BC’s longest health-care wait times ever, tightening border restrictions, and our province’s most generous city - a podcast by CKNW / Curiouscast

Chapter 1: Global Affairs objected to Canadian military decision

Global Affairs objected to the Canadian military decision to cancel training with China’s People’s Liberation Army. 

GUEST: Robert Fife, Columnist, Globe and Mail 

Chapter 2: Canada’s health-care wait times hit 22.6 weeks

That’s the longest wait time ever recorded!

GUEST: Bacchus Barua, Associate Director, Centre for Health Policy Studies, Fraser Institute

Chapter 3: Front-line health workers will be first to get COVID-19 vaccine in B.C.

GUEST: Terry Lake, CEO, BC Care Providers 

Chapter 4: Local medical officer of health wants tighter border restrictions 

GUEST: Len Saunders, Immigration Lawyer, Blaine Immigration

Chapter 5: Barndoor skate a Canadian success story as other shark and ray species face extinction

GUEST: Nick Dulvy, Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and co-chair of IUCN’s Shark Specialist Group

Chapter 6: Victoria is Canada’s most generous city for 2020

It probably feels like it’s tough to find feel-good stories these days. We’re still in the middle of a global pandemic and people are still getting sick. But, we found something that deserves attention because in a year where families across the country have struggled through the pandemic, it turns out that one of the cities in our province has been named “the most generous city in Canada”. Our show contributor Jawn Jang explains! 

GUEST: Jawn Jang, Jill Bennett Show Contributor

GUEST: Caitlin Stanley, Regional Manager for GoFundMe Canada

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