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Full Episode: Feral Peacocks, PM Slams Tariffs & Focus on Plastics


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Chapter 1:
-BC Children’s Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce a record-breaking $21,005,878 was raised for BC Children’s Hospital during the 31st annual Miracle Weekend, hosted by Global BC on June 2 & 3.
Chapter 2:
-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on Meet The Press with Chuck Todd early yesterday, slamming the American tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. He didn’t hold back.
Chapter 3:
-A good news story to start your work week! The winner of Britain’s Got Talent is a 37-year old comedian with cerebral palsy who is unable to speak. In order to tell his jokes, Lee Ridley uses a synthesized voice.
Chapter 4:
-A couple lose ends as the end of the legislature session comes.  Both involve taxes. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 5:
-For years, a muster of feral peacocks had been a fixture of the Sullivan Heights area at 150th Street and 62nd Avenue, but their place in the neighbourhood was changed after a homeowner cut down the tree where they made their home.
Chapter 6:
-Was The BC Government Right To Raise Property Taxes?  At least one economist says, yes! Alex Hemingway from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says low tax rates help to fuel the housing crisis in Vancouver.
Chapter 7:
-In an interview with NBC News’ Craig Melvin, the former US President says he apologised to Monica Lewinsky - but not to her personally. He agrees with the #MeToo movement, but doesn’t agree with some of the ideas it’s generated.
Chapter 8:
-It's the first time in the NHL playoffs that the Las Vegas Golden Knights appear to be losing steam...but don't bet against them just yet.
Chapter 9:
-Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland unloaded during an interview with CNN, lashing out at steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the U.S. and the Trump administration’s claim that Canada poses as a national security threat.
Chapter 10:
-In a bombshell announcement at the weekend just days out from the election, Ontario Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne admitted she can’t win. What prompted her to make such an unprecedented statement?
Chapter 11:
-Where is the relationship between the US and Canada headed, as we enter a trade war with our closest neighbour?
Chapter 12:
-Remember the story of the baker in Colorado who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple? Well there has been a U-S Supreme Court ruling in that controversial case this morning...and the outcome may surprise you! The judges rules in favour of the baker.
Chapter 13:
-Dozens of environmental groups say if Canada wants to be a leader in getting the rest of the world to kick its plastics habit, it has to start by setting the bar for recycling plastics far higher at home.
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