The Mike Smyth Show

Today on Baldrey's Beat: Trudeau announces mandatory vaccination for federal worker & vaccine proof for travel BC Public Service employee vaccine mandate LTC and vaccination Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: It is not a good week to be Facebook What are our rights as employees regarding vaccines? Vancouver graffiti is up 70 percent! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Baldrey's Beat: Why have only 3 tickets been handed to vaccine card violators? Bonnie Henry speaking later today on COVID booster shots for immune compromised people Adrian Dix raising concerns about cases in Northern Health Hesitant NBA player reveals why he finally got vaccinated Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Should vaccine cards be checked on ski gondolas? Single-handedly leading the counter-protests against anti-vaxxers Delta police fighting speeding with drones! Proportional representation is again being discussed Vancouver-born bass payer being hailed as hero! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Baldrey's Beat: Keith is on the phone because Fairy Creek logging protests are blocking the Victoria legislature! Mike & Keith discuss New West looking into mandatory teacher vaccination Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Dr. Bonnie Henry is optimistic the US will change their stance on travelers with mixed doses. What action do we need to end the housing crisis in B.C.? Reaction to Dr. Bonnie Henry announces mask mandate for all students K-12 Justice Douglas Thompson says in a written decision that the factors in favour of extending the injunction at Fairy Creek north of Port Renfrew do not outwei...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: The Toronto Raptors announced Monday that unvaccinated visiting players will be allowed in under the “national interest exemption.” Canadians crossing the border from the States have to provide proof that they recently tested negative for COVID-19 and are fully vaccinated, but they have to input that information into an app. Is this system unfair to those who are not tech savvy, e...

On today's show: Do we need stronger action as Covid-19 cases rise in school aged children? We know that kids are less likely to develop serious disease, but some do. What about long Covid, and is it necessary to vaccinate kids?  A civil action has been filed in BC Supreme Court that could see the Owner of a condo in Vancouver, stripped of his property. Is civil forfeiture the right call in the Mo...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Vancouver School Board extended its mask mandate to apply to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Six District Parent Advisory Councils have written the Health and Education Ministers, demanding far tougher COVID safety rules.  What does Freemen-on-the-land even mean, and should the general public be concerned about the growing support of this ideology? Did China interfere...

On today's show: Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have landed safely back in Canada after spending more than 1,000 days in detention in China. This Vancouver business owner has decided to up the security at his business after being broken into, but it turns out the city isn’t allowing him to take the proactive measure he wants to. Last week Dr Bonnie Henry explicitly stated that there’s...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharlene Amerl, a BC mother of two is sharing her experience battling COVID-19 after she decided not to get vaccinated in the hope that others will choose otherwise. Does the province need to take stronger action to keep protestors out of schools? Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is expected to make two court appearances today BC residents are being invited to give feedback...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Vancouver city council voted Tuesday in favour of a new summer patio program that evolved out of its temporary expedited patio program, which was introduced last spring to help restaurants meet physical distancing requirements amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We know restaurants are facing a tough time finding the staff they need. How is that going, are more people coming back to the i...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: What should Canadians expect from this government and how long will it last? Only days after the BC Nurses’ Union came out against the province’s mandatory vaccine order, they announced the abrupt departure of their top official.  Baldrey's Beat - yesterday’s numbers, concerns about Northern Health, vaccinating kids is coming soon, pregnancy and Covid, Skytrain to Langley, new Muh...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show:  The results are in and Canada’s new government looks a lot like our old government. Schools in the North Okanagan-Shuswap district were locked yesterday in response to Friday’s protest One thing that keeps coming up is sentencing, catch and release, and bail. But it’s not as simple as locking people up and throwing away the key. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: School protests in the interior Five people were arrested after the chief of the Victoria Police Department had liquid poured on him while attending a ceremony for Chantel Moore, an Indigenous woman killed during a wellness check. We’ve heard a lot about what it’s like to check for vaccine passports in the Lower Mainland but how is it in communities with lower vaccination rates? M...

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: This doctor has a message for unvaccinated healthcare workers Not all nurses support the union's stance on vaccination Following more crime & chaos in the downtown core PLUS your calls! Vancouver has the highest eviction rate in the country! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Baldrey's Beat: Alberta asking for ICU beds(BC says NO) BC hospitalization data/Mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers Ridings to watch in the Federal Eelction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices