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Mark Carney sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister. He pledges to strengthen the economy in the face of the ongoing trade war with the United States.Travel plans are ramping up as spring break begins, with Vancouver International Airport expecting over a million travellers. YVR spokesperson Alyssa Smith joins the show as we ask viewers about their travel plans.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will bring forward a motion of non-confidence to bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, in another blow to Trudeau's leadership as he shakes up his cabinet following finance minister Chrystia Freeland's resignation. We ask viewers what they think of Singh's move and what it means for the next election.With just days to go until Christmas, many are preparing to travel to see loved ones. We check on how travel is ramping up at Vancouver International Airport, and the impact of a janitors' strike at YVR.BC Today gardening columnist Brian Minter joins us to talk about last-minute Christmas gifts for gardeners, and we take audience calls to answer your gardening questions.

On this week's special episode of Navigating Major Programmes Riccardo Cossentino shares a conversation from his other podcast, A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast. Riccardo sits down with three nominees of The Women's Infrastructure Network (WIN) Canada WIN Awards: Divya Shah, Tamara Vrooman, and Kimberly Doran.Despite working in senior roles in a male-dominated industry not designed for them, the panelists have achieved success and professional recognition. They share valuable insights and advice for transforming the industry from dry to progressive, and pose the question: Is it a dumb question or the next revolution in the industry? Along with expanding professional networks and securing sponsorships, these three leaders in major programmes share their hopes and actionables for women, and allies, in the industry.“We're just talking about infrastructure, which is about design and about building things and about the future. Yet, we really need to design our organizations for that future. And what I find is a lot of the time we're trying to put women into roles that were not designed for us…We have to change the way that we design our organizations so that they're fit for the purpose that we want them to serve, which is to get more diverse people, including women into leadership roles, particularly in an area like infrastructure.” — Tamara Vrooman Key Takeaways:The hesitancy of failing, the importance of taking risks as a woman in megaprojectsHow do we empower women to get into decision-making roles; rewriting roles designed for men  Taking mentorship further with sponsorship Divya Shah is the Managing Director at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, leading investments in trade, transportation, and critical minerals. With 18 years in project finance, Divya shapes investment strategies, oversees business development, and manages financial structuring to asset management. She began her career at Infrastructure Ontario during its early days of public-private partnerships, marking her start in transformative infrastructure projects. Tamara Vrooman serves as the President and CEO of Vancouver International Airport, the second-largest international airport in Canada and home to the largest building in British Columbia. With a rich background in banking and finance, Tamara has financed numerous public and private infrastructure projects. Her extensive experience includes roles as the Chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank board and Deputy Minister of Finance for British Columbia, overseeing Partnerships BC. Kimberly Doran is the Vice President and Geotechnical Practice Lead at AtkinsRéalis. As a passionate advocate for gender parity, she co-founded and chairs the ExcELLEnce Employee Resource Group, dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture. Outside of her corporate responsibilities, Kimberly is deeply involved in her field, serving as the Finance Director for the Regina Geotechnical Group and participating in the Transportation Committee of the Saskatchewan Association of Consulting Engineers (ACEC-SK). If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. The conversation doesn't stop here—connect and converse with our LinkedIn community: Follow Divya Shah on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-shah-cfa-4a116b3/Follow Tamara Vrooman on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-vrooman-1044b425a/Follow Kimberly Doran on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-doran-32888196/Follow Navigating Major Programmes on LinkedInFollow Riccardo Cosentino on LinkedInRead Riccardo's latest at wwww.riccardocosentino.com   Music: "A New Tomorrow" by Chordial Music. Licensed through PremiumBeat.DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.

Scared, confused, and on their first ever international flight, Robert was going to start a new life in Kamloops, B.C. October 14, 2007, Robert Dziekański Polish immigrant to Canada, was killed during an arrest at the Vancouver International Airport.   -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Headway app is a book summary app that offers thousands of non-fiction book insights in text and audio format. Redeem the code at bit.ly/headway-podcastbyproxy  Headway can also be located  HERE! Listeners can use code PODCASTBYPROXY Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos    Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Robert_Dzieka%C5%84ski https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dziekanski-death-anniversary-1.6614534 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT3vid3S-tw https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/robert-dziekanski-taser-death-kwesi-millington-sentenced-to-30-months-for-perjury-1.3122941 https://globalnews.ca/news/5365649/rcmp-robert-dziekanski-taser-death/ https://bc.ctvnews.ca/former-mountie-jailed-after-yvr-taser-death-reaches-lawsuit-settlement-1.5268874  

Municipalities are ground zero for tackling climate change, especially when it comes to adaptation. They're well positioned to take direct action to do things like build infrastructure and create new policies. However, they're also the level of government typically operating with the tightest fiscal constraints and most demands in terms of serving a diverse constituency.  So what does it take to be able to lead the kind of transformative change we need in such a challenging environment? That's what we're going to find out in this conversation with Norm Connolly. Trained as a planner, Norm's worked for several municipalities across the Lower Mainland of British Columbia on files from development to community energy. These days, he's the Sustainability Manager for the City of Richmond, a largely island-based municipality. Home to critical infrastructure like the Vancouver International Airport, Richmond is under threat from sea level rise, as well as events like heat domes and extreme storms. In this episode, Norm shares several stories about how he's been able to lead innovation and generate engagement for climate action, despite fiscal and political constraints. He also highlights the need for interdisciplinary collaboration, and offers insights about the kind of climate action leadership we need going forward. ***If you like this episode, please subscribe, like and share it with your networks. And if you want more great content like this to help you share knowledge, get support and grow your audience, join me on The Q.west for Good.

You've heard of the mystery of Flight MH370 and DB Cooper, but have you heard of Canada's greatest Aviation mystery?  On July 8, 1965, Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 took off from Vancouver International Airport at 2:24PM with a final destination of Whitehorse. The flight was as milk run flight, meaning that along with carrying passengers it was also delivering fresh food, medical supplies and mail to northern communities making several stops along the way.  Flight 21 however never made it to its first stop.  Listen as we discuss the largest unsolved aviation crash in Canadian history.  Thank you to our amazing listener's for suggesting this story.  If you would like to suggest a case please email podcastbyproxy@gmail.com with the subject line “Case Suggestion”.   -K&O   Rate, Review and Subscribe on the platforms of your choice. Check us out on Instagram to join in the discussions about the case! Comment on the case related post, we can't wait to hear your thoughts. @podcastbyproxy Intro music made by: https://soundcloud.com/aiakos    Sources: A Brief Guide To Alaska Airlines' Milk Run Flights (simpleflying.com) Unsolved Explosion: The Story Of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 (simpleflying.com) Flight 21 crash near 100 Mile House remains a mystery 50 years later | Globalnews.ca Crash of Flight 21 near 100 Mile House almost 50 years ago still a mystery - BC | Globalnews.ca Who bombed Flight 21? Why one of Canada's largest unsolved murders may have been the work of a passenger | The Star Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 - Wikipedia 'It's something out of a Hitchcock film': Experts re-examine unsolved Canadian airliner bombing | CBC News Memorial will remember Canadian Pacific Flight 21 crash - 100 Mile House Free Press (100milefreepress.net) ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B CF-CUQ 100 Mile House, BC (aviation-safety.net) Unsolved bombing of Yukon-bound flight not forgotten | CBC News Larry Evans: Searching for new clues in fatal Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 - Alaska Highway News Monument planned for Flight 21 near 100 Mile House | CBC Kamloops Remembering a massacre: Flight 21, 50 years later - The Globe and Mail  

Wally Oppal is a former trial attorney who has served as a special prosecutor on numerous high profile commercial crime and drug offences and more than 50 homicide cases. He served as a judge in the County Court of British Columbia from 1981 to 1985, and in the B.C. Supreme Court from 1985 to 2003, when he was appointed to the B.C. Court of Appeal. He has led two commissions of inquiry into policing in British Columbia, including the Missing Women Inquiry following one of BCs most notorious serial murder investigations, and has authored reports that have advocated for and led to many reforms in policing both in British Columbia and across Canada.Between 2005 and 2009 he served as the Attorney General of British Columbia and appointed commissions of inquiry into the police use of tasers, following the aftermath of the death of a man at Vancouver International Airport, and into the death of an Indigenous man, who died as a result of being left in an alley by police in Vancouver. More recently, he was asked by the government of BC to chair the task force that established the framework for the transition of policing services in Surrey, BC from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service and he remains in active legal practice as Senior Counsel with Boughton Law where he provides strategic advice on dispute resolution and public sector related matters. On this episode, Wally shares his thoughts on the oft discussed but yet to be implemented regional policing model for Metro Vancouver; his role in laying out the mammoth task of transitioning from the RCMP's largest detachment to a municipal police service; and weighs in on BC's latest social experiment, the decriminalization of personal drug possession. Shimona & Associates Mortgage Consulting Mortgage BrokerStrata Wealth & Risk Management Financial PlanningDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Thank you for listening! For more Team Ten Eight content, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn!

This week we jump into a great conversation with Ryan Andrews of PCL Construction's Infrastructure Manager for the BC Region along with serial entrepreneur, real estate investor and co-owner of the Penticton Speedway, Mr Ingo Seibert. The purpose of this weeks episode is to gain an understanding of what billion dollar corporations are seeing, why they believe in the region and why they are continuing to help the province build the necessary infrastructure for what will be a major increase in population and density. Furthermore, we contrast that from the perspective of smaller entrepreneurs, what they have been up against since the pandemic and how they are making plays not only here in Vancouver but also in the interior. Who is PCL and why do they matter? PCL is a leading construction company in Canada, with a strong presence in the Vancouver area. Over the years, PCL has been involved in several major infrastructure projects in Vancouver, contributing to the development and growth of the city. They have a unique perspective on the needs of a growing city and have a unique understanding of where future investment is going.One of the most notable projects that PCL has worked on in Vancouver is the Canada Line. The Canada Line is a rapid transit line that connects downtown Vancouver to Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport. The line was built in partnership with the  government of British Columbia and TransLink, the regional transportation authority. PCL was responsible for the construction of the elevated guideway, stations, and systems for the line. The Canada Line has been a great success, providing fast, reliable, and convenient transportation for the people of Vancouver and the surrounding areas.  For more on PCL, see: https://www.pcl.com/ca/enWhat is the Penticton Speedway? It is a motorsports facility located in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. The track is a half-mile oval, and it is one of the most popular destinations for racing enthusiasts in the region. The facility features a variety of racing events, including stock car racing, sprint car racing, and midget car racing.Throughout the racing season, the Penticton Speedway hosts a variety of events, from local amateur races to professional events that attract top drivers from across North America. The facility also offers a number of amenities for fans, including grandstand seating, food and beverage vendors, and a souvenir shop. The track also offers a number of opportunities for fans to get involved, including pit tours, driver meet-and-greets, and other interactive experiences. For more information visit: https://www.pentictonspeedway.com _________________________________ Contact Us To Book Your Private Consultation:

