The United Nations calls it the "Shadow Pandemic". Violence against women has been a growing problem during COVID-19. We learn more from Dr. Emma Duchesne a resident in the emergency medical program at Queen's University who has been researching intimate partner violence in Kingston; Our Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley discusses the Auditor General's report that was critical of the provincial government's handling of the pandemic; Eric Arts coordinates the Covid research team at Western University in London. He explains why vaccines aren't manufactured her in Canada and when we can expect to received a COVID vaccine when one becomes available; The Canadian Federation of Independent Business wants us to shop local on 'small business Saturday'.We ask marketing expert Bynn Winegard if she thinks the strategy will work; Our medical
expert.family doctor Peter Lin explains how the effectiveness of vaccines are rated and what needs to be done before one will be available to fight the coronavirus; Dr. Charles Gardner, Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit discusses the province's guidelines for holiday get-togethers and how his region is dealing with the pandemic; Viive Tamm of Golden Rescue an organization that rescues golden retrievers tells us about their efforts to bring some dogs from Egypt to new homes here in Canada.