In today’s Passenger Insights episode, we’re taking a friendly tour through some of the biggest local stories across British Columbia. BC Hydro has announced the province’s first utility-scale 100MW battery storage project in North Cowichan, a major step toward a more reliable and modern electricity grid. We also look at the BC Nurses’ Union rally outside Kelowna General Hospital, where nurses are calling for safer workplaces and solutions to staffing shortages.

Plus, Vancouver police have wrapped up the largest security deployment in the city’s history during the FIFA World Cup, with nearly half a million people attending the fan festival. We’ll also cover the heat warning affecting B.C.’s North and Central Coasts, the arrest made one year after the fatal Okanagan Granfondo crash, and the learner driver caught speeding at 168 km/h on the C ...