All Points West from CBC Radio British Columbia
Summary: Jason D'Souza explores the stories that make a difference in your daily life. The show brings together inquiring minds from the North Coast to the Peace, down to the Southern Interior and over to Vancouver Island.
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Podcasts:
Royal Roads University is honouring Lauryn Oates for her work to improve education and literacy in Afghanistan. We hear about the positive changes she's seeing.
On State of the Arts we're going to hear about the Victoria Jazz Fest that kicks off this Friday and about a series of free workshops meant to inspire the artist in you.
A local driving instructor is calling on the BC government to get rid of the N sticker that new drivers have to put on their vehicles.
We talk with Victoria comedian, Wes Borg, who is the co-creator and star of Derwin Blanshard's Extremely Classy Sunday Evening Programme.
We told you last week about a report about the navy's troubled submarine fleet. We talked next with Captain Navy Luc Cassivi, Director of the Canadian Submarine Force.
Katherine Monk reviews two new films.
Bringing LNG to the island. A Calgary company has laid out its plans for building a Liquified Natural Gas facility in Campbell River. We get the details.
Sports nutritionist Angela Dufour is on a mission to end our war on carbohydrates. We'll get her tips for fueling up whether it's for a marathon or your Sunday stroll.
We talk to T.J. Dawe about his new one man show Medicine. It tells the story of his experience with a psychedelic drug used by South American natives.
Singing with a Nashville star. The Gettin' Higher Choir welcomes Beth Nielsen Chapman to join them on stage this weekend. We meet her.
Bucking the trend. Books columnist Rob Wiersema tells us about a big name author who has refused to publish his latest novel as an e-book.
BC Ferries is making some changes the food that's served on-board. We'll find out what's staying and what's going.
We speak to a police officer who helped crack a child pornography case in Victoria about why police are only scratching at the surface of these crimes.
In the face of fresh calls to scrap Canada's trouble-plauged submarine program, we'll hear from retired Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile on why he believes the Navy needs subs and should stick with the ones it has.
We hear from the Public Service Alliance of Canada about the the government's changes to sick leave for federal workers.
