B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne has announced the province won't extend its drug decriminalization pilot, which ends on January 31. The pilot allowed people to possess small amounts of illicit drugs for personal consumption. But after three years, the province says the project hasn't met its goals.

We ask listeners how they feel about the end of decriminalization in B.C and how the province should help people struggling with addiction. Former B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe, SFU health researcher Julian Somers and Victoria Police Chief Fiona Wilson join the program to look at what's next to help people struggling with addictions.

Police are investigating a new homicide in Surrey — the third suspicious death south of the Fraser in the last five days, all of which investigators suspect are gang-related. We ask listeners how concerned they are with the violence and what they think is drawing people into gangs. UFV criminologist Wade Deisman, and anti-gang educator Kal Dosanjh from KidsPlay Youth Foundation joins the show.

The B.C. government says 100,000 skilled trades jobs are coming to the province over the next decade. But who's going to fill them? As artificial intelligence and tariffs cause economic uncertainty in the province, the Construction Foundation of B.C. says "skilled tradespeople will be the last ones voted off the island." We ask listeners if they think 2026 is the year to learn a skilled trade and whether they would consider one as a career. BCIT electrical instructor Anna Lary joins the show.

A coalition of childcare advocates says the progress on $10-dollar-a-day childcare has stalled. The group, including former NDP MLAs, MPs and union leaders, has written a letter to premier David Eby demanding more access to the program. We ask listeners what child care access is like? And Michelle talks to B.C. child care advocate Sharon Gregson about why $10-a-day healthcare has stalled in implementation and what can be done.

Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Prince Rupert this morning to meet with First Nations leaders to open the dialogue about bringing more resource and nation-building projects to the North Coast. We speak with CBC provincial affairs reporter Katie DeRosa for an update.

In the face of tariff threats and a further aggressive stance from the United States, B.C. Premier David Eby and Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon head to India on a trade mission to look for new markets for B.C. products. We ask if it's a good idea for the B.C. government to seek more partners in India as Sikh activists in Canada rally against the visit. Michelle talks to B.C. Conservative MLA Harman Banghu, and we take audience calls.

2025 is set to be the slowest year in Lower Mainland real estate in 25 years. Greater Vancouver realtors said there were 23,800 home sales last year, nearly 25 per cent below the 10-year annual average. As for this year, there are mixed expectations. We ask listeners whether the real estate slowdown is a concern. Do we need to spur activity? Or is greater affordability worth it? Michelle is joined by housing advocate Peter Waldkirch and retired architect Michael Geller.

Iran continues to crack down on people protesting against the regime, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and state media referring to demonstrators as "terrorists." The death toll has risen to 62, and the country is now under a nationwide internet blackout, reducing the information flowing out of the country. Fred Soofi, a member of the Canadian Iranian Foundation and Parsa Alirezaei, a research assistant studying Iran at Simon Fraser University, join the show to discuss ongoing developments as we ask viewers how they're reacting to the demonstrations.