On this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with Marianne Nicolson, an artist and activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada'enuxw First Nations. They discuss ways that Marianne uses art practice to uphold Kwakwaka'wakw philosophies and resist settler-colonial fictions about Indigenous peoples. Marianne describes how her work challenges the colonial practice of treating Indigenous artmaking traditions as resources to be extracted. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/200-marianne-nicolson.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/200-marianne-nicolson.html Resources: Marianne Nicolson: https://www.mariannenicolson.com/ The Sea Captain at Surrey Central skytrain station: https://www.surrey.ca/arts-culture/surrey-public-art/public-art-collection/the-sea-captain Cliff Painting at Kingcome Inlet: https://themedicineproject.com/marianne-nicolson.html#null Bakwina`tsi: the Container for Souls at Artspeak Gallery: https://artspeak.ca/artspeak-wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Postscript-18-Daina-Warren-on-Marianne-Nicolson.pdf The House of the Ghosts at Vancouver Art Gallery: https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/38869/marianne-nicolson-the-house-of-the-ghosts/ The Rivers Monument at Vancouver International Airport: https://www.yvr.ca/en/about-yvr/art/sea-to-sky Marianne's PhD Dissertation: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/5135?show=full To Refuse/To Wait/To Sleep at Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery: https://belkin.ubc.ca/exhibitions/to-refuse-to-wait-to-sleep-ma/ Bio: Marianne Nicolson is an artist activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada'enuxw First Nations. The Musgamakw Dzawada'enuxw Nations are part of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwak'wala speaking peoples) of the Pacific Northwest Coast. She is trained in both traditional Kwakwaka'wakw forms and culture and contemporary gallery and museum-based practice. Nicolson works as a Kwakwaka'wakw cultural researcher and historian, as well as an advocate for Indigenous land rights. Her practice is multi-disciplinary encompassing photography, painting, carving, video, installation, monumental public art, writing and speaking. All her work is political in nature and seeks to uphold Kwakwaka'wakw traditional philosophy and worldview through contemporary mediums and technology. Exhibitions include the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia; The Vancouver Art Gallery, The National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Nuit Blanche in Toronto, Ontario, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands and many others. Major monumental public artworks are situated in Vancouver International Airport, the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Canadian Embassy in Paris, France. Cite this episode: Johal, Am. “Art and the Spatial Logics of Colonialism with Marianne Nicolson.” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, February 7, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/200-marianne-nicolson.html.

In October of 2007, 40-year-old, Robert Dziekanski was looking forward to starting a new life in Canada. Although he was nervous about flying, he boarded two flights and eventually arrived at Vancouver International Airport on October 13th, 2007. Tragically Robert would not leave the airport terminal alive. Join your hosts as they detail the devastating case and the aftermath.We've decided to release our latest Patreon exclusive episode for our listeners to check out and to take this opportunity to announce that we now only have 1 tier on Patreon. We know the economic situation is tight for many right now, and we wanted to make our Patreon as accessible to listeners as possible. So we've made all of our perks available for $5/mo. Our Patreon subscribers will get access to exclusive bonus episodes, early access to episodes, episodes will be ad-free, and access to archived episodes. Subscribe today at patreon.com/tntcpod.--Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - https://soundcloud.com/user-135673977 // shorturl.at/mFPZ0Join 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/tntcpod Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's not the holidays in the Southwest without your favorite tamales or without attending an all-night tamale making party. These delicious, corn-wrapped gifts have origins dating back more than 10,000 years in Mexico. Today on Native America Calling in the latest helping of The Menu, Andi Murphy talks tamales with chef Neftalí Durán (Mixteco from Oaxaca) and Eric J. Garcia, the artist behind the Tamale Man comic book series. Plus, we check in with Inez Cook (Nuxalk Nation), owner of Salmon n' Bannock Bistro and Salmon n' Bannock on the Fly, a brand-new Indigenous restaurant opening at Vancouver International Airport.

It's not the holidays in the Southwest without your favorite tamales or without attending an all-night tamale making party. These delicious, corn-wrapped gifts have origins dating back more than 10,000 years in Mexico. Today on Native America Calling in the latest helping of The Menu, Andi Murphy talks tamales with chef Neftalí Durán (Mixteco from Oaxaca) and Eric J. Garcia, the artist behind the Tamale Man comic book series. Plus, we check in with Inez Cook (Nuxalk Nation), owner of Salmon n' Bannock Bistro and Salmon n' Bannock on the Fly, a brand-new Indigenous restaurant opening at Vancouver International Airport.

00:00 - How are truckers fairing in the extreme cold this year? Guest: Dave Earle, President and CEO of the BC Trucking Association. 03:24 - Union Gospel Mission is at overcapacity as the homeless seek shelter during extremely cold conditions Guest: Nicole Mucci. Manager of Media Relations & Communications at Union Gospel Mission. 07:52 - Last-minute gift shoppers will head to shopping centres to try and get gifts for the holiday season. Will the gifts they want be in stock?  Guest: Greg Wilson, Director of Government Relations in BC for the Retail Council Of Canada 13:42 - The heavy snow that fell across Metro Vancouver overnight has significantly impacted operations at Vancouver International Airport. Guest: Gabor Lukacs, founder of Air Passenger Rights DOT C-A.

Severe snowfall also forced the Vancouver International Airport to suspend many flights - both arriving and leaving the airport. Claire Newell is the president of Vancouver-based Travel Best Bets, she joined the show with latest updates. And, Santa stopped by for his annual visit.

00:00 - The Prime Minister has suggested that Hockey Canada is failing to understand how it contributed to the “serious” situation gripping the organization. Guest: Ian Mendes, Senior Writer at The Athletic. 10:38 - A common and growing problem is truckers not being able to find suitable parking during their shifts. Guest: Dave Earle, President of the BC Trucking Association. 17:57 - Health experts around the world are starting to take note of how the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are changing. Guest: Dr. Birinder Narang, Family Physician and CKNW/Global News Medical Contributor 23:45 - The Metro Vancouver Regional District has issued an air quality advisory for the Eastern Fraser Valley. Guest: Philippe-Alain Bergeron, Environment Canada Meteorologist. 30:27 - There's a new way for travellers to skip the sometimes-lengthy security lineups at Vancouver International Airport. Guest: Mike McNaney, VP & Chief External Affairs Officer.

 1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada on a work permit through the Point of Entry of  Vancouver International Airport  Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news and I am Joy Stephen, an authorized Canadian Immigration practitioner bringing out this Data Analysis release from Vancouver International Airport  . Today is the 15th of May, 2022. This video is a little different from other analysis videos where we used to just talk about visa applications, success rate and rejection rates. This video discusses actual entry into Canada thru Canadian POE's for first time Canadian residents, temporary or permanent during the Global Pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Thanks to the folks at Canada Border Services Agency or CBSA for providing us with this data. In this video, we are going to talk about the total 1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada on a work permit through the Point of Entry of Vancouver International Airport . In 2020, during the peak Pandemic restriction year, the Point of Entry Vancouver International Airport  .  received 24781 new work permit residents and in 2021, another pandemic year, this POE received 47703 new Canadian work permit residents. We will also discuss the arrival rates of the 10 top POE's who received the highest number of first time work permit entries in separate videos!We have seen an appreciative jump in intakes in 2021 from 2020 figures because of the need of foreign nationals to supplement the labor force and the reasonably high vaccination rates coupled with a better understanding of the pandemic. We expect the numbers to increase in the coming years. This jump is seen at Airports who act as a POE but the trend is reversed through Road crossings.Please subscribe to this channel for more Canadian Immigration information and if you want to become a Canadian Permanent Residence, you can learn more by attending the Free online YouTube videos posted on https://polinsys.com/p. From all of us from IRC news and the Polinsys team we thank you for watching! 

Here we go, recording this from Vancouver International Airport. I am literally about to take my first flight, and this one is physical, but also spiritual and energetical. Tune in as I chat about the ebb and flow of life, business and how embracing it allows you to scale in feminine flow. Time to let go of all you fear to lose, so you can create lightness in your step and draw power from source to generate the momentum that creates quantum leaps. Are you ready for your first flight? For those of you ready to scale to $10K, here is the link to join my upcoming FREEMasterclass. You will get instant access to the replay https://www.theresalambertcoaching.com/scaleto10k About the Host:Theresa Lambert is an Online Business Strategy Coach with an impressive hotelier background in luxury Hospitality in the #1 Ski Resort in North America. She supports Female Coaches and Service based Entrepreneurs to get their first clients or scale to 6 figures and beyond through strategic, tangible, and practical support. Her mission: To make Business EASY so your life can be more FULL.In 2020 Theresa became the Bestselling Author of her book Achieve with Grace: A guide to elegance and effectiveness in intense workplaces. She is also a Speaker and the Podcast co-host of Dissecting Success. Theresa has been recognized as a business leader in Whistler's Profiles of Excellence, and is being featured in publications such as Hotelier Magazine, Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. https://www.theresalambertcoaching.comInstagram: @theresalambertcoachingYOU TUBE CHANNELThanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.

1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada on a study permit through the Point of Entry of  Vancouver International Airport   Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news and I am Joy Stephen, an authorized Canadian Immigration practitioner bringing out this Data Analysis release. Today is the 20th of June, 2022. This video is a little different from other analysis videos where we used to just talk about visa applications, success rate and rejection rates. This video discusses actual entry into Canada thru Canadian POE's for first time Canadian residents, temporary or permanent during the Global Pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Thanks to the folks at Canada Border Services Agency or CBSA for providing us with this data. In this video, we are going to talk about the total 1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada on a study permit through the Point of Entry of Vancouver International Airport. In 2020, during the peak Pandemic restriction year, the Point of Entry of Vancouver International Airport  received 14010 new study permit residents and in 2021, another pandemic year, this POE received 71608 new Canadian study permit residents. We will also discuss the arrival rates of the 10 top POE's who received the highest number of first time study permit entries in separate videos!We have seen an appreciative jump in intakes in 2021 from 2020 figures because of the need of foreign nationals to supplement the labor force and students are likely to be the future Canadian Permanent Residents to supplement the labour force in Canada. The reasonably high vaccination rates coupled with a better understanding of the pandemic helped increase the intake. We expect the numbers to increase in the coming years. This jump is seen more at Airports who act as a POE but the trend is reversed through Road crossings.Please subscribe to this channel for more Canadian Immigration information and if you want to become a Canadian Permanent Residence, you can learn more by attending the Free online YouTube videos posted on https://polinsys.com/p. From all of us from IRC news and the Polinsys team we thank you for watching!

 1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada on a study permit through the Point of Entry of  Vancouver International Airport   Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news and I am Joy Stephen, an authorized Canadian Immigration practitioner bringing out this Data Analysis release. Today is the 20th of June, 2022. This video is a little different from other analysis videos where we used to just talk about visa applications, success rate and rejection rates. This video discusses actual entry into Canada thru Canadian POE's for first time Canadian residents, temporary or permanent during the Global Pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Thanks to the folks at Canada Border Services Agency or CBSA for providing us with this data. In this video, we are going to talk about the total 1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada on a study permit through the Point of Entry of Vancouver International Airport. In 2020, during the peak Pandemic restriction year, the Point of Entry of Vancouver International Airport  received 14010 new study permit residents and in 2021, another pandemic year, this POE received 71608 new Canadian study permit residents. We will also discuss the arrival rates of the 10 top POE's who received the highest number of first time study permit entries in separate videos!We have seen an appreciative jump in intakes in 2021 from 2020 figures because of the need of foreign nationals to supplement the labor force and students are likely to be the future Canadian Permanent Residents to supplement the labour force in Canada. The reasonably high vaccination rates coupled with a better understanding of the pandemic helped increase the intake. We expect the numbers to increase in the coming years. This jump is seen more at Airports who act as a POE but the trend is reversed through Road crossings.Please subscribe to this channel for more Canadian Immigration information and if you want to become a Canadian Permanent Residence, you can learn more by attending the Free online YouTube videos posted on https://polinsys.com/p. From all of us from IRC news and the Polinsys team we thank you for watching!

