The Jas Johal Show
The Jas Johal Show is the Lower Mainland’s town square, helping you connect with the stories that matter. It’s about finding the solutions to the challenges facing our region, even when we disagree. Jas’s decades of experience as a local news reporter, a Global News bureau chief in China and India, as well as a BC MLA have strengthened his conviction that no one “side” has all the answers. The Global News Radio newsroom rounds out the team keeping you in the know on developing stories from the North Shore to the Fraser Valley. The Jas Johal Show provi...
The use of AI by University Students and the battle between institutions
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Eric Kam, Professor of Economics at Toronto Metropolitan University
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Major League Baseball potentially coming to Vancouver
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Tom Mayenknecht, Sports Business Commentator, Host of The Sports Market
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Vancouver’s Pride Parade is this weekend
What to expect
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Nicole Tran, Co-Chairperson of Vancouver Pride
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Kids' birthday parties are getting expensive
Should guests be expected to help cover the cost?
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Vanessa Lapointe, parenting educator, best-selling author, international speaker, and former registered psychologist based in British Columbia
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A new organization will provide autism training to first responders
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Sylvain Formo, Autism Director and Founder of ORCAS Society of B.C.
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Translink’s new real estate development on Arbutus and West Broadway
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Kevin Quinn, Translink CEO
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The Jas Johal Show: July 30, 2026
Vancouver Farmers Market wants more infrastructure investment (0:46)
Laura Smit, Executive Director of the Vancouver Farmers Market
The Villages Plan is dead - Why one councillor voted for it (10:50)
Lucy Maloney, Vancouver City councillor
Inside the House: Findlay's leadership under fire. No seat, no strategy, no Isidorou (25:19)
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
This week:
Keith Baldrey: No Seat, No Strategy, No Isidorou: Findlay’s Leadership Under Fire (1:09) Russ Taylor: Interfor Quietly Leaves B.C. (20:11) Sarah Kirby-Yung: Fake Callers, AI Scripts, and 100 No-Shows (30:21)Thanks for listening to The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour Podcast.
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Inside the House: Findlay's leadership under fire
No seat, no strategy, no Isidorou
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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The Jas Johal Show: July 29, 2026
Vancouver’s MLB dreams takes one step forward with new partner (0:56)
Steve Ewen, Sports Reporter for the Vancouver Sun and The Province
Carney Says Ottawa Has Taken Back Control of Immigration. At What Cost to B.C.? (11:21)
Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society
Bailout or Breakthrough? Metro Vancouver Split on Government Condo Buying Plan (43:11)
Evi Mustel, co-founder and President of the Mustel Group
BC Place Is Not for Sale. Should It Be? (49:19)
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The Jas Johal Show: July 28, 2026
Villages Plan Dead: Smart Listening or Election-Year Retreat? (0:44)
Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City councillor
E-Scooters Are Sending Kids to the ER. Doctors Say It's Preventable (9:48)
Dr. April Kam, pediatric emergency medicine division head at McMaster Children’s Hospital
Interfor Quietly Leaves B.C. (18:21)
Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global – Wood Business & Market Consulting
AI Is Rewriting B.C. Politics, and Not for the Better (28:25)
Eric Woodward, Langley Township Mayor
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AI Is Rewriting B.C. Politics, and Not for the Better
Eric Woodward, Langley Township Mayor
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Interfor Quietly Leaves B.C.
Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global – Wood Business & Market Consulting
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The Expert Who Helped Kill the Villages Plan
Sandy James, former City of Vancouver Planner
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Villages Plan Dead: Smart Listening or Election-Year Retreat?
Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City councillor
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The Tallest Tower West of Toronto Just Got Approved
It Breaks Vancouver's Own Rules
Rebecca Bligh - Vancouver City councillor
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Vancouver Marches to Ban AI Data Centers
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100+ Abandon Vancouver City Hall Meeting
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Is Real Reform Possible for Metro Vancouver's Board?
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The Hijacking of Vancouver City Hall
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MLA to introduce Child Water Safety Act after recent spike in drownings
Gavin Dew, Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission
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Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34
Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34 (0:51)
Dylan Kruger, Delta city councillor
Inside The House (9:24)
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
Vancouver council cries foreign interference at recent public hearing (23:32)
Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson
B.C. is open to selling BC Place to the Whitecaps, Ravi Kahlon (34:46)
Patrick Johnston, Sport columnist with the Vancouver sun and Province
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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
This week:
Keith Baldrey: Victoria just fast-tracked a two billion dollar LNG expansion in Delta, and why is Eby's support cratering? (1:17) Patrick Johnston: Should the Whitecaps just buy BC Place? The province isn't saying no (15:30) Richard Zussman: Mike Bernier is back with a new party called CentreBC. Threat or footnote? (29:34)
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Vancouver council cries foreign interference at recent public hearing
Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson
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Inside The House
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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Metro Vancouver board reduced to 34 members
Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34
Dylan Kruger, Delta city councillor
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Carney meets with Premiers as First Ministers Meeting concludes
Prime Minister Carney meets with Premiers as First Ministers Meeting concludes (1:00)
David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent
Can we slow aging? A UBC professor says it’s possible (10:51)
Dr. Michael Kobor, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics , and Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging at UBC
New Cultural Precinct could reshape Downtown Vancouver (24:02)
Suzanne Anton, Chair of the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society and former Attorney General of B.C.
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Could better forest management reduce B.C.'s wildfire risk?
Dr. Jamie Stephen, Managing Director of TorchLight
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New Cultural Precinct could reshape Downtown Vancouver
Suzanne Anton, Chair of the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society and former Attorney General of B.C.
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Can we slow aging?
A UBC professor says it’s possible
Dr. Michael Kobor, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics , and Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging at UBC
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Let your kids grow by letting go
Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow, and author of Free-Range Kids
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Council of the Federation: what did Premiers achieve?
Council of the Federation: what did Premiers achieve? (0:47)
David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent
Drones join the frontlines of B.C.'s wildfire fight (14:19)
Fons Raedschelders, superintendent of cultural and prescribed fire with the B.C. Wildfire Service
Commentary: No More Concessions (25:37)
B.C. Place’s pitch finds new life after the World Cup (33:26)
Tony Valente, Senior Director of Capital Projects at PavCo (B.C. Pavilion Corporation)
Why Metro Vancouver residents are le...
Why Metro Vancouver residents are leaving for other parts of B.C.
Wendy Waters, real estate expert
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B.C. Place’s pitch finds new life after the World Cup
Tony Valente, Senior Director of Capital Projects at PavCo (B.C. Pavilion Corporation)
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Drones join the frontlines of B.C.'s wildfire fight
Fons Raedschelders, superintendent of cultural and prescribed fire with the B.C. Wildfire Service
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B.C. to Triple Public EV Charging Network by 2035
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Trump to hit Canada with new 50% tariff
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World Cup Brings Record VPD Deployment
GUEST: Don Chapman, Deputy Police Chief for the Vancouver Police Department
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Metro Van's Top Bureaucrat may be out, but taxpayers are on the hook
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Inside The House with Keith Baldrey
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