The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights)

The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights)

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The Early Edition from CBC Radio British Columbia (Highlights) episodes

  • June 29, 2018
    Gas will cost one and a half cents more per litre in Metro Vancouver by this time next year. We speak with Sumeet Gulati, a UBC economist who has researched the effects of fuel taxes about what this will mean for drivers and transit riders alike. --- Peter German's money laundering report has made waves this week, and beyond the problems with our casinos, it hints at the next frontier of the problem: real estate. We take a closer look at that when we hear from anti-corruption organization Transparency Canada International --- Three of the five victims of yesterday's newspaper shooting were connected to the University of Maryland's college of journalism. We speak with the dean of the college Lucy Dalglish.
    27 min
  • June 28, 2018
    CBC Investigative journalist Eric Rankin has spent more than a decade covering money laundering in BC. He tells us what he found and if the latest report into dirty money in BC has any surprises.
    Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent trying to solve Surrey's gang problem. But the violence still continues. We head South of the Fraser with Tina Lovgreen to find out which politicans kept their promises, and which ones didn't.
    School is nearly out for summer. Students around the province head out on summer break after today. We check in with a couple of parents to find out what kind of year it's been.
    28 min
  • June 27, 2018
    The attorney general will reveal 48 recommendations to curb money laundering in a highly-anticipated report this morning. We get reaction from Financial crime lawyer Christina Duhaime.
    The U.S. government is celebrating the decision to uphold the administration's ban on citizens from promarily muslim countries. We hear from an expert in international security who says the policy will only fuel anti-US sentiment in the Middle East.
    The rate of suicides in the United States has been steadily going up since 1999 and it's now at the point where it's being called an epidemic. Dr. Peter Lin joins us to explain what the American Medical Association is doing about it in the United States, and what's being done here in Canada.
    28 min
  • June 26, 2018
    We hear from two District of North Vancouver councillors about a new 18 building mix use development proposed by Darwin Properties and the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation.
    Can summer make a kid sweat about their body? Amy Bell is back with her latest Parental Guidance.
    Classically-trained tenor Jeremy Dutcher is bringing back the Wolastoqey voices of his ancestors by singing alongside 100-year old cynlinder recordings, and his album is long-listed for a Polaris prize.
    28 min
  • June 25, 2018
    Gun violence in Surrey is once again grabbing headlines after a fatal shooting in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon in the residential Clayton Heights neighbourhood. Is having more police patrolling the community part of the solution?
    Surrey city council is considering a plan to round up and remove feral peacocks living in the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood.
    Phone scammers are getting more sophisticated, and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says people from all walks of life fall for them. We find out what you can do to protect yourself.
    25 min
  • June 22, 2018
    David Moscrop on an op-ed article he wrote in the Washington Post about how much he dislikes the way some international media paints Canada as though it's a utopia and a model of democracy because we have a lot of problems that need to be addressed.
    Three months ago, the Atira Women's Resource Society took over management of the Regent hotel with a goal of improving the living conditions in the S.R.O. Now, the building's being shut down by the city due to safety concerns. Hear reaction from Janice Abbott, CEO of the Atira Women's Resource Society.
    Former Vancouver South Conservative MP Wai Young is running for mayor with a new party. She's promising to build no new bike lanes unless old bike lanes are removed, free parking on Sundays, and cancelling plans to eliminate the Georgia Viaduct.
    31 min
  • June 21, 2018
    National Indigenous Peoples Day: The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business is pushing for economic reconciliation. Hear JP Gladu, the President and CEO of the council. CBC reporter Angela Sterritt takes us into Cheam, a community with diverse views and concerns over Canada's purchase of the pipeline expansion project. CBC's Yvette Brend looks at the state of introducing new Aboriginal curriculum across the province and why some educators are nervous and others fearless.
    21 min
  • June 20, 2018
    Immigration lawyer Leon Fresco, who has represented the American Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, on changes to immigration law to protect undocumented children. Sleep consultant Pat Byrne with some tips on how to beat the heat, while you sleep.
    And, after seven years in the works, the 12-storey Kettle Boffo development at Commercial and Venables has been cancelled. Hear Vancouver's city manager, Sadhu Johnston, on how the project fell through.
    25 min
  • June 19, 2018
    Babies taken from mothers, kids detained in cages, and an ongoing debate on whether the Trump administration is acting legally. Hear Hilary Evans Cameron, a researcher at Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto and a practising refugee lawyer for a decade, on international uproar about the United States child migrant policy. Sharalyn Jordan, chair of the Rainbow Refugee Society on how the detention of more than two thousand migrant children in the United States is just further proof that the Safe Third Country agreement needs to be scrapped. And, Zenen Jaimes is an advocacy director for the Texas Civil Rights Project.
    23 min
  • June 18, 2018
    Vancouver's police chief is defending random street checks after allegations that racial bias is resulting in unfair targeting of Indigenous and black people. Hear from Alok Mukherjee, former head of Toronto's police board. And, Vancouver Police Chief Adam Plamer responds to allegations that the force's practice of ransom street checks unfairly targets Indigenous and black people.
    Class Disrupted is a CBC Vancouver series exploring why the 2017-2018 school year was one of the most tumultuous in the B.C. education system. We kick off the series by looking at teacher shortages, particularly in Vancouver.
    29 min

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The Early Edition is Vancouver's connection to the latest breaking local news, interviews that cut through the spin, and community stories and personalities that surprise and delight.