BC Today

Researchers at UBC have developed new tools to help schools talk with kids about substance use. UBC School of Nursing professor Emily Jenkins joined the program and we ask: How are you talking to the young people in your life about substances and how can schools help?

Ahead of Canada Day, a new poll from Abacus Data shows Canadians are feeling increasingly patriotic.

It's been five years since a heat dome enveloped B.C. and killed 600 people. Family physician and past president of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment Dr. Melissa Lem and nurse Agnes Black of the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment joined us to talk about healthy changes people can make to prepare for intense heat.

We also spoke to New Westminster Mayor Patrick Johnstone about how cities are changing to prepare for a hotter world.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David Eby are defending a plan to buy unsold condos in British Columbia and turn them into affordable housing after the program faced criticism for bailing out developers.

School is out! We ask parents to call in and share their summer plans, and speak with parenting author Lenore Skenazy about the concept of a "lazy summer."