Full Show: BC's first dog breed, Posting reviews about your own business & Meta failing with child exploitation
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Show Notes
Seg 1: What are the origins of BC's first dog breed?
Dogs were domesticated over 10,000 years ago as they accompanied the first people to reach North America from Eurasia. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Coast Salish people in the Pacific Northwest bred a unique type of dog known as “Woolly Dogs.”
Guest: Dr. Audrey Lin, Paleogeneticist and Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Seg 2: View From Victoria:
The Premier of the province is acknowledging the shortage of fibre in the forest industry and is taking action. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.
Seg 3: The Weekly Cecchini Check-in
The US Justice Department's official report on the Uvalde elementary school shooting reveals "cascading failures".
Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News
Seg 4: Should businesses be fined for employees posting online reviews?
Canada's Competition Bureau has issued a warning to businesses regarding the use of employee-posted reviews without proper disclosure.
Guest: Ian Tostenson, President of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association
Seg 5: How Meta is failing to prevent child sexploitation on its platforms
Internal documents from Meta have been revealed in an unsealed legal filing, raising alarming allegations that approximately 100,000 children using these platforms experience online sexual harassment daily.
Guest: Katie McQue, Investigative Journalist at The Guardian
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