1st time Canadian Resident Point of entry into Canada for the Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news and I am Joy Stephen, an authorized Canadian Immigration practitioner bringing out this Data Analysis release from January 01, 2020 to December 31, 2021. Today is the 24th of May, 2022. This video discusses actual entry into Canada of the various Canadian entry points for first time Canadian residents, temporary or permanent during the Global Pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Thanks to the folks at Canada Border Services Agency or CBSA for providing us with this data. In this video, we are going to talk about the top major 1st time Canadian Resident entry into Canada for the Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia . In 2020, during the peak Pandemic restriction year,  Vancouver International Airport   Received 14787 new residents through all its points of entry in Canada and in 2021, another pandemic year, Vancouver International Airport  Received 136013 new Canadian residents. We will also discuss the arrival rates of the 15 top entry points into Canada in separate videos as well as each of the different resident types separately!We have seen an appreciative jump in intakes in 2021 from 2020 because of the need of foreign nationals to supplement the labor force and the reasonably high vaccination rates coupled with a better understanding of the pandemic. We expect the numbers to increase in the coming years. Please subscribe to this channel for more Canadian Immigration information and if you want to become a Canadian Permanent Residence, you can learn more by attending the Free online YouTube videos posted on https://polinsys.com/p. From all of us from IRC news and the Polinsys team we thank you for watching!

Straight from Benzinga newsdesk, hosts Brent Slava and Steve Krause bring you the market news and stocks to watch.Steve and Brent focus on:NTR - under-the-radar ag-related stocks: AVD SANW RKDA MBII BIOXSOUN - comments from BZ's Chris KFLWS - if you looking at the chart around Mother's Day, keep in mind that the company has historically reported at end of Apr.Benzinga Pro's Top 5 Stocks To Watch For Wednesday, May 4, 2022: NTR, SOUN, FLWS, ENVX, TECKToday's 5 Stock Ideas:Nutrien (NTR) - A popular agriculture play. CEO of peer in the ag space, Mosaic (MOS), during the company's earnings conference call Tuesday, said management expects the ag market to remain "tight" beyond 2022.Soundhound AI (SOUN) - This week's special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) redemption trade. Shares were converted from the SPAC into Soundhound on Thursday of last week. As of Tuesday, about 96% of the shares for the SPAC were redeemed by shareholders, according to this tweet. As such, Soundhound's float dropped significantly, pushing the issue into low-float territory.1-800-Flowers.com (FLWS) - Highlighted as a "Mother's Day stock" by popular Twitter account Will Meade on Tuesday. There isn't a clear correlation this stock moves higher into the Mother's Day holiday, celebrated on the second Sunday of May.Enovix (ENVX) - A play on lithium-ion battery development and production. Market Rebellion founder, CNBC contributor and Benzinga friend, Jon Najarian, highlighted the issue's options as recently seeing unusual activity.Teck Resources (TECK) - A play on antimicrobial copper plating as a preventative measure against coronavirus spread. The company announced on Tuesday the Vancouver International Airport would be installing its copper plating on high-touch surfaces. Something to keep in mind: studies over the last year have shown evidence coronavirus is unlikely to have been transmitted through surface touching.Hosts:Steve Krause Reach out to Steve at stevekrause@benzinga.comSr. Reporter Benzinga NewsdeskBrent Slava Reach out to Brent at brent@benzinga.comSr. Reporter, Head of Benzinga NewsdeskRyan Faloona Reach out to Ryan at ryanfaloona@benzinga.comDirector of Customer Success pro.benzinga.comFree 2-week trial, no credit card requiredUse coupon code YOUTUBE20 to get 20% offDisclaimer: All of the information, material, and/or content contained in this program is for informational purposes only. Investing in stocks, options, and futures is risky and not suitable for all investors. Please consult your own independent financial adviser before making any investment decisions.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vancouver International Airport, Canada's second busiest airport, sits on Sea Island in the Fraser River Delta where the marshes, mudflats and agriculture habitats on and around the delta attract millions of shorebirds, and thousands of waterfowl and gulls each year. To manage the wildlife strike risk associated with these hazards, the airport has in place one of the most comprehensive wildlife management programs in the world. Joining Kylie in this episode to talk about this program is David Bradbeer, YVR's Wildlife Program Specialist, and from Avisure Services, Tyler Rogers, who is the Site Manager for YVR's wildlife management program. YVR wildlife program Avisure Services Pacific Northwest Raptors Downriver Farm Hungarian Mudi Fraser River Delta Snow Goose Mallard Glaucous-winged Gull Green-winged Teal Great Blue Heron Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Short-eared Owl Barn Owl Bald Eagle Barn Swallow Coyote

