
Full Show: Finding at 8000 year old stilt house, Being ethical in life & The accuracy of Canada's crime stats
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Show Notes
Seg 1: Archaeologists have identified an 8,000-year-old settlement of stilt houses along the Albanian shore of Lake Ohrid, making it the oldest lakeside village in Europe known to date.
Guest: Dr. Albert Hafner, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bern
Seg 2: View From Victoria:
The NDP are scrambling to explain why they broke an election promise on widening highway one. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.
Seg 3: In order to steal a car these days, thieves have to also be hackers and up to date on all the technology that it takes to operate vehicles these days.
Guest: Doug Jacobsen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Seg 4: Experts are criticizing B.C. for charging low rates for water extraction and not monitoring the amount of water being taken.
Guest: Deborah Curran, Professor and Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria
Seg 5: Why do we rationalize unethical behaviour? Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, discusses how people often engage in unethical behaviour when they believe they won't face consequences.
Guest: Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University
Seg 6: Does the Criminal Severity Index accurately reflect Canada's crime rates? It is designed to measure change in the overall seriousness of crime from one year to the next.
Guest: Dr. Martin Andresen, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University
Seg 7: The BC Aviation Museum fills with volunteers from diverse backgrounds each Thursday morning to restore a Second World War-era Avro Lancaster FM 104 bomber.
Guest: Steve Nichol, President of the B.C. Aviation Museum and Former Canadian Air Force and Commercial Pilot
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