In this episode of the Jon McComb show series Canada’s Wrongfully Convicted, we take a closer look at the stories of Maria Shepherd and Rob Baltovich, who both suffered miscarriages of justice.

This is Making Cents of the Markets with Senior Vice President & Sr. Portfolio Mgr at Raymond James Lori Pinkowski. As always if you have any questions you can contact her team directly at 604-915-LORI or visit pinkowski.ca.

The new Alberta premier Jason Kenney proclaims turn off the taps legislation, as he promised but David Eby says the BC government will re-launch its court challenge to the legislation.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 1:

City of Vancouver property owners will be stung with more taxes after council debated into the night about a tax shift proposal.  Find out which group is off the hook for these dollars now that homeowners are on the hook.

Guest: Vancouver City Councillor Rebecca Bligh - she voted in favour of the motion

Chapter 2:

Surrey councillor Doug Elford says he struggles to sleep at night, amid the recent surge in violence in the city.  The Mayor agrees and says the mayhem will be reduced once a municipal police force comes in. But are cops the issue? Or is it the courts?

Chapter 3:

You put plastics in a blue bin and assume it’s on its way to being recycled. But an investigation by Global News reporters Carolyn Jarvis and Megan Robinson has found that notion may be a delusion.

Guest: Chief Investigative Correspondent - Global News -  Carolyn Jarvis

The Liberals are on the war-path going after Horgan in Question Period on a daily basis demanding that he cut gas taxes.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

A full blown emergency is taking place in parts of Quebec after a dike broke on Saturday night, inundating homes in Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, a suburb west of Montreal. The Lake of Two Mountains burst through the dike and flooded homes, forcing more than 5,000 residents to grab what they could and get out. Another 1500 people evacuated the next day. More than 5,500 homes are flooded in Quebec.

Global News reporter Gloria Henriquez is near the Galipeault bridge - a major western link to the Island of Montreal - which closed indefinitely on Saturday due to safety concerns prompted by rising water levels.

Meanwhile - in Ontario - A volunteer waiting to fill sandbags at Constance Bay in Ottawa, berated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for 'holding people up,' as they waited to participate in flood mitigation efforts meant to protect the community against the rising Ottawa River.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests it’s not taxes that are driving up the price of gas, it’s industry gouging.

Guest: Senior Economist for Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Marc Lee

Victoria city council has another great idea:  free public transit!  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Our guest gives a review of the latest Marvel movie!  With NO Spoilers!

Guest: Brett Megarry from The Couch Potatoes, which is heard across most of the Corus network and co-host of The Start on 680 CJOB in Winnipeg.

A major development in the long struggle to replace the congested Massey Tunnel, as regional mayors and First Nations release a letter calling for the province to build an expanded tunnel - not a bridge.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Chapter 1:

A report yesterday called on Ottawa to decriminalize people found in possession of illicit drugs in a step to curb BC’s overdose crisis.  More than three thousand people have died by overdose in BC in the last two years, so is this the answer?

Guest: Director of the BC Centre On Substance Use Dr Evan Wood

Chapter 2:

“Affordability” was the big buzzword during the NDP’s election campaign in 2017 and a platform that propelled John Horgan into power.  But Horgan has handballed the issue of gas prices off to the feds this week after outrage over record gas prices at the pump.  Is it time for the Premier to step up and give British Columbians some relief?

Guest: BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson

Guest: Jobs, trade, technology minster Bruce Ralston

Chapter 3:

The BC Court of Appeal ruled that a seller did not need to disclose that a murder happened on their property when selling their house.  They said the murder didn’t affect the usefulness of the home, thus the onus is on the seller to ask.  Would you want to know if you were buying a murder house?