BC Today from CBC Radio British Columbia
Summary: BC Today is where British Columbians connect on issues facing their lives and their community. Every week day at noon PT and 1pm MT, BC Today host Michelle Eliot delves into the top story for the province in a vibrant, interactive hour of conversation, in which listeners are invited to have their say on the open line and on social media.
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Podcasts:
Adrienne Montani, coordinator of First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, on child poverty. Durhane Wong-Rieger, president of the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, on how governments decide which treatment to cover.
B.C. Non-Profit Housing's Kishone Roy and B.C. Co-op Housing Federation's Thom Armstrong on affordable housing. CBC Meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe, Waddington's Outdoor's Sam Waddington, and Destination B.C.'s Janice Fraser talk about everything winter.
Coast to Coast Medicinals' Lorilee Fedler and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction's Rebecca Jesseman on marijuana. UBC's Men's Health Research's John Oliffe and the Movember Foundation's Mitch Hermansen on men's health.
The Traffic Injury Research Foundation's Karen Bowman on distracted driving. Manjit Virk, father of Reena Virk, Learning Through Loss's Shauna Janz and the University of Victoria's Mandeep Macina on the 20th anniversary of Reena Virk's death.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Bruce Newbold, professor at McMaster University, go over Fraser Institute's new study on seniors migration. Former Canadian diplomat Paul Meyer and former peacekeeper Mark Towhey talk Canada's role in peacekeeping.
CBC municipal affairs reporter Justin McElroy and UBC Sauder School of Business associate professor Tom Davidoff on Vancouver's new short-term rental regulations. Doug Saunders, author of Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians Are Not Enough.
Legal advocate, Russ Godfrey, and Rob Grant, Executive director Salt Spring Community Services, on rent rates province-wide. Dave Prowten, president JDRF, on Type 1 Diabetes.
Cam Cathcart, director of the Vancouver Remembrance Day Ceremony at Victory Square, David Borys, host of the Cool Canadian History podcast, and Ed Fitch, past president of the National Last Post Fund, on the significance on Remembrance Day.
Jordan Reichert of PetsOK B.C. and David Hutniak of Landlord B.C. on proposed removal of flat-out pet bans from the Residential Tenancy Act. Master Gardener Brian Minter answers your questions.
Rachel Bitecofer, professor of political science at Christopher Newport University and author of "The Unprecedented 2016 Presidential Election" on one year of Trump. Hillary McBride, author of Mothers, Daughters and Body Image on body positivity.
Michael Swainson, a former first responder on how police and communities deal with the death of a police officer. Lisa Bull of Ceridian & Crystal Henrickson a career consultant talk about changing work spaces.
Dr. Victoria Lee, Chief medical health officer with Fraser Health, on new guide to help families talk to loved ones about addiction. Jim Thomson and Georges Laracque on fighting in junior hockey as part of Jeremy Allingham's Major Misconduct series.
B.C.'s MSP Task Force's Lindsay Tedds, the Alberta Medical Association's Dr. Darryl LaBuick and the University of Manitoba's Dr. Alan Katz on eliminating MSP premiums. Sharon Hapton, founder of Soup Sisters.
CBC reporter Bob Keating on the Jumbo Glacier ski resort. Sam Tremblay, owner of Tremblay Motors, on winter car care.
The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer and Sierra Club B.C.'s Galen Armstrong on the BCUC's final report on Site C. Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District's Susan Carr and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall on drug overdose response in schools.
