A new housing development is coming to Victoria‚Äôs downtown, and it‚Äôs built around the concept of co-living, where tenants share a common kitchen and living area. With rent for a ‚Äúpod‚ÄĚ unit expected to be 30 percent less than a studio apartment, it‚Äôs being touted as an answer to Victoria‚Äôs affordability crisis. But does it solve the issue, or merely reveal a deeper problem? We speak with city councillor Ben Isitt.

A group of local organizers is working to bring Conestoga huts to Victoria as a new form of safe and warm temporary shelter. Good Newsletter Editor Emily Fagan visited a build of a prototype to speak with the people behind it. For Good News Friday, she joins to share what she learned.

The BC Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of extending the injunction filed by Teal Jones Ltd. against protestors at Fairy Creek, arguing that the previous court ruling, issued by Justice Thompson in September 2021, was lacking. We look into what this means for the ongoing protests at Fairy Creek and where the legal battle goes from here.

Biodiversity loss has been called one of the top five threats confronting humanity. Three researchers from the University of Victoria are part of a global project, BIOSCAN, working to stem the tide against future mass extinction ‚Äď and it just received $24 million in federal funding. To find out more about the project and what it means for Vancouver Island, we speak with UVic professor David Castle.

The province has been struggling to provide accurate data for COVID, but using hospitalization numbers and some healthy assumptions, the BC COVID-19 Modelling Group has been able to estimate projections for BC's near future. Dr. Dean Karlen joins to explain their data.

The District of Saanich, despite its size as the largest municipality on Vancouver Island, lacks a singular identifiable hub ‚ÄĒ something council is seeking to change. The council has proposed an Uptown Douglas plan, which would reimagine the mostly-industrial and commercial neighbourhood as a city core, complete with a renewed focus on pedestrians, densified housing, and improved public transit. To find out what this would mean for Saanich's future, we speak with councillor Rebecca Mersereau.

A Vancouver Island-based nonprofit chapter, ElderDog Victoria, helps senior citizens to keep their beloved canine companions as they age or experience mobility challenges. Now, with over 100 volunteers, they're looking to expand. To find out more, we speak with Good Newsletter editor Emily Fagan.

Food prices are expected to rise between 5 to 7% in 2022, according to Canada‚Äôs Food Price Report ‚ÄĒ with a family of four projected to spend $966 more on food than in 2021. To find out the ripple effects on the Island, we speak to Michell‚Äôs Farm co-owner Terry Michell, Goldstream Food Bank vice-president Walter Dubeau, and UBC Land and Food Systems professor Richard Barichello.

Laura Palmer's podcast "Island Crime" has begun a new season where she explores the 1991 disappearance of Michael Dunahee. Today she joins us to explain why she's telling this story and what sets this apart from the ethically ambiguous true-crime format.

A tech startup offering real estate ownership stakes for a little as $1 has arrived on Vancouver Island, and reactions are mixed. Are the new wave of real estate investment properties a democratizing tool for wealth, or another contributor to the province’s affordable housing crisis? We speak with Addy co-founder Stephen Jagger, Sooke councillor Tony St-Pierre, and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist Marc Lee to find out.