The Jas Johal Show

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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...

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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 7, 2026
Today at 12:56 AM

Ottawa Shuts the Door on MAID for Mental Illness (0:43)

Daphne Gilbert, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, and Chair of Dying with Dignity’s Board of Directors


Did an Election Call Cost B.C. Its Share of Federal Food Money? (15:07)

Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley


Secret Deal or Open Letter? The NDP Wrote One Too (28:24)


Eby promises funding for new Filipino Community Centre (37:21)

Mable Elmore, B.C. ND...


Eby promises funding for new Filipino Community Centre
Today at 12:48 AM

Mable Elmore, B.C. NDP candidate for Vancouver-Kensington

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Secret Deal or Open Letter? The NDP Wrote One Too
Today at 12:09 AM

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Did an Election Call Cost B.C. Its Share of Federal Food Money?
Today at 12:09 AM

Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley

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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 6, 2026
Yesterday at 12:57 AM

Unsigned Order Leaves BC Food Processors Locked Out of Federal Cash (0:37)

James Donaldson, CEO of B.C. Food and Beverage


Eby Takes Aim at Pattison as NDP Tax Hike Reaches Well Below Millionaires (14:49)


Vancouver Stars in Hundreds of Films, but Almost Never as Itself (24:01)

Sam Wiebe, author of Shot In Vancouver: Adventures in Hollywood North


Federal Cash Stuck in Limbo for B.C.’s Food Processors (39:15)

Paul Pryce, Director of Policy and Government Relations with the B.C. Ag...


Vancouver Stars in Hundreds of Films, but Almost Never as Itself
Yesterday at 12:30 AM

Sam Wiebe, author of Shot In Vancouver: Adventures in Hollywood North

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Unsigned Order Leaves B.C. Food Processors Locked Out of Federal Cash
Yesterday at 12:10 AM

James Donaldson, CEO of B.C. Food and Beverage

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'Do I enjoy politics? No': B.C. man's Kelowna City Council campaign raising eyebrows
Last Tuesday at 12:45 AM

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Brady Rogers, Kelowna City councillor candidate

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The latest on the provincial campaign
Last Tuesday at 12:16 AM

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer at the University of British Columbia

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Social media problems: Why limiting screen time isn’t enough
Last Monday at 11:44 PM

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist

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Tax the Rich? Eby’s New Election Pitch
Last Monday at 11:17 PM

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C.

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“Run Terry Run” brings never-before-seen footage of Canadian icon Terry Fox to the big screen
Last Monday at 10:36 PM

Guest host Rob Fai talks to

Sean Menard, Filmmaker, Run Terry Run Darrell Fox, brother of Terry Fox

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Mayoral debate recap
Last Monday at 10:31 PM

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Simi Sara, host of Mornings With Simi on 730 CKNW

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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
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Last Saturday at 12:34 AM

Welcome to The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour, where the week's best political conversations keep going. Each week, we curate the sharpest debates and interviews from the show. Think of it as a smart drink at the end of a long political week.


This week:

· Keith Baldrey on the campaign trail, where David Eby wants to cap what grocers can charge for milk and eggs, the Conservatives want water bombers, and the Greens want to stop AI data centres cold (1:09)

· Mackenzie Gray on the Alberta to Delta Pacific Link pi...


The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 2, 2026
Last Saturday at 12:17 AM

B.C. rules out vehicle levy to fund Translink; who pays? (0:45)

Denis Agar, Executive Director of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders


Inside The House (11:18)

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief


Wetter winters, drier summers: Is B.C. ready for a Super El Niño? (24:59)

Dr. Lori Daniels, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC

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Wetter winters, drier summers: Is B.C. ready for a Super El Niño?
Last Saturday at 12:15 AM

Dr. Lori Daniels, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC

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Inside The House
Last Saturday at 12:02 AM

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief

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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 1, 2026
Last Friday at 1:11 AM

A Million Barrels a Day to the Coast: Inside Canada's First National Interest Project (0:46)

Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent


A Gas Tax Cut, a New Pipeline, and a Poll That Flipped in Two Weeks (11:58)

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief


The Man in Motion Tour as You've Never Heard It (22:30)

Rick Hansen, Founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation and a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities in Canada. He is best known as the “Man In Motion” Amanda Hansen, Rick’s wife <...


The Man in Motion Tour as You've Never Heard It
Last Friday at 1:10 AM

Rick Hansen, Founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation and a lifelong advocate for people with disabilities in Canada. He is best known as the “Man In Motion” Amanda Hansen, Rick’s wife

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The Jas Johal Show: Sept. 30, 2026
10/01/2026

The latest on the Tsawwassen Mills tragedy (0:5)

Paul Johnson, Global B.C. reporter


LNG Doubles, Pipeline Decision Looms: Christy Clark on Whether Canada will Finally Build (9:32)

Christy Clark, former Premier of B.C.


Are the Immigration Brakes Coming Off? Barj Dhahan on Carney's "Controlled Increase" (25:42)

Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society


Canucks Practice Facility in Limbo (42:11)

Patrick Johnston, Sports columnist for the Vancouver Sun and The Province

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Can Canada Finally Build Big Things? Former Energy Minister Michelle Mungall
10/01/2026

Michelle Mungall, Vice-Chair Canada’s Natural Advantage. BC Energy Minister in the John Horgan Government

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Tsawwassen Mills Tragedy: Witness and Delta Councillor Dylan Kruger
10/01/2026

Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor and mayoral candidate

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LNG Doubles, Pipeline Decision Looms: Christy Clark on Whether Canada will Finally Build
10/01/2026

Christy Clark, former Premier of B.C.

