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Pandemic aftermath: what's happening to tourism and COVID-driven car habits in Canada

We look at what COVID-19 has done to the 2020 tourism economy on both east and west coasts of Canada, and what "high season" will look like if international tourists can't cross borders before the summer is out.

Plus we explain the Robinhood trading app gaining popularity in the U.S.

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Gatheralls Puffin and Whale Watch in Bay Bulls, Nfld. (left) is one of the many businesses struggling with plummeting tourism in the wake of COVID-19, though drive-in movies are just one of the businesses taking advantage of a potential renaissance for the car (centre). And the new Robinhood app (right) is making waves in the U.S., but just what is it? (Heather Gillis/CBC, Bryan Eneas/CBC, Screenshot/robinhood.com)
Cost of Living27:05Pandemic aftermath: what's happening to tourism, why Robinhood is getting so big, and COVID-driven cars in Canada

We look at what COVID-19 has done to the 2020 tourism economy on both east and west coasts of Canada, and what "high season" will look like if international tourists can't cross borders before the summer is out.

Producer Richard Raycraft takes us across the country (but you won't have to take off your headphones).

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Also, host Paul Haavardsrud finds out what the Robinhood investing app exactly is — and what the risks and rewards of using it are. How did it become the gateway to day trading for so many millennials in the United States?

Listen here as we look at gamification, gambling and investing.

And CBC Radio's car columnist Paul Karchut asks: has the pandemic created a renaissance for the car? Drive-in movies are back, along with drive-through graduations, even drive-through zoos!

Is your car the best place to self-isolate in 2020 … and if you don't have one, do you need to start looking?

Catch the segment here!

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