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B.C. Today gardening columnist Brian Minter joins us to answer your gardening questions.

Iran continues to crack down on people protesting against the regime, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and state media referring to demonstrators as "terrorists." The death toll has risen to 62, and the country is now under a nationwide internet blackout, reducing the information flowing out of the country. Fred Soofi, a member of the Canadian Iranian Foundation and Parsa Alirezaei, a research assistant studying Iran at Simon Fraser University, join the show to discuss ongoing developments as we ask viewers how they're reacting to the demonstrations.

After 16 years in operation, London Drugs has announced plans to shutter its location in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, citing public safety concerns and monetary losses. The location's closure brings up concerns about the availability of affordable stores in Vancouver's poorest neighbourhood. We ask viewers about what can be done to turn around public safety concerns for local businesses with Landon Hoyt, the executive director of Hastings Crossings BIA. Galib Bhayani, the chief safety and risk officer at Simon Fraser University and a former RCMP chief superintendent for Metro Vancouver, joins the conversation on what the closure means for the community.

Winter ushers in the cozy season, a prime time for digging into new TV shows. Michel Ghanem, a TV critic and writer of The Cut column Appointment Viewing, joins the show as we ask viewers what they're watching this season.

U.S. President Donald Trump is setting his sights on other territories in the Western Hemisphere that he wants to exert influence over. Among them is Greenland, where Canada says it will send a delegation next month. But what does Trump's pursuit of a new global order mean for Canada directly? We speak to former military officer and diplomat Chris Kilford and the head of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University, Thomas Homer-Dixon, to help answer that question, and we take calls from the audience.