In today’s episode of Passenger Insights, we take a deeper look at life across British Columbia. We begin on Vancouver Island, where a Qualicum Beach family is seeking community support after a motorcycle crash left a young man with a permanent spinal cord injury. We then examine new questions surrounding RCMP Black Hawk helicopters and border security optics, before turning to BC Hydro’s record-breaking summer electricity demand during the ongoing heat wave.

The episode also explores Premier David Eby’s response to proposed U.S. tariffs, a wildfire that has crossed from Washington State into British Columbia, the emotional dismantling of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School after the 2026 mass shooting, and the Vancouver Canucks’ return to Penticton for training camp. Finally, we look at Greater Victoria’s newly approved ward-style school truste ...