The Current for Jan. 21, 2020
Today on The Current:
Our new series, Canada's Road Ahead, takes us on a virtual road trip across the country to speak with Canadians about how the pandemic has changed their lives. Our first stop is in Gander, N.L., where a famous airport has been brought to a standstill, posing an economic risk to the town that relies on it.
Then, new confirmed COVID-19 cases have dipped in Canada this week, but ICUs are still under pressure. We talk to Adalsteinn Brown, one of Ontario's top COVID-19 advisors, about where we're at in the pandemic. And Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard discusses the interruption to shipments of the Pfizer vaccine.
Plus, macaques monkeys are notorious for stealing from humans, but did you know they can also barter for food and negotiate to return the things they've stolen? University of Lethbridge professor Jean-Baptiste Leca has studied these creatures, and he tells us what he's learned.
And tennis players are arriving down under for the Australian Open, but some are raising hackles by questioning COVID-19 rules there. Tennis writer Stephanie Myles is in Melbourne, and she tells us how Australians are reacting after the country worked so hard to tame the virus.