Podcasts about Lower Mainland

Affordable housing continues to dominate the national conversation—and yet, no level of government seems to have cracked the code. In today's episode of The Vancouver Life, we're taking this issue into our own hands. Following our most-commented video ever, where we introduced a series of bold ideas to bring truly affordable, ownership-based housing to Canadians, we're back with more. Many responded with sharp criticism, valid points, and even better ideas. It inspired us to expand on the original concept, now tentatively called The Dan Plan, and crowdsource even more solutions from our community. With over 10,000 viewers tuning in weekly, if even 1% of you contribute, that's 100 new ideas we can compile into a living document—and present directly to government contacts with the goal of influencing real policy change.The 'Dan Plan' includes removing development cost charges and developer profit margins by having government step in as the builder, offering 0% interest construction loans, and fast-tracking approvals. For buyers, it proposes radical affordability measures: zero down payment, no GST, no property transfer tax, and even no annual property tax for qualifying homes. These changes, if implemented, would reduce the barrier to homeownership by a huge amount—immediately. This isn't about building a few thousand affordable rentals years from now. This is about creating affordable homes people can own and build wealth with today. And while the plan isn't perfect, it's meant to start a conversation—and we want you to be part of it. Share your ideas in the comments, and we'll refine and present the best of them to government officials.In addition to the affordability push, we highlight a rare real estate opportunity happening right now in Surrey. The Belvedere, a just-completed concrete high-rise, is offering homes at 25% below their original list price. Despite showing “sold out” online, approximately 70 units are being released under this promotion, with prices starting at $721 per square foot. Appraisals are reportedly coming in $90,000 higher than the discounted prices, making this one of the most compelling condo deals in the Lower Mainland. Financing is expected to be smoother with these valuations, and we anticipate a swift sell-out. To learn more or get access, visit condoday.ca or reach out to us directly.We also unpack a massive week in Canadian real estate data. Housing starts jumped 30% in April to 279,000 annualized units—the strongest print since June 2023—but nearly all of that growth came from purpose-built rentals. Condo and single-family home starts, by contrast, have fallen to decade lows. This unusual dynamic points to a likely plateau in rent prices and suggests that condo values may face future headwinds due to increased supply and moderating rents.Whether you're passionate about housing affordability, curious about the current market landscape, or just looking for a rare real estate deal, this episode delivers insight and opportunity. And if you believe Canadians deserve affordable homes they can own, now is the time to raise your voice. Drop your ideas in the comments—we're listening, compiling, and taking action. _________________________________ Contact Us To Book Your Private Consultation:

To celebrate McHappy day, we decided to put our tastebuds to the test... blending some of our favourite McDonalds foods together and trying to decipher what combinations our Mystery McMashups contained.... 10/10 do not recommend. We DO recommend having a meal at McDonald's today, where a portion of the proceeds go to support Ronald McDonald House Charities and families with sick kids here in the Lower Mainland for McHappy Day! Plus - What celebrities are good/bad kissers according to insider sources, could Vancouver's last coach be going to work for our rivals, the biggest mistake you can make before a first date.... and more on today's Nat & Drew Show!

This week on Driving Law, Kyla Lee and Paul Doroshenko unpack a string of bizarre and troubling driving incidents across the Lower Mainland, painting a picture of rising chaos on the roads. They start with the Abbotsford Police Department's unexpected spring impaired driving blitz, prompted by a sharp spike in immediate roadside prohibitions. Kyla dives into the numbers and floats a theory: it's not just more enforcement—it's that people are turning to alcohol in response to economic stress and social instability. From there, they discuss a rash of road rage incidents in Richmond—including bear spray and a visible airsoft gun—as well as an impaired driving case in Kitsilano involving a child in the vehicle and multiple collisions, where police issued an IRP but are also recommending criminal charges. Kyla and Paul dissect the legal inconsistencies and the concerning lack of due process in BC's administrative driving penalties. They also tackle a high-stakes car chase in Vancouver's West End involving armed teens in an allegedly stolen Tesla, and the growing public scrutiny around police tactics thanks to social media and bystander video. And throughout it all, the hosts reflect on the erosion of visible traffic enforcement post-pandemic, linking the recent uptick in reckless behaviour to a sense that “no one is watching.” With no shortage of wild driving behaviour this week, Ridiculous Driver of the Week goes to… everyone. Check out the "Lawyer Told Me Not To Talk To You" T-shirts and hoodies at Lawyertoldme.com and "Sit Still Jackson" at sitstilljackson.com.

