Atlantic salmon escape

Thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon have escaped their pen at a Vancouver Island fish farm and entered the waters after a damaging fire.

Guest: Alex Morton, marine biologist

B.C’s first pot store

Even though cannabis was legalized in Canada on Oct 17, 2018, Vancouver didn’t get its first legal cannabis store until one year ago today. Today marks the one year anniversary since Evergreen Cannabis.

Guest: Mike Babins, Evergreen Cannabis

Public Safety Minister is questioning RCMP about Indegenous blockade language

The federal public safety minister’s office says it has spoken to the RCMP about the language they were reported to be using on how they would deal with First Nations protesters blocking the pipeline construction in northern BC.

 Guest: Jennifer Wickham, Member of the Gidimt’en clan

Thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon have escaped their pen at a Vancouver Island fish farm and entered the waters after a damaging fire.

Even though cannabis was legalized in Canada on Oct 17, 2018, Vancouver didn’t get its first legal cannabis store until one year ago today. Today marks the one year anniversary since Evergreen Cannabis - Vancouver’s first legal pot shop - opened its doors. So how have things been going? Lets check in with co-owner Mike Babins.

Chapter 1

A BC man in Nelson was still issued a ticket despite being sober

Guest:  Kyla Lee, Criminal Defense Lawyer with Acumen Law

Chapter 2

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg has resigned following this year’s 737 Max Crisis

Guest:  Keith Mackey, Aviation expert specializing in aviation safety

Chapter 1 - Democratic candidates took to the stage south of the border last night for the final debate before party delegates select a new leader.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent.

Chapter 2 - The BC First Responder Resiliency Program launched in 2017 with the objective of providing treatment for symptoms of PTSD.

Guest: Steve Farina, VP of  BC Fire Fighters Association.

Chapter 3 - New vaping awareness programs roll out to Kamloops schools.

Guest: Allison Innes-Wiens, lecturer at Thompson Rivers University

Chapter 4 - A new study by Vancouver’s Fraser Institute suggests Canadians aren’t donating to charities like they used to.

Guest: Michael Leland, Salvation Army spokesperson

Guest:  Jake Fuss, Fraser Institute economist and co-author of report

Chapter 1 - Canadians are no less divided now than they were just after the election.  After committing to national unity during the federal election, the Trudeau government hasn’t made much progress.

Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice President of Ipsos Public Affairs

Chapter 2 - Apps that block blue light on your phone have become increasingly popular in recent years, but new research out of the University of Manchester seems to indicate that they aren’t actually doing anything.

Guest: Dr Tim Brown, University of Manchester

Chapter 3 - Spam calls are a constant headache - as you stare at that unknown number calling, agonizing over whether to pick it up.  New regulations come into effect today in an effort to cut down on those annoying calls at all hours of the day.

Guest: Tim Denton, former CRTC commissioner

Chapter 4 - Sources within the Conservative Party are telling Global News that Andrew Scheer’s expenses exceeded $900,000 in the last fiscal year.

Guest: Amanda Connolly, Global News journalist.

Chapter 5 - ShareNow, known until recently as Car2Go, announced yesterday that they’re leaving Vancouver early next year. They cited the volatile state of the global mobility landscape and rising infrastructure complexities as the reasons behind the move. 

Guest: Tai Silvey, VP of Car Share.

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.