CBC reporter Johna Baylon is in Hope, where a major wildfire blocked travel along Coquihalla Highway for much of the last three days, but just reopened and SFU Health Sciences professor Stephanie Cleland about the impacts of widespread smoke exposure on people in B.C.

B.C. Jobs and Economic Growth minister Ravi Kahlon explains why the province wants the program to end and immigration consultant Neera Agnihotri breaks down some of the rules and reality of the Temporary Foreign Worker program

Michelle Elliot talks to Family Support Institute of B.C. executive director Angela Clancy after her organization's report called the Exclusion Tracker found that nearly 5,000 reports of exclusion in the school system were reported by families with children with disabilities or complex needs.

Victoria Times Colonist Political Columnist Les Leyne speaks to Michelle Elliot about the political implications for the B.C. NDP government with multiple public sector unions in collective bargaining with the BCGEU escalating job action.

Surrey city councillor Linda Annis has announced her intention to run to become Surrey's mayor in the next civic election. She joins the show to outline her qualifications and priorities for B.C.'s largest growing city.

Fall semesters are off to a rocky start for some B.C. post-secondary institutions. Faculty associations at Vancouver Community College and Langara College say more of their members were issued layoff notices amid plummeting international school enrolment. CBC's Johna Baylon breaks down its impacts on students and faculty.

As schools go back in session, online safety and what young people consume on the internet are concerns among parents and guardians. Jesse Miller, founder of social media education company Mediated Reality, joins the show as we ask viewers what young people in their life consume online and how to best protect them.

Thousands of post-secondary students are moving into residences in the lead-up to the start of the fall semester, many of whom are leaving home for the first time. Kawa Ada, an associate director of residence life at UBC Student Housing, joins the show to discuss tips for students living on their own for the first time as we ask viewers to share their moving away stories.