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Why Canada's foreign buyer ban should stay (0:46) Guest: Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society The downward trend in gas prices continues (15:59) Guest: Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy The Week That Was in Politics (29:16) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief The Richmond resident who worked as Ringo Starr and Frank Sinatra's tour manager (45:00) Guest: Marty Kramer, author of Road Boss: Untold Stories from Entertainment's Ultimate Tour Manager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Gordon Pennycook, Associate Professor at Cornell University's Department of Psychology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Marty Kramer, author of Road Boss: Untold Stories from Entertainment's Ultimate Tour Manager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Canada reopen the door to foreign investment? GUEST: Tom Davidoff, Director of UBC's Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, and associate professor at the Sauder School of Business DRIPA: A risk to democracy in B.C? GUEST: Werner Stump, President of the B.C Cattlemen's Association Will more restaurants shut down in 2026? GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois, Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast, and visiting scholar at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada Post – New Deal, same problems. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business Metro Vancouver sidesteps leadership problems with leak investigation GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Curling, From Club Ice to the Olympics: A Sharp, Funny, and Serious Look at the Roaring Game GUEST: John Cullen, author of Curling Rocks! Chronicles of the Roaring Game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Kareem Allam, Leader of Vancouver Liberal party, running for mayor in the next election, and former Chief of Staff for Mayor Ken Sim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Gavin Dew, BC Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Rosemary Alberts, Manager of Marketing Services at the Vancouver Canadians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Tasha Kheiriddin, Author & Columnist at the National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Arlene Dickinson, entrepreneur, a dragon on the TV show Dragon's Den, and Second Harvest Ambassador Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Pete Fry, Vancouver city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Metro Vancouver leadership chaos (0:49) Guest: Catharine Urquhart, Global News investigative Reporter The OneBC implosion (8:35) Guest: Hamish Telford, Associate professor of political science University of the Fraser Valley Climate change and the impact on Vancouver's cranberry harvest (15:42) Guest: Dr. Lauren Erland, Director of the Berry Environmental Resilience Research & Innovation (BERRI) Centre at the University of the Fraser Valley Cowichan ruling and its impact beyond Richmond (22:48) Guest: Geoffrey Moyse, Public Land Use Chair and previous Aboriginal law consultant to the B.C. government Remembering Vancouver architect Stanley Kwok (39:29) Guest: John D'eathe, author, retired developer, and long time friend and business partner to Stanley Kwok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: John D'eathe, author, retired developer, and long time friend and business partner to Stanley Kwok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Geoffrey Moyse, Public Land Use Society Chair and previous Aboriginal law consultant to the B.C. government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Dr. Lauren Erland, Director of the Berry Environmental Resilience Research & Innovation (BERRI) Centre at the University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Kash Heed, Richmond City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An update on the Abbotsford floods with a dairy farmer on Sumas Prairie (1:01) Guest: Matt Dykshoorn, owner of a dairy farm on the Sumas Prairie Vying for a chair at the table: Langley Township applies for ‘intervenor status' in Cowichan land appeal case (8:04) Guest: Eric Woodward, Mayor of Langley Township Statistics Canada reported a whopping 4.7% increase in food prices compared to last year (17:19) Guest: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Director of Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia A tribute to a well-loved Hollywood legend: Rob Reiner (27:03) Guest: Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine Columnist and CKNW Contributor Author Derek Hayes live in studio (37:47) Guest: Derek Hayes, well-known B.C. historian and author of Coastal Connections: A History of British Columbia Ferries and Passenger Ships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Alexa Loo, Richmond City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Derek Hayes, well-known B.C. historian and author of Coastal Connections: A History of British Columbia Ferries and Passenger Ships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Eric Woodward, Mayor of Langley Township Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus, which parts of your social media history would you present to U.S border security? (5:51) Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on the Abbotsford floods (0:48) Guest: Matt Dykshoorn, owner of a dairy farm on the Sumas Prairie Atmospheric river update (10:25) Guest: Kristi Gordon, Senior Meteorologist for Global B.C. The Week That Was in B.C. Politics (13:04) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Is the provincial government really to blame for our inability to meet housing targets? (27:10) Guest: Kathy Corrigan, former NDP MLA ‘Landman' actress Kayla Wallace live in-studio (38:48) Guest: Kayla Wallace, actress in Paramount+ show ‘Landman' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Kayla Wallace, actress in Paramount+ show ‘Landman' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abbotsford floods: an update from a local dairy farmer (0:54) Guest: Matt Dykshoorn, owner of a dairy farm on the Sumas Prairie Why Metro Vancouver's Mayors push back on B.C.'s housing targets (15:36) Guest: Mike Hurley, Burnaby Mayor and Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board What's in the future for the Vancouver Whitecaps? (28:26) Guest: Axel Schuster, CEO and Sporting Director of the Vancouver Whitecaps B.C. Green Party leader Emily Lowan live in-studio (39:52) Guest: Emily Lowan, B.C. Green Party Leader Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Emily Lowan, B.C. Green Party Leader Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Bruce Banman, B.C. Conservative MLA for Abbotsford-South Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Axel Schuster, CEO and Sporting Director of the Vancouver Whitecaps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mike Hurley, Burnaby Mayor and Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Len Saunders, Lawyer with Blaine Immigration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Trevor Halford, Interim BC Conservative leader Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Lucy Maloney, Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Mark Sager, Mayor of West Vancouver and one of the letters signatories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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GUEST: Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the B.C Assembly of First Nations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Court of Appeal rules B.C.'s Indigenous rights laws can be legally enforced (0:40) Guest: Dr. Dwight Newman, Professor of Law and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law at the University of Saskatchewan Netflix acquires Warner Bros.: What does this mean for your streaming bill? (12:52) Guest: Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor City of Vancouver proposes 20% cut to development fees (23:22) Guest: Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant Whitecaps battle for the MLS Cup in history-making final (37:48) Guest: Asa Rehman, sports reporter for Global News and radio play-by-play commentator for the Whitecaps The Wrap: Should taxpayer dollars be used to keep sports teams in Vancouver (43:41) Plus, should Jas run as B.C. Conservative leader? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices