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:
B.C. Premier Christy Clark and SFU Prof. Mark Jaccard on the B.C.'s greenhouse gas emission targets. Simon Fraser University's Shayna Plaut and Invergarry Adult Education Centre's Tara Holt on refugee success stories.
Simon Donner, Ian McKay and Brad Hornick on what to look for from the UN Conference on Climate Change. Rick and Brian Antonson, co-authors of Whistle Posts West: Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon.
Football B.C. executive director Pat Waslen and Dr. David Rhine on whether B.C. should introduce concussion legislation. Brian Minter answers your gardening questions.
B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan on the construction of the Site C hydroelectric dam. Scott Hannah and Leona Gadsby on how to avoid racking up debt during the holidays.
Dr. Evan Wood and Leslie McBain on recommendations to reduce opioid-related addiction and overdose deaths in B.C. Peter Edelmann, a Vancouver immigration and refugee lawyer, on the federal government's plans for Syrian refugee resettlement.
Ashley Bentley and Hilla Kerner on reporting sexual assault cases on campus. Diego Cardona and Natalya Khan on what should be help welcome hundreds of Syrian refugees into B.C. schools.
We check in on Canada's new PM to see how he's doing two weeks into the job. Then we kick off the weekend with a BC wine tasting.
As ski resorts are opening we look at the sustainability of their business models. And a look at how restorative justice is working in B.C.
Dorothy Friesen, Rabbi Dan Moskovitz and Raphael Assaf on what is being doing to help resettle Syrian refugees in B.C. Rory Holland, Chris Thoreau and Marcela Crowe on local food and what producers need to survive.
Peter Showler, a former head of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board, on how refugees are screened. Deborah Curran, Hakai Professor in Environmental Law and Sustainability in University of Victoria's Faculty of Law, on B.C.'s Water Sustainability Act
Parisian Yoann Guillouzouic, Simon Fraser University international security expert Andre Gerolymatos, B.C. Muslim Association President Daud Ismail and Muslim scholar Aasim Rashid on how Canada should respond to Friday's Paris terror attacks.
Bowen Island resident Robin McMillan, Squamish real estate broker Lisa Bjornson, and Vancouver planner Michael Geller on why people are moving out of Metro Vancouver and the impact of that. Master Gardener Brian Minter answers your questions.
David Borys, Cam Cathcart, Steve Hartwig, David Zimmerman, on Don Chapman on who people are thinking about on this year's Remembrance Day.
Immigrant Services Society of B.C.'s Chris Friesen on the challenge of settling Syrian refugees in B.C. UBC Sauder School of Business's Jim Brander and BC FIPA's Vincent Gogolek on how Canadians would be affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Coola Louis and Wally Oppal on the call for a national inquiry into missing or murdered aboriginal women. B.C. NDP housing critic David Eby on the B.C. government's decision to stop collecting statistics on homeless shelter turnaways.