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Episode Notes:Today's guest is Joanna Chiu, a long-time journalist covering China from both inside and outside the country, co-founder and chair of the editorial collective 'NüVoices 女性之音', and the author of the new book "China Unbound." She now covers Canada-China issues for the Toronto Star. Joanna, welcome to the podcast.4:20 on Huawei, Meng Wanzhou and the two Michaels - when the whole Huawei, Meng Wanzhou saga was unfolding, I got so many questions from not just Canadian journalists, but media around the world about what was going on. I think it's surprising to us because we've been in the China-watching bubble, but more broadly, what happened was very shocking for a lot of people all over the world23:20 people like me and my family aren't fully accepted as Canadians or as Australians or as Americans, it's always like a hyphen, like Chinese-Canadian, Chinese-American. That just plays into what Beijing wants. When people of Chinese descent are taken as political prisoners or get calls from Chinese police saying, "Stop supporting Hong Kong on social media or stop doing this," these people get less attention. They're not taken seriously when they try to report what's happening because unfortunately a lot of people in the West have accepted the CCP's myth that we're still essentially Chinese36:20 on Canada-China relations - in Canada, the mood after the Michaels returned and the Meng case was resolved is that they really want to go back to business as usual. To not have any kind of plan in place on how to prevent Canadian hostages from being taken in the future. The Prime Ministers office really steering this even though other parts of government was like, "We need some sort of plan, we need some sort of update to foreign policy in general." There's very little political will.Links: China Unbound on Amazon. Joanna Chiu’s websiteNüVoices 女性之音Transcript:Bill:Hi everyone, today's guest is Joanna Chiu, a long-time journalist covering China from both inside and outside the country, co-founder and chair of the editorial collective 'NüVoices', and the author of the new book "China Unbound." She now covers Canada-China issues for the Toronto Star. Joanna, welcome to the podcast.Joanna:Thank you Bill, thanks for having me on your new podcast, very exciting.Bill:Thanks, yeah you are the second guest, and so I'm really happy to have this opportunity to speak with you. Before we dig into your book, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you ended up where you are and doing what you do?Joanna:Okay. I guess my bio is that my family is one of the many who left Hong Kong after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests because my parents were worried about what would happen going forward. So growing up in Canada, I felt that China was actually part of my whole family story because what happened led to my family uprooting themselves. So I was always really interested in China and studied Chinese history and wanted to return to be a reporter to chronicle what was happening in the country, which I was so fascinated by.Joanna:So I started reporting on the ground in Hong Kong in 2012, covering all the things that happened there including the Occupy to pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. I moved to Beijing in 2014 and that's where I started covering basically everything in the whole country for European media outlets, including German, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, and AFP (Agence France-Presse). And I guess my career was a bit unique in that I also free-lanced for several stints. So I got to kind of get a sense of what many different jurisdictions and countries wanted to know about China in my time there writing for all sorts of outlets.Bill:Interesting and so I was there until 2015 and I think we overlapped for just about a year. When did you actually leave China to go back to Canada?Joanna:Yeah, I left China in late 2018. I wanted to stay for longer because even seven years on the ground I felt I barely got to scratch the surface of all the things that I could write about in China. Especially because I had such a broad remit where I was a front-line reporter for all of these major events but also could do basically any feature story I wanted. So it was just totally open and I could have stayed there for decades, but I had to go back to Canada. I got asthma from the smog and I think my Canadian lungs just couldn't handle air. I was just like really allergic to Beijing as soon as I landed and I stuck it out for four years. But back in Canada, I felt I would have to move on from my passion and interest in China, but a couple of months after I returned, Meng Wanzhou, a Huawei executive was detained in the Vancouver International Airport. And just over a week later, two Michaels were detained. So definitely I think that was the biggest China story at the time, and it continued to be very impactful around the world.Joanna:So I started covering that and it just led to basically being a reporter for the Toronto Star, focusing on China. And that's what I've been doing since then. I have also been working on my book since early 2019. So not my plan, but definitely the past decade has been very China focused, including my last few years.Bill:It's great, I've always been a fan of your work, and I will say, it's very interesting how many foreign correspondents used to live in China have left the country. Some willingly, some not willingly, but how it turns out how most of them have found jobs covering how China's impacting the world wherever they're now based.Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative).Bill:I think that's a good segue into talking about your book because it really is true that the China story is everywhere now. And that's something, I think, you try and capture in "China Unbound." So tell us who you wrote it for, why you wrote it, and what do you hope that the readers take away from it?Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative). So when the whole Huawei, Meng Wanzhou saga was unfolding, I got so many questions from not just Canadian journalists, but media around the world about what was going on. I think it's surprising to us because we've been in the China-watching bubble, but more broadly, what happened was very shocking for a lot of people all over the world. They didn't know the context of Beijing's political system and its increasing ... how its authoritarianism translates also into its foreign policy and its stances towards different countries and diaspora groups all over the world. But these things were not just stories I covered, but stories that were close to my life. Because growing up, my father worked for a Chinese-Canadian radio station and people were talking already then about pressure to self-censor, pressure from the Chinese embassy on Canadian media outlets. This was happening in the 90s and people of Chinese descent around the world were trying to have discussions about this, but basically not really getting much traction or broader public attention.Joanna:It did seem ... I will ask you if this is what you felt, but it took two white men from Canada being taken hostage over this high-profile executive's arrest in Canada for a lot of people in the world to be like, "Wait, what's going on? How will Beijing's political system and authoritarianism possibly impact me and my family or my country or my business?" So I wrote this book for basically everyone, targeting the general reader because I really try to be as immediate as possible in my writing. Most of the reporting is eyewitness reporting from myself in collaboration with journalists around the world and looking at how we got to this point. Western countries and China, how we got to this point where it seems like a lot of obstacles that seem insurmountable. All of these tensions, all of these worries.Joanna:I wanted for people to start with this book and then I provided this long reading list at the end so they can continue to be engaging with these issues. Because I feel that we might not have really noticed, but a lot of the narratives around China in the mainstream public have been very very simplified. And that is a disservice to all countries. And especially to the people who end up being targets and whose lives end up being affected by some of these big conflicts going on.Bill:What you said earlier about it really taking two white men, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig to get people's attention. It's interesting because these pressures have existed, as you said talking about your father and his experience, but these pressures on the diaspora have existed for decades. They've certainly intensified, and you have multiple instances of ethnic Chinese who are jailed in China, American, Australian, where it didn't seem to kind of capture the national attention the way that the detention of the two Michaels did. And that's unfortunate, but it does feel like the conversation and awareness now has shifted and so there's a lot more awareness that these kind of pressures are existing across all sorts of communities. You can tell me I'm wrong, but the Chinese government has also shifted its approach, hasn't it? Sort of widened its net in terms of how they pressure?Joanna:Yeah, so in the past, you know the united front, a lot of that work of foreign influence in both intimidation and providing carrots and sticks. Flattering global politicians and global members of the elite among the diaspora have been going on, but the most harsh efforts of influence in the past I think were mostly directed at people of Asian descent. It was only in more recent years where the really harsh tactic, the detentions, have been applied to foreign nationals who are not of Asian descent. It seems like that is a deliberate shift in tactics, would you agree?Bill:No, I would. And I think it's interesting when you look at sort of who they've targeted, especially around the Meng Wanzhou case. Two Canadians were very quickly arrested, a third Canadian who had been convicted of dealing drugs had a re-sentence to death. There's still no word about Schellenberg's fate in the wake of the Meng Wanzhou deal. But I think that one thing that's interesting is they've yet to target Caucasian Americans. And so far, certainly what I was fearing in the Meng Wanzhou incident was that ... someone had told me that they had put together lists who they might target but they held back because part of the messaging is they're at least today not quite ready to go toe-to-toe with the U.S.. But willing to penalize countries and the citizens of the countries that are seen as effectively being U.S. allies or lackeys depending on who you're speaking with. Does that make sense?Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative). Yeah, that makes sense. And my book, people have said that because I'm Canadian and I spotlight countries and experiences like Australia, Italy, Greece, Turkey. So so-called middle powers, that middle-power perspective, whereas many books out of the U.S. and China have it from the U.S. perspective.Bill:Right, right.Joanna:And I think that's important context for Americans to understand because in America, it seems like a lot of it is about this almost glorious competition with China where the U.S. has to win. I have been kind of mortified that people commenting on my book have said things like, "We need to read this so that we can win and not let China win." Things like that. But if they had actually read it, they would have probably seen that that's not right. I criticize the Western nations' handling and attitudes towards China as much as I criticize Beijing's actions. So I would also point out that Australian journalists who are white were affecting. Bill Birtles and Michael Smith spent days holed up in their Australian embassies in China. Basically fleeing because they got tipped off that otherwise they might get detained. Related to Australia's more aggressive critical stance towards China as of late.Bill:And also-Joanna:It does seem-Bill:Sorry, was it also related to the detention of Australian Chinese ... Australian journalist Cheng Lei who was originally Chinese then naturalized into Australian citizenship. And she's disappeared into the system in China, right?Joanna:Yeah, so Cheng Lei ... Again, while she's not a global household name like the two Michaels, she is actually detained. Her case ... we know very little about it, but it seems very clear it's related to the political situation between the two countries. And also Bloomberg journal Haze Fan ... and I think actually Haze's case might be as close as China has gotten so far to targeting Americans because even though a Chinese national, she worked for Bloomberg. She was a prominent journalist for Bloomberg. So it's interesting because writing this book, I'm trying to provide this nuance and context for the public but under so much pressure because of global contexts. Things are so tense that it could get worse at any moment and you don't know. You're hearing from your sources about a list that they were preparing of Americans they could possibly target. The stakes are so high.Joanna:Both of us, these are people we know. I don't know if you knew Kovrig, but it's a relief that he's back.Bill:Not well, but I did know a little bit.Joanna:For the more than 1,000 days he was in detention, I was writing this book and that was always on my mind. It's so immediate and it's so urgent for more people to understand what's going on rather than I think fanning the flames or making things worse or not using the opportunities there are to engage more productively with China. But we see the dialogue on China becoming so toxic right now, where it's almost as if there's two camps. The more extreme on both sides seem to get more airtime and interest. And people want those nuggets of talking points on China that really signify this is how we fight back. Rather than the people who are trying to provide a lot more context. It's not as easy as doing this or that to resolve everything or get what you want.Bill:Well with what you said earlier about sort of "we have to win," I have yet to see a clear definition of the theory of victory and what it is. The other thing I'd say, and this will lead into my next question is, we talk about in many ways how toxic the discourse has gotten in the West. It's also incredibly toxic inside China in very worrisome ways. And in many ways, sort of state-supported and state-encouraged ways. One of the questions I want to ask you is how we ... So first question is as you talk about in the book and you've talked about in other places, this whole discussion around Chinese Communist Party influence or interference in other countries ... Whether it's through the United Front or other means or vectors ... How do we differentiate what we should actually, "we" being the countries that are targeted ... How should you differentiate what actually matters that people should be concerned with versus that's the normal thing that a foreign government would do to try and improve other countries' perceptions of that country and advance their interests in those countries.Bill:And related, as this discourse does get more toxic, how do we talk about these things without tipping into racism? In the U.S. certainly, we have a really long and nasty history of anti-Asian and specifically anti-Chinese racism. And there are a lot of reasons to be very worried about going too far where we're back in a very dark place in terms of how people of Asian and Chinese descent are treated in this country. But at the same time, there are real issues and potential threats coming from some of these PRC activities. So how do we talk about that in a way that effectively deals with the problems but also makes sure that people are safe and able to enjoy the rights that they deserve and have?Joanna:Yeah and that's why I try to provide a lot of that history concisely within each chapter of the book because we need to know what happened before to know to be a lot more careful with our language and our actions now. Because definitely it just seems like history is repeating itself during the McCarthy era. Chinese-Americans' loyalties are constantly questioned, they lost their jobs. And now former President Trump has said that he thinks basically all students are possibly Chinese spies. We've seen these prosecutions of certain Chinese national scientist professors in America that were basically pretty embarrassing.Bill:Yes.Joanna:It seemed a lot of the suspicions were unfounded and it was almost like a witch-hunt which is really difficult. When things seemed politicized and politically motivated and you put a blanket suspicion on all these people, it's exactly what happened in the past.Bill:Mm-hmm (affirmative)Joanna:And it's not just America. It was in Canada, Australia, Europe. In Canada, we had internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. And people know that this is in the background. And even before things got more tense when a lot of the approach among Western countries towards China was that the goal was to expand trade ties and economic ties as much as possible, there was still a lot of racism. Walking down the street, I got called slurs like the c-word in downtown Vancouver multiple times.Bill:Recently?Joanna:Throughout my life living in Canada. In Vancouver, particularly, there was a long-standing stereotype of the crazy rich Asian that was ruining the city with our Maseratis and condo buying.Bill:Wasn't there a reality show that was based on rich Chinese in Vancouver, I think?Joanna:Yeah, there was that and there's a lot of scapegoating against East Asians for lots of problems with COVID-19 and all this with the two Michaels in Huawei. This just really spiked particularly in countries like Canada, U.S., Australia with the large Chinese diaspora in many places. People who weren't even Chinese, like an indigenous woman in Canada, she was punched in the face. Things like that. And its not like we can throw up our hands and be like, "People are just going to be racist, this is just going to happen." I think a lot of people in positions of influence and politicians need to take responsibility for what they've done to stoke this behavior and not condone it. So talking to certain politicians in Canada in the conservative party, they tell me that there's been a shift in strategy to talk about China as the Chinese Communist Party, the communist regime, to deliberately stir up a red scare. In the U.S. definitely, the FBI in an announcement about one of its investigations into a Chinese American scientist said the words "Chinese Communist regime" or "Chinese Communist government" five times.Bill:That was the announcement about the MIT professor, was it Chen Gang, I think?Joanna:Yeah, I think so.Bill:The prosecutor or the FBI folks up in Boston, I believe.Joanna:Right. Yeah, that was the one. And it's just not necessary. You don't need to ... My argument is that the facts about what Beijing is doing are urgent and sobering enough. You don't really need to embellish it with this language of trying to get people scared of this Communist entity. But perhaps it's more to do with domestic politics in each place. Someone explained it to me in the U.S. where pretty much everyone is critical of China. You don't get more attention by just being moderately critical, you have to be really more extreme. It's as if it's like a competition to be as hawkish as possible to get that acclaim and public support.Bill:And as you said, it's unnecessary because as you just said, the facts can speak for themselves in many areas. And it again, it goes back to how do we have rational discussion about what the problems and challenges are without tipping over into something that's really nasty and scary. It's something I struggle with, obviously in my newsletter, I have ... It's funny when you write about China, I have people who think I'm a CCP apologist and people who think I'm way too hawkish. You sort of can't win, it's such a fraught topic that it is something I struggle with. Because you certainly don't want to be in a position where you're stirring things up, but at the same time you can't just throw up your hands and say, "Well we're not going to deal with this because it's too dangerous." I mean, it's too dangerous the other way too, right? But it's really difficult, and the question I have is, do you think the powers in Beijing understand this? Is this something they try to use or leverage?Joanna:Oh yeah, I think so. I think it plays right into what Beijing wants. Because the myth it has been promoting for years is that China is the center of Chinese civilization even if your family has been away from China for generations, you're still Chinese. And since you're still Chinese, your de-facto leader is still the CCP. It's a legitimate power for all Chinese people. Because people like me and my family aren't fully accepted as Canadians or as Australians or as Americans, it's always like a hyphen, like Chinese-Canadian, Chinese-American. That just plays into what Beijing wants. When people of Chinese descent are taken as political prisoners or get calls from Chinese police saying, "Stop supporting Hong Kong on social media or stop doing this," these people get less attention. They're not taken seriously when they try to report what's happening because unfortunately a lot of people in the West have accepted the CCP's myth that we're still essentially Chinese. It's in the law, if there's dual-nationality, they don't accept the second nationality.Joanna:But even more than that, I still worry that ... it's happened to people like me. I actually gave up my Hong Kong citizenship, I'm only Canadian. But just because of my Chinese blood, I'm at greater risk of whatever repercussions. I've definitely been singled out when I was a foreign correspondent in Beijing for writing too much about human rights. And they did not say the same things about other people in my office. So by not listening to people in the diaspora and still treating them as they're still outsiders, we're with this connection to China whether we agree or not, that's really playing into it. And also when there's this racism, Chinese media, Chinese embassies, they've been really up front about condemning this and using it as a way to shore up loyalty among overseas Chinese, especially people who are more recent immigrants to get that support. There's so many of these China Friendship associations around the world. It's tough to understand their impact because it's all basically legal. They are these groups that openly support Beijing's policies all around the world. And they have, in my reporting, taken part in basically trying to make friends with politicians around the world and using those interviews, events, photographs to turn into propaganda to say, "We got support from this politician." There were groups that have offered money for people to vote for certain candidates in other countries' elections.Joanna:So it's complicated because when these groups are alienated, when they still feel that ... On a pragmatic level, it makes better sense for them to have good relations with Beijing. These groups are going to increase and proliferate and it's hard to understand what they're doing because you don't want to villainize it. In a way it's very natural for people, say, with business ties in China to try to hob-nob with Chinese embassies and try to support them. When I do report on some of these activities like the potential vote buying and interfering in elections, people use it as an excuse to say, "Oh, everyone's like that. All recent immigrants are working for the CCP." And that just puts a lot of reporters and researchers in these really tricky situations where you want to report on what's going on, but because discourse just fails to be nuanced enough, people just kind of take it as a reason to be more hostile and to not really open up their minds that there's a diversity of opinions among Chinese people and the Chinese diaspora.Bill:And it's also hard I think because so much of it happens in Mandarin or other Chinese dialects, so most people who don't speak the language have no idea what's going on.Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative). But it's been such a rich field of potential reporting for me, going back to Canada. It's really, really resitting. I have been able to read all of these reports. I've been able to translate these posts into English for audiences who found it really interesting. But I would argue that it's not actually that hard because there are so many Chinese speakers all over the world. It's not like it's a niche population, like a small population. In these stories where Steve Bannon and Miles Kwok's like cultish group was protesting outside a Canadian journalist's house accusing him of being a Chinese spy, when he was actually critical of Beijing. There were death threats.Bill:They did that to a bunch of people in America too. They had a whole program of targeting people.Joanna:Yeah, New Jersey.Bill:Yeah.Joanna:Yeah, so in that case. In Texas, with Pastor Bob Fu, he was one of the targets. And the FBI came in, the bomb squad, they put him and his family in a safe house. But in Canada, police monitored it, checked in once in a while. I actually sent them videos, like this looks like a death threat. And I actually ... Me and my colleagues, we translated some of this information and we posted it on YouTube to explain what was going on. But then it took three months later, this going on in Canada ... Two of these protestors just savagely beat one of the target's friends. And the police were responding to questions of why didn't you step in earlier, there were death threats? They admitted that they were slow with the investigation because they didn't have Chinese language resources. And that doesn't make sense really, in Vancouver, when there are so many people of Chinese descent. It's not hard to find someone to look at something and translate it to understand it.Joanna:In the conclusion of my book, one of the points I make is that information in Chinese language is treated like a secret code that can't be cracked. Instead, people like Newt Gingrich and other kind of just make things up. In his book, Newt Gingrich ... I don't quite remember but he just provided nonsensical translations of Chinese words and then extrapolated a whole bunch of theories about China based on that. Which is insulting to all of the people, not just of Chinese descent, but people like you who have taken the time to learn Mandarin and to understand China.Bill:There's a lot of that here in the U.S., I don't know how much it exists in other countries. But certainly the taking stuff out of context or just crappy language skills. And then, like you said, extrapolating something much bigger and darker and nefarious than in many cases it actually is, for sure.Joanna:Yeah. In the U.S. people tell me that they do have Chinese speakers, but lower down in the chain who provide reports and information. But going up the chain, the politicians and the pundits, they pick and choose information to support what they believe already. So these researchers feel like they're not even being heard because politicians are just grabbing what they want anyways. In many cases, people of Chinese descent are worried about even going to China or talking about their family in China because they're not going to get promoted to more influential positions. They're not going to get security clearance because the assumption is that if you have any sort of China ties that you might be compromised. And that's a very prejudicious trend in D.C.Bill:When I moved back to D.C. after ten years, I had no interest in working for the government, but I had a funny conversation with someone who does have security clearance. He says, "Don't even bother to apply, you'll never get a security clearance because you lived in China for too long."Joanna:That's crazy.Bill:That's fine, but there are reasons for governments to be concerned with ties to other foreign governments, but certainly for folks of Chinese descent it's much more pernicious. And it does seem like in many places the assumption is that you're potentially at risk of compromise. One of the problems is how people's families are being leveraged back in China. You see it in the way the persecutions of the Uyghurs and Tibetans. But you see it also in Han Chinese, people who are doing things that are considered controversial or anti-China outside of China. It's a very common tactic, right, to harass, hassle, otherwise make difficult for family members back in China, right?Joanna:Yeah, and that is a major ... There's no solution to that. I tried to spotlight a lot of these voices in the book. I spoke with people like Vicky Xu, the campaign against her has just been ridiculous. People made fake porn of her, thousands of accounts were basically attacking her, doxxing her.Bill:I feel like that story didn't get as much attention as maybe it should have. She was just so brutally targeted by very obviously state-backed campaigns.Joanna:Yeah. Very personal and they started with her family. She's been open about that, how her family and parents have been pressured. But she didn't stop her work, so they went further. They sent thousands of accounts and they made fake pornography about her so that when people search in Chinese, that's what comes up. And trying to completely smear her character. But that story did not get that much attention.Bill:This is because of her work at the ASPI down in Australia, right? Specifically around XinjiangJoanna:Xinjiang, yeah. I think she's one of the main researchers in Australia that focused on Xinjiang. The bigger issues looking at supply chains, looking at forced labor, and where internment camps are. Recently she found a trove of police documents about the repression. And because of her fluent Chinese and her networks, she was able to find this and provide this information. So people like her, I think, Beijing wants the most to silence and has the means and leverage to try to do so. I think she's unique in that she continues to do this work. We're not sure for how long because you have to wonder how long someone can take this.Bill:Right.Joanna:More people that I know of are either operating anonymously, they're really providing subtle advising roles to governments in a very very anonymous manner. Because they're worried about their families. Or they're writing under pseudonyms and they don't get a lot of attention because no one knows who they are. They're worried about ... not even access. I think a lot of researchers worry about being able to go back to China. At different levels, people who are worried about the safety of themselves and their family members.Bill:So just given the trajectory of China under Xi Jinping, is there any reason to think this is going to get better? Or are we sort of more close to the beginning of where this trajectory goes?Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative) I think we're kind of at a pivotal point. A lot of it isn't waiting for what Beijing does, but there's a responsibly on Western countries to at least be smarter about China and to have proper expertise in places of governments to try to even have some well thought out policy on these issues. In the U.S. Cabinet, very little China experience. And like we talked about, the people with experience ... They have trouble having influence. And in Canada, the mood after the Michaels returned and the Meng case was resolved is that they really want to go back to business as usual. To not have any kind of plan in place on how to prevent Canadian hostages from being taken in the future. The Prime Ministers office really steering this even though other parts of government was like, "We need some sort of plan, we need some sort of update to foreign policy in general." There's very little political will. I think the amount of criticism in different countries' media doesn't reflect the lack of political will of governments to even put the basic structures in place to understand China better. To be able to translate basic things from Chinese into English to be aware of.Bill:And in Canada, why do you thing that is? Especially given the diversity of Canada and the number of people of Chinese descent in the country. But also what just happened over the last close to three years. Why wouldn't the government have had a bit more of a shift in views of how the relationship in China should go?Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative) I think it's related partly to what we were talking about before where politicians are worried about stoking racism, losing support from Canadians of Chinese descent. Partly an election issue, and I think traditionally in Canada, the main government advisors on China have been people in the business world who do have a vested interest in making sure that tensions are as low as possible to facilitate smoother business interactions. But that's also not even the case where if you ... I think the idea in the West has been reformed through trade. Through interactions, economically, China will naturally liberalize, become more democratic. But in recent years, we've seen political tensions move over to economic coercion, economic retaliation. Not just from China but back and forth, with America, Australia, other countries have also did tit-for-tat trade tariffs. Different ways where the political situation can impact the economic relationships. So it's not even necessarily the case that just by focusing on business, everything will be all good. I think a lot of politicians are trying to put their head in the sands about that and not trying to understand the really complex situation unfolding. And Canadians on the whole, surveys show, pretty frustrated about the situation in action and just passiveness that they see from Ottawa.Bill:I guess the Huawei decision will be interesting, whether or not Huawei is allowed into the Canadian 5G network construction. Certainly here in D.C., there's all the factors you talked about and there's a lot of opportunity for lobbyists from various industries and companies to sort of shift Biden administration and Capitol thinking to policies that are more likely to make money dealing with China. And that certainly has an impact on the policies. So just shifting gears quickly because we're almost out of time and this has been a really great conversation. One of the things we were talking about was lifting up and getting more diversity of voices. Can you tell the listeners about NüVoices and what you helped create there? I found that to be a really wonderful and useful project that's been up for a couple years now? Or has it been three years? Time just sort of blended away with the pandemic, right?Joanna:So actually we were founded in 2017.Bill:Oh my gosh, okay.Joanna:In Beijing, so it's almost under five years. It's been like a daily kind of passion project in the community for me. We kind of wanted to create a more open and accepting China space, both in person with events and chapters around the world and also virtually. And it started in reaction with panels and book deals. The people who get platformed on China are often white male experts. No offense to yourself.Bill:People like me. No, no, I get it. I get it.Joanna:You're one of our longtime supporters and our patrons and we've spoken about how this helps to create a better world for your kids, for your daughters. Because we want to remove any excuses that people have for not even having one woman on their panel. Five years ago, people just kept saying to us and our co-founders, "We tried to find a female expert, but we couldn't find one." Or "We couldn't find a woman on this topic." Which is ridiculous because looking around, actually people we know, I see more women than men entering these fields. Definitely being a journalist in China, there's more women than men. And women who can speak Chinese and doing great work. So we created this open-source directory. Now it has more than 600 people all around the world who are women or non-binary on all sorts of topics. And speaking all sorts of languages in all sorts of time zones. I think just that project alone helped to remove those excuses. Any time someone makes an excuse that they couldn't find a woman, someone just has to send that person the link to this directory. No more excuses.Joanna:And on top of that we have a twice monthly podcast which I co-host sometimes and events all around the world. And basically social groups and networks and it's a platform so that people can benefit from this supportive atmosphere. We really try and celebrate diverse voices on China, experts on China. I find that women tend to ... because they're facing so much discrimination, women experts often have to fight harder to provide unique insights and reporting. So the kind of good quality you get just reaching out to any female expert in China, its a pretty good bet on fresh and interesting perspectives. And definitely I found that the case with my book. Because you know I tried to practice what I preach and most of my sources are coming from diverse backgrounds, women and minorities ... I shouldn't even use the word "minorities", people who aren't white basically.Bill:Mm-hmm (affirmative) right.Joanna:In each country, and I think that provides a different layer than people who enjoy positions of more power in those countries, who might not see some of the more uglier sides or the more complicated sides because that's not their experience. They're not getting the five star treatment when they go to China that a lot people in power do.Bill:It's definitely one of the things I enjoy about your book, it does have these different perspectives that are so important as we are all sort of trying to figure out what's going on and start thinking about what we can do. Specifically, NüVoices, I was looking at the directory last week. I think it's like 620 entries or something, I'm certainly planning to mine it for guests for the podcast because it's a really tremendous resource. And I will put a link to it in the show notes when we publish the podcast. Well thank you so much, is there anything else you'd like to add or say to the audience? Other than buy your book, "China Unbound", it's a great book. Please go ahead and go buy it and read it. It's a great book.Joanna:Just asking yourself, being based in the U.S., what are the best avenues for a more productive conversations on China? Instead of going to people who are more simplistic, what are some more resources you'd recommend? Including, of course your newsletter and that community. But who's doing the work to make up more well-informed approaches?Bill:That's a great question, and I'm not actually sure I have a good answer. I'm struggling with that and part of it is maybe that I'm based in D.C. where it is quite ... It's difficult to be in D.C. and to be not hawkish about China if you want to get ahead in certain parts of the government here. And so, I'm not actually sure. I know that there's China Twitter ... I mean Twitter in general is just kind of a cesspool and China Twitter is not a productive or constructive place for discourse about anything. I don't know, I wish I had a better answer for you, I need to think about it more.Joanna:Mm-hmm (affirmative)Bill:Do you have any guesses or any suggestions?Joanna:I was expecting a more simplified reaction to my book, but actually all the events I've been doing so far are conversations with academics and fellow reporters have been really nuanced. And it seems like there's a hunger for people who want to admit there are no simple solutions and to talk about that. But it doesn't' seem like here's a particular space or a think tank that has that approach. It seems-Bill:The think tanks probably are the place. I mean there are other ... The folks at SupChina are trying to do that. I don't know if you've talked to them. Kaiser's got his podcast and they do their conference. I think their conference ... We're recording on the 1st of November so they're I think next week. But in general, I don't know, it's also ... Like anything, it's hard to have a more textured or kind of deeper discussion in these 30 minute chunks or when you're sitting on a panel. It's just putting in the time and having ... Like you're doing, talking to me and you're talking to lots of people for your book. And this is a topic that has probably come up in most of your conversations and it's just something we're going to have to keep talking about. I know over the next few months there are at least two more books that are coming out about China's influence in the world. And so it'll be interesting to see where those goes in terms of how they impact or move the discourse and how those get played. And again, I think it's like I said, me struggling with how do you address these issues that are very real and influence interference without going overboard and over-exaggerating and destroying innocent people's lives. Which I think has already happened and continues to be a big risk.Joanna:I do think simple answers that people need to pay better attention and not just to get a shallow understanding, but to really understand the nitty-gritty and try to untangle complexities. And support the people who are trying to do this work. A lot of their names are in my book. If you don't want to buy it, flip to the back of the notes and you'll get their names and look up those articles. People like Yangyang Cheng, Helen Gao. People who are straddling both worlds, Chinese and Western. Because of those real lived experiences, their perspectives are just naturally very nuanced and insightful, I think. So people are doing this work, its just they're not the ones on CNN and getting book deals because of structures power. So support NüVoices.Bill:Absolutely. Like you said, I'm a supporter of NüVoices, I'm very happy to put a link to that as well. Support you through Patreon, right? We should move you over to Substack, but that's a different discussion. That's my bias. Well look, thank you so much. It's really been a pleasure to speak with you and I hope that many of you listeners will go out and buy the book. It's really a worthwhile read and Joanna really has great reporting, great perspectives. And this book is really important contribution to the conversation we all need to be having about China and the future and China's role in the world. So thank you and hope to talk to you again soon.Joanna:Thank you so much for all of your work, really platforming those more quality, well-informed sources on China. You've run the newsletter for a long time, so I think that makes a big difference as well because you use your expertise to point people to credible, good sources. So I'll also subscribe to your newsletter.Bill:Thank you. Get full access to Sinocism at sinocism.com/subscribe