Scott Demark, President and CEO of Zibi Community Utility, joins thinkenergy to discuss how our relationship with energy is changing. With two decades of expertise in clean energy and sustainable development, Scott suggests reimagining traditional energy applications for heating and cooling. He shares how strategic energy distribution can transform urban environments, specifically how district energy systems optimize energy flow between buildings for a greener future. Listen in.   Related links   Scott Demark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-demark-83640473/ Zibi Community Utility: https://zibi.ca/ Markham District Energy Inc: https://www.markhamdistrictenergy.com/ One Planet Living: https://www.bioregional.com/one-planet-living Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-cem-leed-ap-8b612114/ Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en   To subscribe using Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405   To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/ --- Subscribe so you don't miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/user/hydroottawalimited   Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydroottawa   Stay in the know on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HydroOttawa Transcript: Trevor Freeman  00:07 Welcome to thinkenergy, a podcast that dives into the fast, changing world of energy through conversations with industry leaders, innovators and people on the front lines of the energy transition. Join me, Trevor Freeman, as I explore the traditional, unconventional and up and coming facets of the energy industry. If you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas for topics we should cover, please reach out to us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com   Speaker 1  00:29 Hi everyone. Welcome back. One of the overarching aspects of the energy transition that we have talked about several times on this show is the need to change our relationship with energy, to rethink the standard way of doing things when it comes to heating and cooling and transportation, etc. This change is being driven by our need to decarbonize and by the ongoing evolution and improvement of technology. More things are becoming available to us as technology improves on the decarbonization front, we know that electrification, which is switching from fossil fuel combustions to electricity for things like space and water heating vehicles, etc, is one of the most effective strategies. But in order to switch out all the end uses to an electric option, so swapping out furnaces and boilers for heat pumps or electric boilers, switching all gas cars to EVs, etc. In order to do that in a way that is affordable and efficient and can be supported by our electricity grid, we need to think about multi strategy approaches, so we can't just continue to have this one way power grid where every home, every business, every warehouse or office tower satisfies all of its energy needs all the time directly from the grid with no adaptability. That isn't the best approach. It's not going to be affordable or efficient. We're not going to be able to do it fast enough. The multi strategy approach takes into account things like distributed energy resources, so solar and storage, etc, which we've talked about many times on this show, but it also includes approaches like district energy. So, district energy is rethinking how energy flows between adjacent buildings, looking for opportunities to capture excess energy or heat from one source and use that to support another. And that is the focus of today's conversation. To help us dive into this topic, I'm really happy to welcome Scott Demark to the show. Scott has been a champion of sustainability, clean energy solutions and energy efficiency in the Ottawa real estate and development industry for over 20 years now, he has overseen many high-performance development projects and was one of the driving forces behind the Zibi development in downtown Ottawa, and most applicable for today's conversation the renewable district energy system that provides heating and cooling to the Zibi site. Scott is the president and CEO of the Zibi community utility, as well as a partner at Thea partners. Scott Demark, welcome to the show.   Scott Demark  03:15 Thanks. Nice to see you. Trevor,   Trevor Freeman  03:17 So, Scott, why don't we start with definitions are always a good place to start. So, when we talk about a district energy system, give us a high-level overview of what exactly that means.   Scott Demark  03:27 Sure, a district energy system is, is simply the connection, or interconnection of thermal energy sources, thermal energy sinks. And so really, in practical terms. It means, instead of buildings having their own furnace and cooling system, buildings connect to a hydronic loop. A hydronic loop is just pipes filled with water, and then the heat or the cooling is made somewhere else, and that heat or lack of heat cooling is in a pipe. They push the pipe to the building, and then the pipe extracts the heat or rejects the heat to that loop. And so it's simply an interconnection of us as sources and sinks for federal energy.   Trevor Freeman  04:14 And I guess one of the important concepts here is that buildings often create heat, not just through a furnace or not just through the things that are meant to create heat, but, you know, server racks, computer server racks, generate a lot of heat, and that heat has to go somewhere. So oftentimes we're cooling buildings to remove heat that's being created in those buildings, and then other buildings nearby need to be heated in order to make that space comfortable. Is that fair to say?   Scott Demark  04:42 Yeah, absolutely. Trevor, so, an office building in the city of Ottawa, big old government office building, you'll see a pretty big plume on the roof in the winter time. That's not just kind of the flue gas from a boiler, but rather it is actually chillers are. running inside to make cooling, and they're just selling that heat to the atmosphere, even on the coldest day of the year. So, it's people, you know, people are thermal load. Computers are thermal load, and so is solar gain. You know, January is pretty dark period for us, meaning low angle sun. But by this time in a year, you know, or at the end of February, there's a lot of heat in that sun. So, a glass building absorbs a lot of sun. An office building will need cooling on the sunny side of that building a lot of the time, even in the dead of winter.   Trevor Freeman  05:31 Yeah. So, a district system, then, is taking advantage of the fact that heat exists, and we don't necessarily need to either burn fossil fuels or even if it's a, you know, a clean system, we don't have to expend energy to create heat, or create as much heat if we could move that heat around from where it's kind of naturally occurring to where we need it.   Scott Demark  05:54 That's right at the very core of a district energy system. You're going to move heat from a place that it's not wanted to a place that it is wanted. And so in our example of the office building, you know, on the February day with the sun shining in and the computers all running, that building's getting rid of heat. But right next door, say there's a 20-story condo. Well, that 20 story condo needs heating and it also needs domestic hot water. So, year-round, domestic hot water represents 30, 35% of the heating load of any residential building, so at all times. So, a district energy system allows you to take that heat away from the office building and give it to the residential building, instead of making the heat and dissipating that heat to the atmosphere in the office building. So, yeah, it's, it's really a way to move, you know, from sources to sinks. That's, that's what a district energy system does well.   Trevor Freeman  06:48 So we've kind of touched on this a little bit, but let's dive right into, you know, we talk a lot on the show about the energy transition. This, this push to, one, move away from fossil fuel combustion to meet our energy needs. And two, shifting from a kind of static, centralized energy system like we have right now, big generators, large transmission lines, etc., to more of a two-way flow, distributed energy system. What is the role of district energy systems within that transition. How do they help us get closer to that sort of reality that we talk about?   Scott Demark  07:27 I think the biggest way that they help is economies of scale. Okay, so by that, I'll explain that. Imagine there's a lot of technology that's been around a long time that is very scalable to the building level, but most of them are fossil fire. Okay, so the cheapest way to heat a building in Ottawa is to put a gas fired boiler in. That's the cheapest capital cost, first cost, and it's also the cheapest operating cost, is to put a gas boiler in. That industry is well established. There's lots of trades who could do it. There's lots of producers who make the boilers. When you start to try and think about the energy transition and think about what you may do to be different, to be lower carbon, or to be zero carbon, those industries are just starting right. Those industries don't exist. They don't have the same depth, and so they don't have the same cost structure, and often times they don't scale well down to the building. And therefore, a district energy system aggregates a bunch of load, and so you can provide a thermal energy so at scale that becomes affordable. And that is, you know, a very good example of that would be where, you know, you might want to go and recover heat from some process, and we'll talk about Zibi as the example. But if he wanted to go recover heat from some process and bring it in, it doesn't make sense to run a pipeline to a source to heat one building. You can't make financial sense of it, but if you're heating 20 buildings, that pipeline, all of a sudden, makes sense to take waste heat from somewhere, to move it somewhere else. The other advantage is that truly district energy systems are agnostic to their inputs and outputs for heat. So, once you've established that hydronic loop, that interconnection of water pipes between buildings, what the source and what the sources, doesn't matter. So, you may have at one point built a district energy system, and Markham District Energy System is a great example of this market District Energy System was built on the concept of using a co-generation facility. So they burned natural gas to make electricity, they sold electricity to the grid, and they captured all the waste heat from that generation, and they fed it into a district energy system. Well, here we are, 20 plus years later, and, they're going to replace that system, that fossil fired system Augment, not fully replaced, but mostly replace that system with a sewer coupled energy recovery and drive those heat recovery chillers to a sewer system. So, they're putting a very green solution in place of a former fossil solution. They don't have to rip up the pipes, they don't have to change anything in the buildings. They only have to change that central concept. Now, again, Markham could never do that at a one building scale. They're only that at the community scale.   Trevor Freeman  10:21 So, you mentioned, I want to pick on something you said there. You talked about a sewer heat energy system. They're pulling heat from the sewer. Just help our listeners understand high level kind of, why is there heat there for us to pull? Like, what's the what's the source there?   Scott Demark  10:38 Yeah. So, when we shower, when we flush toilets, all of that is introducing heat into a sewer system. So, we're collecting heat from everybody's house into the sewer system. The sewer system also sits below the frost line. So, call it Earth coupled. You know it's the earth in Ottawa below the frost line sits around eight, eight and a half c and so at that temperature and the temperature of flushing toilets, we essentially get a sewer temperature in the on the coldest day of the year, that's around 10 10, and a half degree Celsius. And obviously, for lots of the year, it's much warmer than that. And so I think, you know, a lot of people are kind of familiar with the concept of geo exchange energy, or that. Lot of people call it geothermal, but you exchange where you might drill down into the earth, and you're taking advantage of that eight, eight and a half degrees, I'll see. So, you're exchanging heat, you can reject heat to the earth, or you can absorb heat from the earth. Well, this is the same idea, but you accept or reject from the sewer. But because the sewer is relatively shallow, it is cheaper to access that energy, and because it's warm, and on the coldest day, a couple of degrees make a big difference, Trevor, and most of the year so much warmer, you're really in a very good position to extract that heat, and that's all it is. You are just accepting or rejecting heat. You don't use the sewage itself. It doesn't come into your building. You have a heat exchanger in between. But that's, that's what you do.   Trevor Freeman  12:10 Yeah, great. And I, we've talked before on the show about the idea that, you know, for a air source, heat pump, for example, you don't need a lot of heat energy to extract energy from the air. It can be cold outside, and there is still heat energy in the air that you can pull and use that to heat a building, heat water, whatever. So same concept, except you've got a much warmer source of energy, I guess.   Scott Demark  12:34 Yeah, exactly. And you know, Trevor, when you look at the efficiency curves of those air source heat pumps, you know, they kind of drop off a cliff at minus 20. Minus 22 in fact. You know, five or six years ago, they that that was dropping off at minus 10. So, we've come a long way in air source heat pumps. But imagine on that coldest, coldest day of the year, you're still your source is well above zero, and therefore your efficiency. So, the amount of electricity you need to put into the heat pump to get out the heat that you need is much lower, so it's a way more efficient heat exchange.   Trevor Freeman  13:07 Great. Thanks for that, Scott. I know that's a bit of a tangent here, but always cool to talk about different ways that we're coming up with to heat our buildings. So back to district energy. We've talked through some of the benefits of the system. If I'm a building owner and I'm have the decision to connect to a system that's there, or have my own standalone, you know, traditional boiler, whatever the case may be, or even in a clean energy one, a heat pump, whatever. What are the benefits of being on a district system versus having my own standalone system for just my building.   Scott Demark  13:42 Yeah, so when you're wearing the developer's hat, you know they're really looking at it financially. If they have other goals around sustainability, great, that will factor into it. But most of them are making decisions around this financially. So, it needs to compete with that. That first cost that we talked about the easiest ways, is boilers, gas fired boilers is the cheapest way. And so, they're going to look to see it at how. How does this compare to that? And so, I think that's the best way to frame it for you. And so, the difference here is that you need to install in your building a cooling system and a heating system. In Ottawa, that cooling system is only used for a few months a year, and it's very expensive. It takes up space, whether you're using a chiller and a cooling tower on the roof or using a dry cooler, it takes up roof space, and it also takes up interior space. If you do have a cooling tower, you have a lot of maintenance for that. You need to turn it on and turn it off in the spring, on and fall, etc., just to make sure all that happens and you need to carry the life cycle of that boiler plant. You need to bring gas infrastructure into your building. You generally need to put that gas boiler plant high in your building. So up near the top, and that's for purposes of venting that properly. Now that's taking real estate, right? And it's taking real estate on the area that's kind of most advantageous, worth the most money. So you might lose a penthouse to have a boiler and chiller room up there. And you also, of course, lose roof space. And today, we really do try to take advantage of those rooftop, patios and things, amenities are pretty important in buildings. And so, when I compare that to district energy at the p1 level, p2 level in your building, you're going to have a small room, and I really do mean small where the energy transfer takes place, you'll have some heat exchangers. And small, you might have a space, you know, 10 or 12 feet by 15 to 18 feet would be big enough for a 30-story tower, so a small room where you do the heat exchange and then Trevor, you don't have anything in your building for plants that you would normally look after. So, when you look at the pro forma for owning your building over the lifetime of it. You don't have to maintain boilers. You don't have to have boiler insurance. You don't have to maintain your chillers. You don't have to have life cycle replacement on any of these products. You don't need anybody operating those checking in on the pressure vessels. None of that has to happen. All of that happens on the district energy system. So, you're really taking something you own and operate, and replacing that with a service. So, district energy is a service, and what, what we promised to deliver is the heating you need and the cooling you need. 24/7. The second thing you get is more resilience, and I'll explain that a little bit. Is that in a in a normal building, if you if the engineers looked at it and said, you need two boilers to keep your building warm, then you're probably going to install three. And that is kind of this, and plus one sort of idea, so that if one boiler goes down, you have a spare. And you need to maintain those. You need to pay for that. You need to maintain those, etc. But in district energy system, all that redundancy is done in the background. It's done by us, and we have significantly more redundancy than just n plus one in this example. But overall, you know, if you have 10 buildings on your district energy system, each of those would have had n plus one. We don't have n plus 10 in the plant. And so overall, the cost is lower, I would say, if you look at it globally, except the advantages you do have better than N plus one in the plant. So, we have higher resiliency at a lower cost.   Trevor Freeman  17:39 So, we know there's no such thing as a miracle solution that works in all cases. What are the best use cases for district energy system? Where does it make a lot of sense?   Scott Demark  17:50 Yeah, in terms some, in some ways the easiest things, Pretty work. Doesn't make sense. So, so it doesn't make sense in sprawling low rise development. So, the cost of that hydronic loop those water pipes is high. They have to fit in the roadway. It's civil work, etc. And so, you do need density. That doesn't mean it has to be high rise density.  You know, if you look at Paris, France, six stories district energy, no problem. There's, there's lots and lots of customers for that scale of building. It doesn't have to be all high rise, but it does, District Energy does not lend itself well to our sprawling style of development. It's much more suited to a downtown setting. It also kind of thrives where there's mixed use. You know, I think the first example we were talking about is office building shedding heat, residential building needing heat. You know, couple that with an industrial building shedding heat. You know, these various uses, a variety of uses on a district energy system, is the best, because its biggest advantage is sharing energy, not making energy. And so, a disparity of uses is the best place to use that. I think the other, the other thing to think about, and this is harder in Canada than the rest of the world, is that, you know, it's harder on a retrofit basis, from a cost perspective, than it is in a in a new community where you can put this in as infrastructure. Day one, you're going to make a big difference. And I'll, you know, give a shout out to British Columbia in the Greater Vancouver area. So, the district, you know, down in the Lower Mainland, they, they kind of made this observation and understood that if they were going to electrify, then District Energy gave economies of scale to electrify that load. And they do a variety of things, but one of the things they do is, is kind of district you exchange system so, so big heat pumps coupled to big fields, and then spring heat made a bunch of buildings. But these are green field developments Trevor. So, as they expand their suburbs. They do need to build the six stories. They very much have kind of density around parks concept. So now Park becomes a geo field. Density around the geo field, but this infrastructure is going in the same time as the water pipes. It's going in at the same time as the roads, the sidewalks, etc. You can dramatically reduce your cost, your first cost related to that hydro loop, if you're putting it in the same time you're doing the rest of the services.   Trevor Freeman  20:27 So, we're not likely to see, you know, residential neighborhoods with single family homes or multi-unit homes, whatever, take advantage of this. But that sort of low rise, mid rise, that's going to be more of a good pick for this. And like you said, kind of development is the time to do this. You mentioned other parts of the world. So, district energy systems aren't exactly widespread. In Canada, we're starting to see more of them pop up. What about the rest of the world? Are there places in the world where we see a lot more of this, and they've been doing this for a long time?   Scott Demark  21:00 Yeah. So, I'd almost say every, everywhere in the northern hemisphere, except North America, has done much more of this. And, you know, we really look to kind of Scandinavia as the gold standard of this. You look to Sweden, you look to Denmark, you look to Germany, even. There's, there's a lot of great examples of this, and they are typically government owned. So, they are often public private partnerships, but they would be various levels of government. So, you know, if you, if you went to Copenhagen, you'd see that the municipality is an owner. But then their equivalent of a province or territory is actually a big part of it, too. And when they built their infrastructure ages ago, they did not have an easy source of fossil fuels, right? And so, they need to think about, how can we do this? How can we share heat? How can we centralize the recovery of heat? How can we make sure we don't waste any and this has just been ingrained in them. So there's massive, massive District Energy loops, interconnecting loops, some owned by municipalities. Someone probably, if you build the factory, part of the concept of your factory, part of the pro forma of your factory is, how much can I sell my waste heat for? And so, a factory district might have a sear of industrial partners who own a district energy loop and interfaces with the municipal loop all sort of sharing energy and dumping it in. And so that's, you know, that's what you would study. That's, that's where we would want to be, and the heart of it is, just as I said, we've really had, you know, cheap or, you know, really cheap fossil fuels. We've had no price on pollution. And therefore, it really hasn't needed to happen here. And we're starting to see the need for that to happen here.   Trevor Freeman  22:58 It's an interesting concept to think of, you know, bringing that factory example in, instead of waste heat or heat as a byproduct of your process being a problem that you need to deal with, something you have to figure out a way to get rid of. It becomes almost an asset. It's a it's a, you know, convenient commodity that's being produced regardless, that you can now look to sell and monetize?   Scott Demark  23:21 Yeah, you go back to the idea of, like, what are the big benefits of district energy? Is that, like, if that loop exists and somebody knows that one of the things the factory produces is heat, well, that's a commodity I produce, and I can, I can sell it, if I have a way to sell it right here. You know, we're going to dissipate it to a river. We may dissipate it to the atmosphere. We're going to get rid of it. Like you said, it's, it's, it's waste in their minds and in Europe, that is absolutely not waste.   Trevor Freeman  23:49 And it coming back to that, you know, question of, where does this make sense? You talked about mixed use. And it's also like the, you know, the temporal mix use of someone that is producing a lot of heat during the day when the next-door residential building is empty, then when they switch, when the factory closes and the shift is over and everybody comes home from work, that's when that building needs heat. That's when they want to be then taking that heat to buildings next to each other that both need heat at the same time is not as good a use cases when it's offset like that.   Scott Demark  24:23 Yeah, that's true. And unless lots of District Energy Systems consider kind of surges in storage, I know our system at CB has, has kind of a small storage system related to the domestic hot water peak load. However, you can also think of the kilometers and kilometers and kilometers of pipes full of water as a thermal battery, right? So, so you actually are able to even out those surges. You let the temperature; the district energy system rise. When that factory is giving all out all kinds of heat, it's rising even above the temperature. You have to deliver it at, and then when that peak comes, you can draw down that temperature and let the whole district energy system normalize to its temperature again. So you do have an innate battery in the in the water volume that sits in the district energy system   Trevor Freeman  25:15 Very cool. So you've mentioned Zibi a couple times, and I do want to get into that as much as we're talking about other parts of the world, you know, having longer term district energy systems. Zibi, community utility is a great example, right here in Ottawa, where you and I are both based of a district energy system. Before we get into that, can you, just for our listeners that are not familiar with Zibi, give us a high level overview of what that community is its location, you know, the goals of the community. And then we'll talk about the energy side of things.   Scott Demark  25:46 Sure. So Zibi was formerly Domtar paper mills. It's 34 acres, and it is in downtown Ottawa and downtown Gatineau. About a third of the land mass is islands on the Ontario side, and two thirds the land mass is on the shore, the north shore of the Ottawa River in Gatineau, both downtown, literally in the shadows of Parliament. It is right downtown. It was industrial for almost 200 years. Those paper mills shut down in the 90s and the early 2000s and my partners and I pursued that to turn it from kind of this industrial wasteland, walled off, fenced off, area that no one could go into, what we're hoping will be kind of the world's most Sustainable Urban Community, and so at build out, it will house, you know, about six, 7000 people. It will be four and a half million square feet, 4.24 point 4 million square feet of development. It is master planned and approved, and has built about, I think we're, at 1.1 million square feet, so we're about quarter built out. Now. 10 buildings are done and connected to the district energy system there. And really, it's, it's an attempt to sort of recover land that was really quite destroyed. You can imagine it was a pretty polluted site. So, the giant remediation plan, big infrastructure plan. We modeled this, this overall sustainability concept, over a program called one planet living which has 10 principles of sustainability. So, you know, you and I are talking a lot about carbon today, but there's also very important aspects about affordability and social sustainability and lifestyle, and all of those are incorporated into the one planet program, and encourage people to look up one planet living and understand what it is and look at the commitments that we've made at Zibi to create a sustainable place. We issue a report every year, kind of our own report card that's reviewed by a third party that explains where we are on our on our mission to achieve our goal of the world's most sustainable community.   Speaker 1  28:09 Yeah. And so I do encourage people to look at one planet living also. Have a look at, you know, the Zibi website, and it's got the Master Plan and the vision of what that community will be. And I've been down there, it's already kind of coming along. It's amazing. It's amazing to see the progress compared to who I think you described it well, like a bit of an industrial wasteland at the heart of one of the most beautiful spots in the city. It was really a shame what it used to be. And it's great to see kind of the vision of what it can become. So that's awesome,   Scott Demark  28:38 Yeah, and Trevor, especially now that the parks are coming along. You know, we worked really closely with the NCC to integrate the shoreline of Zibi to the existing, you know, bike path networks and everything. And, you know, two of the three shoreline parks are now completed and open to the public and they're stunning. And you know, so many Ottawa people have not been down there because it's not a place you think about, but it's one of the few places in Ottawa and Gatineau where you can touch the water, you know, like it's, it's, it's stunning,   Trevor Freeman  29:08 yeah, very, very cool. Okay, so the next part of that, of course, is energy. And so there is a district energy system, one of the first kind of, or the most recent big energy, District Energy Systems in Ottawa. Tell us a little bit about how you are moving energy and heating the Zibi site.   Scott Demark  29:29 Yeah. So first, I'll say, you know, we, we, we studied different, uh, ways to get to net zero. You know, we had, we had a goal of being a zero carbon community. There are low carbon examples, but a zero carbon community is quite a stretch. And even when you look at the Scandinavian examples, the best examples, they're missing their energy goals, largely because some of the inputs that are District Energy System remain false so, but also because they have trouble getting them. Performance out of the buildings. And so we looked at this. We also know from our experience that getting to zero carbon at the building scale in Ottawa is very, very difficult. Our climate is tough, super humid, super hot. Summer, very cold, very dry, winter, long winter. So, it's difficult at the building scale. It's funny Trevor, because you'd actually have an easier time getting to zero carbon or a passive house standard in affordable housing than you do at market housing. And that's because affordable housing has a long list of people who want to move in and pay rents. You can get some subsidies for capital and the people who are willing to pay rent are good with smaller windows, thicker walls, smaller units and passthroughs, needs all those kinds of things. So when down at Zibi, you're really selling views, you're competing with people on the outside of Zibi, you're building almost all glass buildings. And so it's really difficult to find a way to get to zero carbon on the building scale. So that moved us to district energy for all the reasons we've talked about today already. And so, when we looked at it for Zibi, you really look at the ingredients you have. One of the great things we have is we're split over the border. It's also a curse, but split over the border is really interesting, because you cannot move electricity over that border, but you can move thermal energy over that border. And so, for us, in thinking about electrifying thermal energy, we realized that if we did the work in Quebec, where there is clean and affordable electricity, we could we could turn that into heat, and then we could move heat to Ontario. We could move chilled water to Ontario. So that's kind of ingredient, one that we had going for us there. The second is that there used to be three mills. So originally Domtar three mills, they sold one mill. It changed hands a few times, but it now belongs to Kruger. They make tissue there so absorbent things, Kleenexes and toilet paper, absorbent, anything in that tissue process that's a going concern. So, you can see that in our skyline. You can see, on cold days, big plumes of waste heat coming out of it. And so, we really saw that as our source, really identified that as our source. And how could we do that? So, going back to the economies of scale, is, could we send a pipeline from Kruger, about a kilometer away, to Zibi? And so, when we were purchasing the land, we were looking at all the interconnections of how the plants used to be realized. There are some old pipelines, some old easements, servitudes, etc. And so, when we bought the land, we actually bought all of those servitudes to including a pipeline across the bridge, Canadian energy regulator licensed across the bridge into Ontario. And so, we mixed all these ingredients up, you know, in a pot, and came up with our overall scheme. And so that overall scheme is relatively simple. We built an energy recovery station at Kruger, where just before their effluent water, like when they're finished in their process, goes back to the river. We have a heat exchanger there. We extract heat. We push that heat in a pipe network over to Zibi. At Zibi, we can upgrade that heat using heat recovery chillers, to a useful temperature for us, that's about 40 degrees Celsius, and we push that across the bridge to Ontario, all of our buildings in Ontario, then have thin coil units. They use that 40-degree heat to heat buildings. The return side of that comes back to Quebec, and then on the Quebec side, we have a loop and all of our buildings in the Quebec side, then use heat pumps so we extract the last bit of heat. So, imagine you you've returned from a fan coil, but you're still slightly warm. That slightly warm water is enough to drive a heat pump inside the buildings. And then finally, that goes back to Kruger again, and Kruger heats it back up with their waste heat comes back. So that's our that's our heating loop. The cooling side is coupled to the Ottawa River. And so instead of us rejecting heat to the atmosphere through cooling towers, our coolers are actually coupled to the river. That's a very tight environmental window that you can operate in. So, we worked with the minister the environment climate change in Quebec to get our permit to do it. We can only be six degrees difference to the river, but our efficiency is, on average, like on an annual basis, more than double what it would be to a cooling tower for the same load. So, we're river coupled with respect to cooling for the whole development, and we're coupled to Kruger for heating for the whole development. And what that allows us to do is eliminate fossil fuels. Our input is clean Quebec electricity, and our output is heating and cooling.   Trevor Freeman  34:56 So, none of the buildings, you know, just for our listeners, none of the buildings have any. sort of fossil fuel combustion heating equipment. You don't have boilers or anything like that, furnaces in these in these buildings,   Scott Demark  35:06 no boilers, no chillers, no   Trevor Freeman  35:09 that's awesome. And just for full transparency, I should have mentioned this up front. So, the zibi community utility is a partnership between Zibi and Hydro Ottawa, who our listeners will know that I work for, and this was really kind of a joint venture to figure out a different approach to energy at the city site.   Scott Demark  35:28 Yeah, that's right, Trevor. I mean the concept, was born a long time ago now, but the concept was born by talking to Hydro Ottawa about how we might approach this whole campus differently. You know, one of hydro Ottawa's companies makes electricity, of course, Chaudiere Falls, and so that was part of the thinking we thought of, you know, micro grids and islanding this and doing a lot of different things. When Ford came in, and we were not all the way there yet and made changes the Green Energy Act. It made it challenging for us to do the electricity side, but we had already well advanced the thermal side, and hydro, you know, hydro makes a good partner in this sort of thing. When a when a developer tells someone, I'd like you to buy a condo, and by the way, I'm also the district energy provider that might put some alarm bells up, but you put a partnership in there with a trusted, long term utility partner, and explain that, you know, it is in the in the public interest, they're not going to jack rates or mess with things. And then obviously, just, you know, hydro had such a long operating record operating experience that they really brought sort of an operations and long-term utility mindset to our district energy system.   Trevor Freeman  36:45 So, looking at a system like the Zibi community utility or other district energy systems, is this the kind of thing that can scale up over time? And, you know, I bring this up because you hear people talk about, you know, a network of district energy systems across a city or across a big geographic area. Are these things that can be interconnected and linked, or does it make more sense as standalone district energy systems in those conditions that you talked about earlier?   Scott Demark  37:17 Very much the former Trevor like, and that's, you know, that's where, you know, places like Copenhagen are today. It's that, you know, there was, there was one district energy system, then there was another, then they got interconnected, then the third got added. And then they use a lot of incineration there, in that, in that part of the world, clean incineration for garbage. And so then an incinerator is coming online, and so that incinerators waste heat is going to be fed with a new district energy loop, and some other factory is going to use the primary heat from that, and then the secondary heat is going to come into the dictionary system. So, these things are absolutely expandable. They're absolutely interconnectable. There are temperature profiles. There's modern, modern thoughts on temperature profiles compared to older systems. Most of the old, old systems were steam, actually, which is not the most efficient thing the world, but that's where they started and so now you can certainly interconnect them. And I think that the example at Zibi is a decent one, because we do have two kinds of systems there. You know, I said we have fan coil units in in the Ontario side, but we have heat pumps on the other side. Well, those two things, they can coexist, right? That's there. Those two systems are, are operating together. Because the difference, you know, the difference, from the customer's perspective, in those two markets are different, and the same can be true in different parts of the city or when different sources and sinks are available. So, it is not one method of doing district energy systems. What you do is you examine the ingredients you have. I keep saying it, but sources and sinks. How can I look at these sources and sinks in a way that I can interconnect them and make sense? And sometimes that means that a source or a sink might be another district energy system,   Trevor Freeman  39:12 Yeah, systems that maybe work in parallel to each other, in cooperation with each other. Again, it's almost that temporal need where there's load high on at one point in time and low on the other point in time. Sharing is a great opportunity.   Scott Demark  39:26 Yeah, absolutely   Trevor Freeman  39:27 great. Okay, last question for you here, Scott, what is needed, maybe from a regulatory or a policy lens to encourage more implementation of district energy systems. How do we see more of these things happen here in Canada or North America?   Scott Demark  39:45 The best way to put this, the bureaucracy has been slow to move is, is what I'll say. And I'll use Zibi as that example. When we when we pitch the district energy system. At Zibi, we had to approach the City of Ottawa, and we had to approach the city at Gatineau, the City of Ottawa basically said to us, no, you can't put those in our streets. Engineering just said, no, no, no, no. And so, what we did at Zibi is we actually privatized our streets in order to see our vision through, because, because Ottawa wasn't on board, the city of Gatineau said, Hmm, I'm a little worried. I want you to write protocols of how you will access your pipes and not our pipes. I want to understand where liability ends and starts and all of this kind of stuff. And we worked through that detail slowly, methodically with the city of Gatineau, and we came to a new policy on how district energy could be in a public street and Zb streets are public on the Gatineau side today, you know, come forward 10 years here, and the City of Ottawa has a working group on how to incorporate District Energy pipes into streets. We've been able to get the City of Ottawa to come around to the idea that we will reject and accept heat from their sewer. You know, Hydro Ottawa, wholly owned company of the City of Ottawa, has an active business in district energy. So Trevor, we've come really far, but it's taken a long time. And so, if you ask me, How can we, how can we accelerate district energy, I think a lot of it has to do with the bureaucracy at municipalities. And you know, we're we see so much interest from the Federation of Canadian municipalities, who was the debt funder for zcu. We have multiple visits from people all over Canada, coming to study and look at this as an example. And I'm encouraged by that. But it's also, it's also not rocket science. We need to understand that putting a pipe in a street is kind of a just, just a little engineering problem to solve, whereas putting, you know, burning fossil fuels for these new communities and putting it in the atmosphere, like the genies out of the bottle, right, like, and unfortunately, I think, for a lot of bureaucrats, the challenge at the engineering level is that that pipe in the street is of immediate, complex danger to solving that problem, whereas it's everybody's problem that the that the carbons in the atmosphere. So, if we could accelerate that, if we could focus on the acceleration of standards around District Energy pipes and streets, the rights of a district energy company to exist, and not to rant too much, but give you an example, is that a developer is required to put gas infrastructure into a new community, required, and yet you have to fight to get a district energy pipe in the street. So there needs to be a change of mindset there, and, and, and we're not there yet, but that's where we need to go.   Trevor Freeman  43:07 Yeah, well, it'll be interesting. You know, in 10 years, let's talk again and see how far we come. Hopefully not 10 years. Hopefully it's more like five, to see the kind of change that you've seen in the last decade. But I think that the direction is encouraging, the speed needs a little bit of work, but I'm always encouraged to see, yeah, things are changing or going in the right direction, just slowly. Well, Scott, we always end our interviews with a series of questions to our guests, so as long as you're okay with it, I'll jump right into those. So, the first question is, what is a book you've read that you think everybody should read?   Scott Demark  43:41 Nexus? Which is by Harare. He's the same author that wrote sapiens. Lots of people be familiar with sapiens. And so, Nexus is, is really kind of the history of information that works like, how do we, how do we share and pass information? And kind of a central thesis is that, you know, information is, is neither knowledge nor truth. It is information, and it's talking a lot about, in the age of AI, how are we going to manage to move information into truth or knowledge? And I think it, you know, to be honest, it kind of scared the shit out of me reading it kind of how, how AI is impacting our world and going to impact our world. And what I thought was kind of amazing about it was that he really has a pretty strong thesis around the erosion of democracy in this time. And it's, it was, it was really kind of scary because it was published before the 2024, election. And so it's, it's really kind of both a fascinating and scary read. And I think really something that everybody should get their head around.   Trevor Freeman  44:59 Yeah, there's a few of those books recently that I I would clear or classify them as kind of dark and scary, but really important or really enlightening in some way. And it kind of helps you, you know, formalize a thought or a concept in your head and realize, hey, here's what's happening, or gives you that kind of the words to speak about it in this kind of fraught time we're in. So same question. But for a movie or a show, is there anything that you think everybody should watch   Scott Demark  45:29 That's harder. I think generally, if I'm watching something, it's for my downtime or own entertainment, and pushing my tastes on the rest of the world, maybe not a great idea. I if I, if I'm, if I'm kind of doing that, I tend to watch cooking shows, actually, Trevor. So, like, that's awesome. I like ugly, delicious. I love David Chang. I like, I like, mind of a chef, creativity behind a chef. So those kinds of things, I'd say more. So, if there was something to like that. I think somebody else should, should watch or listen to I have, I have a real love for Malcolm Gladwell podcast, revisionist history. And so if I thought, you know, my watching habits are not going to going to expand anybody's brain. But I do think that Malcolm's perspective on life is, is really a healthy it's really healthy to step sideways and look at things differently. And I would suggest, if you have never listened to that podcast, go to Episode One, season one, and start there. It's, it's, it's fantastic.   Trevor Freeman  46:39 Yeah, I agree. I'll echo that one. That's one of my favorites. If we were to offer you or not, but if we were to offer you a free round-trip flight, anywhere in the world, where would you go?   Scott Demark  46:50 That's hard. So much flight guilt, you know, I know it's a hard assume that there's carbon offset to it. It's an electric plane.   Trevor Freeman  47:00 That's right, yeah,   Scott Demark  47:01 the we, my family, had a trip planned in 2020 to go to France and Italy. My two boys were kind of at the perfect age to do that. It would have been a really ideal trip. And so, I've still never been to either of those places. And if I had to pick one, probably Italy, I would really like to see Italy, mafuti. I think it would be a fantastic place to go. So probably, probably Italy.   Trevor Freeman  47:25 My favorite trip that I've ever done with my wife and our six-month-old at the time was Italy. It was just phenomenal. It was a fantastic trip. Who's someone that you admire?   Scott Demark  47:36 I have a lot of people, actually, a lot of people in this, in this particular space, like, what would I work in that have brought me here to pick one, though I'd probably say Peter Busby. So, Peter Busby is a mentor, a friend, now a business partner, but, but not earlier in my career. Peter Busby is a kind of a, one of the four fathers, you know, if you will, of green design in Canada. He's an architect, Governor General's Award-winning architect, actually. But I think what I, what I really, appreciate about Peter, and always will, is that he was willing to stand up in his peer group and say, hey, we're not doing this right. And, you know, he did that. He did that in the early 80s, right? Like we're not talking he did it when it cost his business some clients. He did it when professors would speak out against him, and certainly the Canadian Association of architecture was not going to take any blame for the shitty buildings that have been built, right? And he did it. And I remember being at a conference where Peter was getting a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian architects Association, and so he's standing up, and people are all super proud of him. They're talking about his big life. And he kind of belittled them all and said, you're not doing enough. We're not doing enough like he's still he's still there. He's still taking the blame for where things are, and that things haven't moved fast enough, and that buildings are a massive part of our carbon problem, and probably one of the easier areas to fix. You know, we're talking about electric planes. Well, that's a that's a lot more difficult than it is to recover energy from a factory to heat a community, right? I admire him. I learn things from him all the time. He's got a great book out at the moment, actually, and, yeah, he'd be right up there on my in my top list,   Trevor Freeman  49:54 Awesome. What is something about the energy sector or its future that you're particularly excited about?   Scott Demark  50:00 I wish you asked me this before the election. I I'm feeling a little dark. Trevor, I think there needs to be a price on pollution in the world. Needs to be a price on pollution in America, in Canada, and I'm worried about that going away. in light of that, I'm not, I'm not super excited about different technologies at the moment. I think there are technologies that are helping us, there are technologies that are pushing us forward, but there's no like silver bullet. So, you know, a really interesting thing that's coming is kind of this idea that a small nuclear reactor, okay, very interesting idea. You could see its context in both localized electricity production, but all the heat also really good for district entry, okay, so that's an interesting tech. It obviously comes with complications around security and disposal, if you like. There's our nuclear industry has been allowed to drink like it's all complicated. So, I don't see one silver bullet in technology that I'm like, That's the answer. But what I do see, I'll go back to what we were talking about before, is, you know, we had to turn this giant ship of bureaucracy towards new solutions. Okay, that's, that's what we had to do. And now that it's turned and we've got it towards the right course, I'm encouraged by that. I really am. You know, there are champions, and I'll talk about our city. You know, there's champions in the City of Ottawa who want to see this happen as younger people have graduated into roles and planning and other engineering roles there. They've grown up and gone to school in an age where they understand how critical this climate crisis is, and they're starting to be in positions of power and being in decision making. You know, a lot of my career, we're trying to educate people that there was a problem. Now, the people sitting in those chairs, it they understand there's a problem, and what can they do about it? And so I am, I am excited that that the there is a next generation sitting in these seats, making decisions. The bureaucracy the ship is, is almost on course to making this difference. So I do think that's encouraging. We have the technology. We really do. It's not rocket science. We just need to get through the bureaucracy barriers, and we need to find ways to properly finance it.   Trevor Freeman  52:34 Right? I think that's a good place to wrap it up. Scott, thanks so much for your time. I really appreciate this conversation and shedding a little bit of light, not just on the technical side of district energy systems, but on the broader context, and as you say, the bureaucracy, the the what is needed to make these things happen and to keep going in that right direction. So thanks a lot for your time. I really appreciate it.   Scott Demark  52:56 Thank you, Trevor, good to see you.   Trevor Freeman  52:57 All right. Take care. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of The thinkenergy podcast. Don't forget to subscribe. Wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear from you, whether it's feedback, comments or an idea for a show or a guest, you can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com

