In February of this year, Michael Bannon, 35, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and is banned for life from accessing the internet. Bannon had  pleaded guilty to 22 charges including sexual interference and benefiting from the sexual services of a minor. One of his victims who was only 17 at the time, was contacted by him on Facebook out of the blue, he then picked her up near her home in Surrey and took her to a hotel in Vancouver. Over the course of a weekend, he forced her to have almost 30 sexual encounters. Human trafficking isn’t a far off problem, it's happening here in the hotels of cities all over Canada. Tim Dickert spoke with Larissa Maxwell, who is the Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Programs for the Salvation Army, to better understand the realities of Human Trafficking in Canada.

Chapter 1:

-BC's Police Watchdog is probing an incident at a Vancouver McDonald's not far from the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station.  It involves a man who is said by police to have set himself on fire. The Independent Investigations Office tweeting early this morning it plans to release more details "in due course."

Chapter 2:

-Brendan Flynn successfully petitioned the city to build an Irish-Canadian monument in Yaletown.

Chapter 3:

-Ford has stated it plans to revamp ¾ of its models in the next two years in hopes of appealing to a domestic market that appears to be losing interest.
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Watch out for a new local scam that preys on good samaritans! A man is flagging down drivers ands tells them he’s been towed. After the kind stranger drives him to the impound lot, he asks for money.

Chapter 4:

-BC Hydro has signed it’s second biggest contract for construction on the Site C dam.  At $1.6 billion to build generating station and spillways. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 5:

-The Duolingo website has made it possible for the Star Trek fan to learn Klingon for free!  Tim Dickert has the tech report.

Chapter 6:

-High Speed Rail From Vancouver To Seattle Will Be Announced Today.  Is this project, that is expected to cost $42B US, worth the money?

Chapter 7:

-BC casinos would lose $88m in revenue each year, if the NDP enacted anti money laundering measures.

Chapter 8: Squire on Sports

-It's a weird stat when you sit back and look at the career of Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin...But he only has two goals this season...TWO!

Chapter 9:
-When a child goes missing, it’s rare they’ve been taken by a stranger, like we see in the movies or on TV. Most commonly, the kidnapper is one of their parents, caught in a bitter custody battle. This morning, Niki Reitmayer is asking the question: why would a parent kidnap their own child?

Chapter 10:

-Canada is falling behind when it comes to clean energy and transitioning to a zero carbon economy.  Canada is still doing the same old things instead of innovating new a smart technologies. We see that with the twinning of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline.  So what is the direction Canada is trying to steer its economy?

Chapter 11:

-In February of this year, Michael Bannon, 35, was sentenced to 14 years in prison and is banned for life from accessing the internet. Bannon had  pleaded guilty to 22 charges including sexual interference and benefiting from the sexual services of a minor. One of his victims who was only 17 at the time, was contacted by him on Facebook out of the blue, he then picked her up near her home in Surrey and took her to a hotel in Vancouver. Over the course of a weekend, he forced her to have almost 30 sexual encounters. Human trafficking isn’t a far off problem, it's happening here in the hotels of cities all over Canada. Tim Dickert spoke with Larissa Maxwell, who is the Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Programs for the Salvation Army, to better understand the realities of Human Trafficking in Canada.

A driver was ticketed for using their cell phone on the road - not once, but TWICE yesterday afternoon.  It's not a cheap lesson to learn once to begin with.

Is the promise of full bars, good tourism and showcasing Vancouver on a world stage enough of a benefit to sign a blank cheque deal with a corrupt organization like FIFA?  The city of Chicago has dropped their bid for the 2026 World Cup for the same reason that BC is considering dropping out, but some local residents are upset the NDP government isn't looking at the bigger picture and benefits to the city.

Donald Trump has been caught in an audio recording boasting he made up facts about trade deficit with Canada, during meeting with Justin Trudeau.

A woman in Surrey is being hailed a good samaritan after stopping to help a homeless man who was collapsing on the street.

Was it a sad and premature end to Vancouver's World Cup party?  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Do you forget things on a day to day basis?  How about scheduling all your daily activities and letting your phone remind you at a place, time or event?  Tim Dickert tells you how on the tech report.

BC has backed out of the chance to host part of the FIFA World Cup in 2026. Vancouver was one of multiple cities who showed interest in hosting matches as part of the North American bid. The potential costs that would be incurred by the province are unknown, but FIFA’s unwavering demands and a lack of guarantee that Vancouver would actually play host to any significant matches was enough for Premier Horgan to pull us out of the bid.

Canada's susceptibility to Russian malice, and what kind of influence, if any, Russia has on Canada and its interests.

Guest: Global News Chief Political Correspondent David Akin