Guest: Dawna Friesen - Anchor and Executive Editor of Global News’ flagship newscast, Global National

Prior to joining Global National, Friesen served as NBC’s foreign correspondent and anchor in London for 11 years. Appearing on NBC News, Today and MSNBC. Before NBC, Friesen held several prominent positions in Canadian news, first in Toronto as a national correspondent, anchor and back-up host for Canada AM, then as a parliamentary reporter with CTV’s Ottawa bureau and later as a reporter and anchor for CBC in Vancouver.

Topics on the Show:

-The Federal Budget is not a balanced one. The deficit is currently projected to rise to $28.5-billion next fiscal year, before declining to $18.8 billion over the next five years.

-It’s been nearly 24 hours since the terrorist attack in London. What do we know now?

Metro Vancouver is a region that has many, many transportation needs. Will the Federal Budget provided the funding required to effectively deal with our transportation issues?

Do you think there should be an age restriction on who can buy and consume energy drinks? Dr. Barbara Yaffe is Toronto’s acting medical officer of health. This week she proposed to the city a ban that restricts teens from being able to purchase energy drinks.

Vancouver Sun Legislative Reporter Rob Shaw joins us the discuss the latest in BC Poli. He will chat about what impact the federal budget could have on BC.

It seems the internet is littered with hate speech and offensive content, and one of the worst sites for it is Twitter. However, the company has said they are finally trying to clean up their act.

Yesterday, the USA and the UK banned certain electronic devices on board airplanes for travellers from 10 different airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa. Electronic devices larger than a smartphone (laptops, iPads, cameras, DVD players) will no longer be allowed in airplane cabins, and must now be kept with checked baggage. Closer to home, Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau hinted Canada may also implement similar regulations for inbound flights from the same airports.

Guest: Claire Newell, President, Travel Best Bets

In this province, we seem to have a nearly spiritual connection to the oceans and the lakes that surround us, yet so many of us carelessly waste water every single day. Today is U.N. designated World Water Day and the theme this year is “Why Waste Water?”

Guest: Troy Vassos, UBC adjunct professor in engineering who specializes in the study and design of water recycling systems.

Topics on the Show:

-Today is U.N. designated World Water Day and the theme this year is “Why Waste Water?”

-Metro Vancouver is a region that has many, many transportation needs. Will the Federal Budget provided the funding required to effectively deal with our transportation issues?

-Yesterday, the USA and the UK banned certain electronic devices on board airplanes for travellers from 10 different airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.