Under heavy guard - the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo (real name Joaquin Guzman) entered a courtroom in Brooklyn this week to face numerous drug and money laundering charges. The kingpin - who is believed to have led the Sinaloa drug cartel for decades - is an escape artist who’s busted out of prisons in Mexico twice - once in 2015 by hopping on a motorcyle and riding down a tunnel. We speak with Douglas Century, co author of 'Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug-Lord'.

M-P Tony Clement has been caught up in an extortion scandal! Conservative MP Tony Clement has resigned from all his committee roles after admitting he shared sexually explicit photos and a video with a woman. He alleges that he’s facing a demand that he pay 50,000 euro or the material will be released to the public.

The US Midterms delivered a win for the Democrats in the House, but the Senate will remain in the hands of the Republicans. What else can we glean after yesterday's vote?  We ask Global National Washington Correspondent Reggie Cecchini.

Surrey mayor Doug McCallum’s motion to create a city police force, and rip up the contract with the RCMP, is receiving a lot less resistance than first thought. But it was the 2012 Pickton inquiry into missing and murdered women, chaired by Wally Oppal QC, that first raised the idea of a single, unified regional police force for Greater Vancouver.  John speaks with former judge and lawyer who presided over the Pickton inquiry (and former provincial politician) Wally Oppal.

The Federal Conservative MP has resigned from all his committee positions and as justice critic, after admitting he sent sexually explicit video and images to a person whom he thought was a consenting woman. He claims the recipient then tried to extort him. Clement admits he ‘went down the wrong path’ and ‘exercised poor judgement’.

Clement is married with three children.

Under heavy guard - the notorious Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo (real name Joaquin Guzman) entered a courtroom in Brooklyn this week to face numerous drug and money laundering charges. The kingpin - who is believed to have led the Sinaloa drug cartel for decades - is an escape artist who’s busted out of prisons in Mexico twice - once in 2015 by hopping on a motorcyle and riding down a tunnel. We speak with Douglas Century, co author of 'Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug-Lord'.

New leaders in Vancouver, Surrey and Burnaby officially became mayors last night. As expected, new Surrey mayor Doug McCallum hasn’t wasted any time. He tabled two motions, one to cancel LRT and extend Skytrain to Langley, and another to rip up the city’s contract with the RCMP and create a Surrey city police force.

A Facebook video showing a verbal altercation between a group of young men and police officers is causing a stir on social media.  The video shows Burnaby RCMP on Halloween night responding to a call dealing with fireworks. In the video, the officers stand by as they are subjected to a tirade of profanity and insults.

At the start of 1918, World War I was raging, and Germany and her allies looked to be in a strong position for victory. But within months, their plans faltered, the Allies pushed back, and the war came to an end after four brutal years.  This Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice which ended the fighting in World War I. It took effect at 11am on November 11, 1918 - the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.

The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived.  Tomorrow, voters will get to choose whether they align with the angry rhetoric of their President, or the Democratic Party’s campaign to end the Republican monopoly in Washington and statehouses across the nation.  So why are the U.S. midterms so significant? We caught up with the Washington DC producer for Global National, Reggie Cecchini, to learn more.

A new behind-the-scenes documentary series on the Knowledge Network is hoping we’ll rethink how we perceive people with mental illness. Living in HOpe was filmed over the course of over a year at the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, and tells the real-life stories of the patients who attend there.  We sit down with the director of the Living in HOpe series, Melanie Wood.

“Opportunity for all of B.C.”  That’s the message the BC Liberals are pitching, as the party unveiled a new logo, slogan and brand at their annual convention on Saturday.  Global News reporter at the BC Legislature, Richard Zussman, is here with his take on the day's headlines.

Do you remember last year at this time, we introduced you to a local group who are devoted to honouring the memory of our veterans by cleaning graves and educating children? That group is called the Society of the Officers of the Honourable Guard. And when we met them last November, we learnt about their ongoing project to identify local soldiers who have been laid to rest in unmarked graves.  Because of the coverage, enough funds were raised to provide William Stevenson and several other forgotten veterans with headstones. One year later, the generous funds donated by our listeners bought William a headstone. It will be erected this weekend!

BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson has asked Conflict of Interest Commissioner Paul Fraser to rule on whether Attorney General David Eby should be allowed to participate in debate around legislation that would restrict union and corporate donations to recall campaigns.  Earlier this week, Eby introduced legislation to ban corporate and union donations from recall campaigns. However, a potential recall campaign is being organized against Eby himself, sparked by anger in his riding of Vancouver - Point Grey. David Eby and Andrew Wilkinson join the show and we hear both sides of the story.

Next week marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, on the 11th hour of the 11th of November, 1918.  As part of the commemorations, the ‘No Stone Left Alone’ memorial foundation will be bringing students to the graves of veterans in Metro Vancouver, so that the next generation can learn about their history and pay their respects.  Randall Purvis, Director of Marketing and Sponsorship for No Stone Left Alone joins the show to talk about the project.