BC Today gardening columnist Brian Minter joins us to answer your gardening questions.

Thousands of post-secondary students are moving into residences in the lead-up to the start of the fall semester, many of whom are leaving home for the first time. Kawa Ada, an associate director of residence life at UBC Student Housing, joins the show to discuss tips for students living on their own for the first time as we ask viewers to share their moving away stories.

Post-secondary faculty and staff say they are facing more layoffs as colleges and universities grapple with capped international student enrolment. Frank Cosco of the Vancouver Community College Faculty Association and Cole Reinbold, the secretary-treasurer at the B.C. Federation of Students, join the show to explain how the job cuts impact students, teachers and programs.

Beginning Friday, Canadian retailers will no longer be able to ship products under $800 to the U.S. duty-free. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in July to end the "de minimis" exemption after nearly a century of it being in place. Ryan Mitton, director of legislative affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, joins the show to discuss how its expiry will impact businesses.

Dr. Jia Hu, interim director of immunization programs at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, joins the show to explain what parents need to know about immunizations as their students head back to class.

The federal government has earmarked $22.7 million to install 500 electric vehicle charging stations in B.C., which comes ahead of the province's 2026 mandate to make all new car sales zero-emission. Clean Energy Canada program manager Evan Pivnick joins the show to discuss EV infrastructure in the province.

A new poll by the Energy Futures Institute suggests interest in purchasing electric vehicles is waning. Institute chair Barry Penner joins the show as we ask viewers if they are still interested in EVs.

The Surrey School District is implementing a hybrid learning pilot project to deal with overcrowding in schools as classes resume next month. That's on top of the district announcing staggered class times to better adjust to surging enrollment and lacking school infrastructure.

Surrey Teachers' Association 2nd vice-president Violette Baillargeon joins the show to provide details on how the pilot will work as Surrey District Parent Advisory Council president Anne Whitmore comments on the impact this could have on families.

Valerie Irvine, professor of educational technology at the University of Victoria, joins the show to discuss strains on public schools and educational policies.

The owners of an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C. say the fight isn't over after they lost their final bid to prevent a cull order of their birds. Talk show host and U.S. Centre for Medicare administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz spoke about his support for the farm owners in a news conference Monday. Dr. Scott Weese, an infectious diseases veterinarian at the University of Guelph, joins the show.

The World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization say "urgent action" is needed to protect workers from heat stress in a warming world. As B.C. continues to navigate more extreme heat in the coming days, advocates are raising awareness about working conditions in hot weather. Dr. Melissa Lem, a family physician and president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, joins the show to discuss heat stress and how to best protect workers.

Master gardener Brian Minter joins Dan Burritt to take your gardening questions