Checking in with Kris Sims

Topics: Pipelines, gas taxes

Guest: Kris Sims - BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Students at Santa Fe High School in Texas were just beginning Friday classes when an alarm bell sounded, gun shots rang out, and they had to run from the latest mass shooting at a U.S. school.

Over 100 people were killed after a passenger plane crashed moments after taking off from José Martí International Airport in the Cuban capital of Havana on Friday, Cuban state media report.

The Winnipeg Jets lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2.

Do Canadians support the idea of taxes on streaming services? It’s actually a quite popular idea in Quebec. Not so elsewhere

Guest: Mario Canseco - President, ResearchCo

While a massive political machinery continues to pull together to support the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, some consumers in Canada might wonder why we can’t get the same kind of political support for something that would more directly lower sky-high gas prices. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is asking for the 20th year is a row for the elimination of the federal excise tax on gasoline, but we don’t see Trudeau (or other levels of government) letting that go.

Guest: Keith Baldrey - BC legislative bureau chief, Global News

The Humboldt Broncos today started the process to divide up the $15 million fundraised for the team and their families after the fatal bus crash in April. It’s not clear yet exactly how that money will be divided amongst the team.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano exploded earlier today - which means that right now, ash is falling across the Big Island...and this isn’t the end of it.

Vancouver will become the first major Canadian city to ban plastic drinking straws, foreshadowing what could become the next widespread attack against plastic products

Today is National Caesar Day, a Very Important Holiday for our unofficial national cocktail. We’re bringing in the expert to explain what differentiates a perfect Caesar from a mediocre one….and why they just taste better than Bloody Mary’s.

Guest: Wes Galloway - National Brand Ambassador, Crystal Head Vodka

It’s become a sandbox fight on the national stage after Jason Kenney suggested that Trudeau was functionally illiterate. Tiffs between colleagues in politics aren’t that rare...but what do you do when the infighting emerges in your office?

Guest: Stephen Hammond - Workplace Behavior Expert, check out his website at stephenhammond.ca

The backlash continues for a New York lawyer caught on camera berating fast food employees for speaking Spanish.

Another audio mystery is confusing folks on the internet.

Prisoners at a minimum security prison in BC have been tapped to help place sandbags in preparation for serious flooding.

The first shipments of Tesla M3s have arrived in Canada, as the brand continues make electric vehicles seem cool again. Are sky-high gas prices pushing more Canadians to go the EV route?

Guest: Matthew Klippenstein - Writer for GreenCarReports.com