Join Justin as he chats with actor, musician, and writer Beki Lantos about life as a child actor, Goosebumps, starting her career on Are You Afraid of the Dark, songwriting, performing live, and more!Beki Lantos bio:“Since her birth in Ottawa, Ontario, Beki Lantos has loved to perform. At a young age, her career in the arts quickly progressed from singing with the family on Sundays to regular performing events across the city. She began performing locally at the tender age of nine in television and theater. At the age of ten she won a singing competition on Ottawa CTV's "Homegrown Cafe". At eleven, she released her first album entitled 'Here I Am' and then landed the lead role of Annie in the Company Musical Theater production of the same name.At thirteen, she and her family formed the band "Tangleroot" for which Beki was a lead singer, bassist and songwriter. The band played together for six years, releasing two albums; "Tangleroot" and "In Pieces". She never lost her love and passion for television and film though, as she completed writing her first feature film screenplay at the age of fourteen.The band split when Beki was 19, and within the next year she started her family. Her first addition was her son, Austin Henderson (2002). Shortly thereafter came her husband, Adam Lantos and their daughter Emelyn Lantos (2004).Beki's kids are almost grown now, and her love for the arts and performing never left her. She rarely acts anymore but can still be found singing and performing in venues in and round the Lower Mainland of BC. She's also continued her passion for writing and hopes to get one of her films made some day.She portrayed Margaret Brewer in Goosebumps episodes "Stay Out of the Basement" and Kareen Hawlings in "How I Got My Shrunken Head".Intro and outro theme created by Wyrm. Support Wyrm by visiting the Serpents Sword Records bandcamp page (linked below):https://serpentsswordrecords.bandcamp.com/Monsters, Madness and Magic Official Website. Monsters, Madness and Magic on Linktree.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Instagram.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Facebook.Monsters, Madness and Magic on Twitter.Monsters, Madness and Magic on YouTube

