BC Today from CBC Radio British Columbia

Glen Hansman, BCTF president,Darin Flynn, Univ. of Calgary linguistics prof.,Joseph Hislop,Mission District Principal of Aboriginal Education,Jeffrey McNeil,TRU education instructor,on classroom racism. Innovation strategist,Christine Cowan,on early Xmas.

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie, Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of B.C.'S Gudrun Langolf, Hospital Employees' Union's Jennifer Whiteside on seniors residential care. Valerie Pringle, Trisha Kaplan, Leon LeBrun on the Trans Canada Trail.

B.C. Trucking Association's Louise Yako, lawyer Kyla Lee, Washington Traffic Safety Commission's Doug Dahl on marijuana impaired driving and law enforcement. Master Gardener Brian Minter answers your questions.

B.C. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson, University of British Columbia Prof. Lori Daniels and Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb on wildfire prevention. Consumer tech journalist Blaine Kyllo on restricting cellphones in public.

Russ Godfrey, a housing advocate in Victoria, on affordable housing plans from the B.C. government and a Vancouver candidate. Renay Maurice, a UVic masters graduate, and Jordan Watters, a Greater Victoria school board trustee, on school dress codes.

University of British Columbia Prof. Richard Johnston, B.C. Liberal MLA Jas Johal and Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. spokesperson Sharon Gregson on the Throne Speech.

CBC reporter Yvette Brend and UBC Prof. Mariana Brussoni on striking the right balance between parental supervision and young children's independence. UBC Associate Dean Wendy Carr, retired teacher Larry Hope, and Erica Kinach on favourite teachers.

Patrick Condon, a professor in the school of architecture and landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia, on regional transportation. Desiree Nielsen, a registered dietitian, on the Canada Food Guide.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation's Kris Sims and David Eby, B.C.'s attorney general and the minister responsible for ICBC, on ICBC's rate hikes. The B.C. Chamber of Commerce's Dan Baxter and BDO Canada LLP's Dom Cocco on proposed business tax changes.

Jaymie Matthews, a professor of astronomy at the University of British Columbia, on fireballs. Tom Longridge, president of the B.C. School Superintendents Association, and Glen Hansman, president of the B.C. Teachers' Federation, on smaller classes.

B.C. Federation of Labour's Irene Lanzinger and Canadian Federation of Independent Business's Richard Truscott on B.C.'s minimum wage. Centennial College's Neil Buddel and PhD student Peter Wanyenya on being the first to go to postsecondary school.

Dr. Mark Tyndall, executive medical director of the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, and Dr. Victoria Lee, chief medical health officer of Fraser Health on Overdose Awareness Day. Master Gardener Brian Minter answers your questions.

The CBC's Andrew Kurjata, Greyhound Canada's Stuart Kendrick and Smithers' Taylor Bachrach on Greyhound's application to reduce bus service in B.C. Whistler's Elizabeth Tracy and Fraser Valley's Scott Hargrove on whether libraries do away with late fees?

Don Krusel, Doug Donaldson, Greg Halseth and Grace McGregor on rural economic development. Pam Preston, Crystal James and Rena Laberge on finding safe, quality daycare.

Michael Wiebe, commissioner of the Vancouver Park Board, and Jeremy McElroy, former member of Campaign for Culture, on public alcohol consumption. Donna Barker, an educator who presents on the subject of racial bias to various B.C. institutions.