We invited Corey Nislow, who did just that, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about giving the gift of life.

We invited Dr Boyd to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the facts and myths of heart disease and women and where we go from here.

We invited Gordon McCauley of the CDRD to join us for a Conversation That Matters about nurturing, fostering, retaining and commercializing our world-class ideas, talent and research in Canada.

We invited Dr Lee MacKay, who practices medicine in Nelson, BC, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about realigning resources and staff in the Grand Forks Boundary area in an attempt to get ahead of the impending baby boomer tsunami.

We invited medical marijuana entrepreneur Justin Dhaliwal to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the process, the risks and the benefits of obtaining a license to produce cannabis.

We invited Rick Garza, the Director of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the lessons our neighbour to the south has learned since legalizing marijuana in 2012.

We invited Aileen Burford-Mason to join us for a Conversation That Matters on how to optimize your brain at any age.

We invited Dr Jeremy Burton, the Deputy Director of the Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotics, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the exciting research underway in treating your well-being by re-engineering the bacteria in your intestinal tract.

We asked Mark Collison of Heart and Stroke to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how the marketing of food to kids is affecting their lifelong health.

We asked Genome BC Chief Science Officer Catalina Lopez-Correa to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how genomics is reshaping our lives.

We asked Dr David Wang to join us for a Conversation That Matters about why you need to be just as picky about nutraceuticals as you are about the food you eat.

To learn more about Turning Point, its origins, how it operates, and how it demonstrates there is hope in a sea of despair, we sat down with Brenda Plant for a Conversation That Matters.

We sat down with Colin for a Conversation That Matters about the opioid crisis, the hydromorphone IV treatment program, mental health, housing and the potential he hopes to realize.

We asked Dr Doidge to join us for a Conversation That Matters about our remarkably adaptable brains.

We asked Dr. Rockwood to join us for a Conversation That Matters about changing what we know about frailty and how we treat it.

Dr. John Muscedere of the Canadian Frailty Network is committed to fighting frailty. He joins us this week for a Conversation That Matters on why frailty is the fight of our lives and what we and everyone involved in health care can and need to do about it.

What happens when you stretch? What exactly are you stretching? Is it your muscle or is it your connective tissue?

Dr. Evan Wood of the BC Centre on Substance Use says it's time to completely re-examine our drug policies and our drug laws.

For Eaves, there are no limits. “We are going for world domination and it’s all working out nicely.”

With less than 11 months before pot become legal, is Canada ready? The answer is "probably not" and there will be mistakes. Provincial governments across the country are already telling Ottawa it is moving too fast.