The Jon McComb Show

Full Episode: The Longest Song, Get Site C Moving & Polar Bear Dip


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Topics on the Show:

Chapter 1:

-If your headed East make sure you watch out for the Salad.  Public health officials are advising people in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada to consider avoiding romaine lettuce because of the risk of E. coli contamination.

Chapter 2:

-The Chilliwack District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) is calling for school trustee Barry Neufeld to resign following a series of public comments against the province’s LGBTQ curriculum, including comparing gender transitioning to child abuse.  Although he has apologized to people who felt “hurt” by his opinion, he resumed his controversial posts on social media.

Chapter 3:

-The Port of Vancouver has sent a new record! It took them 3.5 hours but they sang the world’s longest Christmas song.

Chapter 4:

-The Government is moving forward on Site C and BC Hydro named a preferred contractor for the second biggest contract.  As expected, union labour gets a piece of the action.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 5:

-Apple might face a lawsuit over their deliberate slowing of older Iphone models.  John O’Dowd has the tech report.

Chapter 6:

-What are the top Twitter trends of 2017?  We run down the list of things Canadians wanted to know on the social platform this past year.

Chapter 7:

-What caused the water on Mars to disappear?  New research has unveiled some potentially promising details.

Chapter 8:

-Are you brave enough to take the Polar Bear Plunge?  Diving head first into the icy waters of English Bay?

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