BC Today from CBC Radio British Columbia show

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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 JULY 13, 2017 Wildfires and health risks. Wildfires and charitable giving. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:10

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.

 JULY 12, 2017 B.C. wildfires and psychological impact | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:14

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.

 JULY 11, 2017 B.C. Wildfires | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:24

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.

 JULY 7, 2017 Usage-based auto insurance. Cross-Canada road trips. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:15

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.

 JULY 6, 2017 Concussions in sports. Swimming safety. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3036

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.

 JULY 5, 2017 Human-caused wildfires. Diabetes on the rise. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2947

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.

 JULY 4, 2017 Medical Assistance In Dying. Construction zone driving. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2970

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.

 JUNE 30, 2017 B.C. NDP minority government. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2880

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.

 JUNE 29, 2017 Political uncertainty. Gardener Brian Minter. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2974

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.

 JUNE 28, 2017 Single-use items. Craft beer. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3003

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.

 JUNE 27, 2017 Private school enrolment. Electric vehicle charging. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2940

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.

 JUNE 26, 2017 Sleepless infants and depressed parents. Harry Potter and book formats. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2993

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.

 JUNE 23, 2017 Safer marijuana use. Fun in the heat. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2948

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.

 JUNE 22, 2017 Speaker, Throne Speech. First job. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2949

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.

 JUNE 21, 2017 Instant pay. Indigenous health care. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2992

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.

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