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Treatment Centre or Prison? Kareem Allam on the Fight Over the Old St. Paul's
10/01/2026

Kareem Allam, mayoral candidate for the Vancouver Liberals

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The Jas Johal Show: Sept. 29, 2026
09/30/2026

LNG Canada Phase 2 get green light (0:43)

Heather Exner-Pirot, Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Pump the Brakes: B.C. truckers want a time-out on driving schools (28:35)

Dave Earle, President and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association

China's cars win over the EU: Lessons for Canada? (40:02)

Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com

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The Jas Johal Show: Sept. 28, 2026
09/29/2026

Metro Vancouver's leak hunt finds little, costs taxpayers $37k (0:41)

Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City Councillor and mayoral candidate


Platform screen doors: why doesn't SkyTrain have them yet? (11:21)

Derek Patterson, Vice President of Regulatory Leadership and corporate secretary with Technical Safety B.C.


The latest on the provincial election (20:21)

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief


White nationalist protest on reserve sparks outrage (32:33)

Wade Grant, federal Liberal MP for Vancouver Quadra and member of the Musqueam...


The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
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09/26/2026

Welcome to The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour — where the week’s best political conversations keep going.

This week:

Keith Baldrey: Caroline Elliott bumps an MLA, OneBC threatens to split the right, and poll fallout (1:11) Beau Jarvis: Wrong fix? Developers takes on Eby's unsold condo tax (17:31) Shachi Kurl: Angus Reid poll puts Conservatives up eight on the NDP (31:26)

Pull up a chair. Fire up the expense account.

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The Jas Johal Show: Sept. 25, 2026
09/26/2026

Eby to developers: sell your empty condos or pay up (0:34)

Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant


Wrong fix? Wesgroup's Beau Jarvis takes on Eby's unsold condo tax (14:57)

Beau Jarvis, President and CEO of Wesgroup Properties

Inside The House: Caroline Elliott bumps an MLA, OneBC threatens to split the right, and the NDP not so great first week (28:45)

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief

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Inside The House: Caroline Elliott bumps an MLA, OneBC threatens to split the right, and the NDP not so great first week
09/26/2026

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief

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Wrong fix? Wesgroup's Beau Jarvis takes on Eby's unsold condo tax
09/26/2026

Beau Jarvis, President and CEO of Wesgroup Properties

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The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour
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09/25/2026

A provincial election poll has the Conservatives in the lead.

We break down every piece of the British Columbia snap election. This Week’s Political Happy Hour brings together:

Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief

What happened? What’s next? And what does this mean for British Columbia?

The Jas Johal Show, weekdays 3 to 6 pacific time on 730 CKNW.


#bcpoli #cdnpoli #PoliticalHappyHour

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Questioning AI data centers
09/25/2026

What questions should we be asking about the development of AI data centers?

GUEST: Yves Betournay, National Practice Lead for Electrical at BBA Consultants





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A provincial election poll has the Conservatives in the lead
09/25/2026

A provincial election poll has the Conservatives in the lead

GUEST: Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute

Can Higher Wages Solve Canada's Affordability Crisis? 

GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail


Election coverage

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief


What questions should we be asking about the development of AI data centres?

GUEST: Yves Betournay, National Practise Lead for Electrical at BBA Consultants



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British Columbia Election Coverage - September 24, 2026
09/25/2026

Election coverage

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief


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Latest British Columbia election updates
09/24/2026

Sturko leads CentreBC, with former Greens leader joining

GUEST: Elenore Sturko, CentreBC leader and incumbent MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale


Election recap

Latest election updates

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief



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B.C's fall provincial election: Eby risks majority, Conservatives united?
09/23/2026

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief

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B.C heads into a provincial election
09/23/2026

B.C heads into a provincial election


BC Conservatives respond to the snap election


UBCM President reacts to B.C’s fall election

GUEST: Jenna Stoner, President of the Union of B.C Municipalities, and Squamish District Councilor


 B.C's fall provincial election: Eby risks majority, Conservatives united? 

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief



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Three more MLAs gone, seven join CentreBC, and a writ that could drop any day
09/19/2026

GUESTS:

Peter Milobar, the new leader of Centre B.C

Mike Bernier, former Centre BC leader


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09/19/2026

Three MLAs gone. Eight joining Centre B.C. And a writ that could drop any day.

On the day B.C.’s Official Opposition came apart, the political world in got a whole lot more interesting.


This Week’s Political Happy Hour brings together:

Peter Milobar, the new leader of Centre B.C.

Mike Bernier, former Centre B.C. leader

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief

What happened? What’s next? And what does it mean for B.C. politics?

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Bridgitte Anderson on the $260-million PST reversal and its very convenient timing
09/19/2026

Three more MLAs gone, eight join CentreBC, and a writ that could drop any day

GUEST: 

-Peter Milobar, the new leader of Centre B.C

-Mike Bernier, former Centre BC leader


Inside The House - Keith Baldrey on the day BC's Official Opposition came apart 

GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief


Bridgitte Anderson on the $260-million PST reversal and its very convenient timing

GUEST: Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade


Joffre La...