Alys Denby is an editor of the British online site CAPX, which covers politics and economics. She updates us on how the U-K has been contending with the new variants of the coronavirus; With university application deadlines looming for Grade 12 students, how will the pandemic factor into their post-secondary decisions? Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, an education policy researcher and Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University provides some insight; The John Howard Society has just released a new report: 'Broken Record: 'The Continued Criminalization of Mental Health Issues'. Jacqueline Tasca gives us an outline of their findings; Epidemiologist Colin Furness discusses the most effective use of masks in light of the emergence of the new variants of the coronavirus; Author Kelly Young chooses small Ontario towns as the settings for her mysteries. Her latest, set near Tobermory, is called 'Lethal Shot on Flowerpot'; Erik White of CBC Sudbury reports on what lawsuits may emerge as a result of the pandemic.