Chapter 1:
-Sentencing has been handed down in a decades-long polygamy case in B.C. Winston Blackmore has been given a conditional sentence for six months to be served in the community and 12 months probation for a polygamy conviction.
Chapter 2:
-Last night, competing late night talk shows stood together in response to President Trump calling them no talent low lifes.
Chapter 3:
-Yesterday, federal and provincial finance ministers met in Ottawa just days before retaliatory tariffs will be imposed by Canada on the US.
Chapter 4:
-The woman who was caught in a racist rant on a Vancouver bus this weekend has come forward to explain there is more behind the video than we know.
Chapter 5:
-Preview of the long-awaited money-laundering report coming this morning from David Eby. Eby has said the report will not be "fault-finding" and that nobody in government has been fired for turning B.C. casinos into a playground for international gangsters. The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 6:
-Yesterday, sentences were handed down to the two main religious leaders of the Bountiful, BC religious community for being engaged in polygamous marriages. But it wasn’t just their lifestyle choices that offended so many - the group has been linked to the traffic of young girls to other Mormon communities in the United States and has been accused of grooming children for marriage to much older men.
Chapter 7:
-Does Gary Bettman deserve a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame? He’s been NHL Commissioner for 25 years and has grown the NHL in a big way! But the timing seems a little weird, because he is not yet retired.
Chapter 8:
-Is buying into marijuana stocks a good idea? Are we seeing an oversaturation of the market with a possible bust coming down the road? Just one of the stories discussed here on Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski.
Chapter 9:
-Fresh data released by Statistics Canada shows where the highest rates of non-resident ownership are in BC and Canada. It shows the resort municipalities of Sun Peaks (17%) and Whistler (15.5%) have a high proportion of non resident property owners, as well as the UBC Endowment Lands (or Electoral Area A, at 14%). StatsCan unveiled data showing both the cities of Vancouver and Richmond have a non-resident ownership rate just above 7%.
Chapter 10:
-Attorney General David Eby releases Peter German's independent review of anti-money laundering practices in British Columbia. German provides an overview of his recommendations.
