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Midcoast MorningIncreased flooding risks, roads, and land management practices: What's the link?This is an extended version of the version that was originally broadcast.As rains once again battered Vancouver Island over the weekend, multiple regions grappled with the risk of flooding. For a period on Monday there were evacuation notices covering parts of Chemainus and a campground in Parksville.UBC professor Younes Alila says that while governments and media outlets are often quick to point to climate change as a driver of more frequent atmospheric rivers and increased flood risks, he feels more attention needs to be given to the role of forest management practices, especially...
2026-01-1458 min
Troubled Men PodcastTMP251 JUDE ACERS, DEREK BRIDGES, & BAYLEE BADAWY: CHECK MATESWith the documentary chronicling chess icon Jude Acers, “The Man in the Red Beret,” making the film festival circuit, filmmaker Derek Bridges and Chess Cave founder Baylee Badawy trace Jude’s epic life from orphan to world record holder and chess promo giant. His World Chess Table on Decatur St. is instantly recognizable to locals and tourists, and attracts celebrities like Jamie Foxx to challenge him. Tonight Jude puts the Troubled Men in check.
Topics include a film crew, romantic words, the saltwater wedge, government failures, the RBG postage stamp, a bear attack, soundtrack options, a PBB&J sand...
2023-10-121h 24