All Points West from CBC Radio British Columbia show

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:

 Bringing an end to homegrown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 461

Medical marijuana users will soon have to get their pot in the post. We speak to Conservative MP Randy Kamp about why the rules are being changed.

 The Vancouver Island Spine Trail | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 615

Exploring Vancouver Island. On this week's Wild Isle Rumon Carter explores the plan to create a backcountry trail across the entire length of Vancouver Island.

 Always Watching by Chevy Stevens | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 639

The latest novel from Chevy Stevens is set in Victoria. Sleuth psychiatrist, Nadine Lavoie has to deal with demons in her own past.

 Etsy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 396

Artists on Galiano Island are banding together to sell their artwork on the online marketplace Etsy. We hear how it's opening doors for them.

 Snooze city Victoria | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 629

Causing some excitement in snooze city. We find out why Victoria was added to the list of most boring cities in Canada after the title had already been handed out.

 Pot by post | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 526

Medical marijuana patients can't grow their own medicine, only get it in the post. Those are among the new medical marijuana regulations the federal government announced today. We get reaction from researcher Phillipe Lucas.

 Disaster books | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 441

Bringing disasters to life. Nikki Tate tells us about a series of books for kids that takes you from Newfoundland to shipwrecks off the west coast.

 Superhero | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 497

Andreas Jorgensen is a 27 year old Campbell River man who saved his mother's life. Andreas has a rare form of Parkinson's disease.

 Picking her team | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 632

Premier Christy Clark announced her new cabinet Friday. We talked with legislative reporter Stephen Smart about what it says about the Liberal government's game plan.

 Honouring a Japanese "Schlindler" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 364

Victoria MP Murray Rankin speaks about the compassionate actions of a WWII Japanese prisoner of war camp commander in Shanghai.

 Rocking out and the devout | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 677

A mini-festival gets underway in Victoria over the weekend, celebrating the links between heavy metal and religion.

 Sailing schooner in the bay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 519

The largest private sailing schooner in the world has pulled into the Victoria Harbour. Kelly Nakatsuka went down to get a closer look at the 300 foot long "Athena."

 Proposing a new system of ridings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 449

Giving a bigger voice to aboriginals and francophones outside Quebec. That's what a political scientist Mike Madeiros says his proposed newsystem of ridings would do.

 A ligtht at the end of the tunnel in Ucluelet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 539

The future of lighthouses looks bleak across much of the country but not in Ucluelet! We hear about the community's plans to turn theirs into a tourist attraction.

 Planet hunter Debra Fischer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 621

Looking for a few good earths. We speak with astronomer Debra Fischer about how finding life in other solar systems will change astronomy.

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