The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

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?

Your letters, comments and questions on everything from bee-keeping to vaccines.

It was 76 years ago this week that Canadians took the surrender of Nazi forces in a key area of the Netherlands. Why that matters.  And are there things you are a little bit scared of about returning to normal?  We list nine you might be. And guess what's forty years old this week? Think airlines.

Bruce Anderson and I can't resist jumping back in today on the latest Trump story.   But first what's gone wrong with Ottawa's vaccine rollout strategy when it comes to communications.

The numbers don't sound that big, especially compared to Alberta and Ontario, but for a part of the Atlantic bubble to be in trouble raises eyebrows. Dr Lisa Barrett takes us inside the fight against Covid in NS and it's riveting.Also, a new study on trust in the media has some very interesting numbers.

Our regular Monday chat with one of the country's top infectious disease specialists keeps our string of blunt talk going.  Dr Isaac Bogotch on the misinformation trail hitting hard on who is dealing in misinfo.  Also today a 76 year old anti-Nazi bomb clears out a former Canadian gathering place. And you thought "Citizen Kane" was the top movie of all time?  Maybe not!