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:
Dr. Tim Takaro, UBC Prof. Michael Brauer and Northern Health's Steve Raper on health risks and wildfires. Michael Simpson from the B.C. Council for International Cooperation and Jamie Maclean at a donation centre in Kamloops on donation efforts.
Bev Gutry, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. Division and Vincent Agyapong, University of Alberta psychiatrist, on resources and coping with stress and anxiety during and after a natural disaster.
B.C.'s Chief Fire Information Officer Kevin Skrepnek, fire ecologist Robert Gray, Climatologist David Phillips and Milo Macdonald, chief administrative officer for Williams Lake on wildfire situation.
Chuck Weinberg, a marketing professor at UBC's Sauder School of Business, on usage-based insurance. Mark Richardson, author of Canada's Road: A Journey on the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John's to Victoria, on cross-Canada road trips.
Patrick Waslen, a former executive director of Football B.C., and the University of the Fraser Valley's Michael Gaetz on concussions in sports. The Lifesaving Society's Dale Miller and the Canadian Red Cross's Jeannene Crosby on swimming safety.
Kevin Skrepnek, chief fire information officer for the B.C. Wildfire Service, on preventing human-caused wildfires. Sheila Kern, Diabetes Canada's regional director for B.C. and Yukon, on the projected increase in diabetes in our province.
Dr. Jesse Pewarchuk, Doctors of B.C. President Trina Larsen Soles and CAMAP's Dr. Stefanie Green on Medical Assistance In Dying. The B.C. Construction Safety Alliance's Sarina Hanschke on driving in construction zones.
Richard Zussman, the CBC's legislative reporter in Victoria, Lori Ackerman, the mayor of Fort St. John, and Andrew Wilkinson, the Liberal MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena, on what people want from a B.C. NDP minority government under Premier John Horgan.
Jock Finlayson, chief policy officer of the Business Council of British Columbia, and Seth Klein, B.C. director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, on political uncertainty in B.C. Master Gardener Brian Minter answers your questions.
Albert Shamess, the City of Vancouver's director of waste management and resource recovery, and Jeremy Loveday, a Victoria city councillor, on single-use items. Joe Wiebe, author of Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider's Guide to B.C. Breweries.
The Fraser Institute's Jason Clemens and the University of British Columbia's Charles Ungerleider on private school enrolment. Simon Fraser University's Suzanne Goldberg and technology and automobile journalist Akash Sablok on electric vehicle charging.
University of British Columbia's Wendy Hall on sleepless infants and depressed parents. The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s Heidi Waechtler, BookNet Canada's Noah Genner, and Kidsbooks' Susan McQuiggin on Harry Potter and book formats.
Island Health's Dr. Richard Stanwick on safer marijuana use. CBC News's Johanna Wagstaffe, the University of B.C.'s Dr. Chris Carlsten, B.C. Wildfire Service's Ryan Turcot and Mount Waddington's Outdoors's Sam Waddington on having fun in the heat.
Richard Zussman, the CBC's legislative reporter in Victoria, and David Moscrop, a political scientist at SFU, on B.C.'s new Speaker and the upcoming Throne Speech. Marc-David Seidel, RBC Financial Group professor of Entrepreneurship at UBC, on first jobs.
Instant Financial's Steve Barha and the Credit Counselling Society's Mark Kalinowski. The First Nations Health Authority's Dr. Evan Adams and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada's Cindy Blackstock.