On August 10th, 2021, the Dandong City court found Michael Spavor guilty of espionage and sentenced him to 11 years in prison and the payment of a fine and deportation following the sentence. Spavor was arrested alongside another Canadian, Michael Kovrig, on charges of espionage in December of 2018. The “Two Michaels,” as the cases are commonly known, have caused a stir in Canadian politics and strained Canada's relationship with China. Many believe that the arrest of the two Michaels was a direct response by China to Canada's arrest of Meng Wanzhou. Meng, a Chinese citizen, and executive of the massive multinational technology company Huawei, was arrested by Canadian authorities on December 1, 2018. She was stopped by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police while transiting in Vancouver International Airport.  The RCMP announced that they had detained Meng on behalf of an extradition request by the United States. The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York had issued a warrant for Meng's arrest on August 22, 2018, and Canada has an extradition agreement with the United States. The US charged Meng with bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. At heart is the claim that Meng had knowingly cleared money for Huawei when it was meant for Skycomm, a Huawei subsidiary that has been dealing with Iran contrary to US sanctions.  What crimes have been committed here? Is this justice being conducted or a complicated game of international relations? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DasCriminal Sources: https://bit.ly/3bhoMVw

Dave, Mike, and Graeme talk about the best place to watch jets land at Vancouver International Airport. Graeme says take a sandwich.

In this experience we are happy to come to you from the Air Canada Maple Leaf lounge at Vancouver International Airport. Vinod is returning to the air for the first time since February 2020 – making a splash with his first overseas flight since the summer of 2019. Vinod shares his experience of booking the seat and the documentation he has had to produce during these times. He's in business class...we don't have to even ask which seat he has selected. (Hint...Seat 1A). Vinod shares his experience of being back in the airport – from check-in to just sitting back and enjoying the lounge. Vinod is on a flight just under ten hours from Vancouver – where will he arrive? We will reveal it to you in Experience 50. Since there is a 10-hour flight with mask wearing the entire time, Vinod shares a travel hack to save his ears. He advises of the changes to lounge food ordering currently in effect in Vancouver. Geoff is also flying again after almost a year. He is experiencing an Airbus 220 for the first time on a Canadian domestic flight. Time to board. Bon Voyage Vinod! If you have a story about overseas travel during COVID-19, or other experiences that you would like to share, please email us at stories(at)seat1a.org or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Patreon. Show notes are available online at http://podcast.seat1a.org/

Chapter 1: It was a moment many people had been waiting for. The testimony of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford and the questions were relatively straightforward. Who made the decision not to tell the prime minister about 2018 allegations against Gen. Jonathan Vance?  Guest: Amanda Connolly, Global News National Online Journalist. Chapter 2: SNL is a rite of passage for musicians, and actors, but not usually for business leaders.  This past weekend Elon Musk took the stage to host SNL, and he came out stressing that he wasn’t a “regular’ type of host. Chapter 3: Cooking website Epicurious recently said it would not post new beef recipes out of concern for the damage rearing cattle causes to the environment.  And now, one of New York’s top fine-dining restaurant has gone vegan. Chapter 4: A new study from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernadino reveals Vancouver reported more anti-Asian hate crimes in 2020 than any other city in North America. Guest: Steven Ngo, Lawyer. Chapter 5: In what may be the most brazen shooting yet in Metro Vancouver’s latest spurt of gun violence, a 28-year-old man was shot dead near the international departure terminal at the Vancouver International Airport on Sunday. Guest:  Kim Bolan, Crime Reporter for the Vancouver Sun. Chapter 6: A story of perseverance at the end of a busy show. Harm reduction advocate Guy Felicella, who also overcame drug addiction has finally been able to get life insurance. This comes after he was denied for past drug use. He tells the story and process now Guest: Guy Felicella, Harm reduction advocate, overcame drug addiction See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a Sunday afternoon shooting at the Vancouver International Airport that police say was gang related, Vancouver Sun reporter Kim Bolan, former West Vancouver police chief and former solicitor general Kash Heed and KidsPlay Foundation and law enforcement officer Kal Dosanjh discuss the escalating gang violence in the Lower Mainland. Native Earth Wildcraft owner Amanda Poitras and Wildcraft Forest director Don Elzer discussing wildcraft and springtime foraging in BC.

Hal Johnson & Joanne McLeod aka 80s/90s sensation BodyBreak! The Canadian television hosts are both former international-level athletes. Hal with baseball, and Joanne as a hurdler. Since 1988, they produced over 300 short episodes of BodyBreak as well as a single season television series. They expanded the program into speaking engagements, fitness equipment, and other products. As a mixed-race couple, they have faced their share of racism, and sought to be inclusive when casting for their BodyBreak episodes. In 2013, Hal & Jo participated in the first season of The Amazing Race Canada (TARC)! This is how WE became connected with them. After our season of TARC aired in 2016, Hal & Jo reached out to us, took us out for breakfast, and they haven't been able to shake us since! In 2016, they received the Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal for positively impacting the health of Canadians. They have an impressive list of guest appearances. Some fun ones include… being grand marshals of the 2013 Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Parade, being guest “anchors” on the news comedy program This Hour Has 22 Minutes, doing a parody of themselves for the Netflix Series Santa Clarita Diet, and creating a COVID-19 physical distancing segment for the Vancouver International Airport. In this episode, we delve into Hal & Joanne's past athletic careers, BodyBreak, and—of COURSE—the Amazing Race Canada. We'd love to learn more about their love story and experience with racism, so they'll just have to be guests again. Thanks Hal & Jo! https://bodybreak.com/

Joyce Carter, CEO of Halifax Stanfield International Airport, and Tamara Vrooman, CEO of Vancouver International Airport, join us to discuss how they came to be CEO's, the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on airports, as well as their visions for the future of Aviation. Join us to hear the journeys of these accomplished women as they share their perspectives with us.

Roy L Hales / Cortes Currents - The new COVID 19 variant reached Vancouver Island. According to a Ministry of Health statement released Sunday, “The individual, who resides in the Island Health region, returned to B.C. from the U.K. on flight AC855 on Dec. 15, 2020.” CTV news suggests this may be the person that a flight exposure warning from the BCCDC suggests it may have landed at the Vancouver International Airport. An infected person was on a Dec. 15 Air Canada flight 855 from London to Vancouver. Another exposure warning from the BCCDC indicates an infected person travelled from the Vancouver airport to the city of Nanaimo. This individual developed symptoms while in quarantine and was tested immediately, according to the statement. The test came back positive on Dec.19, 2020. In speaking with CTV News, Dr. Henry said the person's infection “does not appear to have spread.” “The person was maintaining their quarantine … (and has) very few close contacts so we're monitoring them very carefully,” she said. In Sunday's statement,"It is important to note there is no evidence that the new COVID-19 variant is more likely to cause severe illness, nor is there evidence to suggest the Health Canada-approved vaccines will be any less effective against the new variant.” The numbers are going down again on Vancouver Island and, on December 24th, there were only 13 active cases in North Vancouver Island, and 65 throughout the whole of Island Health. Photo Credit - Nanaimo by Brian Chow via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

This week we’re sitting down with a discussion about the importance of inclusivity with President and CEO of the Vancouver International Airport, Tamara Vrooman. Tamara has been a long-time advocate for inclusive hiring practices for years and sits on the board of the Rick Hansen Foundation as well and is an active member of the President’s Group, a network of 25 BC business leaders working for more accessible and inclusive workplaces. Show Notes Microsoft’s 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Reporthttps://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/10/21/microsofts-2020-diversity-inclusion-report-a-commitment-to-accelerate-progress-amidst-global-change/ B.C. NDP recommits to disability legislationhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-election-ndp-disability-legislation-1.5771668 Guinness launches first alcohol-free beerhttps://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/guinness-launches-alcohol-free-beer AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.

