The deadline for the Rio Theatre’s online crowdfunding wrapped up at midnight last night. Advocates for the historic building have been trying to raise $2-million from private investors and $1-million from fans in order to purchase the theatre, effectively saving it from developers. Were they able to reach their goal?

Guest: Corrine Lea,

Chinese corporation Anbang Insurance Co, who’s chairman is on trial in China, allegedly used billions of dollars ripped off from mom-and-dad investors to buy assets, including the Bentall Centre office towers and retail centre in downtown Vancouver, and a BC aged care company.

Guest: Vancouver lawyer Christine Duhaime

Chapter 1: Show Open with Gord MacDonald

-Daniel and Henrik Sedin have announced they are retiring from the Vancouver Canucks.  In a letter posted online, the brothers said throughout this season they realized this one would be the last.  Daniel and Henrik have been with the Canucks for 18 seasons but say now is the time to focus on life after hockey.

Chapter 2:

-After a vote by municipal politicians, finding out who voted yay or nay turns out to be harder than previously thought.  Jon runs through the process he is currently going through in order to find out who voted themselves a pay increase and retirement benefit.

Chapter 3:

-Do you want to go and see the Sedins play their last games for the Canucks? Be prepared to shell out more than $200! Ticket prices for tonight and Thursday’s home games have soared on the back of their retirement news.

Chapter 4:

-A few popular TV shows have announced they will be returning to Vancouver to film their upcoming seasons, including Riverdale which has been great for the BC economy.

Chapter 5:

-Metro Vancouver retroactive pension/transition payments.  What can politicians do to prevent these type of cash grabs that taxpayers find so objectionable?  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 6:

-In Surrey, only one party makes the decisions at the civic level.  That’s Surrey First, a party that took all nine seats on city council in the 2014 municipal election.  The party has been in power in the city for a long time. But now a new party is rising up to challenge them, with the aim of breaking what’s being called a monopoly at city hall.

Chapter 7:

-Farah Nasser speaks with Canadians about their experience with discrimination. People speak candidly about names they’ve been called to shed light on the lasting impacts, as part of the #firsttimeiwascalled campaign.  Using the #FirstTimeIwasCalled on social media, we are asking you to come forward with your stories about how discrimination has impacted you.

Chapter 8: Squire on Sports

-In the 80’s there was a Swedish Boom!  Vancouver got into swedish hockey players when they brought in Thomas Gradin who, can be said to be the reason the Canucks got their hands on the twins.

Chapter 9:
-The deadline for the Rio Theatre’s online crowdfunding wrapped up at midnight last night. Advocates for the historic building have been trying to raise $2-million from private investors and $1-million from fans in order to purchase the theatre, effectively saving it from developers. Were they able to reach their goal?

Chapter 10:

-Chinese corporation Anbang Insurance Co, who’s chairman is on trial in China, allegedly used billions of dollars ripped off from mom-and-dad investors to buy assets, including the Bentall Centre office towers and retail centre in downtown Vancouver, and a BC aged care company.

Chapter 11:

-Daniel and Henrik Sedin have announced they are retiring from the Vancouver Canucks.  In a letter posted online, the brothers said throughout this season they realized this one would be the last.  Daniel and Henrik have been with the Canucks for 18 seasons but say now is the time to focus on life after hockey.

Daniel and Henrik Sedin have announced they are retiring from the Vancouver Canucks. In a letter posted online, the brothers said throughout this season they realized this one would be the last. Daniel and Henrik have been with the Canucks for 18 seasons but say now is the time to focus on life after hockey.

Guest: Ed Willes, author, and sports columnist for the Province.

Trump has accused Mexico of laughing at US immigration policies. In an Easter morning Twitter storm and later at church, he suggested he no longer wants a deal with Democrats to renew DACA - the Obama era policy that protects about 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Fear no more! That Chinese space station that was careening uncontrollably towards earth has touched down in the ocean. No one was hurt.

Oil and gas jobs are being killed by technology says our guest.  There have been thousands of jobs lost over the last few years and you can look at the new technologies that have been developed as a factor.

Guest: Markham Hislop, energy commentator.

Small business owners in B.C. aren’t feeling as confident about the future.  The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has released its survey numbers from March on optimism in the economy, and after three straight months of growth, the data says that entrepreneurs are feeling a little less comfortable.

Do you know who the reigning champion in boxing is?  Probably not because the sport has so many different divisions and titles that following it is a nightmare.  Is it time for boxing to trim down and make the sport easier to ingest.

Days after the Metro Vancouver Regional District Board gave themselves a golden handshake in the form of a one-time retirement allowance for departing members, Port Coquitlam’s acting mayor and council voted the next council a pay raise, so the loss of a tax break won’t reduce their income.