Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, and MPs are expected to debate Canada's response to the Middle East war Monday evening. Research Assistant at SFU's Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, Parsa Alirezai, joins the show for more.

BC Today continues with our series on Menopause: today we are talking about navigating perimenopause with ob-gyn Dr. Tracy Wayne.

International Women's Day is on Sunday. We talked about women and entrepreneurship, considering that women own one in five businesses in Canada. WE BC Senior Director of Loans and Advisory Services Melanie Rupp and Better Acres Ice Cream owner Lori Joyce join the show to talk about their experience in business and share advice for would-be women entrepreneurs.

The Milano-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games kick off today with the Opening Ceremony. It is the 50th anniversary of the Winter Paralympics. SportAbility B.C. executive director Donna Cumming joins the show to talk about the importance of the Paralympics.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is meeting with B.C. Premier David Eby following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge. We speak with University of B.C. computer science professor Kevin Leyton-Brown about what British Columbians can expect regarding personal safety and artificial intelligence. 

The federal government is providing $70 million to forestry workers negatively impacted by American tariffs. Diamond Isinger, a former special adviser on Canada-U.S. relations to Justin Trudeau, shares her thoughts on what we need next. 

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim continues to apologize for alleging city councillor Sean Orr was distributing drugs in the Downtown Eastside. Sim says he was given false information based on a photo he briefly looked at. CBC municipal affairs reporter Justin McElroy and former municipal affairs strategist Maria Dobrinskaya join host Michelle Eliot to discuss what happened.

The B.C. government is dropping twice-yearly clock changes to convert to daylight time year-round in the majority of the province. University of B.C. pediatric sleep expert and nursing school professor emeritus Wendy Hall shares her thoughts on how consistent year-round hours will impact British Columbians. 

what is your town doing about parks and recreation? Revivals are happening in Kelowna and Burnaby, but some cities like Vancouver are pulling back the purse strings. We speak with Burnaby city councillor Daniel Tetrault about why his city believes activity is a priority. 

And we launch the first segment in our March series, Menopause Mondays: How to Navigate Perimenopause in B.C. To discuss the topic, we're joined by Dr. Stephanie Fisher, the interim senior medical director of gynecology at the B.C. Women's Hospital, and Cally Wesson, the CEO of the B.C. Women’s Health Foundation.