Like the old saying goes, “April showers bring...insanely high gas prices.” April 1st was the first day of the new BC carbon tax, however this is just the first of a few increases we are set to experience in the near future.

The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when insufficient water treatment led to 100,000 people being potentially exposed to lead in water in their homes. It’s also been linked to a spike in Legionnaire’s cases - that led to the deaths of ten people.

Guest: Dr Marc Edward

Vancouver neurosurgeon Dr Chris Honey has developed a breakthrough Parkinson’s Disease treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation. It involves sticking wires in your brain that connect to a pacemaker - which sends a pulse to your brain that interrupts the seizure. He’s the only doctor in BC who can perform the procedure. He joins us to discuss how this unique treatment works.

Guest: Neurosurgeon Dr Chris Honey

Chapter 1: Show Open with Gord MacDonald

-Is there a certain etiquette involved when eating a chocolate bunny for easter celebrations?  Gord Mac runs down his own way of eating the tasty holiday treats.

Chapter 2:

-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.

Chapter 3: Niki Brings The News

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

Chapter 4:

-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.

Chapter 5:

-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.

Chapter 6:

-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.

Chapter 7: Squire on Sports

-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.

Chapter 8:

-Like the old saying goes, “April showers bring...insanely high gas prices.” April 1st was the first day of the new BC carbon tax, however this is just the first of a few increases we are set to experience in the near future.

Chapter 9:
-The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when insufficient water treatment led to 100,000 people being potentially exposed to lead in water in their homes. It’s also been linked to a spike in Legionnaire’s cases - that led to the deaths of ten people.

Chapter 10:

-Vancouver neurosurgeon Dr Chris Honey has developed a breakthrough Parkinson’s Disease treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation. It involves sticking wires in your brain that connect to a pacemaker - which sends a pulse to your brain that interrupts the seizure. He’s the only doctor in BC who can perform the procedure. He joins us to discuss how this unique treatment works.

Is there a certain etiquette involved when eating a chocolate bunny for easter celebrations?  Gord Mac runs down his own way of eating the tasty holiday treats.

In California a judge has ruled that Starbucks and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in the state.  This could possibly have companies paying millions of dollars in fines.

Could it take a “Night Mayor” to realize Vancouver’s dream of a safer, more vibrant nightlife?  Mirik Milan is the first person to hold that job title in the City of Amsterdam. He acts as a liaison between the city’s entertainment and nightlife industries, residents and elected officials.  He was elected to the job in 2012 and the city has changed in dramatic ways for the better in the years since, he says.

Is there a new hospital in your future? Premier John Horgan & Health Minister Adrian Dix have announced a new hospital tower for Richmond. Coming in at an estimated $300 million. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

When someone apologizes to you, what are the factors that makes you believe it’s sincere? How much time they allow to lapse, and what their motivations could be surely should be considered.  What about when a politician apologizes for a historical a wrong-doing? Are you inclined to feel that apology is ever sincere? Do public political apologizes hold any merit?

A Victoria-based data company is denying its connections to Cambridge Analytica and all the controversy that goes with it. However, there may be a link to a BC political party this company, called Aggregate IQ, can’t avoid.