On The Island from CBC Radio British Columbia

Research Scientist at Oregon State University, John Chapman, talks about the ecological risks of foreign species aboard tsunami debris.

Marine ecologist at the University of Victoria, Professor Francis Juanes, talks about the sounds fish make and what they communicate.

Gregor speaks with Bronco Moncrief, former Cumberland mayor and councillor, about the fire that almost consumed some of Cumberland's history.

Gregor speaks with Dave Sinclair, the past president of the BC and Yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, about recent federal cuts to veteran services.

David Zimmerman, Professor of Military History at the University of Victoria, on how robotic boats could change the way we guard our coasts.

Gregor speaks with Tom Halbert about accepting a Grade 12 diploma today on behalf of his friend Yoshio Shimizu, who missed his graduation at Vic High 70 years ago when his family, and all Japanese Canadians, were forced from the West Coast during the Second World War.

Reporter Michael Tymchuk investigates the decline of the local adult video business in Victoria, as Red Hot Video, once the most notorious porno purveyor in Victoria, closes its doors.

David Lennam reviews Theatre Inconnu's The Walworth Farce.

Dean Wilson, the Community Liason for the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver, talks about the need for harm-reduction policies in Victoria.

Actor Amanda Lisman on returning to Victoria to play the lead in Blue Bridge Theatre's Arms and the Man.

The political panel looks at the spring session and what was accomplished.

Gregor talks to Constable Mike Russell about bicycle safety.

Actor Julia Mackey on returning to Victoria with her award-winning Uno show, Jake's Gift, about a little French girl and a Canadian veteran who returns to Normandy for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.

Lawyer Scott Bernstein of the Pivot Legal Society looks at what has been learned from the closing of Victoria's fixed needle exchange four years ago, and the survival of the Insite safe consumption facility in Vancouver, despite court challenges.

Bill Code, a Duncan doctor who has multiple sclerosis, talks about a new warning against experimental surgery for the disease and why many Canadian MS sufferers don't believe it.