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The news broke yesterday of Dolly Parton’s passing at age 80: known for her country glamour, expressing themes of life as a working class woman and the positive impact she tried to have on the world – particularly children, through things like her book program and a 2017 album for kids titled “I believe in you.” Prominent music publicist and commentator Eric Alper joins to discuss her lasting impact on music.
Plus, one of the events encouraging us to taste local is the Feast of Fields event happening at Heritage Acres in Saanichton this weekend, featuring local chefs, growers and artisans. You may know Heather Leary from the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association, but she’s joins wearing her public relations hat on behalf of FarmFolk CityFolk, which is putting on this event.
Many U.S. imports are about to get more expensive after Labour Day, and our local construction industry will not be immune to these prices. For example, some luminaries and lightings, wood products, tools and radiators will all see at least a 25 per cent mark-up when imported from America. Amid all of this, Vancouver Island Construction Association CEO Rory Kumala is encouraging us to ask if we can buy Canadian more often.
CFAX Santas Anonymous launched its breakfast foods funding initiative in the summer of 2025 to help food banks handle the added demand that can come when kids are out of school. Ultimately, it is providing 60-thousand dollars to three local food banks to support them in providing these breakfast foods throughout July and August. They will also receive additional from proceeds of the Kids Count! Mega Summer 50/50. One of those food banks is the Saanich Peninsula Lions, and operations manager Tyson Elder is joins.
Fish imports are one of the big industries Canada is targeting with retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. in this trade war. There are literally dozens of categories of fish set to see 25 per cent levies just after Labour Day. What does this mean for Canadian fishers and fish markets here? Bob Fraumeni owns Finest at Sea and he joins to share his thoughts.
You may think of a rave as a loud and boisterous thing, but a group of our Esquimalt neighbours are switching things up. Imagine this: people sitting in Captain Jacobson Park, silently reading books together. Where did this idea come from and why are people doing it? Diana De Cotiis is an organizer joins in studio to talk about it.
