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A wonderful sampling of some of beautiful British Columbia's finest musicologist's mixed brews! Featuring all types and all kinds of DJs mixing up their own special blend of sonic pleasures for you. All of them from the province BC in Canada. Featuring: Craig Mullin, DJ K-Tel, Steamboat Fattie, DJ Hebegebe, DJ Czech Olympics, Podrunner, Breaks, House, Electro, Punk, Funk, Soul, Techno, Boogaloo
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This episode I speak with Tom Walker of Country Life Magazine and BC Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen. Much of BC has experienced various stages of drought in the last few years, with each successive year of drought compounding the issue of water scarcity in numerous parts of the province. In some areas, water scarcity…
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This episode: a conversation with apple grower and cider maker Mike Harris of Dominion Cider Company in Summerland. You'll learn how a guy went from an oil & gas job and no farming experience to managing an apple orchard and producing good cider in just a few years, why the snobs who say you can't make good cider with dessert apples are totally rig…
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Zak Vescera just wrapped up a stint at The Tyee as its labour reporter, and last August he launched a series focused on the housing and working conditions of BC's migrant farm workers. Here's a link to the first article in the series. The series was deeply reported, and went beyond specific allegations to look at the value of seasonal farm worker p…
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Welcome to a new podcast about farming in BC! This first episode, a conversation with Emily Huxter, a beekeeper based in Armstrong. In our conversation, Emily contrasts honey production on the prairies and the Okanagan, why the economics of beekeeping is probably not what you have assumed, and why 50% of a jar of 100% Canadian Honey may actually be…
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Old-growth logging protests in the Fairy Creek watershed have broken records for the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. The CBC's Kathryn Marlow takes a deep dive into exactly how many arrests have been made, and what for.
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Stephanie Allen of the Hogan's Alley Society says Canadians should avoid the urge to think this country is "above" the kind of racist, extremist views that led to a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., where authorities say a white man targeted Black people specifically.
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Vancouver police say the death of 24-year-old Chelsea Poorman was "not suspicious," but Union of BC Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says their "callous" handling of the case -- in which Poorman's body was found 15 months after she first went missing -- is another illustration of the VPD's "dismissive" attitude toward Indigenous …
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Parenting is hard enough as it is, but the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has many moms feeling their anger and frustration spill over. The Early Edition's Vivian Luk -- a new mom herself -- explores "mom rage" and some of the stigma associated with moms expressing those feelings.
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The Globe and Mail's Justine Hunter and the CBC's Belle Puri discuss the week in BC politics, including premier John Horgan's first visit to the controversial Site C dam construction site, and the lengthy rebuilding process in the town of Lytton after it was destroyed by fire last summer.
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A new exhibit at UBC's Museum of Anthropology, gives an inside look at the contributions of Latin Americans to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and beyond. Curator Greta de León takes us inside "Xicanx: Dreamers and Changemakers."
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Vivienne Poy, former Canadian senator, put forward the motion 20 years ago that led to the official recognition of Asian Heritage Month in Canada. She reflects on what's changed since then -- and how much further there still is to go.
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Surrey's Safe Schools program director Rob Rai reacts to the latest in a series of videos of Vancouver-area students involved in a "swarming" attack. This particular video shows a 15-year-old girl being surrounded and apparently beaten by the other teens in the video.
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Vancouver director of planning Theresa O'Donnell and Broadway Plan special project director Matt Shillito break down the city's ambitious plan to redevelop the Broadway corridor, and what it will mean for the future of broad swaths of the city.
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Cara Plummer used to work in health care, but after 15 years, she decided it was time to start her own business. That business? Running errands, or other odd jobs people don't have time for -- like standing in lengthy passport renewal lines.
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The CBC's Jason Proctor explains the legal gymnastics that allowed an $18-million mansion -- once rented by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and associated with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner -- to be sold without paying property transfer tax, or the foreign buyers' tax.
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In a ceremony today, White Rock's Totem Plaza will be renamed Grand Chief Bernard Robert Charles Memorial Plaza, in honour of the late chief of the Semiahmoo First Nation. Current chief Harley Chappell tells us about the legacy of Grand Chief Charles -- who also happens to be Chappell's uncle.
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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry discusses the province's approach to making fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccinations available to British Columbians, as well as what the next few months could hold in store as the highly transmissible virus continues to circulate.
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Former American ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman discusses the politics behind an upcoming vote in the U.S. Senate to codify abortion rights into American law ahead of a Supreme Court decision that is anticipated to nullify the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
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While Canadians are paying record prices at the pumps, oil companies like Suncor, Enbridge and Imperial Oil are making billions of dollars in profits. Jim Stanford of the Centre for Future Work says it's the result of pinning Canadian oil prices to those in foreign markets, and that it may be time to reconsider that decision.…
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With Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. anticipated to win the presidential election in the Philippines, Asia Pacific Foundation researcher Phebe Ferrer discusses how the son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos was able to return to the country and regain the power his family once held in decades past.
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Our parenting columnist Amy Bell shares insight from teens, parents and teachers about whether high school is the right time to be making future-defining decisions about your career -- and how open you should be to changing those plans.
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Jane Taylor Lee, executive director of Family Services of Greater Victoria, explains what sets Little Phoenix Daycare apart as the first trauma-informed daycare, designed to accommodate children who have experienced things like violence, abuse and other trauma.
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