If you think you have bad neighbours, listen to this story! A woman in North Vancouver has turned her condo into a 15-bed hostel! The 17-hundred sq foot unit offers a six-bed mixed dormitory, and another four-bed mixed dormitory.

This month a new report was released by the BC Centre for Substance Use that calls for better recovery options for people with addiction. The report recommends a: “shift from a provincial health-system approach that has historically focused on harm reduction and acute treatment, to an approach that better supports the full continuum of care, from harm reduction through to long-term recovery-oriented, abstinence-based interventions.

The BC Centre for Substance Use is calling for more long-term recovery centres and programs, as well as programs that are aimed at people who don’t fit the stereotype of a drug user.  To talk more about why BC needs long term drug rehab solutions are two students currently enrolled at the John Volken Academy - a two year addiction therapeutic recovery program in Surrey.

Guests: Samantha Brown & Landon Sawatzky

Are we hearing the full story of Trevor Linden parting ways with the Canucks?  It seems like a weird time for the announcement to be made that Linden is leaving the organization after 4 years as President.

Temperatures (and humidity!) are soaring, with tops nearing 30 degrees at the weekend. It’s important to remember older people and children are particularly susceptible when the mercury rises. What can parents or caregivers do to prevent heatstroke?

Guest: Dr Ash Singhal, BC Children’s Hospital

There is a briefing today on the details of government plans to give preference to certain unions in hiring for $1.4 billion replacement project on Pattullo bridge.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

The Vancouver Canucks announced Wednesday that Trevor Linden is no longer with the team.  Linden has served as the team’s president of hockey operations for four years.

Canada’s foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland was the brainchild behind a risky, top-secret plan to save more than 1200 workers belonging to Syria’s civil defence force.

Only a group of a few hundred made it to the Israeli border. The White Helmets, twice nominated for the Nobel peace prize, have been a long time enemy of Bashar Al Assad, for their careful documentation of his war crimes.

GUEST: Terry Glavin, Columnist with the National Post, contributing editor at Macleans Magazine

Canadian inflation is creeping up, increasing 2.5% over a one-year basis in June, following a 2.2% increase in the previous month. Analysts were expecting inflation to climb 2.3%. The Bank of Canada has been raising interest rates, currently at 1.5%, and the OECD released a report that said they expect rates to be at 2% by 2019.

Guest: Lori Pinkowski, Senior Vice President & Sr. Portfolio Mgr at Raymond James.

Two fires burning near the Greek capital Athens have left dozens dead and thousands of properties destroyed, in what’s being described as the deadliest fires to hit the region in decades. The dead include 26 people found clasped together on a cliff top, as they tried to escape the inferno. We spoke to veteran journalist Liana Spyropolou - who’s been covering the disaster for German publication Bild