Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Richard Brodeur backstopped the Vancouver Canucks to their first Stanley Cup final in 1982 — and spent the next four decades quietly building a second remarkable career as a painter. Now he’s opening Gallery 35 in Parksville, bringing eight professional artists with him. Brad Merritt, co-founder and bassist...

Download and print colouring pages featuring Captain Dave and the Mellow Submarine at the Car Show!: https://bit.ly/S2EP30ColouringPages What happens when a bright yellow submarine shows up at a car show — on four wheels? Captain Dave and Larry the Lobster are about to find out! It begins as a peaceful morning anchored near French Creek, just off Vancouver...

Why You Should Listen to This Episode: What does it take to rebuild — not just buildings, but lives — after catastrophic disaster? Dr. Doug Walker knows firsthand. In this deeply moving conversation, he shares how surviving Hurricane Katrina in 2005 shaped his understanding of resilience and launched a career devoted to helping communities...

Jake Meisner is to hang for shooting an unarmed man in a drunken brawl. His mother Hattie knows he’s guilty — knows the law is the law — and she walks into Marshal Dillon’s office and tells him plainly: if Jake hangs on Thursday, she will kill him. She is a woman of her...

Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Greg Adams built a hockey career on grit and determination, then turned a single weekend at a Tampa music festival into one of Vancouver Island's most beloved concert experiences - and he's just getting started. Dr. Anne Herdman Royal was on shift at her Oklahoma hospital the day a gunman...

In this episode of Nonpartisan Hacks, Joel Grenz and Sean Wood go full civics class -the fun kind - on what it actually means to be a thoughtful voter. From the difference between local, provincial, and federal elections to party slates, candidate vetting, and whether politicians actually lie, Joel and Sean break down the mechanics of democratic...

Local government elections in British Columbia are held every four years. The City of...

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) celebrated the completion of the purchase of Hamilton...