View From Vitoria: Calls and proposals for Energy in BC

Guest: Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun

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Why do people have different tastes in music?

Guest: Dr. Jane Kuehne, Associate Professor of Music Education at Auburn University

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Will new legislation speed up hospital and school projects?

How should Canada tackle its rising crime rates?

How do whale songs obey the rules of basic human language?

Why Canadian researchers are drilling for 20,000 year old ice.

Why do so many Canadians Believe Misinformation affected our election?

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B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma has introduced the Infrastructure Projects Act, which aims to accelerate approvals for key infrastructure projects like schools and hospitals.

The legislation would allow for a streamlined environmental assessment process for provincially significant projects, while maintaining high environmental standards.

Guest: Bowinn Ma - Minister of Infrastructure

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Do you think people understand the justice system? What does Crown Counsel do?

“Everything" apparently.

We’re discussing how when every other ministry such as Health, MCFD, fails, problems show up at Crown Counsel's door.

Guest: Jennifer Johnston - Vice President of the BC Crown Counsel Association

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To address Canada’s rising violent crime—up 50% over the past decade—Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal Liberals are urged to adopt a public health approach to violence prevention.

This includes appointing a dedicated federal minister and deputy minister focused solely on preventing violent crime.

Guest: Jeffrey Bradley - Ph.D. Candidate in Legal Studies at Carleton University

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A team of Canadian and Danish scientists are drilling deep into the Müller Ice Cap on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic to extract an ice core containing up to 20,000 years of climate history.

This ambitious project, led by glaciologist Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and supported by a $10-million Canadian research chair, aims to uncover data about past climate conditions, including volcanic eruptions and ocean activity, which can help predict future environmental changes.

Guest: Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen - Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Ice, Freshwater-Marine Coupling and Climate Change in the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba

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Guest: Steve Mossop - Executive Vice President, Leger Western Canada

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Whales and humans might be worlds apart, but when it comes to how we structure our sounds, we’re surprisingly alike.

In a new study, psychologist Inbal Arnon and her team found that humpback whale songs follow a core rule of human language known as Zipf’s law—a statistical pattern that predicts how often we use certain words.

Guest: Professor Inbal Arnon - Linguist and Developmental Psycholinguist in the Department of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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How to make the perfect pour-over coffee, according to physics!

Physicist Arnold Mathijssen studied how fluid dynamics can optimize pour-over coffee.

The history of Expo 86!

Expo 86 was a defining moment for Vancouver, drawing 22 million visitors and transforming the city’s global image.

What does it take to win the Championship Seagull Screeching Contest?

After suffering a personal loss, Danish woman Anna Brynald embraced joy and absurdity by entering — and winning — the 2025 European Championship Gull Screeching contest in Belgium.

How to fight environmental decline in your backyard!

Time to focus on the soil and less on the plants

Go electric with all of your garden tools.

Add bird feeders in the summer.

Bring back the flowers

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