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The Province has released a letter of request to Ottawa that was sent last week asking for more restrictions on open drug use. Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When was the last time you updated your password? Today is world password day and there are ways to protect your information better. Guest: Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scientific knowledge is highly reliable due to its self-correcting nature but some groups, like anti-evolutionists, climate denialists, and anti-vaxxers, challenge well-established scientific facts without empirical evidence. Guest: Kevin McCain, professor of philosophy, University of alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Books galore for Mothers Day If your mom is a reader we have the top books to help you fill the gift box for Mothers Day Guest: Amanda Gauthier, Director of Print Experience at Indigo Seg 2: Scotts Thoughts: Have you ever had your bike stolen? A VPD initiative has received provincial government funding to expand its bike database across BC Guest: Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor Seg 3: View From Victoria: The cost of FIFA is going up! Hosting FIFA will cost more than what we were told back when they were selling it to the public and while the cost has doubled but even then they are likely to change Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Seg 4: Police crackdown on protests at Columbia University Police moved in on encampments at Columbia University as protests over the war in Gaza took a violent turn. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent Seg 5: Are processed foods being unfairly labeled? We’re all trying to eat healthier, but what if some of what we thought about our diet could actually be wrong? Guest: Dr. Gunther Kuhle, a Food and nutrition Scientist at the university of Reading Seg 6: Is it clear how much the FIFA world cup will cost? BC's hosting of the 2026 FIFA World Cup could cost over half a billion dollars which is double the initial estimates. Guest: Royce Chwin, President and CEO, Destination Vancouver Seg 7: CKNW Playoff Report: It’s Playoff Hockey! We get the latest on the Vancouver Canucks as they make their way towards hopefully hoisting the Stanley Cup! Guest: Jay Janower, Sports Anchor for Global News Seg 8: Why one child families are the new normal Birthrates have been declining in Canada, with only-child families becoming more common as Statistics Canada reports that in 2021, 45% of families had one child. Guest: Lauren Sandler, Author of One and only: The Freedom of having an only child, and the joy of being one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski. Lori Pinkowski is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Birthrates have been declining in Canada, with only-child families becoming more common as Statistics Canada reports that in 2021, 45% of families had one child. Guest: Lauren Sandler, Author of One and only: The Freedom of having an only child, and the joy of being one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Playoff Hockey! We get the latest on the Vancouver Canucks as they make their way towards hopefully hoisting the Stanley Cup! Guest: Jay Janower, Sports Anchor for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC's hosting of the 2026 FIFA World Cup could cost over half a billion dollars which is double the initial estimates. Guest: Royce Chwin, President and CEO, Destination Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re all trying to eat healthier, but what if some of what we thought about our diet could actually be wrong? Guest: Dr. Gunther Kuhle, a Food and nutrition Scientist at the university of Reading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police moved in on encampments at Columbia University as protests over the war in Gaza continue. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosting FIFA will cost more than what we were told back when they were selling it to the public and while the cost has doubled but even then they are likely to change Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A VPD initiative has received provincial government funding to expand its bike database across BC Guest: Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If your mom is a reader we have the top books to help you fill the gift box for Mothers Day Guest: Amanda Gauthier, Director of Print Experience at Indigo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: If you think you are extroverted or introverted, you might be neither If you describe yourself as an introvert or an extrovert, you might not be seeing the whole picture of your personality Guest: Scott Barry Kaufman, psychologist, speaker and author. Seg 2: Scotts Thoughts: Can you cheer for any other Canadian team? Boston Pizza is taking a lot of heat after an ad campaign proposing Canadians just cheer for Everyone. Guest: Guest: Scott Shantz, CKNW Contributor Seg 3: View From Victoria: Will drugs be “re-criminalized” in BC? The fallout continues from the government's move against open drug use and trying to play nice with both sides of the decriminalization issue. Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Seg 4: Could Loblaws be facing greater boycotts and protests? The country is seeing the cost of groceries going up and protests and boycotts are being proposed as a way to show frustrations towards large grocery companies Guest: Monica LaBarge, Marketing professor, consumer researcher Seg 5: University Protests are growing in the US Protests at Universities are growing as students express their viewpoints on the war in Gaza Guest: David Farber, american historian and distinguished professor at University of Kansas Seg 6: Fire Season is upon us The BC Wildfire season is already underway as fires are already burning in some locations across the province. Guest: Justin Perry, BCIT Fire management Seg 7: CKNW Playoff Report: It’s Playoff Hockey! We get the latest on the Vancouver Canucks as they make their way towards hopefully hoisting the Stanley Cup! Guest: Jay Janower, Sports Anchor for Global News Seg 8: London Drugs continues to deal with cyber attack London Drugs is closed for the third day due to a cybersecurity incident. Guest: Jon Ferguson, GM of cybersecurity at CIRA, the Canadian internet registration authority, and a cybersecurity expert Seg 9: More and more stores are ditching self checkout. Over the past eight months, Walmart has removed all its self-checkout machines at six U.S. locations. Several other big box chains have also ditched self-checkout machines in certain stores over theft. Guest: Adrian Beck, Professor Emeritus, Department of Criminology, Leicester University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past eight months, Walmart has removed all its self-checkout machines at six U.S. locations. Several other big box chains have also ditched self-checkout machines in certain stores over theft. Guest: Adrian Beck, Professor Emeritus, Department of Criminology, Leicester University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

London Drugs is closed for the third day due to a cybersecurity incident. Guest: Jon Ferguson, GM of cybersecurity at CIRA, the Canadian internet registration authority, and a cybersecurity expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Playoff Hockey! We get the latest on the Vancouver Canucks as they make their way towards hopefully hoisting the Stanley Cup! Guest: Jay Janower, Sports Anchor for Global New Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC Wildfire season is already underway as fires are already burning in some locations across the province. Guest: Justin Perry, BCIT Fire management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protests at Universities are growing as students express their viewpoints on the war in Gaza Guest: David Farber, american historian and distinguished professor at University of Kansas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The country is seeing the cost of groceries going up and protests and boycotts are being proposed as a way to show frustrations towards large grocery companies Guest: Monica LaBarge, Marketing professor, consumer researcher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices