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On The Island
with Gregor Craigie

Monday

We take a look ahead to summer music festivals on the island.

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Boulders Climbing Gym is busy

This weekend the climbing wall will be very busy as it hosts the 2013 Canadian National Climbing Championships.

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Environmental fallout from the election

The Liberals won the election. What do environmentalists think will happen now? Emma Gilchrist speaks for the environmental group, Dogwood Initiative.

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Election surprise

Our Friday panel looks at how the B.C. election turned out so dramatically different from the way the polls, the press and the pundits predicted.

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North Cowichan grow-op concerns

Changing federal rules about growing medical marijuana has one Island community scrambling to control a possible proliferation of grow ops.

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From Hunan to the Hub City

Nanaimo seems destined to be on that list of high end cities served by a Chinese travel agency called Suzhou Youth Travel Services.

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Election 2013:

Another victory which defied the polls

Why did the Liberal majority seem to take everyone by surprise? We talk to Stephen Carter who was Alberta premier Alison Redford's campaign strategist.

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Election 2013:

A disappointment for the NDP

Change, but not the kind the New Democrats hoped for. We speak with re-elected NDP MLA for Juan de Fuca, John Horgan.

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Election 2013:

Surprising the pollsters

We get election result reaction from Angus Reid's Mario Canseco.

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Proposing a new capital

What if the capital city wasn't the capital city any more? We'll ask the National Post writer and former Victorian Tristin Hopper why he thinks the seat of BC government should move to the mainland?

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Renaming Mount Doug

When it comes to Mount Doug, what's old is new again. Some First Nations want the older indigenous name of Pkols to be used instead of the newer colonial name.

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