Chapter 1:
-Science is moving forward with something the world has been waiting on for EVER! Okay maybe not so much, BUT scientist are one step closer to a male birth control pill.
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Larry Kwong, the first person of Asian descent to ever play in the NHL, has died at the age of 94. The Vernon-born athlete played one shift with the New York Rangers in 1948.
Chapter 2:
-A new documentary from Channel 4 News shows employees of Cambridge Analytica admitting, in secret video footage, that they would frame international politicians with bribes and prostitutes to sway election results.
Chapter 3:
-Thirteen severely malnourished and abused children were rescued from a ‘house of horrors’ in January. How are the Turpin children doing now? A lawyer representing the children gave an update on their condition yesterday.
Chapter 4:
-BC’s new Lieutenant Governor is Janet Austin. A Calgary-born CEO of the YWCA and former head of Big Sisters, she is a prominent volunteer. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.
Chapter 5:
-There is an asteroid heading towards earth that could kill us all...if any of us are still alive by then, anyways. There is a 1-in-27-thousand chance that the Empire State Building-sized rock could smack into earth in the year 2135. But don’t worry - scientists have a plan.
Chapter 6:
- A new documentary from Channel 4 News shows employees of Cambridge Analytica admitting, in secret video footage, that they would frame international politicians with bribes and prostitutes to sway election results. These dirty tactics, they brag, could be deployed on top of crafty marketing efforts aimed at psychologically vulnerable social media users.
Chapter 7:
-There's been a lot of talk about Vancouver not bending to the will of FIFA. Some people are happy about the decision while some are not. One thing to know is that the bid is not an automatic thing and there was a chance Vancouver wouldn't have gotten the games anyway.
Chapter 8:
-Canada is failing to deport criminals. Dysfunction in the system seems to be allowing bad people to stay in the country.
Chapter 9:
-A new study by Simon Fraser University has found people who are opioid addicted are less likely to commit crimes, if they’re in methadone treatment. Study suggests if people kept to methadone programs - it could have prevented tens of thousands of crimes. Guest is Dr Julian Somers, health sciences at SFU.
Chapter 10:
-Yesterday we heard shocking details on how data from 50 million Facebook users was harvested to manipulate election results. So today we ask - with two billion Facebook users worldwide - how can you maintain your privacy online? Is it possible to ever reduce your online footprint?
