Weekends with Rob Fai

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: The future of the mall GUEST: Marty Weintraub, National Retail leader at Deloitte Canada Chapter 2: Actions for Economic Stabilization and Recovery in Burnaby  GUEST: Paul Holden, CEO of the Burnaby Board of Trade Chapter 3: Whitecaps soccer returns! GUEST: Rob Williams, Sports Editor, Daily Hive Vancouver Chapter 4: Vaccine research cyberattack, Tw...

The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Health Policy - we should treat public health like public works  GUEST: Jeremiah Hurley, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences & Professor of Economics Chapter 2: BC Spot Prawn Market  GUEST: Dane Chauvel, CEO, Organic Ocean Chapter 3: NHL in August, a “Comeback Month” for hospitality biz? GUEST: Ian Tostenson, President/CEO of BC Restaurant and Food S...

  The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: How pandemic modeling failed policy-makers. GUEST: Harvey Schipper, Engineer and Physician, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toronto  Chapter 2: Domestic travel picking up in Canada - Tofino GUEST: Sheila Orchiston, Rare Earth Weddings planner  GUEST: Jennifer Steven, long-time resident, The Whale Centre GUES...

  The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Should telehealth be the primary way to deliver healthcare? GUEST: Ahmad Firas Khalid, MD, PhD, Health Policy Expert Chapter 2: Can Broadway become a Great Street - and results of Birch development hearings  GUEST: Michael Geller, Vancouver-based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer, serves on the Adjunct Faculty of...

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Rent-to own GUEST: Amin Eskooch, Managing Partner, Aultrust Financial Chapter 2: We charity kerfuffle, Buying the Youth Vote GUEST: Dan Albas, Conservative MP, Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Chapter 3: Seattle CHAZ postmortem GUEST: Paige Browning, Reporter and Anchor with KUOW Seattle (NPR) Chapter 4: Bill 17 - CLEAN ENERGY AMENDMENT ACT, 2020...

The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: COVID school closures could widen inequities for youngest students GUEST: Emis Akbari, Ph. D, Professor of Early Childhood | Coordinator, School of Early Childhood @ George Brown College Chapter 2: Canada and US relationship, Importance of voting for American expats GUEST: Bruce Heyman, Former US Ambassador to Canada and author of the best selling...

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: More businesses are reopening but only 14% of British Columbians currently working from home understand how they will return to the office  GUEST: Sean Forkan, Vice President and Country Manager, VMware Canada Chapter 2: Mimik Technology apps GUEST: Fay Arjomandi, CEO and Founder of Mimik Technology Inc Chapter 3: 78% of British Columbians in favour...

The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Actually, the world doesn’t need more Canada GUEST: David Webster, Professor of History and Global Studies at Bishop’s University Chapter 2: Trudeau announces further support for post-secondary students GUEST: John Hepburn, CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs GUEST: Alexis Smirnov, Dialogue Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Chapter 3: Ghos...

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Crisis Fatigue GUEST: Kimberley Cross, Registered Psychotherapist, specializing in anxiety, depression, and mindfulness, as well as neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and ASD Chapter 2: Former B.C. MP calls for more accountability from the RCMP GUEST: Nathan Cullen, Former BC MP Chapter 3: The UN Security Council rout  GUEST: Leslie Varley,...

The Sunday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Many Lower Mainland ERs see 'historical' drop in visits Guest: Dr. Darius Dowaltshahi, Stroke neurologist from Ottawa Hospital Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Institute Chapter 2: Deloitte data - New Consumer Survey Guest: Marty Weintraub, National Retail Leader - Deloitte Chapter 3: Sports update - Hockey, Baseball, Basketbal...

The Saturday Edition With Stirling Faux Chapter 1: Letter to BCC calling out half-baked measures to combat racism GUEST: Karima-Catherine [KC] Goundiam, CEO at Red Dot Digital Inc. Chapter 2: How police departments can identify and oust killer cops GUEST: Temitope Oriola, PhD, Associate Professor of Criminology in Department of Sociology at University of Alberta, Vice President - Canadian Associat...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Vancouver Food Bank update - how have the last few months been, and how are things looking going forward as we open up?  GUEST: Cynthia Boulter, Chief Operating Officer Chapter 2 TOPIC: Insolvencies  GUEST: Jennifer McCraken, BDO Senior Manager Chapter 3 TOPIC: Meng Wanzhou Extradition and Immigrating to Canada during Covid-19 GUEST: Gordon Ma...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Essential migrant workers in Canada  GUEST: Jenna Hennebry, Ph. D., Co-Founder/Senior Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre Associate Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs Chapter 2 TOPIC: How COVID-19 isolation increases domestic violence & animal abuse GUEST: Victoria Shroff, Animal Law Lawyer and UBC A...

