Chapter 1:
Jon returns from a long vacation and opens the show with Gord! Taking a look at the latest news, like the Trump trade shenanigans, oh and by the way... how's your sex life?
Chapter 2:
Exclusive polling by Ipsos for Global News shows 19% of Canadians and their partners say they rarely, if ever, have sex. The highest rates of sexless relationships are in Alberta (27%), Saskatchewan (25%) and Manitoba (25%). 19% of people polled in BC are in a sexless relationship. 41% say its made their union weaker. So.. why stay?
Chapter 3:
President Donald Trump, then candidate Trump, has been caught on a recording from 2016 with his former lawyer Michael Cohen discussing the arrangements of a payment to former Playboy playmate with whom Trump had an affair.
Chapter 4: View From Victoria
Mike interviewed Andrew Weaver yesterday afternoon on the Simi Sara show, Mike asked him if he felt like he got suckered in by the Horgan government over ride sharing. The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 5:
Police have voiced concerns about the increasing existence of so called ‘puppet clubs’ or smaller support organisations created with the permission of major bikie groups.
It’s in the wake of the weekend Hells Angels party in Nanaimo, where hundreds of bikers converged on a clubhouse to celebrate their 35th anniversary in BC, under the watchful eye of the province’s anti-gang agency. So what, and who, are puppet clubs?
Chapter 6:
In the wake of the unspeakable tragedy on Toronto’s Danforth carried out by an unstable man with a handgun, the federal government says it’s considering a ban on such weapons. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says tightening of laws around handguns is a possibility but has warned that it will be a complicated process.
Chapter 7: Squire on Sports
With Alphonso heading out of Vancouver soon, what should the Whitecaps be getting in his place?
Chapter 8:
How cool is this? The Italian Space Agency announced this morning that they have officially found liquid water on Mars. So what does this body of water look like, according to the Italian researchers who found it?
Chapter 9: Making Cents of the Markets
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.
Chapter 10:
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.
Chapter 11:
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
