This is another keeper. Mark his words! Dr. Isaac Bogoch takes us through, point by point, variant by variant, vaccine by vaccines, where we are on Covid 19. It's pretty good. Plus in another segment, how anti-vaxers are trying to undermine and destroy the customer base of restaurants and bars asking for vaccine confirmation from its customers.
Remember that old line, "I've never been wrong except that time I thought I was wrong but I was right."? Well this isn't one of those times. I was wrong and here's the proof on The Weekend Special #65
Potpourri Thursday brings five pretty interesting stories from microchips, to why we hate micromanaging and why Covid may end it, to the new tattoo craze. Enjoy.
When the government talks about how those who choose to remain unvaccinated will have to live with a different world of access to the rest of us what does that mean? Bruce and I discuss that. Also, does an attempt to dump the Green Party leader have an impact on a possible election race later this summer?
A feature interview with the minister of public service and procurement, Anita Anand. She was a rookie MP and a rookie cabinet minister when she arrived in 2019, within months she was in charge of buying everything Canada would need to survive the pandemic -- from masks to vaccines. She takes us inside the buying process and also inside what it might be like for Canadians who choose not to get vaccinated. And tells us that 80 percent of Canadians will be fully vaccinated by the end of July....
Is fear of the Delta variant being used to force the rush for second doses? And is there a problem with that? Dr Lisa Barrett joins us from Halifax for that discussion. Plus, all that plexiglass separating us -- did it do anything?
The mailbag edition with lots of topics, takes and some tough talk!
A little history, a little geography headlines the Thursday Potpourri. Plus, which country has declared Covid "over"? Are you okay with "smart lamps"? And wait till you hear the latest in Italian cuisine.
Vigils are one thing, action is another. Will anything change or is it just "thoughts and prayers" from our political leaders? And Bruice's thoughts on what's going on behind the scenes on some new polling data.
Some thoughts on London, Ontario and Kamloops first, then our feature segment today on the debate around the US-Canada border -- should it be reopened?
Clip and save this one. If you have a choice for your second dose, which vaccine should you pick? This is a key question many people are grappling with right now. Including me. Dr Isaac Bogoch gives you everything you need to consider. Also today, the latest updates on work from home, supersonic commercial travel and it's never too old to graduate high school!
Two stories dominated the news and your emails this week -- The Kamloops Residential School, and Vaccine Passports. Lots of thoughts and ideas from you about what to do about both.
I worry about inflation, do you? If you do where to look and why. And a lot more that relates to oil from the pump, to arctic drilling, to airlines. All this and more on our Thursday potpourri.
Smoke Mirrors and the Truth is the platform for Bruce and Peter to take on the residential schools issue. No holds barred. Also the latest on the election -- and the likelihood now that it will be called in August.
Some thoughts about the greatest goalie in the world. Plus the controversial pandemic issue of vaccine passports. Should we or shouldn't we? One of the country's leading privacy experts weighs in.
The Residential School issue doesn't go away. And nor should it. Some serious thoughts on why we can't and shouldn't be put behind us. And then Dr Zain Chagla joins us to talk second doses -- why we have to have them and why their delivery seems so slow.
Your letters, comments and questions on everything from the Olympics, to work-from-home, to tipping, to a great idea from France.
In less than two months the parade of nations is scheduled to happen in Japan where thousands of athletes from around the world are expected to take part in the Japan Olympics Opening Ceremony. But will it happen? Or will Covid close in down again. That's one of the topics for this Potpourri Thursday.
Boris Johnson's top strategist goes all in on condemning Johnson for his handling of the pandemic. Could such an inside attack happen in Canada? Bruce Anderson joins the discussion on this and more.
New questions about what happened in Wuhan China in 2019 and whether Covid was caused by a lab accident. And an important interview with Dr. Lisa Barret who raises the question of whether we are protecting vaccines enough. And of course there's always hockey.
Your thoughts, comments and questions on everything from golf to UFO's to food rationing coupons.
It's a Thursday potpourri like no other. Everything from fears of inflation to worries about new clothing styles (seriously). There really is something for everyone its this collection of the stories missed in the past week.
There are two very different ways of looking at who is doing best at rolling out the vaccines - the US or Canada. Bruce Anderson has his take today on Smoke Mirrors and the Truth. And what to make of Avi Lewis and his entry into federal politics.
He's the voice and the face of hockey every night during the Stanley Cup playoffs and today he's on the Bridge giving us his take on how the pandemic has changed hockey. Plus the latest research on what's the safest seat to sit in on an airplane during a pandemic.
Learning from the lessons of the summer of 2001. Sharks to UFO's? Plus, an important discussion on second doses and Astra Zenica.
Your thoughts and ideas and questions in the 60th edition of our mailbag since the pandemic started. Lots of good "stuff" here again this week.
Some new discussion points about the hybrid work situation may be settling the "work from home or work from the office" debate. The latest on the electric car situation and why China is making us chew dust. And how much would you pay for a very special view of the earth?
So is it safe or not? That is the question after yet another "pause" in the Astra Zenica rollout, this time led by Ontario. Bruce Anderson is on board the SMT train today where we tackle the vaccine questions and a new poll on how social media is dividing us.
An opening sentence I've never heard before leads the BBC News last night. Alberta has the highest Covid positivity rate in North America, what happened? And we check out a list of what travellers need to remember about the places they will hopefully soon be travelling to again.
We go inside the distribution success story of vaccines and First Nations communities. Grand Chief Perry Bellegarde is our guest. Plus, a very different story -- how many showers a week are you having compared with pre-pandemic?
