Family doctor Peter Lin discuss the variant coronavirus that was first discovered in the United Kingdom and which has since been detected here in Canada; Shirley Brennan of the Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario offers some alternatives to taking your tree to the curb for pick-up by the municipality; Andre Picard of the Globe and Mail, offers his assessment of the immunization efforts across Canada, and here in Ontario; How did the pandemic change how we exercise? And what changes can we expect in the coming year? Alex Hutchinson, a columnist for Outside Magazine, offers his perspective; In spite of the fact that many of us appear to have more time to read, Canadian publishers have been hit hard by the pandemic. We find out more from Lee Parpart of the Canadian Author Association; Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell joins us to look back at 2020 and ahead to the new year; Kingston's poet laureate, Jason Heroux presents his poem for the new year 'Civil Twilight'.