Chapter 1: It was an exciting night for basketball fans in Canada. The Toronto Raptors won last night against the Boston Celtics! They'll be moving on to Game 7 on Friday. How excited is the city of Toronto today? Guest: Marianne Dimain, reporter w/ Global News Toronto Chapter 2: With kids out of the classroom since Spring Break, it feels like it has been forever since we talk about road safety in school zones. But now that school is back in session, let's get a refresher! Guest: Shawn Pettipas, BCAA's Director of Community Engagement Chapter 3: Today is truly a day to reflect on mental health - not only are so many kids going back to school (which can be quite stressful), it is also World Suicide Prevention Day.  Guest: Dr. Quynh Doan, BC Children's Hospital Investigator and pediatric emergency physician Chapter 4: Today is the big day! B.C. kids are officially heading back to school.  Guest: Rob Fleming, Education Minister Chapter 5: What does the opposition have to say about the government's back-to-school plan?  Guest: Dan Davies, MLA for Peace River North and Official Opposition Critic for Education Chapter 6: Due to travel pattern changes as a result of the pandemic, Vancouver International Airport has opted to halt its expansion project.  Guest: Tamara Vrooman, CEO YVR Chapter 7: Dr. Horacio Bach joins us to discuss the announcement yesterday that the government will buy nearly 2-million flu vaccines for this fall. Just how important is it to get the flu vaccine this fall? Guest: Dr. Horacio Bach, infectious disease expert at UBC Chapter 8: Vancouver is Canada's rattiest city Guest: Trina Butler, Vancouver branch manager at Orkin Canada.

There have been three new deaths from COVID 19 in BC since Tuesday. All were seniors in care homes on the lower mainland.There is a new case of COVID-19 in the Island Health Region. It's one of 24 new cases of the virus confirmed over the past two days.Meanwhile, the BC Center for Disease Control has issued COVID-19 travel alerts related to several flights that arrived at Vancouver International Airport in June.The Premier says he's concerned by reports of US tourists entering BC under false pretences. The provincial health officer does not share the same level of alarm as the Premier.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco, News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caFind us on social mediaTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded by Sustaining Donors and the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada's Local Journalism Initiative. Sustain CHLY's News Department for many years to come by signing up for a monthly Sustaining Donation.

The Island Health region continues to show declines in the number of new cases and the number of people in hospital because of COVID-19. BC saw 23 new cases over the weekend, but none in Island Health. There was one death, but it was not reported where that occurred. 130 people including five in the island health region have died from the virus. There is only one person in hospital in this region, compared to 66 people province-wide. And currently, there are only eight active cases of the virus in the Island Health region.Airlines and airports are feeling the financial pinch from this pandemic. Vancouver International Airport has announced it is laying off one-quarter of its 550 employees who work in airport operations, engineering, finance, HR and administration. The Airport Authority expects passenger numbers will continue to decline from 26 million passengers per year to between 8 and 15 million passengers annually for the next few years. Airlines are also reacting to a dramatic drop in passengers by dropping some of their flights. Westjet and Air Canada have suspended their Nanaimo to Vancouver flights and Air Canada has also suspended its flights from Nanaimo to Calgary until July. Air Canada says it will not resume its seasonal flights from Nanaimo to Montreal and Toronto until 2021. Both airlines say anyone who has booked flights before those dates will be refunded.Meanwhile, BC's Provincial Health Officer says while borders will remain closed to international travellers for the foreseeable future, talks are underway to allow reunification of families, who have been living apart since mid-March. Currently, spouses who are not Canadian citizens have been prevented from living in this country during the pandemic. Dr.Bonnie Henry says officials recognize this is a hardship that can be eliminated soon. BC's Independent Investigations Office is looking into another incident involving the Nanaimo RCMP. The most recent incident involves a woman who was arrested under the Mental Health Act on March the 18th. Police were called to the Gateway Mental Health Housing facility to attend to the woman who was described as "agitated and uttering suicidal threats." The woman claims she suffered a leg injury as a result of her arrest. The IIO says it will investigate whether police action or inaction led to what it calls "serious harm to the female." Last month, the IIO recommended charges involving the use of force against a Nanaimo police officer for "serious injuries" of a woman who was arrested on December the 2nd. Crown counsel has not yet decided whether to lay charges in that case.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco. Senior Reporter and News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded in part by the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada through Heritage Canada in partnership with the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

Dinah Washington came to Vancouver in 1961 to appear at the Cave Theatre Restaurant. She had the air of a major movie star and loved to flash her expensive jewelry. Cave owner Ken Stauffer and I showed up at Vancouver International Airport for what was probably my most difficult interview. I don't know what was bothering her that day, but you can hear the result for yourself! She went on to do a series of great shows at the Cave. A temperamental star, but there is no questioning her amazing talent.

The Mayor of Alert Bay has posted a video, confirming he has contracted COVID-19. Dennis Buchanan says he caught the virus a week ago, despite practising physical distancing, regular handwashing and never leaving Cormorant Island. In the video, the Mayor is seen standing on his front porch, imploring people to stay at home. Buchanan says he's lost 9 pounds, due to dehydration caused by the virus. He says he might not be here if his daughter had not urged him to go to the hospital. Buchanan says "I have COVID-19 because someone has seen fit to bring it to the island. Wake up, people. Don't go visiting. Don't go partying."The federal government is expanding its surveillance of international travellers, to include a requirement that only travellers returning to BC were forced to meet. All travellers returning to Canada must self-quarantine for two weeks, whether or not they are showing symptoms of COVID-19. Last weekend, BC imposed an additional requirement that returning travellers at Vancouver International Airport and land border crossings had to prove they have a self-isolation plan in place. Starting at midnight tonight, travellers at all Canadian entry points must have plans in place, or they will be quarantined at government-sanctioned locations, including hotels. Yesterday, BC's Minister of Health said he hoped the BC plan would be expanded because many travellers enter the country at airports in Toronto or Montreal before returning to this province. Nanaimo RCMP says a new online scam involving COVID-19 benefits is making the rounds. Constable Gary O'Brien told Nanaimo News Now that a dozen people have reported getting texts, with a link to claim COVID-19 emergency funds, announced by the federal government. The fake website asks for people's names and their Social Insurance Number. O'Brien says some people did enter their information. No federal or provincial programs contact people through text messages. Individuals must contact governments directly, to receive any benefits.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco. Senior Reporter and News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded in by the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada through Heritage Canada in partnership with the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

This episode, Mayor Jack Crompton connects remotely with Inspector Kara Triance, the RCMP's Officer in Charge for the Sea to Sky region. Inspector Triance has over 20 years of policing experience from a variety of regions including Richmond, the Vancouver International Airport, Victoria, Bella Bella, and the Vernon/ North Okanagan region.They discuss the challenges of adapting to the speed of change and partnering to keep local communities safe during COVID-19. Listeners are asked to do their part to help flatten the curve of the pandemic by staying home.

For the inaugural episode of "Getting Closure," Landform Design Institute founder Gord McKenna and Mike O'Kane, Chair of the LDI's Technical Advisory Panel, got together Feb. 12, 2020, at the Fairmont Hotel of the Vancouver International Airport to discuss the origins, goals, and plans of the Institute. They draw on their own professional histories, and exchange several stories on approaches to landform design to give listeners a sense of the urgency of supporting the Institute's new approach to more responsible and sustainable mining and reclamation.

Story 1: Waterfall Group and SKyNRG team up with Vancouver airport on aviation biofuel. Story 2: New Zealand may get its first bioplastics plant. Story 3: Perdue says will soften ethanol-waiver impact.

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Environment Canada says the temperature at Vancouver International Airport slipped briefly to 0 C early Thursday, breaking the 1 C mark set in 1965. It was the second record in two days for Vancouver, which saw thermometers dip to 0.8 C Wednesday, wiping out the old record of 2.8, which had stood since 1960. The average historical low for Vancouver in the second week of October is 7 C. The weather office says clear skies and a front that washed cold Arctic air south helped set several other winter-like records across B.C.  Those include a setting of -10.3 C in Clinton on Wednesday, breaking a 2009 record, and -8.2 C in Smithers, smashing the old record set in 1959.   Guest: Mark Madryga Chief Meteorologist for Global News

Almost 12 years ago we first heard the name Robert Dizekanski. He was the Polish man coming to live in Canada, who ended up dying at Vancouver International Airport after being pinned, handcuffed and tasered multiple times by RCMP. Once people saw the video it really opened their eyes. Here was a man, clearly confused and agitated. He was lost at the airport and didn't speak the language. He needed help, and it ended tragically.  Andrew Wainwright was watching the news coverage and it inspired him to start writing. He ended up writing an opera which will be performed tonight in Chicago. Guest: J. Andrew Wainwright Wrote the libretto for the opera, I will fly like a bird

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About James Hoggan With a career in public relations that spans over 30 years, James Hoggan has become highly sought-after by the media for his expert commentary, insight and advice. As a public speaker, his engaging lectures combine decades of PR knowledge, street smarts, spirituality and compassion. Jim has navigated executives and high profile clients through the glare of TV cameras, social media and front page investigations resulting in awards including the industry's prestigious Silver Anvil for the best crisis management campaign in North America as well as awards for ethics in public relations. In addition to crisis management, Jim develops long term communications strategies for Canadian and international clients and has become a globally renowned advocate for honesty, ethics and integrity in public discourse. Jim is the author of three books, Do the Right Thing: PR Tips for Skeptical Public (2009), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (2009) and his latest work, I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up (2nd Edition May 2019). Jim has a strong interest in public relations as a force for honest public conversation and founded the influential website DeSmogBlog, chosen as one of Time Magazine's Best Blogs in 2011. The extraordinary range of organizations that Jim has helped speaks volumes: from Shell Canada and Shell Global to the David Suzuki Foundation; from Ballard Power Systems and Canadian Pacific Railway to the Dalai Lama Center. Jim led the Province of British Columbia's Green Energy Task Force on Community Relations and First Nations Partnerships and works with clients such as the BC Law Society, BC Hydro, QLT Therapeutics, the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver International Airport among many others. About James Hoggan With a career in public relations that spans over 30 years, James Hoggan has become highly sought-after by the media for his expert commentary, insight and advice. As a public speaker, his engaging lectures combine decades of PR knowledge, street smarts, spirituality and compassion. Jim has navigated executives and high profile clients through the glare of TV cameras, social media and front page investigations resulting in awards including the industry's prestigious Silver Anvil for the best crisis management campaign in North America as well as awards for ethics in public relations. In addition to crisis management, Jim develops long term communications strategies for Canadian and international clients and has become a globally renowned advocate for honesty, ethics and integrity in public discourse. Jim is the author of three books, Do the Right Thing: PR Tips for Skeptical Public (2009), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (2009) and his latest work, I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean It Up (2nd Edition May 2019). Jim has a strong interest in public relations as a force for honest public conversation and founded the influential website DeSmogBlog, chosen as one of Time Magazine's Best Blogs in 2011. The extraordinary range of organizations that Jim has helped speaks volumes: from Shell Canada and Shell Global to the David Suzuki Foundation; from Ballard Power Systems and Canadian Pacific Railway to the Dalai Lama Center. Jim led the Province of British Columbia's Green Energy Task Force on Community Relations and First Nations Partnerships and works with clients such as the BC Law Society, BC Hydro, QLT Therapeutics, the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver International Airport among many others. How to Connect with James? Website: https://www.imrightandyoureanidiot.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imrightandyoureanidiot/ I'm Right and You're an Idiot Book: https://amzn.to/2KOi5i7 ----more---- Get Connected with Dr. Vic Facebook: www.facebook.com/DrVicManzo Instagram: www.Instagram.com/DrVicManzo LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com/in/DrManzo YouTube: Bit.Ly/38QULv91   Purchase a Copy of Dr. Vic's Book at a Discount http://bit.ly/37GY4UK   Hire Dr. Vic as Your Mentor/Coach http://bit.ly/2F7zUpU   Email DrVic@EmpowerYourReality.com

