Latest Vancouver island Podcast Episodes
The Man Who Taught Without Pay for Ten Years
Capital Daily - February 08, 2022 13:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFor Black History Month, we look back at the incredible life of John Craven Jones, Salt Spring Island’s first-ever school teacher, through conversations with Silvia Mangue Alene, President of the BC Black History Awareness Society, and Crawford Kilian, author of Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black...
The Man Who Taught Without Pay for Ten Years
Capital Daily - February 08, 2022 13:00 - 12 minutesFor Black History Month, we look back at the incredible life of John Craven Jones, Salt Spring Island’s first-ever school teacher, through conversations with Silvia Mangue Alene, President of the BC Black History Awareness Society, and Crawford Kilian, author of Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black...
Victoria Council Pilots Reconciliation Grant
Capital Daily - February 07, 2022 14:12 - 22 minutesA new grant of $200,000 for the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations has been approved by the City of Victoria. The idea comes from Mayor Lisa Helps, although the grant has changed a lot since her first proposal. For Municipal Monday, we speak to Mayor Helps to learn more, and we also hear from Counci...
Victoria Council Pilots Reconciliation Grant
Capital Daily - February 07, 2022 14:12 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA new grant of $200,000 for the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations has been approved by the City of Victoria. The idea comes from Mayor Lisa Helps, although the grant has changed a lot since her first proposal. For Municipal Monday, we speak to Mayor Helps to learn more, and we also hear from Counci...
Behind the Push to Bring Salmon Back to Bowker Creek
Capital Daily - February 04, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutesA volunteer-led effort to reintroduce salmon into the Bowker Creek watershed after a 100-year absence is nearing its moment of fruition. After over a decade of habitat restoration, members of Friends of Bowker Creek and the Peninsula Streams Society have planted 30,000 chum salmon eggs into the...
Behind the Push to Bring Salmon Back to Bowker Creek
Capital Daily - February 04, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA volunteer-led effort to reintroduce salmon into the Bowker Creek watershed after a 100-year absence is nearing its moment of fruition. After over a decade of habitat restoration, members of Friends of Bowker Creek and the Peninsula Streams Society have planted 30,000 chum salmon eggs into the...
BC Doctors Can Now Prescribe Visits to National Parks
Capital Daily - February 03, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutesOn Monday, Parks Canada announced their support of PaRx: A Prescription for Nature. PaRx is an initiative of the BC Parks Foundation that is working to improve Canadians' health by connecting them with nature. Today we speak with the Director of PaRx, Dr. Melissa Lem to learn more about how it w...
BC Doctors Can Now Prescribe Visits to National Parks
Capital Daily - February 03, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn Monday, Parks Canada announced their support of PaRx: A Prescription for Nature. PaRx is an initiative of the BC Parks Foundation that is working to improve Canadians' health by connecting them with nature. Today we speak with the Director of PaRx, Dr. Melissa Lem to learn more about how it w...
How to Address the Convoy
Capital Daily - February 02, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutesWe speak with Capital Daily reporter Ryan Hook who went to Saturday's protest and spoke to participants. Then, we speak with Edwin Hodge, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at UVic and Right-Wing Extremism Expert about why Canadians are following this ideology and how this movement should b...
How to Address the Convoy
Capital Daily - February 02, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWe speak with Capital Daily reporter Ryan Hook who went to Saturday's protest and spoke to participants. Then, we speak with Edwin Hodge, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at UVic and Right-Wing Extremism Expert about why Canadians are following this ideology and how this movement should b...
Concerns Linger as UVic In-Person Lectures Resume
Capital Daily - February 01, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutesSome University of Victoria students and faculty are uneasy with the return to in-person learning. This has prompted multiple student-led petitions, including one that calls on the school to better accommodate students who are isolating or feel unsafe. Today we look into these concerns and speak...
Concerns Linger as UVic In-Person Lectures Resume
Capital Daily - February 01, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSome University of Victoria students and faculty are uneasy with the return to in-person learning. This has prompted multiple student-led petitions, including one that calls on the school to better accommodate students who are isolating or feel unsafe. Today we look into these concerns and speak...
Is Co-Living an Answer to Victoria’s Housing Crisis?
Capital Daily - January 31, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutesA new housing development is coming to Victoria’s downtown, and it’s built around the concept of co-living, where tenants share a common kitchen and living area. With rent for a “pod” unit expected to be 30 percent less than a studio apartment, it’s being touted as an answer to Victoria’s afford...
Is Co-Living an Answer to Victoria’s Housing Crisis?
Capital Daily - January 31, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA new housing development is coming to Victoria’s downtown, and it’s built around the concept of co-living, where tenants share a common kitchen and living area. With rent for a “pod” unit expected to be 30 percent less than a studio apartment, it’s being touted as an answer to Victoria’s afford...
Organizers Want to Bring a New Form of Shelter to Victorians in Need
Capital Daily - January 28, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutesA group of local organizers is working to bring Conestoga huts to Victoria as a new form of safe and warm temporary shelter. Good Newsletter Editor Emily Fagan visited a build of a prototype to speak with the people behind it. For Good News Friday, she joins to share what she learned. Today's...
