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The Vancouver Park Board and Kelowna City Council both are discussing an expansion of rules allowing alcohol at beaches. Vancouver Park Board commissioner Tom Digby joins us, and our listeners weigh in on the debate.
Author Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio discusses "Reuniting with Strangers", her newly published novel exploring a family's emotional adjustment as they immigrate to Canada. W

We bring you the latest on today's announcement of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges made in the murder of Surrey's Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Our guests are Reeta Tremblay, University of Victoria political science professor emeritus, and Stewart Prest, lecturer in political science at UBC.

CBC reporter Doug Hebert brings us a live update from Kamloops, where a fire broke out at the historic St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church building this morning.Then we discuss the month-long Loblaws boycott, food security and food systems with guest Kent Mullinix, director of sustainable agriculture and food security at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. And Cheuk Kwan, author of 'Have You eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World,' joins us to share stories from the people he's met on his travels.

We're joined by B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon to discuss the province's new short-term housing laws that came into effect today. And, CBC News reporter Chad Pawson discusses how the laws are meant to work, and what the challenges to enforcement might be.

We begin this 4-part series with an interview with harm reduction and recovery advocate Guy Felicella. He tells host Michelle Eliot about his personal story of recovery. Then our panel discusses how barriers to care can be removed with Nicole Mucci, Union Gospel Mission's communications manager; Chapman Shaw, board member with Trinity House; and Bob Hughes, ASK Wellness' executive director.

Almost 40,000 people left B.C. for Alberta last year, according to Statistics Canada figures. BC Today and Alberta at Noon host a cross-border call-in to hear from our audience about what that means for people in both provinces. Our guests included Andy Yan, Director, City Program, Simon Fraser University; Paula Spurr, artist who is moving from Surrey to Calgary; Alicia Planincic, economist, manager of policy and economics with the Business Council of Alberta; Forrest Demman, President, Kootenay Lake Chamber of Commerce. Then, we have an update on the London Drugs cyberhacking closure with our guest Jamie Hari, Director of Cybersecurity and DNS, Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).