The secret powerhouse processing millions in global fraud is based in Vancouver.

Guest: Blake Ellis - senior investigative writer with CNN Money
Guest: Melanie Hicken  - senior investigative writer with CNN Money

The provincial government’s impromptu tax on foreign buyers of residential property in Metro Vancouver sure got the attention of the intended audience.  First bit of data, released yesterday, shows massive spike in sales.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

As the temperatures start to drop you may see more creepy crawly's coming into your house.  What are they looking for in your home?

Guest: Claudia Copley -  entomology collection Manager at the Royal B.C. Museum

CKNW will carry U.S. Presidential debates live and ad-free.

Guest: Larry Gifford - Programme Director for CKNW & AM730

SFU celebrates new trauma program for First Responders.

Guest: Larry White - Director of Career and Professional Programs at SFU

Ria Renouf is here to talk all things movies!

A unique look at the top stories of the week.

WHA HAPPENED!? with Rock 101’s Willy Percy

Topics On The Show:

-The U.S. treasury has listed Vancouver-based company Pacnet as a significant transnational crime organization, after decades of facilitating global mail scams.

-Why you might see more spiders in your home this fall.

-SFU celebrates new trauma program for First Responders

The chair of the Vancouver School Board, Mike Lombardi, has long called on the province to move away from its 95 per cent district-wide capacity requirement for school boards to secure funding for seismic upgrades, saying it’s “not grounded in research,” among other shortcomings.  This may mean some of the schools facing closure in Vancouver will be spared the chopping block.

Physicists have set a new bar for quantum teleportation: moving information from one place to another without physically sending anything between the locations.

Guest: Wolfgang Tittel - professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary