Episodios

  • Full show: Getting more homes built, & Falling victim to scams!

    Full show: Getting more homes built, & Falling victim to scams!
    Jul 3 2025
    BC Is helping homebuilders with upfront cost issues to get more homes built. Scammers are getting sophisticated… A true story about a local business that got hit, and is speaking out. Can Robots and pre-fab construction fix our housing problem? The Benefits of Meditation go beyond just the meditator! Red light therapy: All the rage, or waste of money?! Why are more and more young women freezing their eggs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 m
  • Scammers are getting sophisticated… A true story about a local business that got hit, and is speaking out.

    Scammers are getting sophisticated… A true story about a local business that got hit, and is speaking out.
    Jul 3 2025
    B.C. business owner scammed: Jenell Parsons, founder of The Pie Hole, fell victim to a phishing scam impersonating a BC Lions representative. Fake vendor invitation: In June, Parsons received a convincing email, supposedly from the BC Lions VP of operations, inviting her to be a vendor at the team’s home opener. Guest: Jenell Parsons, Founder and President, The Pie Hole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 m
  • BC Is helping homebuilders with upfront cost issues to get more homes built.

    BC Is helping homebuilders with upfront cost issues to get more homes built.
    Jul 3 2025
    B.C. Government Eases Development Fee Rules to Spur Housing Builds Key change: Developers now pay 25% of development fees at permit approval and 75% upon building occupancy — instead of full payment upfront. Extended timeline: Builders will now have 4 years (up from 2) to pay development charges. Goal is to ease financial pressure amid high construction costs and interest rates. Guest: Anne McMullin, President of the Urban Development institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 m
  • Can Robots and pre-fab construction fix our housing problem?

    Can Robots and pre-fab construction fix our housing problem?
    Jul 3 2025
    Can Robots and pre-fab construction fix our housing problem? Vancouver-based company Intelligent City uses industrial robots and mass-timber techniques to prefabricate floor and wall sections of multi-storey buildings. Components are built in a Delta, B.C. factory, then flat-packed and shipped to the building site for fast assembly. Guest: OD Kreig, President, Intelligent City Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 m
  • The Benefits of Meditation go beyond just the meditator!

    The Benefits of Meditation go beyond just the meditator!
    Jul 3 2025
    The Benefits of Meditation go beyond just the meditator! Guest: Mariah Schug, Associate Professor of Psychology and Gender, Women, and Sexuality at Widener University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    7 m
  • Red light therapy: All the rage, or waste of money?!

    Red light therapy: All the rage, or waste of money?!
    Jul 3 2025
    Red light therapy (RLT) uses low-level wavelengths of light to influence biological processes — a concept known as photobiomodulation. It was originally used in dermatology for early skin cancer treatment, but is now all the rage for a number of purported health benefits. Guest: Dr Zakia Rahman, Dermatologist, Stanford Medicine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 m
  • Why are more and more young women freezing their eggs?

    Why are more and more young women freezing their eggs?
    Jul 3 2025
    Egg freezing (oocyte preservation) was once a medical procedure for patients facing infertility due to illness or surgery. In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) declared it “non-experimental,” making elective or social egg freezing more mainstream. Now widely used by Canadians seeking to delay parenthood for personal, career, or relationship reasons. Guest: Dr. Prati Sharma, American Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 m
  • Full show: Tsunami hits lake superior, Alaskan fleets catching BC salmon, & Orcas sharing their prey with humans!

    Full show: Tsunami hits lake superior, Alaskan fleets catching BC salmon, & Orcas sharing their prey with humans!
    Jul 2 2025
    A suspected meteotsunami hit lake superior! What even is that? Alaskan fishing fleets are catching a huge proportion of BC-bound salmon Why do orcas share their prey with humans? Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has passed. So what does that mean? MAKING CENT$ OF THE MARKET WITH LORI PINKOWSKI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 m