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Vacation Drama: B.C. Leads the Country in Group Travel Fights Alison Kwong, Senior Vice President of Public Relations for VRBO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

$700M to $4B: Metro Vancouver’s Wastewater Plant Sparks Fight Over Who Pays (0:47) Eric Woodward, Township of Langley Mayor Youth Sports Boom, Kids Burn Out: Why Young Athletes Are Walking Away (12:33) Scott Rintoul, Vancouver-based sports broadcaster, and host of the Better Sports Parents podcast Budget hangover, and the latest on the B.C Conservative leadership race (26:45) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Ken Sim Under Fire: False Allegation Raises New Questions About Judgment (41:30) Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: North Shore mayors want a public inquiry and a review of Metro Vancouver’s board after the North Shore Wastewater treatment plant boondoggle. (1:15) Not so fast, says Langley Mayor Eric Woodward. It’s time north leadership looked in the mirror. (12:19) A false allegation. A rushed apology. And growing questions about judgment at Vancouver City Hall. Can Mayor Ken Sim recover — or has this controversy changed the political landscape ahead of the next election? (24:12) James Horncastle joins us to break down how the war in Iran is evolving — and what Canada’s role could be if tensions continue to escalate.(35:59) Keith Baldrey drops by to talk B.C. politics (53:04) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Sim Under Fire: False Allegation Raises New Questions About Judgment Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do Bitcoin ATMs open the door for more crime in Vancouver? Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals Mayoral Candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Budget hangover, and the latest on the B.C Conservative leadership race Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Youth Sports Boom, Kids Burn Out: Why Young Athletes Are Walking Away Scott Rintoul, Vancouver-based sports broadcaster, and host of the Better Sports Parents podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

$700M to $4B: Metro Vancouver’s Wastewater Plant Sparks Fight Over Who Pays Eric Woodward, Township of Langley Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Flames: New UBC Study Warns Wildfires Can Contaminate Drinking Water for Years Raul DeLeon Rabago, Master’s student in civil engineering at UBC, and author of the study Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

$700M to $3.86B: North Shore Sewage Plant Cost Explosion Triggers Calls for Inquiry (0:38) Linda Buchanan, Mayor of the City of North Vancouver Why Isn’t B.C. Getting More From Its Economy? Ken Peacock on the Productivity Problem (11:48) Ken Peacock, economist who writes about the B.C economy on Substack, formerly the chief economist and senior vice president of the Business Council of B.C. North Shore Mayors call on Premier Eby to launch inquiry on Sewage Plant costs (27:05) Mike Little, District of North Vancouver Mayor AI Promises, No Laws: What the Tumbler Ridge Case Reveals About Canada’s Tech Safety Gap (36:29) Plus, Meta’s AI Glasses Privacy Shock: Kenyan Moderators Watching Canadians’ Private Moments (46:32) Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI Promises, No Laws: What the Tumbler Ridge Case Reveals About Canada’s Tech Safety Gap Plus, Meta’s AI Glasses Privacy Shock: Kenyan Moderators Watching Canadians’ Private Moments (10:03) Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Shore Mayors call on Premier Eby to launch inquiry on Sewage Plant costs Mike Little, District of North Vancouver Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Peacock, economist who writes about the B.C economy on Substack, formerly the chief economist and senior vice president of the Business Council of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

$700M to $3.86B: North Shore Sewage Plant Cost Explosion Triggers Calls for Inquiry Linda Buchanan, Mayor of the City of North Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2026 FIFA World Cup: How will Vancouverites get around road closures? Anita Bathe, Translink spokesperson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Granville Strip goes FIFA-Ready with pedestrian-only zone (0:44) Peter Meiszner, ABC Vancouver City councillor Vancouver’s Car Free Days cancelled — but a last-minute motion at city hall could bring them back (10:31) Lucy Maloney, OneCity Vancouver City Councillor Canada’s birth rate collapsing as immigration set to drive nearly all population growth (20:34) Dan Hiebert, Professor emeritus at UBC’s Department of Geography, specializing in international migration Hit the brakes: Why young people are U-turning on car ownership (30:16) Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist KNOWN AS Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea War with Iran escalating as global energy markets react and Canada walks a diplomatic tightrope (40:48) Dr. James Horncastle, assistant professor of humanities, and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations at SFU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War with Iran escalating as global energy markets react and Canada walks a diplomatic tightrope Dr. James Horncastle, assistant professor of humanities, and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations at SFU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hit the brakes: Why young people are U-turning on car ownership Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist KNOWN AS Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s birth rate collapsing as immigration set to drive nearly all population growth Dan Hiebert, Professor emeritus at UBC’s Department of Geography, specializing in international migration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Meiszner, ABC Vancouver City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices