On the 51st edition of the Canadian University Press Podcast, we speak with Ishmael Daro at the University of Saskatchewan's Sheaf about a column he wrote on the U.S. primaries currently underway and what Canadians can pay attention to and perhaps learn from the circus of coverage and drawn-out political action of these events. Next we speak to Drake Fenton at the University of British Columbia's Ubyssey about the UBC Thunderbirds football team having their season record stripped after a player was reported to have been ineligible at the end of the season - perhaps the biggest story that wasn't really a story according to Fenton. Finally we speak with Brock University professor Jennifer Good about a piece she wrote that appeared in the Brock Press and subsequently on the CUPwire about the supposed "war on cars" and rhetoric as applied to Toronto's transit woes. 

CUP Podcast - Episode 51

With a project called BikeMaps, a group of researchers at the University of Victoria are taking bike collision data from ICBC and using it to map the safest routes for cyclists. They are also developing a mobile app so cyclists can contribute data on road hazards, near misses with cars and which routes they are taking. 

I talk to Trisalyn Nelson about the project for TheThunderbird.ca

Exploring BikeMaps - Cyclists using and contributing to open data

Producer: Mike Lakusiak 
Chimo Community Services is using vacant homes awaiting demolition to house families in crisis. Executive director Mark Miller joins Stephen Quinn for On The Coast. 

CBC On The Coast: Developer Housing

Kevin Pangos, a young Canadian basketball star in the U.S. is wrapping up his final NCAA season with the Gonzaga Bulldogs. 