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FAQs about The Jon McComb Show:How many episodes does The Jon McComb Show have?The podcast currently has 5,712 episodes available.
November 13, 2018View From Victoria: The Countdown Has Hit Zero!There is a very grumpy group of people in the attorney general's Vancouver-Point Grey riding who have been planning a recall campaign against Eby for months. They set up a website that features a count-down clock to the day they could legally start a recall campaign against him. If you visit that website this morning, you will see the clock has ticked down to zero. The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines....more11minPlay
November 12, 2018A Pipeline at Risk, BC's Volcano & Becoming a Client StateA judge in Montana last week threw the controversial pipeline project into doubt, granting an injunction to stop construction. How much of a setback is this for the project?You might not know, but there is a volcano right here in BC. It’s called Mount Meager and the chances of it erupting might be increasing. Glyn Williams-Jones is a volcanologist from Simon Fraser University and has flown over the volcano and is here to talk about what potential dangers exist to the Pemberton valley.In his controversial book “Silent Invasion”, Australian public ethics professor Clive Hamilton warns Ottawa that Canada risks becoming a ‘client state’ of China, unless it stops being naive about that country’s influence. Hamilton spoke to Producer Pippa Reed about what lessons Canada can learn from Australia’s familiarity with Chinese influence....more36minPlay
November 12, 2018View From Victoria: Can The YES Pro-Rep Squad Get Out The Vote?Let’s talk about the aftermath of last week’s referendum debate between John Horgan and Andrew Wilkinson and where the campaign goes from here! This referendum still looks awfully close. Will the government have a tough time insisting they have a mandate for profound change if the Yes side ekes out a razor-close win combined with a low voter turnout? The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines....more12minPlay
November 12, 2018Making Cents of the MarketsThis is Making Cents of the Markets with Senior Vice President & Sr. Portfolio Mgr at Raymond James Lori Pinkowski....more12minPlay
November 09, 2018A visit to Surrey's Christmas BureauThe Surrey Christmas Bureau is the biggest Christmas Bureau in the province, if not the Pacific Northwest. It will serve over two-thousand families this holiday season and over four-thousand children. It opened this week and CKNW senior reporter Janet Brown went to check it out....more5minPlay
November 09, 2018Reaction to PR Debate, Remembering WW1 & Keeping Up With ScienceIn what may have been a preview of B.C.’s next provincial election campaign, voters got a chance to watch B.C. Premier John Horgan and BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson go head to head in a televised debate for the first time. The two leaders were facing off over the province’s referendum on electoral reform, which could see B.C. switch from the current first-past-the-post voting system to a system of proportional representation.Did the BC Liberals play politics with BC Hydro when they were in power? Our guest speculates that the public utility in BC has managed to keep rate increases ‘low’, but how has it done this when operating costs are so high? Earlier this year, the NDP announced a new review into the effectiveness of operations at BC Hydro, as it struggles under heavy debt. Retired BC government senior manager Richard McCandless walks us through what the NDP are hoping to uncover.November 10 is World Science Day for Peace and Development, a day that highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives.We mark Remembrance Day on Sunday November 11, with a ceremony and parade at Victory Square. President of the Royal United Services Institute in Vancouver, Honorary Major Cameron Cathcart discusses the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1....more36minPlay
November 09, 2018View From Victoria: Unpacking Proportional Representation DebateBoth Premier John Horgan and BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson held media scrums after their heated debate. We get some reaction from Global BC's Richard Zussman to last night’s debate on electoral reform....more11minPlay
November 09, 2018Horgan vs. Wilkinson: Electoral Reform Debate & AnalysisProportional Representation vs. First Past the PostThe long awaited debate has finally come to fruition. Find out what Andrew Wilkinson and John Horgan had to say in defense of their respective sides in this uninterrupted debate....more40minPlay
November 08, 2018Preparing Your Nutrition To Make a Healthier YouNutrition is the answer to your health, body composition, and performance goals. There are many factors that influence our nutrition and some are easier to dial in more consistently than others. Sheila Hamilton from It's Time Fitness Results is here this week to talk about meal prep and making sure you get all the right foods in your diet....more29minPlay
November 08, 2018View From Victoria: MLA Cheats Taxpayers during the "Welfare Challenge"NDP MLA Mable Elmore goes on "welfare challenge" vowing to spend only $19 a week on food, just like real welfare recipients do. Then she charges B.C. taxpayers a $61-a-day per diem for the food! The Province newspaper's Michael Smyth is here with his take on the day's headlines....more10minPlay
FAQs about The Jon McComb Show:How many episodes does The Jon McComb Show have?The podcast currently has 5,712 episodes available.