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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took time away from his important job to write an op-ed in The National Post to defend statues or something stupid. It was hot garbage and not worth reading. Listen to this instead.

Dr. Hillary McBride is a registered clinical counsellor in private practice based in Vancouver. Her areas of clinical practice and research focus on the intersection of spirituality and mental health, trauma therapies, eating disorders, body image, and sex. She is the author of “Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves As We Are.” She is also the host of the popular CBC podcast, “Other People’s Problems”, which features her therapy sessions with different clients. Hillary first appeared on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode #79.

Kevin Falcon is a BC Liberal politician in the middle of an election campaign……and BC Liberal politicians in the middle of election campaigns are disingenuous, according to Kevin Falcon. Figure that one out. CLIPS USED:-Jane Thornthwaite on MLA Ralph Sultan’s Virtual Retirement Roast, September 17 2020 -Kevin Falcon on The Mike Smyth Show, May 18 2021 -Kevin Falcon on NL Noon Report with Brett Mineer, May 19 2021 -Kevin Falcon on BC Liberal Leadership Announcement, May 17 2021

Sarah Berman is an investigative journalist based in Vancouver, covering crime, drugs, cults, politics, and culture. She is a former senior editor at VICE, a former associate editor at The Tyee, and a past contributor to Adbusters, Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, and more. Her debut book “DON’T CALL IT A CULT” is a national best-seller, exploring the infamous American sex cult, NXIVM.

Sonia Furstenau is the leader of the BC Green Party and the B.C. Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cowichan Valley. Sonia was first featured on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode #95.

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. Megan and Mo discuss being “The Penultamour” aka the “Good Luck Chuck” aka the last person you love before you meet the person you marry — it’s not necessarily a bad thing!

Vivian Kaye is an entrepreneur, business coach, a keynote speaker, and a mom based in Toronto, Ontario. She founded and bootstrapped two successful businesses from the ground up — Vivian's Decor and Designs, a wedding decor company and KinkyCurlYaki, a leading manufacturer of natural hair extensions, clip-ins, and wigs. She has been featured in the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. She is also the Entrepreneur Expert on TV's CITYLINE, Canada's longest running morning show with Tracy Moore.

Charis Hogg, self-described “good times gal”, is a local broadcaster based in Vancouver, BC. An alumnus of BCIT’s Broadcast Journalism program, Charis co-hosted the Jeff O’Neil Show on CFOX 99.3FM for six years until moving to Saskatoon where she was a Reporter and Weather Presenter with Global News and a radio morning show co-host on the Charis and Joel Show on 96.3 CRUZ FM. She was also the co-host of Jeff, Charis, and Paul morning show on JACK 96.9 FM. Charis also produces here own podcast “The Charis Report”, a one-woman show about current events and her life events. Charis was also featured on Episode #47 of This is VANCOLOUR.

Sophie Lui is one of Vancouver's most iconic broadcasters, with over twenty years of experience. She is the co-anchor of the Global BC News Hour since 2015. She is also the co-founder, producer, and host of the travel program, “Get Lost”, which explores international destinations recently hit with war, natural disaster, or political strife and why it is safe - and beneficial - to travel to those places.

Dan Fumano is a journalist for The Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers, covering municipal affairs in Vancouver. This episode accompanies Episode #118 with City of Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart.