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Send us Fan Mail In this episode meet the new Vancouver Fire Chief, John Drake. We'll talk about his goals for the department and learn about how his impressive background helped shape his vision. 

Send us Fan Mail Join us in our final episode of the Be Ready Vancouver series. This episode I talk with Tanya Wollstein, Acting Lieutenant with the Vancouver Police Department and Cassandra Deering a former 9-1-1 dispatch operator about how emergency services helps residents in the event of a disaster. 

Send us Fan Mail A major disaster could happen at any time. Are you prepared? Be Ready Vancouver is a new initiative to help support our community in case of an emergency. This is Part 1 of this series which will focus on community preparedness and resilience.  Jordan Macfarlane with the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) joins us to talk about ways to start thinking about getting prepared. Also here are two local residents, Devon and Mallorie to share steps they have taken to prepare for an emergency. 

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of the Be Ready Vancouver series, hear from Scott Johnson with Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) about Emergency Management and their function in an emergency. 

Send us Fan Mail At long last meet Brooke Nugent and Nathan Hunter. Their two designs have been combined for the new City of Vancouver flag! Also joining me is Laura Shepard, Communications Director for the City of Vancouver. We'll talk about the new flag and what it means for our community. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview Rose Mendoza, Chair of the Flag Selection Committee. We discuss the committee's task of reducing the 138 flag submissions to 6 finalists! We also get to hear from a few of the flag finalists about what designing a city flag meant to them.

Send us Fan Mail In our continuing series about the new City of Vancouver flag, part two with renown vexillologist Ted Kaye about flag submissions and the decision-making process that will ultimately lead to a new flag for our community.  

Send us Fan Mail In our continuing series about the new City of Vancouver flag, we talk with Ted Kaye, renown vexillologist and author of Good Flag, Bad Flag about what goes into designing a good flag. 

Send us Fan Mail Join me in a discussion with the City of Vancouver's Mayor, Anne McEnerny-Ogle about the history of the current city flag and looking forward to choosing a new one. We will talk about involving the community and the process of selection. This will be part one of a 5-part series about the new City of Vancouver flag.