Host Joe Pugh reports on the ceremonies at Maffeo Sutton Park to mark the first national Day for Truth and Reconciliation. He also speaks with Andrew Gage from West Coast Environmental Law about the implications of a BC Supreme Court Justice’s decision not to extend the injunction that had been in place at Fairy Creek since April. Finally coverage on the city’s public consultation about what to do with the space located at the Terminal and Commercial intersection.ding the city’s new animal responsibility bylaw.

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Host Joe Pugh speaks with Dr. Alexander Netherton, professor of political science at Vancouver Island University regarding the results of the recent federal election. He also speaks with Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the BC Union of Indian Chiefs, who says the election campaign diverted attention from indigenous issues. Stephanie Fung from the Unite Local 40 speaks about a protest put on by workers outside of the Coast Bastion Hotel this week. And finally a conversation with Sheila Gurrie, Nanaimo’s director of legislative services regarding the city’s new animal responsibility bylaw.

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Host Joe Pugh speaks with Andrew Gage from West Coast Environmental Law regarding some upcoming hearings related to logging at Fairy Creek. He also completes our series of interviews with the local candidates for the federal election by speaking with Stephen Welton of the People’s Party of Canada. Still with the election, Andrea Marantz from Elections Canada explains the reasons for and potential fallout from a shortage of polling staff. And finally, conversations with Kathleen Reed, an avid diver who discovered hundreds of dead sea cucumbers off the coast of Nanoose Bay, as well as Dr. Isabelle Côté, marine ecology professor at Simon Fraser University who has since been investigating.

CHLY’s Elijah Robinson also speaks with Nanaimo’s Kory Breaden, who recently set a world record after playing the video game Call of Duty Warzone for a 145 hour marathon session.

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Host Joe Pugh investigates the Back to School plan from kindergarten to grade 12 students in BC. He speaks with Dale Burgos, executive director of Communications with school district 68 about what the plan is, as well as with Teri Mooring, president of the BC Teachers Federation on her organizations concerns. Joe also speaks with Dr. Sandra Allison, Medical Officer for the Central Island Region of Island Health about the plan.

CHLY’s Elijah Robinson also speaks with Nanaimo’s Kory Breaden, who recently set a world record after playing the video game Call of Duty Warzone for a 145 hour marathon session.

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Interviews with the Candidates from the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Riding in the upcoming federal election. Lisa Marie Barron of the NDP, Paul Manly of the Green Party, Tamara Kronis of the Conservative Party, and Michelle Corfield of the Liberal Party.

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