Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy an Island community is tearing out their pickleball courts
The District of North Saanich is dismantling its pickleball courts, which have sat empty since they were closed due to neighbourhood complaints. In t…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
B.C. take on the new federal NDP leader
Provincial NDP leaders have mixed reviews on Avi Lewis as the new leader of the federal party. We ask our B.C. politics panelists, of all party strip…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The politics around DRIPA amendment talks
This week, our political panel covers: the discussions between First Nations and the provincial government about changing the Declaration of the Righ…
6 months ago
A Nanaimo homeless drop-in centre is in limbo. Here’s why.
The Hub, a temporary winter shelter and drop-in centre in Nanaimo, is closing at the end of March. The social service organizations that run it have …
6 months ago
Criticism for B.C. changes to freedom of information requests
This week our political panel discusses: David Eby's response to the federal government's plan to expand the temporary foreign workers program for ru…
6 months, 1 week ago
Why a Kentucky health care worker took a job in Nanaimo
Ninety-seven American healthcare workers have accepted jobs on Vancouver Island since the province began recruiting across the border last spring. Th…
6 months, 1 week ago
B.C.'s plan to protect places of worship
This week on our B.C. politics episode, the panel tackles Premier David Eby's concerns about sluggish housing starts, a plan to create bubble zones a…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Songhees hope to bring submarine jobs to Greater Victoria
The Canadian government is currently deciding between two bids to both renew, and expand, the country’s submarine fleet - a project that will cost mo…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
New aboriginal title, and the awkward political roll out
This week our political panel looks at how the provincial government fumbled news of an Aboriginal title agreement between the federal government and…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Island teens tell First Nations stories, old and new
We went to Quw’utsun Secondary in North Cowichan to talk to three First Nations students about storytelling. They shared traditional stories from the…
6 months, 3 weeks ago