are things looking going forward as we open up? 

GUEST: Cynthia Boulter, Chief Operating Officer

Chapter 2

TOPIC: Insolvencies 

GUEST: Jennifer McCraken, BDO Senior Manager

Chapter 3

TOPIC: Meng Wanzhou Extradition and Immigrating to Canada during Covid-19

GUEST: Gordon Maynard, Immigration Lawyer MKS Law

Chapter 4

TOPIC: Eviction Ban for Businesses/4 day work week 

GUEST: Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategic Officer of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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Chapter 1

TOPIC: Essential migrant workers in Canada 

GUEST: Jenna Hennebry, Ph.D., Co-Founder/Senior Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre

Associate Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs

Chapter 2

TOPIC: How COVID-19 isolation increases domestic violence & animal abuse

GUEST: Victoria Shroff, Animal Law Lawyer and UBC Animal Law professor

Chapter 3

TOPIC: Vancouver's economic recovery will be "slow, bumpy and painful"

GUEST: Jim Stanford, economist

Chapter 4

TOPIC:  Return-to-play guidelines released for B.C. sports organizations

GUEST: Charlene Krepiakevich, CEO of viaSport