Guest: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston - Senior Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa

Guest: Claire Newell - President/Founder Travel Best Bets

Guest: Nelson Wiseman - Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Guest: Rick Forchuk - TV Week Magazine Columnist and CKNW Contributor

In theatres:

- Snow White (2025): If what you are expecting here is a remake of Disney's 1937 animation classic, you may come away disappointed. Rather than a remake of the original, Disney is calling this a "reimagining" of the story of the young princess who finds her way into the forest while fleeing for her life, and finding the Seven Dwarves who take her in and become her friend. Rachel Zegler, who was the surprise breakout star of the "West Side Story" remake plays the title role, Gal Gadot ("Wonder Woman") is her evil stepmother, and, unlike the original, there is no handsome prince looking for Snow's hand, but rather a rebel and a thief named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), who eventually becomes enamoured with her.

- The Alto Knights (2025): There are a number of odd things about this Barry Levinson-directed film that tells the story of the rise of the Mafia in New York City finishing off with a huge clean-up of mobsters of various sorts that had haunted the streets, the cheap saloons, and some of the priciest real estate in the State. The first question I had was, why is Robert DeNiro playing two completely separate characters? He is both Vito Genovese, a near-psychopathic crime boss, and Frank Costello, an equally notorious, but much more measured character.

On Netflix:

- Formula 1: Drive to Survive [Season 7] (2025): If you are an F1 racing fan, this 10-part series is definitely for you as it has all the elements of the danger of the race course, plus enough drama to flesh out a TV soap opera. Last week we saw the live airing of the Australian Grand Prix, and this weekend it was the Chinese Grand Prix, so the current season takes some precedence over something that was produced a year ago, but the filmmakers have done an excellent job of developing two of the many stories that haunted the 2024 F1 season. First, and probably most surprising, was the move of Lewis Hamilton from his longtime racing home at Mercedes, to Scuderia Ferrari.

Guest: David Ian Gray - Instructor of Retail Studies, School of

Business, Capilano University

Guest: Kora DeBeck - Professor, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University

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Guest: Ian Tostenson - President & CEO, B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association (BCRFA)

B.C. doctors get new guidance on involuntary care for drug users (11:14)

Guest: Dr. Daniel Vigo - B.C.’s chief scientific advisor for psychiatry, toxic drugs and concurrent disorders

Does Canada really tariff U.S. dairy 250% and above? It’s complicated (23:29)

Guest: Vivek Astvansh - Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University

Guest: Vivek Astvansh - Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University

Guest: Dr. Daniel Vigo - B.C.’s chief scientific advisor for psychiatry, toxic drugs and concurrent disorders

Guest: Andrew Enns - Executive Vice President, Central Canada Leger