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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Vancouver Marches to Ban AI Data Centers
Yesterday at 1:21 AM

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100+ Abandon Vancouver City Hall Meeting
Yesterday at 1:19 AM

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Is Real Reform Possible for Metro Vancouver's Board?
Yesterday at 1:17 AM

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The Hijacking of Vancouver City Hall
Yesterday at 1:14 AM

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MLA to introduce Child Water Safety Act after recent spike in drownings
Last Saturday at 12:38 AM

Gavin Dew, Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission

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Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34
Last Saturday at 12:34 AM

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
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Last Saturday at 12:33 AM

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
Last Saturday at 12:02 AM

Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson

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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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Metro Vancouver board reduced to 34 members
Last Friday at 11:54 PM

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
Last Friday at 12:26 AM

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?
Last Friday at 12:18 AM

Dr. Jamie Stephen, Managing Director of TorchLight

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New Cultural Precinct could reshape Downtown Vancouver
Last Friday at 12:04 AM

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?
Last Thursday at 11:35 PM

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
Last Thursday at 7:54 PM

Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow, and author of Free-Range Kids

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Council of the Federation: what did Premiers achieve?
Last Thursday at 1:03 AM

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.
Last Thursday at 12:53 AM

Wendy Waters, real estate expert

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B.C. Place’s pitch finds new life after the World Cup
07/22/2026

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
07/22/2026

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
07/22/2026

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Trump to hit Canada with new 50% tariff
07/21/2026

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World Cup Brings Record VPD Deployment
07/21/2026

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
07/18/2026

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Inside The House with Keith Baldrey
07/17/2026

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The Price of Project Approval in BC
07/17/2026

Family Reunification on Hold: What the Sponsorship Freeze Means for BC

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


The Great Reversal: BC's Population Declines for the First Time in Modern History

GUEST: Ken Peacock, economist who writes about the B.C economy on Substack, formerly the chief economist and senior vice president of the Business Council of B.C


Beyond Resources: Why Canada Can't Stop the New Megafires

GUEST: Jesse Winter, climate disaster journalist and author of Wild...


Why Canada Can't Stop the New Megafires
07/17/2026

Beyond Resources: Why Canada Can't Stop the New Megafires

GUEST: Jesse Winter, climate disaster journalist and author of Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze


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Could the Whitecaps run B.C. Place?
07/16/2026

No Helmet, Deadly Consequences: the VPD's Urgent Scooter Warning 

GUEST: Sgt. Adam Donaldson, Media Relations Officer with the Vancouver Police Department


The bid is in: Could the Whitecaps run B.C Place?

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


Next steps: how a car-free Granville Street could work post-World Cup

GUEST: Brent Toderian, City planner; Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; formerly chief planner of the city of Vancouver





Next steps: how a car-free Granville Street could work post-World Cup
07/16/2026

Next steps: how a car-free Granville Street could work post-World Cup

GUEST: Brent Toderian, City planner; Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; formerly chief planner of the city of Vancouver


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Mayor Ken Sim pivots on the Park Board!
07/15/2026

Mayor Ken Sim is pivoting on the Park Board, blaming BC.

A $13 billion Meta AI data centre is headed for Alberta. Is B.C missing something?

If someone on an E-scooter in BC gets injured... who pays?

Is Ottawa setting trade barriers on the new pipeline?


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Ottawa setting trade barriers on the new pipeline?
07/15/2026

Ottawa setting trade barriers on the new pipeline?

Guest: Jack Mintz, President’s Fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy

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E-scooter injuries in B.C: who pays?
07/15/2026

If someone on an e-scooter in BC gets injured, who pays?

Guest: Greg Phillips, a personal injury lawyer with Johnston Franklin Bishop and Board Member for the Trial Lawyers Association of BC


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Mayor Ken Sim pivots on the Park Board
07/15/2026

Mayor Ken Sim is pivoting on the Park Board. What happened here?

Guest: Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner and Chair

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Mayor Sim goes full 180 on Park Board
07/14/2026

Ken Sim tried to kill the Park Board. Now he wants to win it?!

Chilliwack transformer plant closes with 43 jobs gone. Can BC stop it?

Nurses rejected their own union's deal. How does this end?

The push to build the tallest tower in Vancouver.

It's easier to order wine from France than Ontario. Can the premiers fix it?

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The land deals rocking Surrey City Hall
07/11/2026

Does it all fit? Super tankers, a pipeline and a port collide at Roberts Bank

GUEST: Ian Paton, B.C. Conservative MLA for Delta South


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


Bailout or bargain? The land deals rocking Surrey City Hall

GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey First City councillor and mayoral candidate


BCUC: AI and energy. Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush?

GUEST: Mark Jaccard - Chair and CEO of...


The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
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07/11/2026

This week:

Keith Baldrey: Nurses on the Picket Line, Conservatives at War: Keith Baldrey on a Wild Week in Politics (1:13) Mike Farnworth: $8.5 Billion and Counting: How the Massey Tunnel Replacement Doubled in Cost (15:11) Marc Jaccard: Alberta Wins 13 Billion Facebook AI Data Center. Should BC Say No to the AI Gold Rush? (28:00)

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Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush?
07/11/2026

BCUC: AI and energy. Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush?

Mark Jaccard - Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission; Professor - School of Resource and Environmental Management at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University

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Bailout or bargain? The land deals rocking Surrey City Hall
07/10/2026

Linda Annis, Surrey First City councillor and mayoral candidate

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Super tankers, a pipeline and a port collide at Roberts Bank
07/10/2026

Does it all fit? Super tankers, a pipeline and a port collide at Roberts Bank

Ian Paton, B.C. Conservative MLA for Delta South

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California restaurant fines parents for unruly kids
07/10/2026

The California restaurant that charges parents who don’t discipline their kids

You You “Alexander” Xie, owner of Chez Xue in Foster City, California

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North Van reverses course on chlorine plant
07/10/2026

North Van District u-turns on chlorine plant despite safety concerns

Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver City councillor

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