In yet another twist in the pipeline saga, Attorney General David Eby has filed a lawsuit against Alberta’s “turn off the taps” legislation, following through with a promise to take legal action.

In the wake of another mass shooting at a US school and the NRA’s continued militant stand against gun control we wondered how the NRA has become so powerful. Perhaps because It spends more on influencing politics than any other non profit group in the US, according to the Centre for Responsive Politics.

The Winnipeg Jets had an impressive season and had a good chance at making the Stanley Cup finals, but, they blew it. Now people are asking whether next year will be the year for the Jets.

An interesting story about Canadian prisons this morning. There are prisons in Canada that’s sole purpose is to house soldiers who break the law, but, there aren’t many soldiers in these prisons so the workers and guards at the prison have a lot of down time.

Metro Vancouver will soon have a better idea about a potential road pricing scheme for the region, with the final report from an independent commission into mobility pricing due this week. The report will be unveiled at TransLink Mayors’ Council meeting on Thursday. The commission was looking at two mobility pricing models: congestion point charges, which could result in tolls on bridges and other key choke points, and distance-based charges which would vary by time and location.

A NY judge has ruled that a 30-year old man must move out of his parents house. The family said it was time for their son to move on but the son didn’t want to leave the house.

There isn’t much of a pay-off for artists and performers who go on shows in order to showcase their talent. The people who really benefit are the hosts and the networks that put on the spectacle. Bruce Allen joins the show to discuss these reality shows.

Support For Zoos And Aquariums Continues but a fresh Angus Reid survey out this morning shows Canadians also support banning whales and dolphins in captivity.

Guest: Dave Korzinski, Research Associate, Angus Reid

Chapter 1:  What’s in the news with Gord MacDonald

-Many residents in BC who were forced from their homes by floods are free to return home.  The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says evacuation orders have been lifted and downgraded to evacuation alerts for about 14-hundred properties.  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan visited the province yesterday to observe the devastation.

Chapter 2: Editorial Like a Dog on a Bone

-The Alberta Premier’s office claims Rachel Notley wants to stay in Edmonton and focus on the deadline Kinder Morgan has set - and won’t be attending a meeting with Western Premiers in Yellowknife this week.

Chapter 3:

-The Alberta Premier’s office claims Rachel Notley wants to stay in Edmonton and focus on the deadline Kinder Morgan has set - and won’t be attending a meeting with Western Premiers in Yellowknife this week.

Chapter 4:

-A number of journalists from the US, UK, Russia and China have flown in to North Korea today - to cover the planned dismantling of a nuclear site.

Chapter 5: View From Victoria

-Alberta Premier Rachel Notley pulling out of the Western Premiers Conference that starts today in Yellowknife.  This move caught Premier John Horgan and his staff off-guard. They say there are important issues to discuss at the conference besides the Kinder Morgan pipeline and Notley should attend.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 6:

-The Vancouver Sun’s Douglas Todd wrote this piece at the weekend - noting a ferry leaving Tsawwassen appeared to be one quarter empty but declared full. He’s accused BC Ferries of failing to get it right when it comes to efficiently moving people and cars.

Chapter 7:

-President Donald Trump signed new tax reforms which could see many US citizens in Canada hit hard. Vancouver has the world’s largest population of Americans living outside the US and they could be subject to double taxation.

Chapter 8:

-Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has decided to skip this week’s Western Premiers’ Conference.  Other provinces got word on Saturday that Notley would not be joining her counterparts from Western Canada and the North and Deputy Premier Sarah Hoffman will be going to Yellowknife, NWT on her behalf.

Chapter 9:

-There isn’t much of a pay-off for artists and performers who go on shows in order to showcase their talent.  The people who really benefit are the hosts and the networks that put on the spectacle. Bruce Allen joins the show to discuss these reality shows.

Chapter 10:

-Support For Zoos And Aquariums Continues but a fresh Angus Reid survey out this morning shows Canadians also support banning whales and dolphins in captivity.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley pulling out of the Western Premiers Conference that starts today in Yellowknife. This move caught Premier John Horgan and his staff off-guard. They say there are important issues to discuss at the conference besides the Kinder Morgan pipeline and Notley should attend. The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.