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  • Vancouver mayor Ken Sim faces backlash over false drug claim
    2026/03/04

    Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim continues to apologize for alleging city councillor Sean Orr was distributing drugs in the Downtown Eastside. Sim says he was given false information based on a photo he briefly looked at. CBC municipal affairs reporter Justin McElroy and former municipal affairs strategist Maria Dobrinskaya join host Michelle Eliot to discuss what happened.

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    41 分
  • Navigating perimenopause in B.C.
    2026/03/02

    And we launch the first segment in our March series, Menopause Mondays: How to Navigate Perimenopause in B.C. To discuss the topic, we're joined by Dr. Stephanie Fisher, the interim senior medical director of gynecology at the B.C. Women's Hospital, and Cally Wesson, the CEO of the B.C. Women’s Health Foundation.

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    24 分
  • B.C. puts standard time to sleep forever
    2026/03/03

    The B.C. government is dropping twice-yearly clock changes to convert to daylight time year-round in the majority of the province. University of B.C. pediatric sleep expert and nursing school professor emeritus Wendy Hall shares her thoughts on how consistent year-round hours will impact British Columbians.

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    24 分
  • The United States declares war on Iran
    2026/03/02

    B.C.'s Iranian diaspora is taking in the news of the United State's war on Iran and the killing of the country's supreme leader. We speak with Fred Soofi from the Canadian Iranian Foundation about how people are feeling.

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    24 分
  • Uneven future for parks and recreation in B.C.
    2026/03/03

    what is your town doing about parks and recreation? Revivals are happening in Kelowna and Burnaby, but some cities like Vancouver are pulling back the purse strings. We speak with Burnaby city councillor Daniel Tetrault about why his city believes activity is a priority.

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    23 分
  • Vancouver Mayor makes unsubstantiated drug claims against opposing councillor
    2026/02/27

    A video has surfaced of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim making unsubstantiated claims that Coun. Sean Orr was distributing drugs on the Downtown Eastside, just days after the mayor praised another councillor for apologizing for and retracting similar allegations.

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    24 分
  • B.C.'s changes to disability funding for families draws mixed reaction
    2026/02/26

    Parents are responding with mixed reactions to the province's new funding model for children with disabilities. Those with children who have autism worry their funding may be reduced, while parents of kids with other support needs say they'll now be able to access resources for the first time. We hear from representatives for Autism B.C. and Down Syndrome B.C. for their perspective on the changes. We also get the government's rationale from Minister of Children and Family Development Jodie Wickens, and ask listeners how the changes to funding may affect their families.

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    51 分
  • Sifting political fact from fiction on social media
    2026/02/25

    Vancouver city councillor Lenny Zhou is facing backlash after he called opposition councillors "drug dealers" in a video posted on a Chinese-language social media platform. He has since apologized and retracted the statement. We discuss the discourse behind the comments and ask listeners how social media has changed political communication, with researcher Wes Regan and former B.C. United communications director Andrew Reeve.

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    22 分