Ontario Morning Podcast - Friday August 28, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

Public transit has been under severe financial pressure during the pandemic. So how can they continue to function with the falling ridership and reduced revenues? We hear from Alain Mercier of the Canadian Urban Transit Association. He's also the CEO of the transit system in Quebec City; Paul Waldman, contributing editor at American Prospect Magazine and opinion writer for The Washington Post offers his perspective on the Republican National Convention that ended last night; Krishna Burra the Director of Education for the Limestone District School Board explains some last minute changes to how classes will be conducted in the new school year; Douglas Fraser is a critical care physician and a lead researcher at Lawson Health Research Institute in London. He outlines how they have identified factors that will indicate how severely patients will respond to an infection with the coronavirus; Dr. Dirk Huyer,Ontario's chief coroner tells us about his new role coordinating the province's outbreak response; Tara Lovell from Blue Mountain Resort tells us how business rebounded over the summer; David Ashby hosts Live Action Role Play or LARP events at his property in Fenelon Falls in the Kawarthas. He describes how he hopes to create a permanent facility for players.

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