Radio West
with Rebecca Zandbergen

There were a few surprises in yesterday's budget. One is a plan to privatize the BC liquor distribution branch. There are two warehouses, one in Vancouver and one in Kamloops.

Together they employ about 400 people.




Finance Minister Kevin Falcon says the sell-off will fetch 700 million dollars for the province over the next three years.

Rebecca spoke with Darryl Walker. He's the President of the BC Government and Service Employees' Union.

A little piece of BC history recently sold on the Internet auction block. It's a postcard from 1909. Nelson Star reporter Greg Nesteroff is one of the people who bid on it.








   
The postcard sold for more than a hundred dollars. Unfortunately, Greg's bid did not win him the card. But we wanted to learn more about this baseball team and the lost town.

Rebecca spoke with Milton Parent. He's with the Arrow Lakes Historical Society.

4:00-4:30

 

Song: Your Heart
Album: Repartee
Artist: Repartee

 

4:30-5:00

 

Song: Stars
Album: 6 Volt
Artist: Fred Eaglesmith

 

5:00-5:30

 

Song: Sharks
Album: Oceans
Artist: Wintermitts

 

5:30-6:00

 

Song: Another Way to Die
Album: Quantum Solace
Artist: Jack White and Alicia Keys

Our outdoor columnist, Dave Quinn, speaks with Rebecca about avalanche safety.

 

• It's Budget Day in B.C. Read the government documents and the analysis.
• Read about Fred Eaglesmith's Tin Can Caravan tour of Route 66.
• Our outdoor guy, Dave Quinn, talked about avalanche safety today. Learn more here.

In our latest installment of The Classifieds, we meet David Hughes, a film student at Kelowna's Centre for Arts and Technology.

Here's his ad:

I am a student film maker looking for actors between the ages of 19-35 male.
Major Role, with Russian Accent
All other roles are military personnel
Weapon handling is a bonus.
Call me or email
Thanks,
David

Here's Rebecca's conversation with David:

Cabernet Sauvignon has long been a heavy hitter in the wine industry. And now, people are snapping up bottles of Cabernet Franc. It seems, Cabarnet is all the rage. In fact, it's stolen the spotlight at Vancouver's largest International wine festival. Our wine Columnist Jeannette Montgomery is here to share some of cabernet gems. Jeannette is a wine writer and works at Poplar Grove Winery.

Jeannette's recommendations:
Fairview Cellar, Oliver, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon
 
LaFrenz, Naramata Bench, Cabarnet Sauvignon

Township 7, Naramata Bench, Cabernet Sauvignon

Author Charlotte Gill just won the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for her tree-planting memoir, "Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe." She joined Rebecca to talk about the book.