Ch.1: When it comes to social media and online influences, how much control should government have?
Guest: Anne Gaviola, Senior Digital Broadcast Journalist for Global News and Host of new series “Influenced”
Ch.2: UBC researchers are leading a $24 million dollar project to treat spinal cord injury.
Guest: Dena Shahriari, Co-principal investigator, and assistant professor in the Department of Orthopedics and the School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC.
Ch.3: Heavy rains are leaving Abbotsford farmers with more flooding to deal with.
Guest: Satwinder Bains, owner of Parsat blueberry farm in Clayburn Village in Abbotsford.
Ch.4: The BC Civil Liberties Association has just won a landmark case about police accountability. The BCCLA brought this lawsuit to address the RCMP Commissioner’s extreme delays in public complaints.
Guest: Jessica Magonet, Legal Counsel for BCCL
Ch.5: Omicron wave seems to be dragging on but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Caroline Colijn is a Researcher in Mathematics for Infection, Evolution and Public Health.
Guest: Caroline Colijn, Epidemiologist and Researcher in Mathematics for Infection, Evolution and Public Health.
Ch.6: An increase in real estate prices, and a shortage in supply… and yet a lot of proposals for even small developments are backlogged at every municipality’s City Hall.
Guest: David Eby, Attorney General
Ch.7: Cost of living and inflation are leading to more and more Canadians feeling stressed.
Guest: Taz Rajan, Community Engagement Partner at Bromwich + Smith
Ch.8: A very popular bar, that is closing down due to the pandemic, is holding an auction to sell off some of its memorabilia
Guest: Jason Kapalka, Owner of Storm Crow Alehouse in Vancouver.
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