Why do people go crazy for deals?  It’s Black Friday and down in the US and in Canada to a lesser extent, bargain hunters are looking for big savings.  What do advertisers do to make their deals the best you can get?

CKNW's Back on the Beat comes at you Saturday's and host John Daly is here to break down the stories he's chasing this weekend.

Topics on the Show:

Chapter 1:

-If you want to live longer it’s okay to drink a lot of coffee.  New research suggests that coffee has no long term health effects.

Chapter 2:

-It is an amazing tale of survival. Dog walker Annette Poitras spent more than two days lost in the backcountry of Eagle Mountain in Coquitlam with three dogs. They were all rescued alive and safe Wednesday afternoon, and now more details are coming to light about how they survived the rain and the elements. Jordan Armstrong reports

Chapter 3:

-What do your tweets say about your commute?  Are you angry, happy or maybe confused?  Our guest went through public tweets and found out just how moody your commute can be on transit.

Chapter 4:

-Currently, drug users can bring their street drugs to places like Insight to have them tested. Should programs like that be expanded to all pharmacies?

Chapter 5:

-The public consultations on proportional representation are set to begin.  How will the talks go and when will the public vote on it?  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 6:

-Is there a way to have your cake and ice cream too when it comes to bike lanes in the city?  Tim Dickert has the tech report.

Chapter 7:

-The province of BC is happy to accept new funding for social housing but some critics are urging the Government to speed up their implementation of their Federal Housing Plan.

Chapter 8:

- A flat-earther in the US has built his own rocket and plans to launch himself 1,800 feet in the air at 500/mph. Uh-oh.

Chapter 9:

-The Orpheum Theatre, in downtown Vancouver, is celebrating it’s 90th year in operation.  We hear some stories about the theatre and what is being planned not only for the 90th celebrations, but the 100th as well.

Chapter 10:

-Why do people go crazy for deals?  It’s Black Friday and down in the US and in Canada to a lesser extent, bargain hunters are looking for big savings.  What do advertisers do to make their deals the best you can get?

Chapter 11:

- CKNW's Back on the Beat comes at you Saturday's and host John Daly is here to break down the stories he's chasing this weekend.

There has been a mudslide that is affecting traffic this morning, A missing hiker has been rescued & a story about bureaucracy and Canada’s 150.

A missing Coquitlam dog walker and three dogs have been found alive and well almost 48 hours after they went missing.  More than 60 search and rescue crew members and RCMP officers had been searching for 56-year-old Annette Poitras and three dogs since they went missing Monday afternoon.  Coquitlam RCMP say Poitras was found shortly before noon Wednesday and has now been taken to hospital after being rescued by search and rescue crews.

A Chilliwack School trustee is asking one of his colleagues to step down, after a controversial speech earlier this week.  Dan Coulter says Barry Neufeld’s comments about the LGBTQ community are extremely damaging, and he’d like him to resign.

Earlier this year, well-known local sportscaster Neil Macrae passed away after battling three separate cancers. The first of the three cancers is rarely associated with men — breast cancer.  Wife Laurie Rix-Macrae remembers the day he approached her about a lump that had been growing for months.

The kill-it-or-build-it decision is getting closer every day and with so much of the public's money on the line it’s hard not to stay focused on the site c dam.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

An Ottawa PhD candidate may have made a breakthrough in the fight against cancer.  Tim Dickert has the tech report.

You’ve heard a lot about Naloxone in the news - a life-saving medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. But if you had to use it to save a person’s life...would you know how?