Ontario Morning Podcast - Thursday August 27, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

Many families are still uncertain what will happen when their kids go back to school. And it could present a problem for grandparents. Does this mean their grandkids will be off limits - in order to keep the threat of COVID at bay? Nora Spinks of the Vanier Institute of the Family offers her perspective; Courtney Skye of the Yellowhead Institute raises concerns over Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole's slogan "Take Back Canada". Has it been adopted in response to a similar term used by Canada's Indigenous community?; Dave MacNeil of Festivals & Events Ontario talks about the summer that wasn't for so many music festivals and community events and what the prospects are for their return; Kari Kramp of the Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Cannabis at Loyalist College in Belleville explains how beverage producers can make a drink that contains cannabis taste palatable; Family doctor Peter Lin discusses the first confirmed case of someone being reinfected with the coronavirus; Steve Laskowski of the Canadian Trucking Alliance says the industry is facing a shortage of drivers; Being 82 and blind is stopping Russell Mackay from walking 125 kilometers to raise money for the Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario. We talk with Russell and his daughter Crystal en route.

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