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Albertans will be able to vote on whether they want their province to hold a binding referendum on separating from Canada. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a vote in favour of a referendum will start the legal process to hold a formal separation vote. SFU political scientist Timothy van den Brink joined the show to discuss the vote and how it could impact that province's fraught relationship with B.C.

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

Recent data from Statistics Canada shows millennials are twice as likely to live with their parents as baby boomers were at the same age. Umay Kader, a researcher in UBC's department of sociology, joined the show to discuss the factors behind multigenerational living situations, including reasons beyond housing and affordability.

The B.C. government announced the Site C dam, the hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeastern B.C., will be renamed to the John Horgan Dam, in honour of the province's former late premier.
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to hear a court challenge from the B.C. government appealing a landmark decision on mineral rights and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. To discuss what this appeal will mean for B.C. laws and its reconciliation efforts, we were joined by West Coast Environmental Law's Jessica Clogg, a member of the Gitxaala Nation’s legal team, and Terry Teegee, the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations.

Farmers' market season is in full swing. We asked our audience their favourite local spots, and hear from vendors about the challenges they've seen over the last year.