Freshet Friday

The Freshet Friday podcast is an entertaining and informative discussion of the latest news of the week from the Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities communities of British Columbia, Canada. Freshet Friday is hosted by veteran journalist and podcaster Geof Wheelwright and features insights from the Freshet News team, which founded and publishes the Freshet News website at freshetnews.ca and the Freshet News newspaper. Listeners to the Freshet Friday podcast will hear about local politics, arts, sports - as well as those fun, quirky and sometimes inspiring stories about people who are making a difference in their communities.

Freshet Friday is a news podcast hosted by Geof Wheelwright, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Geof Wheelwright hosts Freshet Friday, a news show with 27 episodes published.

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  Episode #28

  Freshet Friday - September 18, 2028

  Sep 18, 202652 minS1

  Welcome to our September 18th, 2026 podcast. This week, we're going to be talking local elections as nominations just closed for the October 17th vote. And now we know who is running for what. Our team has the full story. We'll also look at where the bears are roaming free in the Tri-Cities. We'll get a preview of the upcoming season for the Coquitlam Express, and we'll hear all about the exciting events involved in this year's Culture Days, including an exclusive interview with Laura Grady from Arts New West about the 2026 Cultural Crawl.

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  Episode #26

  Freshet Friday - September 11, 2026

  Sep 10, 202645 minS1

  It's September 11, 2026 and there's a lot going on! Not only is the weather starting to cool, but election season is very much heating up! In addition to lots of news about candidate announcements and upcoming debates, we'll find out how a 1910-era house in the New Westminster's Queen’s Park neighbourhood sustained significant damage in a Sept. 6 fire, why work on Burnaby's anti-racism and poverty reduction strategy has been delayed, how a new sidewalk mural in Port Coquitlam is helping to commemorate veterans, why the local junior hockey scene is going to look a little different this season, and how the Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education Centre in Port Moody is celebrating its 50th birthday.

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  Episode #25

  Freshet Friday - September 4, 2026

  Sep 4, 202652 minS1

  It's September 4, 2026 and today is our Silver Anniversary podcast - the 25th episode of Freshet Friday. In this special anniversary episode, you'll find out why there is now a food bank vending machine at a Burnaby Skytrain station, what to expect in a new push for more affordable housing in Port Moody, why New Westminster's Rotary Tower is seeking financial support from BC Housing and who has just jumped into the fall election local races in the Tri-Cities.

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  Episode #25

  Freshet Friday - August 27, 2026

  Aug 27, 202636 minS1

  This week we'll hear about why the New Westminster Museum is closed until further notice, how the Port Coquitlam Fire Department is welcoming a very special new member to its ranks, why the sounds of silence will continue to be heard on Moray Street in Port Moody, and why fans of the Coquitlam Adnacks are getting excited.

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  Episode #23

  Freshet Friday - August 21. 2026

  Aug 21, 202648 minS1

  In this week's episode, we find out how a mighty New Westminster squirrel managed to knock out power in the Uptown and Sapperton neighbourhoods, explore this week's new election announcements, hear some of the touching stories from behind the wheel of cars at the Port Coquitlam car show, and hear how the SFU pipe band won it all - for the 7th time - in Glasgow last week. And this week we have two very special guests to tell us all about the Hyack Festival Association's Summer Music and Fireworks Festival - which takes place tomorrow at New Westminster Quay. And, as usual, we have inspiring sports stories, our regular Freshet 9-1-1 feature, news about upcoming events and much, much more!

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