Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough discusses whether people refusing to get vaccinated, and therefor losing their jobs for not meeting terms of employment, if they will be eligible for employment insurance.
Kamloops Councillor Mike O'Reilly sits down with NL Newsday to take questions from the community. Subjects include the homeless being housed at Memorial arena, a vision for a recovery centre in the city, the purchase of the Northbridge motel an
Kris Simms with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation discusses a new BC Auditor General report that shows a decade-long difference of opinion with the government over calculating the province's financial bottom line that now adds up to $6 billion.
BC Liberal House Leader Peter Milobar discusses the proposed changes to the province's freedom of information act and the concerns he has with bill 22 amendments.
A report entitled A Zero Waste Agenda for BC looks at the province moving towards a waste free society by 204. Author of the report and Senior Economist with the CCPA BC Office Marc Lee joined Newsday to discuss.
Acumen law's Kyla Lee discusses potential changes to BC's freedom of information act and whether people who lose their job as a result of not being vaccinated should qualify for employment insurance.
The Executive Director of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Association Jason Woywada talks about the concerns it has about the proposed changes from the NDP to the province's freedom of information act.
BC Green Part Leader Sonia Furstenau talks about the NDP giving another break to oil and gas companies by allowing them more flexibility on dormant well clean-ups. We also get into the proposed changes to the freedom of information from the NDP
Licensed Insolvency Trustee Chris Mihalcheon speaks to the 4th Annual BDO Affordability Index. It examined how affordable life is in Canada with results showing that COVID-19 is eroding the standard of living for many Canadians – and the rising
Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian discusses the city's newly unveiled vaccine policy and gets into some of what went down during this week's city council meeting.
Chief of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Kukpi7 Wayne Christian reflects on the Prime Minister's visit to Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc at the beginning of the week and what he wants to see moving forward in terms of tangible action towards reconcil
Acumen Law's Kyla Lee talks about the issue of the COVID-19 vaccine and the national police union advocating for its members who do not want to be vaccinated. We also discuss Vancouver street sweeping where homeless people see their possessions
As we are about one month away from Sun Peaks resort firing up the chairlifts for the winter, Chief Marketing Officer Aidan Kelly talks about the expectations for the upcoming ski season.
The Mayor of Lytton reacts to the report on the June 30th fire from the Transportation Safety Board and says that temporary housing near his community is currently his number one priority.
Chair of the Transportation Safety Board Kathy Fox speaks to the report released today which cannot identify a link between the fire that burned through the village of Lytton on June 30th and rail traffic that went through the area on that day.
In this October 13 edition of That's Whack Wednesday I talk about Canadian Icon William Shatner (Capt. Kirk) heading into space thanks to billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The owner of Travel Best Bets Claire Newell provides some travel information for those looking to leave the country and also gives some tips when it comes to travel insurance during a pandemic.
A new report says the BC Lottery Corporation headquarters in Kamloops has contributed $2.2 billion into the local economy over the last 35 years. The report was done by Thompson Rivers University economist, professor Peter Tsigaris. Chief Socia
Acumen Law's Kyla Lee talks about restaurants not participating in the BC vaccine status card program and the penalties they're facing. She also touches on a Whistler woman who was fined $60,000 for feeding bears.
The Senior Vice President of the Rocky Mountaineer says it was a down year in 2021, but stull infinitely better than 2020 and he is projecting 2022 to be much closer to normal.