ch. 1: How much time do certain foods shave from or add to your life?

If someone told you - hey don’t eat that, it will take time off your life - would you actually stop eating it? 

There is a fascinating new study in the journal Nature Food that we’re going to talk about today that looks at food, not in terms of calories, but in how that food impacts your life.

Guest: Olivier Jolliet, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at University of Michigan

ch. 2: View from Victoria with Vaughn Palmer

Not the end of summer scenario that provincial authorities anticipated.

Premier John Horgan was “excited” by phase 3 restart, Dr. Bonnie Henry opposed vaccine passports.

Some businesses proclaiming they won’t enforce, pandering to noisy anti-vax, anti-masking minority. But wonder about their business plan: public overwhelmingly supports requirements.

ch. 3: What the province needs to do going forward about fire seasons

The fire season for 2021 is going to go into the books as a bad one on par with years like 2017 and 2018. In terms of acres burned, sounds like this year will come in third - behind those two record breaking years. The season started early and raged all summer, with stories of ash raining from the sky and dark orange skies in the daytime. As of this morning there are still 233 wildfires burning across the province. 

Guest: Lori Daniels, Professor of Forestry at UBC

ch. 4: How do teachers feel about heading back to school

There was a small glimmer of hope last year that schools would be back to normal by September 2021. But as the pandemic continues it’s 4th wave the province has set some mask mandates for students and teachers. But is that enough for the teachers federation?

Guest: Teri Mooring, President of the BCTF.

ch. 5: The Impact of Hurricane Ida on New Orleans and the state of Louisiana 

Category 4 hurricane Ida hit Louisiana yesterday and has left much of the state flooded. Powerful winds have ripped the roofs off houses and over a million homes in New Orleans are without power and might be for weeks.

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