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Tuesday February 9, 2010

White Rock roared as the Olympic flame shot past their city this morning.  We speak to White Rock's Mayor Catherine Ferguson about the party in her city this morning.  Download this interview. (runs 4:06)


Monday February 8, 2010

BC Premier Gordon campbell joins Rick and co-host Jeannie Senft, Canadian figure skating judge to talk about the 2010 games and the new legislative session that starts tomorrow, live from the Robson Rink in Downtown Vancouver.  Download this interview. (runs 8:44)


Thursday February 4, 2010

Canada's Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin is in town and visits Rick in the studio.  Download this interview.   (runs 8:47)


Wednesday February 3, 2010

The Canada Pavilion for the 2010 Games is being called everything from a public embarrassment or a point of pride, so we asked two famous architects for their point of view.  Download this interview. (runs 8:32)


Tuesday February 2, 2010

Refocusing the fight to end homelessness: Vancouver's mayor Gregor Robertson is calling for a revised plan to better track progress.  Download this interview. (runs 8:51)


Monday February 1, 2010

With 11 days to go, VANOC boss John Furlong checks in to tell us how things are coming together for the big day.  Download this interview. (runs 11:31)


Friday January 29, 2010

The immigrant organization SUCCESS will join forces with the police chief and police complaints commissioner to help communicate with the Asian community after the beating incident of Yao Wei Wu.  Download this interview.  (runs 8:10)


Thursday January 28, 2010

Police and public confidence: we speak to Wally Oppal about the impact of the recent controversy involving the RCMP.  Download this interview. (runs 10:44)


Wednesday January 27, 2010

Scandal and the Surrey Six: a key investigator is sidelined after an inappropriate relationship with a witness. How does this damage the case and the reputation of the force?  We speak to Chief Superintendent Janice Armstrong.  Download this interview. (runs 7:21)


Tuesday January 26, 2010

Smile, but not too much and make sure those socks match those pants!  Those are instructions to City of Vancouver employees that are part of an Olympic etiquette manual. We talk to Mike Klassen, who posted the manual on CityCaucus.com.  Download this interview. (runs 7:30)


Monday January 25, 2010

A Haitian boy is in the arms of his adopted Port Coquitlam family who have been waiting anxiously to get him home. Rick talks to his new mother, Michelle MacRae. Download this interview. (runs 5:07)


Friday January 22, 2010

Take your bike, the bus, walk or carpool: that's what VANOC and the government are hoping people will do before, and during the Olympics.  As major road closures begin next week, we find out the plan from Ken Hardie at  Translink and Dale Bracewell is the Director of Olympic Transportation for the City of Vancouver.  Download this interview. (runs 11:22)


Thursday January 21, 2010

We check in with VANOC's John Furlong as he awaits the torch, making its way back into BC later today.      Download this interview.   (runs 11:07)


Wednesday January 20, 2010

An academic-turned-politician-turned-academic is SFU's newest president: we meet Andrew Petter, former attorney-general in an NDP government, and past dean of the faculty of law at the University of Victoria who takes over the university's top spot September 1st.  Download this interview. (runs 8:51)


Tuesday January 19, 2010

The number of Canadian Soldiers on the ground in Haiti is growing.  We ask Defense Minister Peter MacKay what role will they fill in the devastated region.  Download this interview. (runs 10:05)


Monday January 18, 2010

Sighs of relief in Nelson after a group of high school students in Haiti arrive on Canadian soil.  We speak to Claire Dicken, whose son Johnathan was one of the students who was in Haiti.  Download this interview.   (runs 6:05)


Friday January 15, 2010

Florence Etienne is a former resident of Haiti and now living in Vancouver. She is worried about her immediate family and is using Facebook to keep in touch. Download this interview. (runs 5:25)


Thursday January 14, 2010

They told her her sister had probably been killed in the Haitian earthquake but an agonizing day later she got the best phone call of her life. Rick talks to Monique Trepanier about her sister's rescue. Download this interview. (runs 8:03)