Chapter 1 TOPIC: Coronavirus recovery: Small businesses must focus on easing employee, customer fears GUEST 1: Professor Tina Dacin, J.R. Smith Chair of Strategy and Organizational Behavior @ Smith School of Business, Queen’s University GUEST 2: Laura Rees, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour, The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business Chapter 2 TOPIC: Post-Pandemic City Planning, The R...

Chapter 1 TOPIC: James Juhasz lifts sail for first time in nine weeks GUEST: James Juhasz, Canadian sailor and Olympic hopeful Chapter 2 TOPIC:  Taxes in 2020 GUEST: Gerry Vittoratos, Tax Expert with UFile Chapter 3 TOPIC: B.C.’s essential grocery, hardware store employees should get pandemic pay  GUEST: Greg Wilson, BC Director, Government Relations with the Retail Council of Canada Chapter 4 TOP...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: COVID-19 Parody Songs GUEST: Julia Creet, Professor, English Department at York Chapter 2 TOPIC: What’s going on? Keystone XL? World view? Staycations and budgets: how does this affect us? GUEST: Michael Ervin, Petroleum Industry Analyst  Chapter 3 TOPIC: Chefs teaming up with Vancouver Aquarium GUESTS: Chef Alex Chen, Former Iron Chef, and...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Massive Job Losses & Bailouts GUEST: Jennifer McCraken, Licensed Insolvency Trustee with BDO Chapter 2 TOPIC: Staycations, #exploreBC Initiative! GUEST: Marsha Walden, CEO of Destination BC Chapter 3  TOPIC: Baseball - what’s in the future for the MLB/Canadians? GUEST: Rob Williams, Sports Editor at the Daily Hive Chapter 4 TOPIC: VPD budget i...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Parks reopen gradually  GUEST: Dr. James Stinson, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research and Faculty of Education at York University Chapter 2 TOPIC:  More patio spaces for local restaurants GUEST: Sarah Kirby-Yung, Vancouver City Councillor, put forward motion for more patio spaces  Chapter 3 TOPIC: Federal...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Re-Opening the hospitality industry Guest: Ian Tostenson, President/CEO BC Restaurant and Foodservices Assn Chapter 2 TOPIC: Follow-up on last visit, How risky is a ‘partial’ restaurant re-opening? Thoughts on the guidelines going forward GUEST: Sarb Mund, CEO Of Commissary Connect  Chapter 3 TOPIC: Vehicle sales disappear / Getting Canadians...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Update on fisheries, chats with local fishermen GUEST: Philip Loring, Associate Professor and Arrell Chair in Food, Policy, and Society, University of Guelph Chapter 2 TOPIC: Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Vancouver Pharmacists Step it Up to Help Local Residents  GUEST: Mona Kwong, Store Owner of Pharmasave Howe Street   Chapter 3 TOPIC: Easing...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Quebec kids back to class Monday? How about BC kids?  GUEST: Patti Bacchus, Former Vancouver School Board Chair, K-12 Writer for the Georgia Straight Chapter 2 TOPIC: Bailouts as disincentives GUEST: Kris Sims, Head of BC Chapter - Cdn. Taxpayers Federation Chapter 3 TOPIC: Business bailouts, are they working? How to access? Who’s been missed...

Chapter 1 TOPIC: Olympic athlete whose training is delayed due to pandemic, how he’s coping with training for a sailing competition without access to boats or the water GUEST: James Juhasz, Olympic Sailor Chapter 2 TOPIC: Real Estate business changes in the last 6 weeks GUEST: Elton Ash , Exec VP Western Canada - ReMax Realty Chapter 3  TOPIC: Forestry sector bailout GUEST: Susan Yurkovich, Presid...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 TOPIC: Ontario update, Conservatives and Covid-19, and Doug Ford  GUEST: Gerry Nicholls, Communication Consultant Chapter 2 TOPIC: Pet care during this pandemic, and when do I take my pet to a vet? GUEST: Dr. Lauren Adelman, Specialist in Internal Medicine; Canada West Veterinary Specialists Chapter 3  TOPIC: Bears and social distancing GUEST: Luci C...

The Saturday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 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...

The Sunday Edition with Stirling Faux Chapter 1 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 hosp...