The Mayor of District North Vancouver, Richard Walton, joins us for CKNW’s Inaugural Mayor Day.

What are the implications on the political landscape of Vancouver when so many mayors are choosing to step down? Is there room for fresh blood and what are the pros and cons of such a high turnover? What does it take to run for mayor?

Guest: UBC Political Scientist Max Cameron

Metro Vancouver ridership is among the highest in North America, growing 5.7% year over year, according to the American Public Transit Association. But is there enough transit in North Vancouver to meet the needs of a growing population?

Last month, the board of Metro Vancouver voted itself a 15% pay increase to offset a federal tax change, along with a retroactive retirement allowance. The move triggered a wave of public anger - the Board was accused of holding the vote without proper transparency.

Today is 4/20 and there will be a big celebration/protest on the lawns of English Bay. With the weather forecast predicting a rainy afternoon it could spell disaster for the park.

Jon argues that we deserve to know how distorted the economy has become due to the flow of dirty money from underground banking networks that were set up to help Chinese Triad gangs launder money.

It’s April 20th! That means thousands of dirtbag hippies will be headed to Sunset Beach for the biggest smoke up of the year.

SkyTrain to UBC? Get real. When this option was costed 10 years ago, the guesstimate was $250 million a kilometre. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Does a landmark ruling over the interprovincial transportation of goods mean anything for the Trans Mountain case? Attorney General David Eby says Alberta can't restrict the flow of oil to British Columbia in retaliation for the pipeline dispute.

Global News Investigative Reporter Sam Cooper revealed just how widespread money laundering is in BC, and how Chinese drug gangs wash hundreds of millions of dollars through casinos and Vancouver’s high-priced real estate, and send the money back to China for the cycle to be repeated.