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It's been a CRAZY budy week in US politics, and we have Washington correspondent Reggie Cecchini to help make sense of it all.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini - Washington Correspondent for Global News

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A new study shows that peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, making it “the first study to investigate contagious urination in animals, including humans,”

While observing a group of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), something caught the attention of Ena Onishi, who also studies animal behavior at Kyoto University. “I noticed a tendency for individuals to urinate at the same time,” she says.

Guest: Dr. Zanna Clay - Developmental psychologist with expertise in primatology - University of Durnham England

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Seg 1: Why is California relying on Canadian lumber to rebuild?

Seg 2: Can SFU help solve Canada’s doctor shortage?

Seg 3: How to grow your own produce!

Seg 4: Will Canada’s wrongful conviction board deliver real justice?

Seg 5: How is Vancouver supporting its aging population?

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How to grow your own produce!

Guest: Carissa Kasper - Gardening Expert for West Coast Seeds

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Dr. David Price, dean of Simon Fraser University’s medical school, is playing a key role in addressing Canada’s doctor shortage by focusing the new program on primary care.

The British Columbia government tasked his team with creating a school dedicated to primary care, and SFU’s program is uniquely designed to train students for specialties like family medicine, pediatrics, and psychiatry.

Guest: Dr. David Price - Founding Dean of SFU’s School of Medicine

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California homebuilders say they have little choice but to keep buying Canadian lumber, even with 25% tariffs, as they rebuild thousands of homes lost in Los Angeles wildfires.

Dan Dunmoyer, president of the California Building Industry Association, notes that 80% of the state’s land is federally or state-owned and can’t be logged, while local mills and environmental policies make a quick switch to domestic lumber impractical.

Guest: Dan Dunmoyer - President & CEO of the California Building Industry Association

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The City of Vancouver has formally adopted the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Framework, reinforcing its commitment to making the city more inclusive for seniors.

Guest: Mike Klassen - ABC Vancouver City Councillor

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A new independent commission in Canada, established to review wrongful convictions, may find more cases than expected. 

Similar commissions in other countries revealed higher-than-anticipated rates of miscarriages of justice.

Guest: Tony Paisana - Partner at Peck and Company Barristers and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia

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The Conservative government got their hands on a Power Point presentation which "reveals" the diversion of safe supply drugs to the streets, information that the police have known for months.

The BC government is banning the Chinese AI company DeepSeek. What's going on with it?

Guest: Rob Shaw - Political Correspondent for CHEK News

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Can Trudeau’s border measures reduce fentanyl smuggling?

Why one ABC councillor is opposing Mayor Sim’s DTES housing plan!

Can BC improve the rate of killer whale births?

What’s behind Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza?

Making Cent$ of the Market with Lori Pinkowski!

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