A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Province Columnist Mike Smyth, break down the big headlines of the day.

Chapter 1 - According to BC Assessment, a couple Sechelt homes, once worth over a million dollars...are now worth $2 bucks!

Guest: Aaron McArthur, Global News

Chapter 2 - A US airstrike that killed a top Iranian official could have global repercussions.

Guest: Jeff McCausland, CBS Military Consultant

Chapter 3 - BC Hydro was in the midst of trying to restore power to thousands of people throughout the province after the storm that hit on New Years’ Eve.

Guest: Tanya Fish, BC Hydro

Chapter 4 - AND Some high-tech aid, coupled with old-fashioned, dogged determination helped a group of police officers in British Columbia save the life of a missing teenager.

Guest: Cris Leykauf, Public Affairs Manager with the Delta Police

A US airstrike that killed a top Iranian official could have global repercussions.

Guest: Jeff McCausland, CBS Military Consultant

View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Province Columnist Mike Smyth, break down the big headlines of the day.

Chapter 1 - Late on December 30th we learned that all BC Trade offices in Asia will be closing.  The opposition has been critical of the move but do these offices overseas actually bring in business?

Guest: Andrew Johns

Chapter 2 - 2020 is an election year in the United States so we will check in on what’s going on in Washington.

Guest: Jennifer Johnson, NBC News

Chapter 3 - Have you ever heard about a retirement home for whales?!? The Whale Sanctuary Project is aiming to soon announce the location of its first permanent cetacean retirement home.

Guest: Charles Vinick, Executive Director

Chapter 4 - The former chairman of Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors is on the run and nobody knows how he moved from Japan to Lebanon to escape Japanese authorities.

Guest: Jeff Gilbert, CBS News

Chapter 5 - AND a story involving two police officers from Vancouver Island who went beyond the call of duty while on vacation in Hawaii.

Guest: Victoria Police Chief Del Manak

View From Victoria:

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Province Columnist Mike Smyth, break down the big headlines of the day.

Chapter 1 - Local columnist Chris Campbell wrote an opinion piece in the Burnaby Now stating that drivers should get stiffer penalties for speeding, in the wake of three extreme speeding tickets handed out this weekend.

Guest: Chris Campbell, Burnaby Now editor

Chapter 2 - BC has officially closed trade offices in Asia, but was it the right move?

Guest: MLA Ben Stewart

Guest: Richard Zussman, Global News Reporter

Chapter 1 - If today is your first day back to work after the Christmas holidays then you may be wondering if you missed any big news in federal politics. To help us look back on the last week - and prepare for the week ahead.

Guest: Mike Le Couteur, Global News Parliamentary Correspondent

Chapter 2 - You’ve heard the story of the North Vancouver resident who became the target of a district bylaw banning pigeons. Now he is petitioning the courts to have two councillors - Lisa Muri and Betty Forbes - removed from office for conflict of interest.

Guest: Givo Hassko, director of the Vancouver Poultry & Fancy Pigeon Association

Guest: Peter Roberts, lawyer w/ Lawson Lundell LLP

Chapter 3 - The Coquitlam Animal Shelter has a fun new program your kids may want to be a part of. It’s called the Rescue Reader Program and it launches on January 5th. This program provides kids the chance to read to animals, while helping socialize the pets in care. 

Guest: Sarah Bull, Acting Manager Bylaws, Licensing, and Animal Services

Chapter 4 - What do you think about this idea: to make regular season games more interesting, get rid of the playoffs in pro sports?

Guest: Scott Stinson, National Post

Chapter 1 - This is a story about a man named Bob. Bob lives in BC and has for many years but he was born and raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He wanted to memorialize his hometown in song, and just recently was able to.

Chapter 2 - The IIHF World Juniors are now underway and NHL playoffs are creeping closer! So let’s talk hockey with former Canucks play-by-play announcer, hockey hall of famer, and broadcasting legend, Jim Robson.

Chapter 3 - Should a question be added to the Canadian tax form that asks if you’d like to sign up to be an organ donor?

Guest: Len Webber, MLA

Chapter 4 - We should be getting a better look at what changes are coming to your taxes in 20-20.

Guest: Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director

A local look at politics from the Provincial capital.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Province Columnist Mike Smyth, break down the big headlines of the day.