Episodios

  • What's the province doing to protect people living in supportive housing and complex care?
    May 8 2025

    We hear more about a CBC News investigation into an overdose death at a supportive housing facility in Surrey, where the woman's body was not discovered for 11 days. And the family was only informed of that weeks later. Stephen talks to Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon about the case and and what steps the province is taking to stop people from dying in care.

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    13 m
  • Death in complex care
    May 7 2025

    Jodie Martinson from CBC BC's Investigative Unit details a series of overdose deaths at the Foxglove building complex care site in Surrey, where a woman was found 11 days after her death.

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    10 m
  • How are community festivals changing their security plans, in light of the Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy?
    May 6 2025

    Stephen talks to vice president Melissa De Genova about what considerations the Italian Day Festival is taking security-wise after the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Festival last month.

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    8 m
  • How is the recent dry weather affecting our water and wildfire forecast?
    May 5 2025

    Water restrictions are in effect in Metro Vancouver as climate change is making dry and wet periods less predictable. Linda Parkinson with Metro Vancouver Water Services talks about what they're forecasting. Meanwhile, there's been increased wildfire activity across B.C.'s northeast with several new incidences popping up near Prince George. Chair of UBC Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, Lori Daniels talks about why we're seeing so many active fires at this time of year.

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    15 m
  • How is the community coming together to mark the provincial day of remembrance and mourning in light of the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy?
    May 2 2025

    MLA Mable Elmore was one of the first people on the scene after a driver allegedly drove his vehicle into a crowd last Saturday at the Lapu-Lapu Festival in Vancouver. 11 people were killed and more were injured. She reflects on the events and how the community is coming together. Stephen Quinn also talks to registered clinical counsellor Devine Calanog about dealing with grief especially in light of such a big tragedy.

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    17 m
  • Can mandatory care and bail reform prevent future violence?
    May 1 2025

    In the aftermath of the fatal incident at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival, Mayor Ken Sim is pushing for changes to mental health care and bail laws. Stephen Quinn talks to Jonny Morris of the Canadian Mental Health Association and Adam Dalrymple of the BC Crown Counsel Association about what those changes might bring.

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    16 m
  • How can tragedies like the Lapu Lapu Day ramming be prevented in the future?
    Apr 30 2025

    Questions are being asked to officials about how a 30-year-old Vancouver man fell through the cracks in the mental health system to allegedly commit a deadly act of violence, killing 11 people with his vehicle at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver on Saturday. Stephen Quinn talks to B.C. Conservative mental health critic and former RCMP officer, Eleanor Sturko. We also go to a press conference with Vancouver mayor Ken Sim who provided some new details about the attack and said he city needs to find a way to keep people safe when a mental heath issue becomes a public safety issue and wrapped things up with CBC reporter Chad Pawson.

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    22 m
  • Who were some of the people killed in the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy?
    Apr 29 2025

    CBC reporter Jon Hernandez speaks to friends of some of the people who were killed on Saturday at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver. So far, a school counsellor in New Westminster and a family-of-three have been identified when a vehicle drove into a crowd at the festival, killing 11 people and sending dozens to hospital.

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    7 m
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