Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart is renewing his call to use Riverview Hospital as a treatment centre as the province faces an opioid epidemic.

“Let’s see what we can do to put hundreds of beds to treat people with addictions, and to treat people with mental illness.”

Stewart is asking the government to put beds in a few of the old buildings, and run opioid replacement or abstinence programs.

The City of Surrey – under pressure by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – has released more information into the minutes after 15-year-old Dario Bartoli was badly beaten in a south Surrey park on December 13, 2014.

After a Freedom of Information request last year by CKNW the City of Surrey released a letter dated January 20, 2015 from its Fire Chief Len Garis to Executive Vice-President of the Provincial Health Services Authority Linda Lupini with several sections redacted or blacked out.

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Guest: Ria Renouf - of The Reel Report (Fridays at 9am) on The Jon McComb Show. Check out her original podcast, ‘Close Encounters of The Film Kind’ on CKNW.com

Topics on the Show:

-The City of Surrey – under pressure by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – has released more information into the minutes after 15-year-old Dario Bartoli was badly beaten in a south Surrey park on December 13, 2014.

-Should Vancouver hold a referendum to address the issue of captive whales at the aquarium?

-A new call for Riverview hospital to be turned into a treatment centre for the mentally ill.

Christy Clark may have given up her stipend that she recieved but the problem of donor's still exists.

It took the premier months to give up on the party stipend, calling it a distraction.  But Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick backed down within hours Sunday  when our friend Mike Smyth from the Province reported that Letnick would forgo an agriculture conference in order to attend a $5K fundraiser with the premier.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

What a difference eight months can make.  Premier Christy Clark made a late night announcement on Friday saying that she’ll no longer accept a $50,000 dollar stipend from the BC Liberals, but it flies in the face of remarks she made last May on the issue.

Guest: Andrew Wilkinson - Minister of Advanced Education

What a difference eight months can make.  Premier Christy Clark made a late night announcement on Friday saying that she’ll no longer accept a $50,000 dollar stipend from the BC Liberals, but it flies in the face of remarks she made last May on the issue.  The NDP Also accepts donations from corporate donors, so how can they call the Liberals Out when they do the same thing?

Guest: John Horgan - BC NDP Leader

What a difference eight months can make.  Premier Christy Clark made a late night announcement on Friday saying that she’ll no longer accept a $50,000 dollar stipend from the BC Liberals, but it flies in the face of remarks she made last May on the issue.  The BC Green Party doesn't take any corporate donations, so how can they hope to compete without big money backing them?

Guest: Andrew Weaver - BC Green Party Leader