When it comes to sports in this town, we hear a lot of discussion about the Vancouver Canucks, the Vancouver Whitecaps and the BC Lions. But if you head east on Highway 1 out to Langley you’ll be able to watch the WHL’s Vancouver Giants who are currently on a 10-game winning streak. 

 

Guest: Barclay Parneta

General Manager, Vancouver Giants

In yesterday’s budget, the provincial government revealed they will be applying the provincial sales tax (7%)  to carbonated sugary drinks. So what this means is that a $2 can of pop will cost 14 cents more after July 1st. 

The government projects the tax will generate $27 million of revenue in 2020, and then $37 million of revenue in 2021.  

A 2016 study published in PLoS Medicine suggested that a 10% excise tax on soda "could prevent 189,300 new cases of Type 2 diabetes, 20,400 strokes and heart attacks, and 18,900 deaths among adults 35 to 94 years old" over a ten-year period.

The study also included that "the reductions in diabetes alone could yield savings in projected healthcare costs of $983 million."

A 2017 study in the Journal of Nutrition found a 6.3% reduction in soft drink consumption, with the greatest reductions "among lower-income households, residents living in urban areas, and households with children. 

We also found a 16.2% increase in water purchases that was higher in low- and middle-income households, in urban areas, and among households with adults only."

 

Guest: Claire Allen 

CKNW Contributor

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In yesterday’s budget, the provincial government revealed they will be applying the provincial sales tax (7%)  to carbonated sugary drinks. So what this means is that a $2 can of pop will cost 14 cents more after July 1st. 

The government projects the tax will generate $27 million of revenue in 2020, and then $37 million of revenue in 2021.  

A 2016 study published in PLoS Medicine suggested that a 10% excise tax on soda "could prevent 189,300 new cases of Type 2 diabetes, 20,400 strokes and heart attacks, and 18,900 deaths among adults 35 to 94 years old" over a ten-year period.

The study also included that "the reductions in diabetes alone could yield savings in projected healthcare costs of $983 million."

A 2017 study in the Journal of Nutrition found a 6.3% reduction in soft drink consumption, with the greatest reductions "among lower-income households, residents living in urban areas, and households with children. 

We also found a 16.2% increase in water purchases that was higher in low- and middle-income households, in urban areas, and among households with adults only."

 

Guest: Claire Allen 

CKNW Contributor

Potholes, broken and impassable sidewalks, garbage collection, clean streets regardless of the weather… these are all basics that cities MUST provide -- when this isn’t fulfilled, what can citizens do? 

 

Guest: Brad West

Mayor of Port Coquitlam

Potholes, broken and impassable sidewalks, garbage collection, clean streets regardless of the weather… these are all basics that cities MUST provide -- when this isn’t fulfilled, what can citizens do? 

 

Guest: Brad West

Mayor of Port Coquitlam

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Things are heating up in the run-up to the 2020 US presidential election.

Guest: Jackson Proskow

Global National Washington Bureau Chief

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Things are heating up in the run-up to the 2020 US presidential election.

Guest: Jackson Proskow

Global National Washington Bureau Chief

The federal government is changing the stress test rate for insured mortgages starting April 6.

The government says the change will allow the rate to be more representative of the mortgage rates offered by lenders and more responsive to market conditions.

 

Guest: Angela Calla

Mortgage Expert & Best Selling Author, Host of The Mortgage Show on CKNW

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The federal government is changing the stress test rate for insured mortgages starting April 6.

The government says the change will allow the rate to be more representative of the mortgage rates offered by lenders and more responsive to market conditions.

 

Guest: Angela Calla

Mortgage Expert & Best Selling Author, Host of The Mortgage Show on CKNW

About 500 passengers left the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, Japan today at the end of a two-week quarantine.  It's not clear how many Canadians were allowed off the ship, which some experts have called a perfect new coronavirus incubator. Earlier today, Japan announced 79 more cases aboard the ship, bringing the total to 621.

 

From the norovirus to measles, the cruise ship industry has dealt with their fair share of viral outbreaks. As fears increase around the potential spread of COVD-19, what is the potential impact to the cruise ship industry?

 

Guest: Ross Klein

Sociology Professor at Memorial University in Newfoundland who studies the cruise ship industry