Today will be the first big day of traffic since the tolls have been taken off the bridges in the lower mainland.  With the tolls coming off, and people being happy about saving money each time they cross, is there a lesson in this excersize for the government? 

Woman pulls gun on shoppers in a Walmart who are fighting over school supplies.

One of the big challenges for the new NDP government is hiring enough teachers to meet previous staffing levels after the Christy Clark government lost to the teachers' union in the Supreme Court of Canada.  The Province's Mike Smyth is here with the days headlines.

A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology shows that traces of human antidepressants are turning up in the brain’s of fish in Niagara River.

The latest immigrant program in the United States to come under fire from the Trump Administration is the Daca program. Should the program be scrapped, thousands of young people who have lived in the United States since the age of 16 (or younger) could face deportation.

Guest: Tracy Jan, reporter for the Washington Post

The first day of school can be filled with anxiety for many students of all ages - from kindergarten to university. What signs of stress, anxiety, or depression should you look for in your child during this transitionary time?

Guest: Dr. Jana Davidson, psychiatrist-in-chief at B.C. Children’s Hospital

After the BC Court of Appeal’s scathing rebuke on September 1, 2017 of a decision that took his kids away from him and told the world he sexually abused them, a father is telling his side of the story for the first time. The Vancouver man, who can only be referred to as “BG”, says the justice system finally got it right, and he’s looking forward to building a relationship with his four kids.

Guest: Charmaine de Silva, CKNW

By today, nearly 3,600 staff and teaching positions needed to be filled across the province. One school district most in need of staff and new class space is the  Surrey School District. Today marks the first day of school, so what can students expect when they walk through the doors? Have these goals been met and what can officials do to improve student education?

Guest: Cindy Dalglish, Surrey Education Advocate

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In a bid to become the world’s greenest city, Vancouver is looking to turn several popular streets into ‘pedestrian-only’ zones. It’s already been done on the 800 block of Robson St. Now the city’s prime candidates for car-free zones include Gastown’s historic Water Street from Carrall to Cordova, Hamilton and Mainland Streets in Yaletown, and Robson Street from Downtown to the West End area. Global BC’s Geoff Hastings reports...