CKNW Podcasts

MAUREEN MCGRATH SEX EDUCATOR AND NURSE, B-C CENTRE FOR SEXUAL MEDICINE Re: what sorts of vaccines are out there that can actually prevent cancer? Vaccines for hepatitis and h-p-v that are linked to the devastating and deadly disease are just some of them. Our nurse sexpert Maureen McGrath shares the scoop on the scientific potential and reality. And Maureen discusses the controversial program that the BC gov’t axed that tested the sexual responses of young sex offenders by attaching sensors to their genitals. SHARON GAETZ MAYOR OF CHILLIWACK Re: why she doesn’t support a plan to build a garbage incinerator. What would that mean for Fraser Valley-ites?

CARLY WEEKS REPORTER WITH THE GLOBE AND MAIL, WORKED ON AN EXTENSIVE SERIES ABOUT SODIUM Re: The movers and shakers of the salt world want to pinch Canadians' penchant for sodium. One recommendation from a panel of experts is for Health Canada to track how much sodium restaurants and food companies voluntarily cut from their products. That information will tell the government if it needs to do more to shake salt from the Canadian diet. The initial aim is to lower people's average daily sodium intake by about a third, to 2,300 milligrams, by 2016. For adults, 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day is considered an adequate Intake, while 2,300 mg is the upper limit. Research suggests that reducing the amount of dietary sodium to recommended levels could prevent premature deaths from heart disease and strokes in 30 to 40 Canadians a day _ saving roughly 11,000 to 15,000 lives a year. Which has more sodium, cheerios or potato chips? Carly explains. PAUL GREENBERG ANGLER, WRITER AND AUTHOR, “FOUR FISH: THE FUTURE OF THE LAST WILD FOOD” Re: fish farming is a contentious issue, we hear why Paul says that despite the abundant bounty in our oceans and because we eat so much seafood, there wouldn’t be enough to go around without aquaculture. We need to strike a balance between wild fish and farmed fish.

STEPHANIE GOODWIN GREENPEACE B.C. DIRECTOR, ONE OF THE PROTESTORS Re: four Greenpeace protesters who locked themselves inside the downtown offices of Enbridge have been arrested. The protesters entered the pipeline giant's office yesterday morning. They were demonstrating against Enbridge's proposed northern gateway pipeline which would bring crude from Alberta to Kitimat before it's loaded onto tankers headed for Asia. The action comes three days after an Enbridge pipeline spilled more than three million litres of crude oil into a creek leading to the Kalamazoo river in Southwest Michigan. FOCUSED OPEN LINE Re: your calls: in light of the oil spill in the Gulf, and now this one in Michigan, do you feel like you can trust Enbridge to build a pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat? What do you think of increased tanker traffic in BC waters? GEOFF MEGGS VANCOUVER CITY COUNCILLOR Re: do we really need more bike lanes? Vancouver wants to hear from you about whether or not we need anotherbike lane on Hornby street. Is city council going mad over bikes?! Critical mass is set for this Friday evening, too and with the beautiful summer weather, it’s going to be a popular one. Since when do cyclists rule the world?