According to Pain Canada, one in five Canadians live with chronic pain, a condition advocates say is widely misunderstood. Jennifer Honey, a Vancouver-based nurse who lives with chronic pain, and Dr. Norman Buckley, a chronic pain specialist, join the show to answer questions about the condition.

Talks of interprovincial trade barriers continue after Alberta and Ontario signed a memorandum of understanding to ease trade restrictions, but a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives argues the barriers to trade are "significantly overstated," characterizing the push to ease interprovincial trade to be "largely political theatre." Michele Cadario, executive vice-president of Rubicon Strategies, joins the show as we ask viewers what B.C. would have to sacrifice in order to break down trade barriers.

Canada's electric vehicle mandate requires that 20 per cent of all new vehicles sold in the country are zero-emission ones by next year. With U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum, and light-duty vehicles, the CEOs of Canada's big automakers met with Prime Minister Mark Carney to eliminate the mandate. Barry Penner, chair of the Energy Futures Institute, joins the show as we ask viewers if EV mandates should be relaxed.

A small wildfire burning near the Kelowna International Airport placed seven properties under evacuation order. It was initially classified as out-of-control, but the B.C. Wildfire service says the blaze is now being held. CBC's Chris Walker walks us through the events. Rescuers and loved ones of those who went missing from the Texas floods continue to scramble for their search as the death toll rises to at least 82. Paul Edmonds, principal consultant at Red Dragon Consulting, discusses emergency response and preparedness, and the state of B.C.'s emergency response plans.

BC Today gardening columnist Brian Minter joins us to answer your gardening questions.

Americans are celebrating their Independence Day today with 4th of July festivities amid growing political unrest, trade wars and escalating tensions with the international community, including Canada. Don Enos, vice-president of the Blaine Chamber of Commerce in Washington state, gives insight on how businesses are reacting. And we ask viewers where their relationship with the U.S. stands as UBC political scientist Terri Givens joins the show.

In 2018, B.C. families were promised a universal $10-a-day child care program by 2028. But B.C. is falling short of that commitment, as waitlists continue to build and less than three per cent of B.C. children have access to the system, according to the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. The coalition's spokesperson, Sharon Gregson, joins the show.

The City of Victoria is fast-tracking parts of its community safety plan to address "public disorder" in its downtown core, and putting $10.35 million behind it. Meanwhile. Vancouver is investing $5 million in its own public safety plan to address organized crime networks. Gurpreet Singh Johal, a criminologist at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Eli Sopow, a retired RCMP civilian analyst and University Canada West associate professor, join the show as we ask viewers how safe they feel in their communities.