There is a flicker of hope in the long running court battles over the Site C dam.  The Provincial Government & BC Hydro have entered into talks with two holdout First Nations to “explore alternatives to litigation.”  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

An ecstatic Jagmeet Singh has earned a seat in the House of Commons, after claiming the Burnaby South by-election. He snatched victory with 39 percent of the vote.  But does the NDP have anything to celebrate after a new poll showing rough numbers across the country.

A fresh Angus Reid poll out today shows if the election were held tomorrow, Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives would hold a seven percentage point lead over Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, as the SNC Lavalin affair refuses to go away.

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.

A great result for Jagmeet Singh, who now finally gets his seat in the House of Commons. But now the difficult part begins in trying to turn around the party's dismal standing in the polls.  The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

The National Energy Board re-approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Friday with more than a dozen new recommendations.  Does having this re-approval have groups opposed to the expansion walking away from the fight against the project?

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has announced he’s introducing a motion in parliament today to compel PM Justin Trudeau to testify at the Justice Committee regarding the SNC Lavalin affair while Globe and Mail reporter Robert Fife, one of the reporters who broke the SNC Lavalin story, has been defending his reporting after the Clerk of the Privy Council called it defamatory.

The Russians are known to employ an effective propaganda strategy known as ‘maskirova’ which Western Governments are concerned about.  This strategy goes back almost 600 years. What is it and why is it so effective?

It’s by-election day in Burnaby and the focus is on Jagmeet Singh.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

The latest from the legislature scandal shows a link between earthquakes and baseball games.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Amid a recent measles outbreak in Vancouver, a new survey found 70 per cent of parents believe in mandatory vaccinations for children entering school.  Twenty-four per cent say vaccinations should be a parent’s choice rather than mandatory. So where do you stand on a parents freedom vs Safety to the public?

Alberta is investing a whopping $3.7 billion to lease 4400 oil carrying rail cars, and the infrastructure needed to load and unload them. While moving oil by train is considered far more dangerous than pipelines, Alberta says it’s pushing ahead with the plan as part of a ‘medium term’ solution while the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline remains in limbo.

Ottawa is being pressured by student groups from two universities in Ontario to stop Chinese students from angrily attacking them over their beliefs. One case involves a Tibetan-Canadian woman, who copped a barrage of abuse after being voted in as student union president at the University of Toronto.

The House of Commons Justice Committee has voted to invite former attorney general Jody Wilson Raybould to give evidence about allegations of interference in the SNC Lavalin case even though she has repeatedly claimed she can’t talk or testify because she’s bound by privilege.   So what can this Committee achieve?

The budget is out and there are always some winners and some losers when it comes to the allocation of money in the province.  So who won and who lost? The Finance Minister joins the show to break down her budget. And we’ll talk to the business sector to hear their reaction.

A former Canadian Football League All-Star and 2 time Grey Cup Champion with the BC Lions talks to us about a Ted Talk he gave on the importance of youth involvement in football.

Researchers in Toronto have become the first to test the use of deep brain stimulation on patients who have treatment resistant post traumatic stress disorder.  So how did the tests go and could this be an effective treatment for patients who suffer from PTSD?

A former Canadian Football League All-Star and 2 time Grey Cup Champion with the BC Lions talks to us about a Ted Talk he gave on the importance of youth involvement in football.