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6:33am-6:43am - OTT

TOPIC: How fisheries are affected by COVID-19

GUEST: Philip Loring, Associate Professor and Arrell Chair in Food, Policy, and Society, University of Guelph

Chapter 2

7:06am-7:14am - OTT

TOPIC: Tips and tricks for kids and families dealing with social distancing from someone who’s been living the social distancing life since she was 4

GUEST: Mia and Melissa Caudenzi (her mother), on living with Cystic Fibrosis 

Chapter 3

7:33am-7:43am

TOPIC: 50 years of Earth Day 

GUEST: Philippe Tortell, TITLE: Professor and Head of the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at UBC

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TOPIC: CFIB - Rent-relief for small businesses, commercial rent assistance package, forgivable loans - half-hour look at new measures being implemented.

GUEST: Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President and Chief Strategic Officer

Chapter 2

TOPIC: Breaking Bread: “a need to urge public support of local, independent restaurants and the foodservice and hospitality industry at large as well as those whose livelihoods rely on them during an unprecedented time”.

GUEST: Shelley McArthur Everett, Founder of Breaking Bread

Chapter 3

TOPIC: Sikh entrepreneur joins forces with B.C. Dairy farmers to distribute free hand sanitizers during Vaisakhi 

GUEST: Harbinder Singh, CEO of Aloo Atta

Chapter 4

TOPIC: As states of emergency and lockdown orders get extended, some people may be feeling a simmering desire to just get out and do something. What can we do to help tamp down, and do things safely?

GUEST: Justin-Claude Dumont, Registered provisional psychologist at Earth of Light Therapeutic Services 

Chapter 5

TOPIC: The not-for-profit Vancouver Aquarium – Canada’s oldest and largest aquarium, opened in 1956 – is at risk of bankruptcy by early summer due to loss of revenue from the coronavirus closure.

GUEST: Lasse Gustavsson, CEO, Ocean Wise

Chapter 6

TOPIC: How gardening is affected during the pandemic

GUEST: Brian Minter

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Coquitlam neighbourhood concert being live-streamed as fundraiser for food bank

GUEST: Dani and Ian Black, singer-songwriter and her father

Chapter 2

With many classes being moved into the online realm in the immediate future, Crimestoppers is offering a way to anonymously report cyber-bullying

GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor, CEO Metro-Van Crime Stoppers

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What is the state of dentists? Who’s open? What if I need a procedure done? If I’m overdue for a cleaning, what can I do? And let’s talk about that recent dental conference. Everybody OK now?

GUEST: Dr. Bruce Ward, Spokesperson, BC Dental Association

Chapter 2 

Shared-use spaces and markets are available right now, and so many restaurants are at risk of going under. What happens when you combine the two to find a way to stay afloat? Commissary Connect is at the intersection of these two things. What happens next?

GUEST: Sarb Mund, CEO of Commissary Connect

Chapter 3

How the pandemic has affected a local seafood chain.

GUEST: Brad MacLeod, Owner/Managing partner of C-Lovers

Chapter 4

10 things parents can do to educate their kids when staying home.

GUEST: Amber Papou, President & CEO of the Self Design Learning Foundation

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A local award-winning filmmaker has made the first film about COVID-19 in the world, and his film deals with xenophobia against Asians which we are seeing more and more of - even here in Vancouver.

Guest: Mostafa Keshvari, Director | Writer | Producer with GrandMuse Pictures LTD

Chapter 2

Telus has some new innovations when it comes to telehealth.

Guest: Luc Vilandré, President, TELUS Health and Payment Solutions 

Chapter 3

Breaking down the federal government's new projects - as well, why are so many of us panicking?

GUEST: Jason Tetro, Host of the Super Awesome Science Show Podcast on Curiouscast, microbiology and infectious disease expert

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The federal bailout and business aid programs. Parliament recalled to fix its own mistakes.

GUEST: Bill Curry, Ottawa Bureau Chief - the Globe & Mail

Chapter 2

Surrey Memorial Hospital has set up a COVID-19 Response Fund - and the reception it’s received thus far has been ‘overwhelming’.

GUEST: Jane Adams, President and CEO of Surrey Hospital Foundation 

Chapter 3

SafeCare BC is running a program by the name of Operation Protect to help get Personal Protective Equipment into the hands of our frontline workers who need it most.

GUEST: Jennifer Lyle, CEO, SafeCare BC

Chapter 4

 With the ongoing social distancing measures in effect across the Country, local arts venues are beginning to feel the strain - and for some, it’s putting them in real danger of going under.

GUEST: Heather Redfern, Executive director of the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (The CULTCH)

Chapter 5

Halt $129 million transition to surrey police department

GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor 

Chapter 6

World Autism Awareness Day, and tips for parents of kids on the spectrum in these times

GUEST: Grace Iarocci (Yarochi) Dir. Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab, Professor at Psychology at SFU

Chapter 7

Everything you need to know about dealing with rent, landlords and tenancy in these COVID-19 times

GUEST: Angela Thiele, Family Lawyer, and Pamela Lindsay, Commercial Group Lawyer

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Tips for staying sane while cooped up at home - resist the urge to break public health guidelines!

Guest: Justin-Claude Dumont, Registered provisional psychologist at Earth of Light Therapeutic Services, worked with federal employees attending to quarantined travellers in Trenton and Cornwall

Chapter 2

Condo rentals, Strata battles and coronavirus

Guest: Tony Gioventu, Condominium Home Owners Association

Chapter 3

Getting financially organized in a time of crisis. How NOT to drown in debt.

Guest: Jennifer McKracken, Licensed Insolvency Trustee with BDO first call debt Solutions

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Toronto Sun Op-ed 

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

Chapter 2

Personal tax info - new deadline for filing, plus new subsidy opportunities for individuals

Guest: Gerry Vittoratos, National Tax Expert with UFile

Chapter 3

The dress makers making health headlines in these strange times

Guest: Trish Tacoma, Owner, designer and Boss Lady at Smoking Lily

Chapter 4

Concerns brought up by frontline federal workers during this pandemic Service Canada Centres closing across the country

Guest: Crystal Warner, National Executive Vice-President, Canada Employment and Immigration Union

Chapter 5

Caremongering & America’s $1 Trillion Aid Package

Guest: David Moscrop, Contributing columnist, the Washington Post

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The spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes

Guest: Colin Furness, Infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto

Chapter 2

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on humans, but we can limit the toll it takes on our furry companions

Guest: Victoria Shroff, Animal Law Practitioner at Shroff and Associates

Chapter 3

A Lawyer looks at BC’s new rules for both landlords and tenants and the ‘Free rent’ movement

Guest: Alex Chang, Strata lawyer with Lesperance - Mendes Lawyers in Vancouver

Chapter 4

What steps are being taken to ensure the safety of some of our most vulnerable in care homes and other facilities during this ongoing epidemic?

Guest: Isobel Mackenzie, Senior’s Advocate of British Columbia