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Jul 2023
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 Why protestors continue to blockade a Winnipeg-area landfill

Guest: Melissa Robinson, cousin of Morgan Harris


Suspect arrested in shooting death of Toronto mother was out on bail 

Guest: Ian McCuaig, criminal defense lawyer, McCuaig Law


A tentative deal reached to end the B.C. port strike - what did we learn?

Guest: Peter Hall, Professor, Urban Studies and Geography, Simon Fraser University


EV inventory is beginning to pile up and how a small Japanese truck is a big seller in North America 

Guest: Jay Kana, automotive and travel writer


The view from Kyiv on the outcome of the NATO summit

Guest: Michael Bociurkiw, global affairs analyst and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council


Reviving and promoting Indigenous languages 

Guest: Jeannette Armstrong, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy, UBC’s Okanagan campus


The world record for…most toothbrushes owned?

Guest: Kelly Hardy, toothbrush collector




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