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Around 100 people signed up for the Rural Islands Economic Partnership 2025 Virtual Forum. At least 10 were from Cortes Island and there were others from Quadra, Texada, Hornby, Denman, Cormorant, Malcolm and the Gulf Islands, as well as the Broughton Archipelago. Several of the topics were of great importance to islanders. One of the foremost was Aaron Cruikshank's analysis of the impact US tariffs will have on island economies and what we can do about it. Cruikshank is the founder of CTRS, a Market intelligence company from the Lower Mainland that has worked with hundreds of organizations and governments over the past 20 years. He began his analysis of President Trump's actions by stating,  “People are really focused on the tariffs, but the message I want to leave with everybody is it's actually trade policy uncertainty disrupting economic patterns. It creates volatility in global markets. It leads to reduced investment, supply chain disruptions, and a contraction in economic activity which hurts everybody. I don't care where you are in Canada, all of that is bad news, but I wanted to make clear that tariffs are just one example of something that contributes to trade policy uncertainty.  We're seeing others, and we'll continue to see others that are going to make these numbers rise.”   He put up a chart showing the relative uncertainty that Trump and some of the previous U. S. presidents have created in international trade markets. Aaron Cruikshank: “This chart goes back to 1960 and the index is based on the impact of policies. You see the baseline jumping up from 25 points to 100 points under Nixon and Ford, that was considered a very big deal in the 60s and 70s. Then in the 80s and 90s you had some spikes with Reagan and Bush. I believe the one with Reagan, or maybe it was Bush Sr., was to do with NAFTA.”  “If you look at these spikes that are happening  during the first Trump presidency, where we're getting into the 250 range. Very, very, very significant trade uncertainty policy. Then the most recent hockey stick growth there is just in the last couple of months where we're getting up into the 450, 500 range.  We're talking  more than an order of magnitude above baseline for trade policy uncertainty.  We also are hearing talk of President Trump or as I call him, ‘the orange turd,' wanting to renegotiate the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, what some people refer to as NAFTA 2.0. That uncertainty makes people freak out. Threatening to withdraw from certain trade agreements makes the chart do this. Putting export controls on specific technologies or goods, that makes the chart do this, saying the US is only going to allow X amount of this good.” “That affects countries like Canada a lot because we end up exporting a lot of raw materials into the US: lumber, oil, metals, minerals, things like that. We supply 80 percent of the US potash, which is used for fertilizer to grow their food. So, they might be putting import caps on things like that. That makes markets go “woo.'” 

Out on the West Coast today it's “Final 4 Friday” at the BC Boys Provincials, and this week we have a guest who played high school ball in the Lower Mainland, turning his love for sport into an entire career, Brad Fay! You most likely know the name but not the story, as stated Brad comes from Vancouver and was a huge hockey fan and player in his super young years. As he got older basketball became a love for him as he tagged along with his big brother to games and practices. After a couple of good years at Sir Winston Churchill and a season at Cap U, Brad made the move to Mount Royal to play basketball and continue his education. Upon returning home it was the connections with many of the local TV and Newspaper legends, plus an invite to their local run that got him “in the door” so to speak. Former guest John McKeachie became a big mentor to him, and John stuck his neck out for Brad multiple times as he expanded his career. Brad now finds himself in a long term contract with Sportsnet, covering multiple sports from the Raptors, to golf, the olympics and much more. It was a pleasure to sit down with Brad, to learn more about his craft and to reflect back on fun times. Tap in! Brad Fay - Guest https://x.com/snbradfay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Fay Aaron Mitchell - Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_a_mitch/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ahoopsjourney/ Website: https://www.ahoopsjourney.com/

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I started this show in June 1985, so it's been almost 40 years now when every Saturday I have assembled a radio show for you, showcasing new releases from around the world, favourite songs and artists from the past few decades, and highlighting concerts and festivals coming to the Lower Mainland in the coming weeks. Plus a few personal historical anecdotes and classic tracks by bands who inspired me to start a show in the first place. I hope you were able to recall music you've heard on my show over the past four decades that have inspired you, cheered you up, made you dance, smile, weep, or celebrate life in some small way. If so, please consider making a pledge on https://www.donatetocitr.ca/ (N.B. there are premiums to be had for donations over $35, and if you pledge over $101.90 I will send you a personal gift of music!)

In this episode, we delve into the tragic case of Bradley Steven Kline, a 26-year-old man from Surrey, British Columbia. On December 7, 2018, Bradley was found dead in his Newton coach house under mysterious circumstances. Despite initial challenges, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) identified several suspects and are actively pursuing individuals in both the Lower Mainland and Edmonton areas who possess crucial information about the case. Join us as we explore the details surrounding Bradley's untimely death, the progress made by law enforcement, and the family's struggle with the justice system.--This podcast is recorded on the territories of the Coast Salish people.Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - https://soundcloud.com/user-135673977 // shorturl.at/mFPZ0Subscribe to TNTC+ on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/TNTCJoin our Patreon: www.patreon.com/tntcpodMerch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/true-north-true-crime?ref_id=24376Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tntcpod/Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tntcpodFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truenorthtruecrime Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the addy Podcast, we sit down with Jamie Squires, President of Fifth Avenue Real Estate Marketing, to explore the fascinating world of real estate project marketing in British Columbia. Jamie shares her 22+ years of experience helping developers bring projects to life in the Lower Mainland, Okanagan, and Vancouver Island, discussing the challenges of pre-sales, the importance of market research, and how to create homes that people actually want to buy. We dive into topics such as: -The role of project marketers and why developers should involve them early. - How developers secure funding and the critical 75% pre-sale requirement. - Market insights from 2024 and what to expect in 2025. - The impact of government policies and regulations on housing development. - Key strategies for successful project launches and sales tactics. Connect with Jamie: https://fifthave.ca/ ------ To learn more about addy and sign up - https://addyinvest.ca/ Download the app iOS - https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/addy-real-estate-investing/id1595926089 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addyinvest.app&hl=en_CA Follow the addy social channels to keep up with everything that's happening in the addy community: Discord: https://discord.gg/addy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@addyinvest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/addyinvest/ Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/addyinvest/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/addyinvest/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/addyinvest Disclaimer Purchasing investments made accessible through addy will unless otherwise indicated be conducted by by registered dealers (including, in the case of exempt market products, exempt market dealers), registered or exempt funding portals or directly by issuers of securities. The information provided on addy's website, webinars, blog, emails and accompanying material is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute or form any part of any offer or invitation or other solicitation or recommendation to purchase any securities. It should not be considered financial or professional advice. You should consult with a professional to determine what may be best for your individual needs. Forward-Looking Statements Some information contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities legislation (collectively "forward-looking statements"). The use of the words "intention", "will", "may", "can", and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although addy believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and/or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements since addy can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Furthermore, the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as at the date of this news release and addy does not undertake any obligations to publicly update and/or revise any of the included forward-looking statements, whether as a result of additional information, future events and/or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities laws.

In Vancouver's Lower Mainland, a dealer known only as "Jay" sold drugs to teens, making drop-offs right next to their high schools and homes, offering free "goodie bags" of Xanax and other drugs. When Julie Nystrom discovered her 17-year-old daughter was hooked on counterfeit pills from Jay, she went to the police. The cops told her that they needed names, details, so she decided to take matters into her own hands and hired a private investigator. On this episode of Storylines, the documentary Everybody Loves Jay, which tells the story about the lengths one mother went to protect her daughter from a drug dealer.Produced by Enza Uda and Joan Webber / originally aired on The Current. Storylines is part of the CBC Audio Doc Unit

If you own a home in British Columbia, you could be sitting on an untapped financial opportunity worth seven figures. Thanks to Bill 44, homeowners now have the chance to significantly increase the value of their properties by converting single-family homes into modern multiplex developments. In this episode, we're joined by David Babakaiff of Alair Homes, an award-winning builder and expert in multiplex construction, to help homeowners understand how they can unlock this incredible potential.David explains how this new legislation impacts over 300,000 properties in the Lower Mainland, opening the door for homeowners to turn their lot into a wealth-generating asset. He shares real-life examples of families who have added over $1 million in equity by building duplexes, triplexes, or even larger multiplexes on their properties. Whether your goal is to sell the new units, rent them for passive income, or even live mortgage-free in a beautiful new home, the possibilities are multiple.This episode breaks down the process step-by-step, including how to assess the feasibility of your lot, secure financing, and design a project that maximizes profit while meeting your goals. David also highlights how his team simplifies the journey, offering a seamless approach with experts in financial planning, architecture, construction, tax strategies, and real estate sales.Your home might be worth far more than you think, and this podcast is your guide to finding out how much. Imagine transforming your property into a multi-unit building and walking away with significant financial gains—without losing ownership of your land. If you're curious about how much money you could make with a multiplex, reach out to us today to explore your options. This is your chance to turn your property into a wealth-building powerhouse.About David BabakaiffDavid is a veteran of residential building spanning almost three decades in BC.   His companies are multi award winning, building custom homes at volume, small multifamily mixed-use buildings and multiplexes. He has been vice president of BC interior's Canadian Home Builders Association; co-founder of a $5 million VCC fund, and founder of companies in forestry logistics and industrial waste management as well as industrial alternate energy technology. In 2012 David brought Aliar Homes to Vancouver, and today David's focus is helping homeowners unlock wealth by converting their houses to multiplexes.david@alairhomes.comAbout Alair HomesAlair began building one-of custom homes in Nanaimo and has grown to over 100 offices across North America. Today, Alair® has the largest footprint of any premium custom home building and large-scale renovation/ remodelling brand in the world. _________________________________ Contact Us To Book Your Private Consultation:

In this inspiring episode, Maggie Perotin interviews Jennifer Jennifer Illsley-Hall, founder of Deliberate Decisions, a professional organizing company. Jennifer shares her remarkable journey from accidentally discovering her natural organizing talents to building a successful professional organizing business in British Columbia, Canada. Tune in to this episode to learn how vulnerability, trust, and professional guidance can transform both clients' lives and business growth.Key Highlights: [00:01:00] - Jennifer's origin story: How an accidental closet organization led to a business [00:04:00] - Why hiring a professional organizer makes sense [00:05:00] - The importance of vulnerability in transformation [00:07:00] - Powerful transformation story of one of Jennifer's clients[00:13:00] - Jennifer's business transformation through coaching [00:18:00] - Overcoming the fear of public speaking [00:22:00] - The power of strategic partnerships [00:25:00] - Future vision and business growthKey Takeaways: • Not everyone has natural organizing abilities - it's a unique skill set worth outsourcing • Professional organizing often addresses deeper life transitions and emotional needs • The importance of building trust and creating safe spaces for clients • How business coaching can transform both personal confidence and business results • The value of pushing through comfort zones for business growthNotable Quote: "Vulnerability is absolutely key to a really awesome transformation." - JenniferAbout Jennifer Illsley-Hall and Deliberate Decisions: Jennifer serves clients throughout the Lower Mainland and Greater Vancouver area, specializing in: • Home organization • Downsizing/Upsizing assistance • Moving services • Estate clearings • Professional declutteringConnect with Jennifer: https://www.deliberatedecisions.ca/IG - https://www.instagram.com/deliberatedecisions/LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-illsley-hall-professional-organizer/Ready to Transform Your Business Like Jennifer? Book a free consultation with Maggie Perotin at https://stairwaytoleadership.com/ and discover how business coaching can help you achieve similar results. Jennifer doubled her revenue in just one year - you could be next!

The Liberals face a tough test — maybe their toughest test yet — in an upcoming byelection in the B.C. Lower Mainland. Will Justin Trudeau and the Liberals lose their third contest in a row?We also take a look at the latest federal polling numbers and what they mean for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives and Jagmeet Singh's NDP. Then, we discuss new provincial polling numbers ahead of Nova Scotia's election and Ontario's apparently upcoming election. Finally, we chat about new polling from Quebec that continues to show trouble for Premier François Legault.Want even more of The Numbers? Members of our Patreon get extra mailbag episodes every week and special episodes monthly, as well as access to our Discord. You can get these exclusives and support our joint project by becoming a member of our Patreon here.As always, in addition to listening to the episode in your inbox or at TheWrit.ca, you can also watch this episode on YouTube. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thewrit.ca/subscribe

The Liberals face a tough test — maybe their toughest test yet — in an upcoming byelection in the B.C. Lower Mainland. Will Justin Trudeau and the Liberals lose their third contest in a row?We also take a look at the latest federal polling numbers and what they mean for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives and Jagmeet Singh's NDP. Then, we discuss new provincial polling numbers ahead of Nova Scotia's election and Ontario's apparently upcoming election. Finally, we chat about new polling from Quebec that continues to show trouble for Premier François Legault.Want even more of The Numbers? Members of our Patreon get extra mailbag episodes every week and special episodes monthly, as well as access to our Discord. You can get these exclusives and support our joint project by becoming a member of our Patreon here.As always, you can also watch this episode on YouTube. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, the podcast hosts dive into one of the most transformative housing policies in British Columbia's recent history—the Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing Initiative, introduced under Bill C44. This policy marks a significant shift in how housing developments are approached, aiming to address the critical shortage of homes in the Lower Mainland by automatically rezoning single-family and duplex lots to allow for higher-density developments. By opening up these properties for multi-unit construction, the policy seeks to tackle the housing crisis, create new investment opportunities, and provide much-needed jobs in the construction industry.However, the initiative has sparked heated debate. While it promises to inject new housing stock into the "missing middle" market, not all stakeholders are on board. Many neighborhoods have adopted a Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) stance, pushing back against the increased density and potential changes to their community dynamics. Some municipalities have leveraged the policy to increase Development Cost Charges (DCCs) and Amenity Contribution Charges (ACCs), which could make the process more expensive for developers, adding layers of complexity to what seems like a streamlined solution.To unpack the real opportunities and challenges presented by this policy, we are joined by James Livingston, founder of Lightwell Developments. As someone deeply embedded in the development space, James offers listeners a rare behind-the-scenes look at how companies like his are capitalizing on the deregulation. His firm specializes in working with homeowners who might not have the knowledge or the capital resources to redevelop their property on their own. James explains how Lightwell's business model allows these homeowners to partner with developers by turning their properties into multi-unit dwellings and potentially earning more than they would through a traditional home sale—without the hassle of open houses, showings, or putting their home on the market.The episode then shifts to the criteria Lightwell Developments uses when scouting properties. James breaks down what makes a lot ideal for redevelopment, from its size and location to zoning regulations and municipal cooperation. The discussion moves beyond the homeowner's perspective to explore the broader market implications of the Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing Initiative. While many developers, architects, and investors are enthusiastic about the changes, some argue that the policy doesn't go far enough to meet future density demands. James provides his take on the policy's strengths and limitations, discussing whether it can truly solve the housing crisis or if more drastic measures are needed to fulfill Metro Vancouver's long-term housing requirements.To round out the conversation, the episode addresses another key audience—INVESTORS who may not own property but want to invest capital. James outlines the financial mechanics of investing in his multi-unit development fund, from expected returns to minimum investment amounts and typical timeframes. He provides insights into how this growing sector offers attractive opportunities for investors looking to diversify their portfolios and tap into the high demand for new housing in the region. _________________________________ Contact Us To Book Your Private Consultation:

On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey and daily news editor Lindsey Cole look at not only the 2024 Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) Awards of Excellence but also the leading stories in construction across Canada. Lindsey spoke about the Ontario Building Trades convention covered by staff writer Don Wall, with a focus on the NextStar plant currently being built in Ontario, as well as coverage of RESCON's housing summit.  Warren also talked about his recent story covering industry reaction to the recent B.C. election which as of publication still doesn't have a clear winner. We also have a feature interview with VRCA president Jeannine Martin, who talked about the changes to this year's awards, including VRCA director of advocacy and engagement Craig Larkins co-hosting the event with Juno winning Vancouver comedian Ivan Decker.  She also explained the Awards role in celebrating the Lower Mainland's construction industry and some of its biggest and most innovative projects.  You can listen to our recent interview with Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan (CIRP) executive director Vicki Waldron and Community Savings Credit Union vice-president of strategic partnerships Raj Khunkhun here. Our episodes are available at the Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce websites, on Libsyn and at  Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music's podcast section. Thanks for listening. The Construction Economy Outlook: 2025 Starts Now DCN-JOC News Services

BabyGoRound takes center stage as Meghan Neufeld, Executive Director, shares the inspiring journey behind this innovative social-profit organization. Douglas explores how BabyGoRound provides gently used baby gear to low-income families in BC's Lower Mainland, easing household burdens and helping babies thrive. Meghan offers insights into the challenges of working with funders, expanding services, and navigating the growth of a unique nonprofit. Tune in to hear how BabyGoRound continues to transform lives while keeping essential items out of landfills.

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This is the episode that every mother needs to hear! Jen and Karlee interview Binge Eating Therapist and Intuitive Eating Coach Meredith Mackenzie and chat all about diet culture in motherhood. Meredith also shares her top tips on HOW to eat intuitively and what that actually means (hint: it does not mean going off the deep end and eating chips for breakfast every day!) Tune in to hear what intuitive eating means and how the heck to do it in motherhood. Links from the episode: “Raising Girls Who Like Themselves” - Kasey Edwards  “Bringing up Boys Who Like Themselves” - Kasey Edwards “Mandy's Gourmets Salads: Recipes for Lettuce and Life” - Mandy Wolfe ⁠⁠Food Freedom in a Weekend Mini-Course ⁠⁠ use code TFMC10 for 10% off! Take Meredith's Eating Personality Quiz Where to find Meredith: Check out her ⁠Instagram⁠ and Youtube Check out her ⁠⁠website here⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Food Freedom in a Weekend Mini-Course⁠ ⁠⁠ use code TFMC10 for 10% off! Follow @thefriendlymomsclub on Instagram for realistic self-care tips and mindset shifts to help you find JOY in motherhood.  Support the show and buy us a coffee! Local to the Lower Mainland? Come join us for our next Friendly Moms Night at Bellies Community Space! We want to hear from you!  Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com  Disclaimer:  We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have. 

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Harman is back and he and Quads continue with the training camp previews.

The one and only Jeff Paterson joins Quads to preview Canucks training camp which is now just over a week away.Check out the updated CanucksArmy store here: https://nationgear.ca/collections/can...

It's never easy to talk about end-of-life care preferences – whether they be for ourselves, a loved one or someone in our care. But understanding what matters most as we journey to the end of our lives is so important. Join us for a gentle and impactful conversation about palliative care, advance care planning and the path to a medically assisted death. Guest biosDr. Andrew Collins is the regional medical director and regional department head for palliative medicine within Fraser Health. He has been providing end-of-life care to patients and their identified family members since 2016.Tammy Dyson has been Fraser Health's regional lead for the Medical Assistance in Dying program (MAiD) since 2017. She has worked in the field of end-of-life care in the Lower Mainland and the California Bay Area for more than 25 years as a social work clinician, consultant and educator.About The Heart of ItEvery episode, Dr. Victoria Lee, president and CEO of Fraser Health, takes listeners to the heart of health care, where passion, dedication and innovation drive individual, community and planetary health.  Listen to and watch more episodes of The Heart of It here. And be sure to subscribe to The Heart of It in your favourite podcast player app so that you don't miss a beat.   This episode of The Heart of It was recorded on the traditional, ancestral and unceded shared territories of the q̓ ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓ əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt and Semiahmoo First Nations, treaty lands of the sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) First Nation, and on the home of the Surrey-Delta Métis Association.Send us a text

Welcome back for part 2 where Jen and Karlee talk all things pelvic health with Bump physiotherapists Alyssa and Meagan. In this episode they chat about bladder habits that your pelvic health physio wants you to avoid as well as the signs of the perfect poo! They share their tips for top products for pelvic health including lubricants, moisturizers, ab wraps and also share their thoughts on leak proof garments... Are they for or against them as pelvic health physios?!? If you missed part 1 of this topic, make sure you journey back to Episode 54! Shop Bellies Inc. products including the ab wrap here! Check out ⁠Bump Physios website⁠ ⁠Meagan's Instagram⁠ Account How to ⁠Book with Bump⁠ Follow ⁠@thefriendlymomsclub⁠ on ⁠Instagram⁠ for realistic self-care tips and mindset shifts to help you find JOY in motherhood.  Support the show and ⁠buy us a coffee!⁠ Local to the Lower Mainland? Come join us for our next ⁠Friendly Moms Night⁠ at ⁠Bellies Community Space⁠! We want to hear from you!  Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on ⁠Instagram⁠ @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at ⁠thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com⁠  Disclaimer:  We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have. Some content may include affiliate links where we earn a small commission. Thank you for supporting the show.

A fun Thursday show as Quads and Harman play the Feud, followed by a discussion of Canucks Mt. Rushmores. Rushmores plural. From goalies to goons, the guys take a look at the best to ever do it for the Vancouver Canucks.

Join Jen and Karlee as they speak with Pelvic Health Physiotherapists Alyssa and Meagan from Bump Physio. This is Part 1 of our conversation where we will talk about what is pelvic health, what to expect during a first visit, if you have to have an internal exam and some tools and treatments you can expect. As physiotherapists, Alyssa and Meagan work with all parts of the body but this episode we specifically speak about pelvic health. Pelvic Health has historically been a topic that many women didn't feel comfortable speaking about and we are hoping to help bring a little bit of light into this important area of women's health! Jen also speaks about her own personal experiences with vaginismus, vulvodynia, endometriosis, and interstitial cystitis. It took her years to be able to speak about these problems but it has been freeing for her to hear others experiences and hopefully this episode will do the same for some of you. Tune into episode 55 for the rest of our conversation! Check out Bump Physios website Meagans Instagram Account How to Book with Bump Follow @thefriendlymomsclub on Instagram for realistic self-care tips and mindset shifts to help you find JOY in motherhood.  Support the show and buy us a coffee! Local to the Lower Mainland? Come join us for our next Friendly Moms Night at Bellies Community Space! We want to hear from you!  Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com  Disclaimer:  We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.

Someone said, "if opportunity doesn't knock, build a door" and this sums up the story of Sunny Dhillon. From getting his real estate license in the early 2000s, to becoming a deal finder, and to eventually developing himself, Sunny saw the writing on the wall for our city and took action.Now the CEO of Dimex Group, with projects throughout the Lower Mainland, he sits down with Matt & Adam to tell his story, chalked full of business building and market insight.This is an episode on spotting real estate opportunities and capitalizing on them. Listen up!

We talk a lot about opportunities and revitalization, but it's not typically in tony neighbourhoods with some of the most expensive postal codes in the country.This week, Barrett Sprowson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Peterson Group, sits down with Matt & Adam to share a long term vision of Vancouver's west side - one characterized by vibrant density, a "new downtown", luxury retailers, best-in-class dining, and new parks and community centres.Has the eastside wave potentially crested? Is now the time to go against the grain? And what does all this new density mean for Vancouver? The west side is about to get a shot of adrenaline in its arse and the Lower Mainland is not ready for it.All this plus Barrett's best picks for opportunities in the region. Giddy up!

