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There's no shortage of funny movies about motherhood, or mom memes on social media. We meet funny moms Kara "mediocremom76" https://www.instagram.com/mediocremom76/ and CBC Vancouver's Charis Hogg and hear your funny mom stories.
Our gardening columnist Brian Minter joins us to share more gardening advice..

- After Wednesday's dramatic comeback win for the Vancouver Canucks against the Edmonton Oilers, we speak to local fans and ask viewers to share how they're celebrating the team's run in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
- A new documentary on the dangers of microplastics gets its Canadian premiere in Vancouver this week. We speak to the filmmaker and ask viewers to share how they're reducing their use of plastics.

B.C. drivers will receive a $110 rebate from ICBC and the insurer says basic rates will remain unchanged until March 2026. We ask viewers for their thoughts on today's announcement and how ICBC is being managed.
It's B.C. Youth Week, which celebrates the accomplishments of young people across the province. We hear from Zac Weinberg, ZacPac founder, and Parker Morrison, I-SEA's 2023 climate activism award recipient, making a positive impact in their communities and ask viewers to tell us about young people who inspire them.

We get the latest as the federal government grants B.C.'s request to recriminalize illicit drug use in public spaces. The Road to Recovery series continues with a look at stigma. We discuss the current political debate on stigma and drug use with our panel Chapman Shaw, Trinity House board member; Nicole Mucci, Union Gospel Mission communications manager; and Bob Hughes, ASK Recovery Centre, executive officer.

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.