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Pressure is mounting on the B.C. government to abandon its three-year drug decriminalization pilot. The CBC's Meera Bains explains the growing pushback and our audience share perspectives from their communities.
Mariah Grumet, founder, Old Soul Etiquette, gives us modern etiquette advice, and our audience shares their own dos and don'ts.

-As the federal government's planned tax hike on capital gains attracts criticism, CBC financial columnist Mark Ting helps viewers navigate what the changes mean for them
And, we took you live to a news conference by B.C.'s Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, where he announced November 29th as the official date Surrey transitions to its municipal police force. Surrey city councillor Linda Annis joined us to give us her take on the news.

After seven wildfires broke out in the Cariboo region in one day over the weekend, we get the latest details from Adam Nicholas, Prince George Fire Centre information officer; CBC science and climate specialist Darius Mahdavi; and Justin Perry, instructor of forest and natural areas management at British Columbia Institute of Technology. Our listeners asked the hard questions around B.C.'s wildfire response.

As the Vancouver Canucks prepare to play the Nashville Predators in the opening round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs, we talk with CBC intern and Canucks Army writer Lachlan Irvine, and CBC journalist Jason Peters about the exciting times for B.C. hockey.
Brian Minter answers your gardening questions and shares tips for adding colour to your planters as the weather gets warmer.

The long-promised sale of the troubled TMX pipeline project could prove difficult for Ottawa. We get a report from CBC business reporter Kyle Bakx, and hear from our audience on the project and its $34 billion price tag.
Then we hear about a new 3-year study looking at the impact of homelessness in Castlegar, Trail and Nelson from project manager and researcher Jayme Jones, Selkirk Innovates, Selkirk College.

We hear reaction to the federal housing plan, and the government's budget pledge to "unlock" 3.9 million homes by 2031. We speak with Alexandra Flynn, associate professor, UBC Peter A. Allard School of Law. And, Tuesday's federal budget laid the groundwork for a national disability benefit, but the funding falls well short of what advocates were seeking. We hear from Michelle Hewitt, chair of Disability Without Poverty.