Should the Canucks buyout Ilya Mikheyev? Will the Canucks buyout Ilya Mikheyev? That's the topic of today's show with Quads and Harm. Also, the fellas get into Elias Pettersson being the runner-up for the Lady Byng and take your questions about the off-season and beyond, as well as the NHL playoffs!Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the show you've all been waiting for! Our mega off-season preview covers all the bases, from roster upgrades, to areas that the Canucks must improve in for next season, such as the power play, centre and winger depth, and more. We go through all the juicy storylines to monitor this summer along with Rink Wide: Vancouver host Jeff Paterson.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harm and Quads welcome Corey Sznajder to give us the scouting reports Martin Necas and Jesperi Kotkaniemi's games and if there's a deal that makes sense between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vancouver Canucks. Would the Canes even want Filip Hronek? Plus, we look at the NHL conference finals matchups and more!Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back by popular demand, this week's guest is Daryl Simpson, President of Townline.Daryl has worked in the development industry in the Lower Mainland since 1993, building towers and communities from initial concept to completion with some of Canada's top development companies. This week, Daryl sits down with Matt & Adam for a candid conversation about the current state of the market, new construction and presales, and how the balance of 2024 will unfold in terms of inflation, interest rates and home prices. You might be surprised!Bonus: where does Daryl see the opportunities in the Lower Mainland. This is a master class. Listen up!

Despite the Canucks' season over, there's no shortage of content to comb through. Elliotte Friedman reported on 32 Thoughts that the Canucks could be in on Martin Necas or Jesperi Kotkaniemi. Does Filip Hronek going to Carolina make sense? How would the Canucks replace Hronek in free agency? Plus, the Canucks have hired former Canuck Manny Malhotra as their new AHL coach. We discuss it all on Friday's edition of Canucks Conversation.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Tocchet is your Jack Adams winner! The Vancouver Canucks bench boss became the third coach in franchise history to win the NHL's coach of the year award. We discuss Tocchet's successful campaign on today's edition of Canucks Conversation and hear from Tocchet, Patrik Allvin and a number of Canucks players at the end-of-the-season media availabilities. Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quads and Harm look back at the Canucks season and playoff run by dishing out some letter grades for each player and goaltender, as well as the coaches and management. We also look at who exceeded expectations the most in the playoffs and reflect back on a successful season.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All good things must come to an end. The Vancouver Canucks season is over after they dropped Game 7 to the Edmonton Oilers. Quads and Harm break down what went wrong in the second elimination game of the series. The Canucks made it interesting, but in the end, they waited far too long to crank up the heat. Jeff Paterson from @Canucks_Army & @SekeresPrice weighs in with his two cents and looks at the season as a whole.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It all comes down to this. The Canucks and Oilers will duke it out in Game 7 with the winner advancing to the Western Conference Final versus the Dallas Stars. Frank Seravalli from @daily_faceoff joins us to share an update on the Brock Boeser blood clot injury. We discuss the lineup tinkering, as Vasily Podkolzin comes out, with Sam Lafferty and Ilya Mikheyev drawing in. Will the Canucks be able to limit McDavid and Draisaitl at even strength and on the powerplay unlike Game 6? How will they make life more difficult for Stuart Skinner. We look back at what went wrong in Game 6 and how it can all be applied differently in Game 7. Buckle up, this one is gonna be a doozy!Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was the best the Canucks have looked all playoffs long, as they flipped the script on the Oilers to take Game 5 and now lead the Round 2 series 3-2. J.T. Miller put his hero cape on and scored the go-ahead goal with 33 seconds remaining in the 3rd. All four lines contributed, including a HUGE 4th line goal by new dad Phillip Di Giuseppe. Rick Tocchet's new line combos worked well, Arturs Silovs was stellar yet again, and the penalty kill went a perfect 5/5 (first time all playoffs the Oilers failed to score a power play goal). Oh, and Elias Pettersson put together a much better effort. We break it all down on an ELECTRIC edition of Canucks Convo.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Vancouver Canucks return home for Game 5 tied 2-2 with the Edmonton Oilers in their Round 2 battle. The guys go over the lineup changes along with getting Carson Soucy back into the defensive core. Will Nils Hoglander & Vasily Podkolzin make an impact? Will Elias Pettersson step up? Can the Canucks limit Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid? Will the Canucks test Calvin Pickard with more high-danger chances? We discuss all those storylines and more with Frank Seravalli from @daily_faceoff.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elias Pettersson is taking heat in the Vancouver market after a tough Game 4 loss that saw the Canucks tie things up late, only to blow it 62 seconds later. Harm & guest co-host Irfaan Gaffar discuss Pettersson's game, Silovs standing tall yet again, the Canucks' defence struggling on all three goals, and the "5-6 passengers" Rick Tocchet called out post-game.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Oilers are in desperation mode, as they turn to Calvin Pickard in hopes for a Game 4 win down 2-1 to the Vancouver Canucks. Will the gamble of turning to a journeyman goaltender pay off, or will the Arty Party continue? We preview the game alongside our Canucks reporter Jeff Paterson and discuss how the game can slow down McDavid and Drasaitl, even if they're on different lines.Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a wild finish in Game 3 of the Canucks and Oilers last night, as Arturs Silovs held on to make 42 saves in the Canucks' 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers. With fireworks at the end between Nikta Zadorov, Carson Soucy and Connor McDavid, we react to the news that the NHL is issuing out supplemental discipline in the form of fines and potential suspensions. Oh, and the Canuck lit up Stuart Skinner yet again thanks to goals from Brock Boeser and Elias Lindholm. We break it all down on a jam-packed show of Canucks Convo!Thank you to all of our sponsors:Toyota: Pacific Toyota is the presenting sponsor of Canucks ConversationWendy's: Find the nearest Wendy's location hereVancouver Canadians: Get your tickets now at www.canadiansbaseball.com!GRETA BAR YVR: The home of all our watch parties, check out Greta Bar YVR!Mr. Lube: Over 16 locations in the Lower Mainland.Four Winds Brewing: @fourwindsbrewco. Try the new Four Winds Light Lager today!bet365: Powered by @bet365. Whatever the moment, it's Never Ordinary at bet365. Download the App today and use promo code: VANBONUSFollow us on Instagram: @canucksarmydotcomFollow us on Twitter: @CanucksArmyFollow us on Facebook: @CanucksArmyFollow us on YouTube: @CanucksArmyVisit CanucksArmy.com for the latest news, analysis, editorials & prospect reports on the CanucksWatch Rink Wide: Vancouver LIVE ON YOUTUBE Listen to Sekeres & Price on podcast or WATCH on YouTubePowered by The Nation Network. Reach out to sales@nationnetwork.com to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on a botanical journey with Gary Lewis, M.Sc., a plant connoisseur whose rich history with horticulture has blossomed into a nursery boasting over 5,000 plant varieties. Gary's life is a colourful journey, from the hibiscus in his grandmother's garden to the exotic flora of distant lands, marked by a deep-seated passion and knowledge for plants.Gary is the President of Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd. He has built the nursery into one of the best-known destinations for home gardeners and plant enthusiasts from all over the Lower Mainland in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He also wrote the encyclopedia "The Complete Book of Ground Covers" 4000 Plants That Reduce Maintenance, Control Erosion, and Beautify the Landscape.This episode is a treasure for plant lovers. We trace Gary's roots from a young botanist to the creator of an indispensable guide on ground covers. His scientific background sheds light on the fascinating intersection of plant ecology and practical gardening, enlightening us on the value of diversity in the plant kingdom. As we traverse the lush pathways of Phoenix Perennials, Gary reflects on the recent gardening surge sparked by the global pandemic, reminding us how tending to our gardens can be a source of solace and community strength. His dedication to nurturing plants and the people who care for them resonates deeply. Tune in for a heartfelt conversation that celebrates the perennial joys of gardening and the shared growth we experience through our love for plants.Vice President | Planta!: The Plantlife ConservationS Society | www.planta.ngoPerennial and Bulb Selection Committee Member | Great Plant Picks | www.greatplantpicks.org.Advisory Committee Member | E-Flora BC | www.eflora.bc.caSupport the Show.To Share - Connect & Relate: Share Your Thoughts and Shape the Show! Tell me what you love about the podcast and what you want to hear more about. Please email me at behas.podcats@gmail.com and be part of the conversation! To be on the show Podmatch Profile Thank you for listening - Hasta Pronto!

Inventory has reached its highest level since the pandemic Summer of 2020 amidst news of changing capital gain taxes and residential tenancy rules. Is this enough to keep the market balanced with the potential of rate cuts this Summer?Kevin Skipworth, Owner and Managing Broker at Dexter Realty, sits down with Matt & Adam in Kokomo Studios to discuss how these factors are playing out on the ground and what this means for real estate in the Lower Mainland at large.Will inventory levels continue to rise? Is buyer demand coming back? And where does Kevin see the opportunities? It's time to level up! 

In this episode of HFA Ian Maslin joins us to discuss the importance of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) for SAR responders. Ian is a Certified Traumatologist from the Traumatology Institute and Certified from UMBC in Critical Incident Stress Management. He is an Advanced Approved Instructor with The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation. A Peer CISM responder with British Columbia Search and Rescue Association, and Emergency Support Services. He is also a Community Care Nurse in the Lower Mainland of BC. Additionally he serves as the Training and Competency coordinator for British Columbia Search and Rescue association Critical Incident Stress Management program. During this episode we discuss the essentials of why SAR teams should implement a CISM program, and the positive benefits a well coordinated CISM program can have for team cohesiveness. We also breakdown the essentials of what's in a CISM program, and how each element is utilized after a stressful situation. We concluded the episode by providing resources that SAR teams can utilize to implement a CISM program for their local team. References mentioned during this episode: Talking Trauma Website: https://talkingtrauma.com/ International Critical Incident Stress Foundation: https://icisf.org/ Kent Harrison Search and Rescue: https://khsar.ca/ Ian's Phone Number: 604-316-2079

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