Organizers Want to Bring a New Form of Shelter to Victorians in Need
Capital Daily - January 28, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA group of local organizers is working to bring Conestoga huts to Victoria as a new form of safe and warm temporary shelter. Good Newsletter Editor Emily Fagan visited a build of a prototype to speak with the people behind it. For Good News Friday, she joins to share what she learned. Today's...
Judges Extend Injunction at Fairy Creek. What Now?
Capital Daily - January 27, 2022 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe BC Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of extending the injunction filed by Teal Jones Ltd. against protestors at Fairy Creek, arguing that the previous court ruling, issued by Justice Thompson in September 2021, was lacking. We look into what this means for the ongoing protests at Fairy Cre...
Judges Extend Injunction at Fairy Creek. What Now?
Capital Daily - January 27, 2022 13:00 - 21 minutesThe BC Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of extending the injunction filed by Teal Jones Ltd. against protestors at Fairy Creek, arguing that the previous court ruling, issued by Justice Thompson in September 2021, was lacking. We look into what this means for the ongoing protests at Fairy Cre...
UVic Researchers Seek Answers to Life on Earth
Capital Daily - January 26, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBiodiversity loss has been called one of the top five threats confronting humanity. Three researchers from the University of Victoria are part of a global project, BIOSCAN, working to stem the tide against future mass extinction – and it just received $24 million in federal funding. To find out ...
UVic Researchers Seek Answers to Life on Earth
Capital Daily - January 26, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutesBiodiversity loss has been called one of the top five threats confronting humanity. Three researchers from the University of Victoria are part of a global project, BIOSCAN, working to stem the tide against future mass extinction – and it just received $24 million in federal funding. To find out ...
Omicron's Slowing Transmission, Unreliable Case Counts, and a Delayed Hospitalization Peak
Capital Daily - January 25, 2022 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe province has been struggling to provide accurate data for COVID, but using hospitalization numbers and some healthy assumptions, the BC COVID-19 Modelling Group has been able to estimate projections for BC's near future. Dr. Dean Karlen joins to explain their data. Today's episode is spon...
Omicron's Slowing Transmission, Unreliable Case Counts, and a Delayed Hospitalization Peak
Capital Daily - January 25, 2022 13:00 - 20 minutesThe province has been struggling to provide accurate data for COVID, but using hospitalization numbers and some healthy assumptions, the BC COVID-19 Modelling Group has been able to estimate projections for BC's near future. Dr. Dean Karlen joins to explain their data. Today's episode is spon...
Saanich Reimagines the Future of Uptown
Capital Daily - January 24, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe District of Saanich, despite its size as the largest municipality on Vancouver Island, lacks a singular identifiable hub — something council is seeking to change. The council has proposed an Uptown Douglas plan, which would re-imagine the mostly-industrial and commercial neighbourhood as a c...
Saanich Reimagines the Future of Uptown
Capital Daily - January 24, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutesThe District of Saanich, despite its size as the largest municipality on Vancouver Island, lacks a singular identifiable hub — something council is seeking to change. The council has proposed an Uptown Douglas plan, which would re-imagine the mostly-industrial and commercial neighbourhood as a c...
ElderDog Helps Island Seniors and Their Pets Stay Together
Capital Daily - January 21, 2022 13:00 - 11 minutesA Vancouver Island-based nonprofit chapter, ElderDog Victoria, helps senior citizens to keep their beloved canine companions as they age or experience mobility challenges. Now, with over 100 volunteers, they're looking to expand. To find out more, we speak with Good Newsletter editor Emily Fagan.
ElderDog Helps Island Seniors and Their Pets Stay Together
Capital Daily - January 21, 2022 13:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA Vancouver Island-based nonprofit chapter, ElderDog Victoria, helps senior citizens to keep their beloved canine companions as they age or experience mobility challenges. Now, with over 100 volunteers, they're looking to expand. To find out more, we speak with Good Newsletter editor Emily Fagan.
Food Prices Are Going Up. What Does That Mean for the Island?
Capital Daily - January 20, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsFood prices are expected to rise between 5 to 7% in 2022, according to Canada’s Food Price Report — with a family of four projected to spend $966 more on food than in 2021. To find out the ripple effects on the Island, we speak to Michell’s Farm co-owner Terry Michell, Goldstream Food Bank vice-...
Food Prices Are Going Up. What Does That Mean for the Island?
Capital Daily - January 20, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutesFood prices are expected to rise between 5 to 7% in 2022, according to Canada’s Food Price Report — with a family of four projected to spend $966 more on food than in 2021. To find out the ripple effects on the Island, we speak to Michell’s Farm co-owner Terry Michell, Goldstream Food Bank vice-...
Island Crime's Third Season Tells the Story of Michael Dunahee
Capital Daily - January 19, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutesLaura Palmer's podcast "Island Crime" has begun a new season where she explores the 1991 disappearance of Michael Dunahee. Today she joins us to explain why she's telling this story, and what sets this apart from the ethically ambiguous true crime format. Today's episode is sponsored by Odlu...
Island Crime's Third Season Tells the Story of Michael Dunahee
Capital Daily - January 19, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLaura Palmer's podcast "Island Crime" has begun a new season where she explores the 1991 disappearance of Michael Dunahee. Today she joins us to explain why she's telling this story, and what sets this apart from the ethically ambiguous true crime format. Today's episode is sponsored by Odlu...
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