Category Archives: B.C. This Week

Crossing the thin blue line: we hear from two former RCMP constables about harassment in the workplace * Divided nations: who has authority among the Gitxsan? * We speak with the creative director of Pixar canada about turning art and … Continue reading →

26 years later the air india case remains open, but is there hope for justice? * Canada’s reputation turns from Green to brown as our business panel debates the true cost of Kyoto * East meets west at UBC in … Continue reading →

Pipeline politics: our panel weighs in on the Enbridge debate * Dr Lin tells us how the flu spreads * Two planes and one harrowing journey: we speak to a local woman’s about a frightening flight.

Out in the cold: why the city forced a downtown East Side shelter to turn people away * BC’s Solicitor General Shirley Bond on the legal hit to drunk driving laws * How to survive the office Christmas party with … Continue reading →

As the missing women’s inquiry approaches the end of its first phase, we speak with one of the victim’s family * Best sellers and anti-sellers: find out why some books are targetted by thieves * An iconic Vancouver building was … Continue reading →

Are you addicted to facebook? We hear why the pull of technology is no joke * Canada and Kyoto: is our government sending mixed messages? * Bottled up tension: CBC’s Jason Proctor takes us inside North Vancouver blue box- binner … Continue reading →

We speak to Winnipeg’s Mayor after his team’s defeat * By-election bygones with our political panel

Special help for women in the RCMP * On the eve of the Grey Cup, we talk to BC Lions coach Wally Buono * The Occupy Movement has a forum of its own

Making sure kids in Surrey experience the joys of Christmas * Polygamy: making legal waves * A look back at a BC Lions historic victory with Lui Passaglia.

Occupy vancouver ousted from an east Van park * Why BC is failing kids when it comes to child poverty * It’s not just the grey cup in town: Jim Mullin lugs the Vanier cup into our studio.

Clashes in Cairo: we check in on Tahrir Square and ask if hope for Democracy is fading in Egypt * Occupy Vancouver on the move, but is the protest losing support? * Gearing up for Grey Cup: we speak with … Continue reading →

They campaigned, you voted and now we move forward: we hear from the winner and loser in the race for Vancouver’s top job * Our civic election connection panel shares their final anaylsis. * The late Chuck Davis’ final gift … Continue reading →

How has help for the homeless changed since the last election? Margaret Gallagher hit the street to find out * Should young athletes with concussions be sidelined until a doctor puts them back in the game? * It’s a big … Continue reading →

Harassment in the ranks: the latest in the RCMP allegations * Bullying and assault in sports: former NHLer Sheldon Kennnedy * Don Ferguson new book on 40 years of the Air Farce

There’s a new leader for the RCMP with a BC connection, but is it enough to boost the force? * Occupy Vancouver heads to court * A local lawyer fights for his right to vote without Canadian citizenship.

Pre-occupied with Occupy: as New York city clears away the protest, we ask what’s next for Vancouver? * How do changes to family law better protect BC Children? * Our Business panel weighs in on Which civic party is best … Continue reading →

A culture of harassment: new accusations leveled at the RCMP * The right to protest: does Occupy Vancouver have a legal argument to stay? * There’s snow on them there hills…already! Ski season is starting so early this year.

Pipeline pressure: Premier Christy Clark joins us from India and our Monday political panel also weighs in on how this province can balance jobs with environmental protection * The law against assisted suicide is challenged in BC supreme Court and … Continue reading →

A special remembrance day edition as we remember those who have fallen for our freedom and those who continue that work today.

An unsolved murder, and a letter to police in the latest development in Armstrong * Crime and tenancy: we go south of the Fraser to hear one landlord’s nightmare story * The West Vancouver connection to Everest: author Wade Davis … Continue reading →

Harassment on the force: what can be done to make change within the RCMP? * Affordable housing is a local election issue, but should it be? * Thomas Braidwood weighs in on the challenges facing the missing Women’s inquiry.

Reluctant heroes: we hear from one of the men who rescued last week’s plane crash victims * Our election connection panel questions the politics around Occupy Vancouver * Happy 75th Birthday CBC! Terry David Mulligan drops by to share some … Continue reading →

The occupy Vancouver edition: we speak with protestor Jay Peachy, City Manager Penny Ballem and NPA councillor Suzanne Anton.

The politics of power and math with the CFO of BC Hydro * Ledge Guys * Final submissions begin in the Cohen Commission

Can the middle class expect to ever own a home in Vancouver? * What to do about a micro-managing boss? Our workplace expert share her tips * Asian Film festival turns 15

The drive for density drives up real estate prices on Cambie * Is it finally time to decriminalize marijuana? * Rick chats with drummer Jerry Granelli

Will our courts be clogged with riot charges? * Is municipal spending an election issue for you? * A Langley baseball team gears up for a big journey

The family of one of Vancouver’s missing women awaits the police version of what happened to delay the investigation * Your election connection plugs into the Bowen Island mayoral race * A day that takes months of preparations: we meet … Continue reading →

Rescue in Richmond: we hear what unfolded shortly after a plane crashed into Russ Baker Way and speak to the Mayor of Richmond on that city’s emergency response * Second part on our look at The Canada Line’s real estate … Continue reading →

Libyan-Canadians think about making the move back home * Ledge guys discuss if it was a good week for BC’s Premier, or not * When does a protest become a squat? A call to remove Occupy Vancouver.

The politics of protest: what’s really ‘occupying’ the civic agenda? * Should teachers pay back districts for work not done during job action? * Heart Of The City Festival

Waiting for the truth: we speak to Lynn Frey, whose step-daugther was one of Vancouver’s missing women * BC’s Minister for social development answers those who criticise the handling of Community Living BC * Should they stay or should they … Continue reading →

Waiting for answers in the Pandora street fire inquest * We go inside Occupy Vancouver for a glimpse at the cultural of that tent city within the city * Our political panel weighs in on the community living bc controversy.

It’s a new day for Libya, and a new world * New hope for shipbuilding jobs in BC * Meet a young man who is trying to make it better for bullied teens.

Our city panelists predict which issues will decide your vote * If it’s banned for safety, why is lead still a risk? * The cigarette smoking man himself, actor William Davis tells us about his latest memoir.

A symbol of dispair is demolished as Woodlands becomes a memory * The election connection plugs into Vancouver’s bike land debate * Our business panel debates banking policy.