On this day 88 years ago, Vancouver Airport was officially opened! The airport could hold 12 large planes or 30 small aircraft with wings folded. Today, YVR is home to 56 airlines, connecting people and businesses to more than 125 non-stop destinations worldwide. Did you know that YVR has a unique operating model as a community-based, not-for-profit, organization? What exactly does that mean, and how does it impact the growth of the airport?  Craig Richmond is the President and CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority, and he joins us in studio today to discuss  upcoming airport expansion plans,  the airports role as a significant economic generator in the province, and the recent quest to convince Ryan Reynolds to become the new spokesperson for the airport.  Guest: Craig Richmond President & CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority

On today's show we are joined by a computer security researcher and friend of the show to discuss the latest controversy surrounding the Chinese telecommunications juggernaut Huawei. We chat about the recent trade war and ban on its technology being used in the American government, the detainment of one of its executives at the Vancouver International Airport some months ago and whether or not the paranoia surrounding the company is more about preserving the existing economic model and Western imperialist domination rather than a real security threat. Audio credit: AlJazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/03/huawei-controversial-190307181920819.html ABC News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhnvp8PT7c FactPointVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H05UJtb5d84 How to pronounce Huawei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LsWyL5DKAY

When Meng Wanzhou was taken into police custody at Vancouver International Airport, no one watching would have realized the move would lead to an international incident, with media from across the globe flocking to BC Supreme Court to see whether she would get bail. As one of the top executives of China's most high-profile technology company, Huawei, Wanzhou's supporters likened the move to the arrest of a Western tech titan like Bill Gates. BTS with CTV Vancouver host  Penny Daflos chats with reporter Shannon Paterson about the wall of international journalists standing shoulder-to-shoulder with local reporters who found themselves covering one of the most unusual bail hearings Vancouver has ever seen, involving serious allegations of broken US sanctions that could see Meng face 30 years in prison, if convicted.

Plus... a new study links weekend sleeping to health benefits, Instagram announces mute button, a report shows summer travel is on the rise, cell phones payments more important than car loans, NFL changes their National Anthem policy, FDA warns against certain baby medicines, a couple's quadruplets go viral, the secret behind Michael Jackson's famous "lean"  is finally revealed, digital time clocks frustrate employees, a new survey shows the most attractive heights on Tinder, FortNite breaks video game records, Sterling Brown's arrest video causes controversy, a new mask may help keep your cellphone calls private, New Jersey teases marijuana legalization, Vancouver International Airport speeds up their security processes, an expert shares Memorial Day travel tips and more for May 24th, 2018. TWITTER: @Top30TV INSTAGRAM: @Top30TV FACEBOOK: @Top30TV WEBSITE: Top-30.com

Lucille Johnstone, known as "Tugboat Annie," dies. Lucille Johnstone was born in 1924 in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she lived her whole life. She became a certified general accountant at a time when few women attained professional education, and launched into a 45-year career with RivTow, a male-dominated group of companies that towed barges and boats on the waterways of British Columbia. As she rose through the ranks to president, she gained the nickname “Tugboat Annie.” Her business career also extended to serving on the boards of Expo ’86, Grace Hospital, Vancouver International Airport and the Vancouver Board of Trade. Johnstone was also admired for her community work. She served as chair of the Kwantlen College fund drive and of the Sexual Assault Recovery Anonymous Society. At one time, she also served as executive director and CEO of St. John’s Ambulance. Her business and community work earned Johnstone an honorary doctorate from the University of B.C., the Order of B.C., the YWCA Woman of the Year and in 2003, the Order of Canada. Johnstone died on December 31, 2004. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Digital transformation is hard enough in any industry. But consider the challenges in one of the most complex ecosystems today: a major airport. Multiple stakeholders — including airlines, vendors, retailers, and, of course, tens of millions of passengers — demand the most efficient and seamless experience. And security and safety are paramount. Digitization is what makes it all work — and grow. Lynette DuJohn is the Chief Digital Officer of Vancouver International Airport (YVR), which Business Insider recently rated No. 1 in North America. Lynette spoke with Connected Futures Senior Writer Kevin Delaney about some of her challenges and successes.  And how she is using digital technologies to create what she calls the “perceptive airport” — one that offers an ever-better experience for passengers and workers alike.  

Constable Kwesi Millington is the RCMP officer who fired a Taser at Robert Dziekanski eight years ago on the night the Polish immigrant lost his life at Vancouver International Airport. Yesterday Millington was found guilty of perjury and collusion with fellow RCMP officers prior to their testimony at the Braidwood inquiry into Dziekanski's death. Judge William Ehrke of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled Millington "patently lied"at the inquiry. All four RCMP officers involved where charged with perjury. Millington was accused of lying 10 times. Millington had said Dziekanski was standing after being hit by a Taser a second time, something the judge called "preposterous." One officer was charged with perjury and acquitted. Another officer is waiting to hear the verdict on his charges and a other's trial is coming to a conclusion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever since the hapless Polish immigrant, Robert Dziekanski, died at Vancouver International Airport last year after being zapped with Tasers by RCMP officers, a flood of outrage has swept across the country and around the world. Serious questions are now being asked about the use of this controversial weapon by those paid to keep us safe on our streets. Our newspapers are full of reports about the use of Tasers in what would appear to be inappropriate circumstances: by transit cops in BC against passengers suspected of skipping their fare; by Toronto city police who zapped a suspected drug peddler after he had already been handcuffed and was lying face down on the floor. Alarmingly, the use of Tasers has been growing dramatically, according to a recent Canadian Press/CBC investigation. Who says Tasers are safe? Most of the research has been funded by the manufacturer, Taser International, themselves. The RCMP claim Tasers save lives, however to date, at least 22 people in Canada and over 270 in the United States are believed to have died after being zapped with Tasers. Should the use of Tasers and other similar electroshock devices be suspended, pending a rigorous, independent and impartial study into their effects? Speaker: Don Wright Don Wright is a regional development coordinator with Amnesty International, Canada, with responsibility for BC/Yukon and Southern Alberta. He works with AI members and groups, as well as the public and media, to promote respect for human rights and end the violation of human rights around the world. Don has been on the staff of Amnesty International for six years and is based at its Pacific Regional Office in Vancouver. Part of his brief has been to follow the Braidwood Inquiry into the tragic incident at Vancouver International Airport where Robert Dziekanski died after being “tasered” by officers of the RCMP. Don Wright has a Masters degree in Adult Education and a Provincial Instructor''s Diploma. Our local and regional law enforcement agencies have been invited to make short presentations at the session about the “rules of engagement” for Tasers. Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: Lethbridge Public Library (Theatre Gallery) 810 – 5 Avenue South Cost: Free, donations gratefully accepted Visit the SACPA website: http://www.sacpa.ca

Ever since the hapless Polish immigrant, Robert Dziekanski, died at Vancouver International Airport last year after being zapped with Tasers by RCMP officers, a flood of outrage has swept across the country and around the world. Serious questions are now being asked about the use of this controversial weapon by those paid to keep us safe on our streets. Our newspapers are full of reports about the use of Tasers in what would appear to be inappropriate circumstances: by transit cops in BC against passengers suspected of skipping their fare; by Toronto city police who zapped a suspected drug peddler after he had already been handcuffed and was lying face down on the floor. Alarmingly, the use of Tasers has been growing dramatically, according to a recent Canadian Press/CBC investigation. Who says Tasers are safe? Most of the research has been funded by the manufacturer, Taser International, themselves. The RCMP claim Tasers save lives, however to date, at least 22 people in Canada and over 270 in the United States are believed to have died after being zapped with Tasers. Should the use of Tasers and other similar electroshock devices be suspended, pending a rigorous, independent and impartial study into their effects? Speaker: Don Wright Don Wright is a regional development coordinator with Amnesty International, Canada, with responsibility for BC/Yukon and Southern Alberta. He works with AI members and groups, as well as the public and media, to promote respect for human rights and end the violation of human rights around the world. Don has been on the staff of Amnesty International for six years and is based at its Pacific Regional Office in Vancouver. Part of his brief has been to follow the Braidwood Inquiry into the tragic incident at Vancouver International Airport where Robert Dziekanski died after being “tasered” by officers of the RCMP. Don Wright has a Masters degree in Adult Education and a Provincial Instructor''s Diploma. Our local and regional law enforcement agencies have been invited to make short presentations at the session about the “rules of engagement” for Tasers. Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: Lethbridge Public Library (Theatre Gallery) 810 – 5 Avenue South Cost: Free, donations gratefully accepted Visit the SACPA website: http://www.sacpa.ca

Ever since the hapless Polish immigrant, Robert Dziekanski, died at Vancouver International Airport last year after being zapped with Tasers by RCMP officers, a flood of outrage has swept across the country and around the world. Serious questions are now being asked about the use of this controversial weapon by those paid to keep us safe on our streets. Our newspapers are full of reports about the use of Tasers in what would appear to be inappropriate circumstances: by transit cops in BC against passengers suspected of skipping their fare; by Toronto city police who zapped a suspected drug peddler after he had already been handcuffed and was lying face down on the floor. Alarmingly, the use of Tasers has been growing dramatically, according to a recent Canadian Press/CBC investigation. Who says Tasers are safe? It would seem that most of the research behind this claim has been funded by the Taser manufacturers themselves. Under what circumstances should Tasers be used? Apparently, there is no uniformity in the rules and therefore the application varies. And just how effective is civilian oversight to ensure accountability that these potentially lethal weapons are not misused? What are the rules of engagement in Lethbridge? Speakers: Chief Tom McKenzie, Sgt. Jason Walper and Alex Hann Tom McKenzie joined the Lethbridge Regional Police Service in 1976. Working his way through the ranks and experiencing nearly all aspects of law enforcement in Lethbridge, Tom was sworn in as Chief on January 1, 2007. Jason Walper has been a member of the Lethbridge Regional Police Service for 11 years. He was promoted to Sergeant in 2006 and is presently in charge of the police training unit. Sgt. Walper has been a Taser instructor for several years. Alex Hann is a member of the Lethbridge Regional Police Commission, presently serving as its Public Complaints Director. He served as Mayor of Coaldale for three terms in the 1990's. Now a resident of Lethbridge, he has just been appointed to the U of L Senate. Moderator: Patti Johnsen Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Cost: $10.00 (includes lunch)