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View From Victoria: BC Ferries accepts bid from China Guest: Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want to make a big splash? There’s a science to it Guest: Dr. Panjak Rohilla, lead author and scientist who led the splash work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boating Regulations in BC Guest: Bruce Hayne, executive director, Boating BC Why have public sector jobs doubled under the NDP? Guest: Lori Culbert, Reporter for the Vancouver Sun What are the best memoirs to read this summer? Guest: Brandon Forsyth, Category Manager of Print Experience at Indigo Should BC have another pipeline? Guest: Jeremy Valeriote, Interim Leader of the BC Greens How can we support neurodivergent students? Guest: Rachel Forbes, Executive Director of LDS – Learn. Develop. Succeed. Skateparks vs Pickleball courts! Guest: Ryan Taylor, Organizing efforts to save Horseshoe bay Skatepark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Boating Regulations in BC Guest: Bruce Hayne, executive director, Boating BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why have public sector jobs doubled under the NDP? Guest: Lori Culbert, Reporter for the Vancouver Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skateparks vs Pickleball courts! Guest: Ryan Taylor, Organizing efforts to save Horseshoe bay Skatepark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can we support neurodivergent students? Guest: Rachel Forbes, Executive Director of LDS – Learn. Develop. Succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should BC have another pipeline? Guest: Jeremy Valeriote, Interim Leader of the BC Greens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Government loves spending on special advisors Guest: Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the best memoirs to read this summer? Guest: Brandon Forsyth, Category Manager of Print Experience at Indigo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can Canada reduce its rising number of HIV cases? Guest: Dr. Julio Montaner, Executive Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Should BC end its 50-50 rule? Guest: Bridgette Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade How does tickling work? Guest: Dr. Konstantina Kilteni, Assistant Professor in the Neuroscience Department at the Karolinska Institute and Head of the Tickle Lab What’s happening with the LA riots? Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Are we digitally illiterate? Guest: Anita Hagh, Researcher at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Case for the Prosecution: How do we get the best results for communities? Guest: Jennifer Johnston, Vice President of the BC Crown Counsel Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can Canada reduce its rising number of HIV cases? Guest: Dr. Julio Montaner, Executive Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monday Morning Quarterbacks🏈 Guest: Buck Pierce, Coach of the BC Lions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should BC end its 50-50 rule? Guest: Bridgette Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we digitally illiterate? Guest: Anita Hagh, Researcher at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s happening with the LA riots? Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Government chops funding for kids & families Guest: Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does tickling work? Guest: Dr. Konstantina Kilteni, Assistant Professor in the Neuroscience Department at the Karolinska Institute and Head of the Tickle Lab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is being a municipal councillor a part-time job? Guest: Tim Baillie, Councillor of Langley Township How a robot named Gina gave a BC woman her life back Guest: Dr. Timothy Kostamo, Division Head of Orthopedics at Burnaby Hospital Will the Nechako be a big river again? Guest: Lyana Patrick, Director of Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again Why do we forget our childhood memories? Guest: Dr. Sarah Power, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Weekly Cecchini Check-In Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the Nechako be a big river again? Guest: Lyana Patrick, Director of Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kickin’ it with the Caps Guest: Axel Shuster, CEO & Sporting Director of the Whitecaps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is being a municipal councillor a part-time job? Guest: Tim Baillie, Councillor of Langley Township Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How a robot named Gina gave a BC woman her life back Guest: Dr. Timothy Kostamo, Division Head of Orthopedics at Burnaby Hospital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weekly Cecchini Check-In Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Pipeline good news Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do we forget our childhood memories? Guest: Dr. Sarah Power, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can we improve hospital wait times? Guest: Emmanuelle Faubert, Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute and Author of the Report Should MLAs be able to hold local office? Guest: Misty Van Popta, Conservative MLA for Langley-Walnut Grove Will mosquitoes soon be a thing of the past? Guest: Dr. Federica Bernardini, Research Associate at Imperial College London and Target Malaria Can coffee make you live longer? Guest: Dr. Sara Mahdavi, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto How is the provincial government fighting discrimination? Guest: Niki Sharma, Attorney General of BC How will Vancouver improve Granville St.? Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, ABC Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will Vancouver improve Granville St.? Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, ABC Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is the provincial government fighting discrimination? Guest: Niki Sharma, Attorney General of BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should MLAs be able to hold local office? Guest: Misty Van Popta, Conservative MLA for Langley-Walnut Grove Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can coffee make you live longer? Guest: Dr. Sara Mahdavi, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can we improve hospital wait times? Guest: Emmanuelle Faubert, Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute and Author of the Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: No plans for another pipeline Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will mosquitoes soon be a thing of the past? Guest: Dr. Federica Bernardini, Research Associate at Imperial College London and Target Malaria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will our galaxy COLLIDE with another?! How dire are the conditions at Kelowna General Hospital? How are scammers using AI to their advantage? Should we be taxing the rich? Will the new Strong Borders Act actually work? Making cent$ of the market with Lori Pinkowski! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We’re making cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski, A Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. - you can contact her team at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at PINKOWSKI.CA” Call Lori and her team today at 604-695-L-O-R-I with any questions you have about investing or retirement! Or visit their website at PINKOWSKI.CA Guest: Lori Pinkowski - A Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government has introduced Bill C-2, known as the Strong Borders Act, a sweeping piece of legislation designed to bolster Canada’s border security, crack down on organized crime and fentanyl smuggling, and overhaul the asylum and immigration system. Guest: Dr. Christian Leuprecht - Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, and Author of “Security. Cooperation. Governance.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faced with rising threats from a volatile U.S. and extreme domestic inequality, Canada must become more self-reliant by investing in public infrastructure and reducing the power of the ultra-wealthy. A new report argues that a wealth tax on the richest 0.6% of Canadians could raise nearly $500 billion over 10 years, funding critical investments in housing, healthcare, transit, green energy, and child care. Guest: Alex Hemingway - Senior Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst at BC Policy Solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A growing concern in the world of cybercrime is the use of AI voice-cloning technology to carry out scams—especially those targeting vulnerable populations like seniors. According to Jonathan Anderson, it has become disturbingly easy and inexpensive for scammers to mimic someone’s voice with startling accuracy. Guest: Jonathan Anderson - Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University and Computer Security Expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doctors are warning that Kelowna General Hospital’s maternity ward is “nearing collapse” following the recent closure of the pediatric ward. A joint statement from 130 doctors, released by Doctors of BC, calls this a “significant departure from standard care” and blames Interior Health. Guest: Gavin Dew - Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For over a century, astronomers believed the Andromeda galaxy was on a collision course with the Milky Way, set to merge in 4–5 billion years. Hubble data supported this forecast. However, a new study—using updated data from Hubble and the Gaia space observatory—suggests the odds of a Milky Way-Andromeda merger are now closer to 50/50. Guest: Dr. Till Sawala - University Researcher in the Theoretical Extragalactic Astrophysics Group at the University of Helsinki and at the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Councillors Lisa Dominato and Mike Klassen are in Ottawa this week to push for federal support on key city priorities, including housing, transit, public safety, and infrastructure. Why did Chief Teegee pull out of Eby’s trade mission to Asia? Recycle BC is expanding curbside recycling in the District of West Vancouver to include flexible plastics starting in June of 2025. Premiers from across Canada met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon to discuss “nation-building projects” and emerged with a rare sense of unity. A new study reveals that global glacier loss is now largely unavoidable, even if warming stopped today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premiers from across Canada met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon to discuss “nation-building projects” and emerged with a rare sense of unity. Ontario Premier Doug Ford praised it as the best meeting in a decade, calling Carney “Santa Claus” for his willingness to bring forward major national infrastructure initiatives. Guest: Mackenzie Grey, Senior Correspondent for Global News National Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Premier David Eby remains confident that Indigenous opposition to new fast-track infrastructure legislation (Bills 14 and 15) won’t harm efforts to attract investment from Asia. Guest: Terry Teegee - Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recycle BC is expanding curbside recycling in the District of West Vancouver to include flexible plastics (e.g., bread bags, chip bags, overwrap.) Throughout May, pink recycling boxes were delivered to all curbside homes, along with a brochure and pickup schedule. Collections will occur monthly on residents’ regular recycling day. Guest: Maja Rusinowska - Manager of Stakeholder Relations of Recycle BC Western Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Councillors Lisa Dominato and Mike Klassen are in Ottawa this week to push for federal support on key city priorities, including housing, transit, public safety, and infrastructure. Guest: Mike Klassen - ABC Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study reveals that global glacier loss is now largely unavoidable, even if warming stopped today. Guest: Dr. Lilian Schuster - Glacial Modeler at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and Lead Author of the Study Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why isn’t Pandora Ave getting better? (0:52) Guest: Douglas King, CEO of Together Against Poverty Society Why are more MLB players receiving death threats? (10:19) Guest: Dr. Glen Dighton, Research Officer at the Centre for Military Gambling Research at Swansea University History of the On-To-Ottawa trek (19:18) Guest: Craig Baird, Host of the Podcast “Canada History Ehx” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jennifer Johnston, Vice President of the B.C. Crown Counsel Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices