The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics have launched today with the opening ceremony of athletes representing countries from all over the world. BC Today's Zameer Karim joins the show as we take your calls on favourite winter olympic memories and which athletes to look out for this year.

BC Today's gardening columnist Brian Minter is back to take gardening questions.

Camping is often thought of as a summer-time activity. But what about camping all year round? There are more than 150 campgrounds and RV parks open 365 days a year in British Columbia. Outdoor blogger and author Taryn Eyton joins the show to take questions and comments on year-round camping and how people can prepare to camp in all weather conditions.

The federal government is scrapping electric vehicle mandates, but it's renewing consumer rebates for electric vehicles. EV buyers can qualify for an up to $5,000 rebate on battery electric and up to $2,500 on plug-in hybrid cars. Bob Porter from the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association and Joanna Kyriazis from Clean Energy Canada join the show to take questions on whether these new incentives will get more people buying EVs and if this will have an impact on climate change.

The province has appointed a new extortion liaison to help build trust with community members in cities hit by the crime. We talk to Surrey resident and anti-extortion rally organizer Rasinder Kaur about what that the community wants to see.

Olympic competition starts today in Italy. We'll talk about youth sports and the barriers that may prevent kids and families from participating. Sports journalist Scott Rintoul and UBC Okanagan education professor Stephen Berg join the show to take questions on possible barriers to physical activity.

February is Black History Month, honouring the contributions of the Black community in Canada and the United States. The BC Black History Awareness Society is celebrating with a series of events. Silvia Mangue-Alene joins the show to share what black history means to her.

Three junior players on the Southern Alberta Mustangs team died after a crash in Alberta yesterday. 2 of the players were from Kamloops. The CBC's Shelley Joyce joins the show to share the heartbreak of the Kamloops hockey community.

Premier David Eby met with business leaders in Surrey today to address the ongoing extortion crisis.The Surrey Police Service says so far in 2026, there have been 46 cases of extortion, — of them, 11 shootings, one arson and 29 victims. Eby compared the extortion crisis to a "slow motion terror attack". B.C. Conservative critic for the Attorney General Steve Kooner joins the show to take questions about what impact the extortion crisis on the community.

We look at how you're thinking about your finances in 2026 as we near the RRSP deadline and ongoing uncertainty with the U.S trade war. CBC Money columnist and certified financial planner Rubina Ahmed-Haq takes your questions and comments about how the uncertainty is affecting your financial planning.