How is Vancouver controlling its rat population?

Guest: Dr. Kaylee Byers, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and Deputy Director of the British Columbia node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

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Is Canada becoming a top source country for meth?

Guest: Zak Vescera, Reporter for the Investigative Journalism Foundation

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Why are Mom’s microdosing on mushrooms?

Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor

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How did Tony Hinchcliff’s comedy set impact Trump’s campaign?

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

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View From Victoria: Is the election over? and who won? 

We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.

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Why are we so scared of clowns?

Guest: Dr. James Greville, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales

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Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?

Coconut crabs are the giants of the tropical islands in the Indo-Pacific, growing up to a staggering three feet wide. But here’s the twist: coconut crabs are not crabs at all. They’re evolutionary imposters.

Guest: Dr. Joanna Wolfe, Professor in the Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University

View From Victoria: No changes after all that counting and recounting!

We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.

Scott’s Thoughts: How Airlines are shaming bad flyers

Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi

Will the attempted revolt against Trudeau impact the federal election?

A recent revolt among some Liberal MPs against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership didn’t succeed in removing him, but political analyst Lori Turnbull suggests the tensions may damage the party’s electoral chances.

Guest: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Professor in the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University

Why would anyone volunteer to increase their rent?

Guest: Robert Patterson, Lawyer and Tenant Advocate with the Tenant Resource and Advisory Center

Should the Conservative candidate for Juan de Fuca-Malahat be removed?

BC Conservative candidate Marina Sapozhnikov, who is awaiting a recount in the Juan de Fuca-Malahat riding, referred to Indigenous Peoples as “savages” during an election-night interview, stating that before European contact, they “didn’t have any sophisticated laws. They were savages. They fought each other all the time.”

Guest: Chief Clarence Louie, Tribal Chair of the Syilx Okanagan Nation

Monday Morning Quarterback

Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions

What’s next for BC’s government after the latest ballot counts?

Guest: Allie Blades, Campaign Strategist for Mash Strategy

Could a distant space cloud hold the key to how life began on Earth?

Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in a distant stellar nursery, uncovering a massive carbon molecule that could reveal secrets about our own solar system’s formation.

The discovery hints that the carbon-rich ingredients that make up life might have traveled vast distances through space, settling in places like Earth billions of years ago.

Guest: Dr. Isla Cooke, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia

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Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in a distant stellar nursery, uncovering a massive carbon molecule that could reveal secrets about our own solar system’s formation.

The discovery hints that the carbon-rich ingredients that make up life might have traveled vast distances through space, settling in places like Earth billions of years ago.

Guest: Dr. Ilsa Cooke, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia

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Guest: Allie Blades, Campaign Strategist for Mash Strategy

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Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions

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