Gary Direnfeld

It's Valentine's Day coming up, and you bought that special someone a cheap box of chocolates.

You hide the receipt.

It's like that $3 heart-shaped box just exposed your entire personality.

Halfway through the hour, we'll ask, why is a bargain for a special gift so embarrassing?

After that, we continue the Valentine's Day discussion and answer this question.

What are you supposed to do when your life doesn't fit that specific script of a joyous, sexy Valentine's Day?

You know, the picture-perfect TV Valentine's dinner with a romantic ending.

So if your life or the life of someone you know doesn't quite match that, we'll give you tips for how to deal with it on Valentine's Day.

That's towards the end of the hour.

Those are some of the things we'll cover tonight.

Let's dive in.

Yesterday in British Columbia, in the remote town of Tumbler Ridge, the town was struck by tragedy, a horrific school shooting.

Nine people were killed, two are seriously injured, another 25 are injured.

The suspected shooter was found dead.

BC's Minister of Public Safety said the people of Tumbler Ridge remain in a state of crisis following one of the worst mass shootings in our province's and country's history.

I want to talk about the psychological impact, the immediate one, on surviving students and staff and families in such a small, close-knit community of only 2,400 people.

I am here with Steve Jordans, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough, to discuss.

Steve, welcome to the show.

I wish you were coming on under better circumstances.

I think for me, what I'm so struck by is how close knit this community must be being so remote, being a community of just over 2000 people.