Today marks the start of Psychology Month in BC. Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, with more than 300 million people living with the disease, an increase of 18 percent in a decade.

Vancouver City Council has approved a plan to extend Skytrain from the Broadway corridor to UBC at a cost of up to $3.8 billion. But some critics are mad as hell - claiming Vancouver gets everything, while the rest of the lower mainland misses out.

A TV producer in Pittsburgh was fired, after writing “known cheater” in a chyron beneath Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s name. Was the firing justified? He tells his side!

Relations between Canada and China are on a rocky path - but are you happy with how Ottawa has handled things so far with Beijing, almost two months after the arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver?

Today marks the start of Psychology Month in BC. Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, with more than 300 million people living with the disease, an increase of 18 percent in a decade.

Is there some BC Liberal consolation after the loss in the Nanaimo by-election?  The Liberal share of the vote went up, despite strong negative campaign by NDP in an NDP stronghold.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

The New Democrats have won the byelection in Nanaimo, ensuring John Horgan’s party retains its grip on power in BC’s Legislative Assembly.

Vancouver City Council has voted 9-2 to extend the Broadway subway line to UBC; a project which could cost almost $4 billion.

A new program has been launched which aims to help people avoid overdose deaths upon release from prison. The initiative was sparked after the release of a coroners report showing 333 people died from overdose within their first month of release between January 2016 and mid 2017.

That last opinion poll that came out once again proved spectacularly wrong, but the NDP was still holding their breath in last night's byelection. The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.

A Liberal backed House of Commons committee is calling for Netflix to collect and remit sales taxes, to try and level the playing field with small businesses who have access to the global market online.  Are you prepared to pay more for online streaming services such as Netlifx?

It Turns out, British Columbians feel we have much more in common with Washington State and California than we do with Alberta or any other Canadian province!  Are we west coasters alienated from the rest of the country.

All eyes are on Nanaimo today, with a high stakes by-election which, if the BC Liberals win, will force a dead heat at the legislature, and could bring down the NDP government in BC.

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.

There is nothing quite like this by-election in Nanaimo where the long term survival of the whole government is at stake.  The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines.

There has been another surprising revelation from Toronto police in the Bruce McArthur case. Investigators have revealed a ‘major development’ is expected in the case today.  We get the latest from Toronto.

Canada slipped one spot in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, tying for 9th spot. Turns out Canada isn’t perfect; dealing with everything from price fixing of bread to money laundering!  Could Canada slide even further down the index?

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said that former Ambassador to China John McCallum's comments on Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou were "inconsistent" with the government's position on her case.  We look into whether McCallum’s public firing will further the diplomatic rift between Canada and China.

And new research that has found a possible link between gum disease and Alzheimer’s.

A new mainstreet opinion poll has Liberal candidate Tony Harris ahead by 8.5 points in front of NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson in what has been an NDP strong hold for years!   The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines.