How have Unions evolved since the establishment of Labour Day? Influenced by American labour movements, the Canadian labour organizations advocated for this holiday to become statutory, successfully achieving this in 1894.

Guest: Dr. Stephen Tufts, Professor of Labour Geography at York University

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The Eby government promised $18m to save 100 jobs at a mill in Crofton in January and, instead, almost all those jobs have been lost anyway.

Guest: Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News

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The Pentagon has launched a new website called the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office to provide easy access to declassified videos of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and allow government and military personnel to report their sightings.

Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi

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Physicists have questioned whether the time we experience truly exists. While classical physics treated time as absolute and universal, Einstein's theory of relativity revealed that time is relative and intertwined with space in a four-dimensional "space-time" block.

Guest: Dr. Sean Carroll, Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University

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Seg 1: Streaming costs are rising, and the trend seems to be sticking around. Experts predict that consumers will be facing higher subscription prices

Guest: Vincent Georgie, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Windsor's Odette School of Business and executive director of the Windsor International Film Festival.

Seg 2: View From Victoria:

The letter that Premier David Eby sent to the Bank of Canada governor is both Extraordinary in some ways, and hypocritical in others. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News.

Seg 3: The Weekly Cecchini Check in:

With Hurricane Idalia tearing up the US this week, questions are being raised about FEMA and how much relief funds are available to citizens.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

Seg 4: Contributor Scott Shantz speaks with Aidan Wright, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology at University of Pittsburgh about what narcissism is and how we can deal with narcissists. 

Guest: Aidan Wright, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology at Pittsburgh University

Seg 5: Funding challenges in Surrey school district are raising concerns about staffing and programs.

Guest: Gary Tymoschuk, Vice-Chair of the Surrey Board of Education

Seg 6: Earlier this week, the BC Government shared that the province has spent more than half a billion ($585-million) on fire suppression for this year’s wildfire season.

Guest: Dr. Jennie Moore, Director of Sustainability, BCIT

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Earlier this week, the BC Government shared that the province has spent more than half a billion ($585-million) on fire suppression for this year’s wildfire season.

Guest: Dr. Jennie Moore, Director of Sustainability, BCIT

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Funding challenges in Surrey school district are raising concerns about staffing and programs.

Guest: Gary Tymoschuk, Vice-Chair of the Surrey Board of Education

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Contributor Scott Shantz speaks with Aidan Wright, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology at University of Pittsburgh about what narcissism is and how we can deal with narcissists. 

Guest: Aidan Wright, Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology at Pittsburgh University

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The Weekly Cecchini Check in:

With Hurricane Idalia tearing up the US this week, questions are being raised about FEMA and how much relief funds are available to citizens.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

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View From Victoria:

The letter that Premier David Eby sent to the Bank of Canada governor is both Extraordinary in some ways, and hypocritical in others. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News.

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