On The Island from CBC Radio British Columbia

Director of Speaker Curation for TEDx Victoria, John Mardlin, on TEDx Victoria, and the hunt for speakers.

Owner of Tally Ho Carriage Tours, Larry Friedlander, on Victoria's horse-drawn carriage industry.

Government's pipeline standards

Jeanne Socrates, at 70 the oldest woman to sail solo around the world, talks about her fourth attempt for a non-stop circumnavigation.

Environmental lawyer Josh Paterson discusses the federal government's move to make cabinet the "decider" on the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal.

Smile, you're on candid camera - or at least your car license plate is - with a new program in use by Victoria police. Victoria police Chief Jamie Graham responds to concerns that are being raised about the program and potential privacy infringement.

The CBC's Sterling Eyford gets a tour of a Harvard Training Aircraft - the first plane of every RCAF pilot in the 40s and 50s.

A hundred and fifty, but she doesn't look a day over a hundred: We hear about some of the surviving traces of 1862 Victoria, from local history writer Danda Humphries.

Blue Bridge theatre director Jacob Richmond talks about the new production of "Little Shop of Horrors" in Victoria.

Blue Bridge theatre director Jacob Richmond talks about the new production of "Little Shop of Horrors" in Victoria.

The head of the RCMP's traffic services talks about why police are snapping pictures of license plates around Victoria with their new automated surveillance technology.

Is B.C.'s carbon-credit program reducing the risk of climate change, or just lining the pockets of big corporations with taxpayer dollars? Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the program isn't working.

Cowichan Valley regional directors are talking again this week about a proposal that's generated a lot of opposition in the community: a bid to turn a quarry site into a dump for contaminated soil near the Shawnigan Lake watershed. CVRD director Bruce Fraser explains what's on the agenda and what he thinks about the proposal.

B.C.'s information and privacy commissioner is reviewing the use of automated license plate recognition software by Victoria police, in response to concerns about how the information is being collected and used. David Lennam speaks with researcher Rob Wipond.

On the Island's Sterling Eyford talks to Mark Proulx of the Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre to find out what happens when you send out a mayday.