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...
A $14 Billion Hole and a $1,000 Promise: Can Doerkson Balance the Books?
David Williams, Vice President of Policy for the Business Council of B.C.
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Remembering Patrick Stewart: From a Yorkshire Outhouse to the Enterprise
Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 28, 2026
Higher Rates, Shakier Market: Sutton Group’s CEO on What’s Coming (0:54)
Ross McCredie, CEO and Chairman of Sutton Group
The Snap Election Disaster: Inside the NDP Collapse (25:52)
Michael Gardiner, Managing Partner at Current Public Affairs, former executive director of the BC NDP, was the director of John Horgan’s successful leadership campaign
Refugee Roots, Michelin Honours, and a Pop Star Who Couldn’t Stay Away (41:51)
Vincent Nguyen, Co-founder & owner Anh and Chi & Good Thief
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Refugee Roots, Michelin Honours, and a Pop Star Who Couldn’t Stay Away
Vincent Nguyen, Co-founder & owner Anh and Chi & Good Thief
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The Snap Election Disaster: Inside the NDP Collapse
Michael Gardiner, Managing Partner at Current Public Affairs, former executive director of the BC NDP, was the director of John Horgan’s successful leadership campaign
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 27, 2026
Eby’s Gamble, and the Fall of the BC NDP (0:48)
Geoff Meggs, co-host of the Hotel Pacifico Podcast
Massey Crossing: Tunnel Out, Bridge Back In (23:34)
Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C.
A Lame-Duck Board and a Billion-Dollar Budget (35:17)
Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster mayor-elect
DRIPA on the Battleground (47:21)
Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations
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Massey Crossing: Tunnel Out, Bridge Back In
Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C.
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 26, 2026
Blue Wave. How the NDP Lost Everything (0:43)
The $14 Billion Question: What Gets Cut First (30:32)
Laura Jones, President and CEO of the Business Council of B.C.
Inside the Conservative War Room (45:21)
Dimitri Pantazopoulos, former strategist for Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal Party, President of Yorkville Strategies, and partner at Maple Leaf Strategies
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Inside the Conservative War Room
Dimitri Pantazopoulos, former strategist for Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal Party, President of Yorkville Strategies, and partner at Maple Leaf Strategies
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The $14 Billion Question: What Gets Cut First
Laura Jones, President and CEO of the Business Council of B.C.
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The 30th Anniversary of the Eastside Culture Crawl
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Alannah Clamp, Executive & Artistic Director Eastside Arts Society
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Fundraising for the B.C. Hospitality Foundation Lottery
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Alana Dickson, BCHF Executive Director
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Canada’s Short Track Speed Skating Legacy
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Nathalie Lambert, Canadian Speed Skating Legend
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New AirBnB rules say homeowners can’t ask renters to do chores and still charge a cleaning fee
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Dr. Makarand Mody, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Hospitality Marketing at the Boston University School of Hospitality Administration
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Trump Administration set to drop tariffs on some Canadian goods
Guest host Rob Fai talks to Eric Kam, Professor in the Department of Economics at Toronto Metropolitan University
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 22, 2026
Dark Mornings Forever? B.C.’s Permanent Daylight Time Gamble (0:46)
Jamie M. Zeitzer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , and Co-Director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences at Stanford University
$14 Billion in the Red: The Last Premier Who Made the Hard Calls (15:51)
Gordon Campbell, Former Premier of B.C.
10,000 Interviews and Heading Back to the Mountains: Strombo on Whistler Film Festival (42:37)
George Stroumboulopoulos, award winning television and radio host
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10,000 Interviews and Heading Back to the Mountains: Strombo on Whistler Film Festival
George Stroumboulopoulos, award winning television and radio host
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$14 Billion in the Red: The Last Premier Who Made the Hard Calls
Gordon Campbell, Former Premier of B.C.
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 21, 2026
B.C.’s provincial parties clash over Newton Skytrain; what about UBC? (0:42)
Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City Councillor-elect
Housing Revolt: Did Bill 44 Just Torch Metro Vancouver’s Councils? (14:32)
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 20, 2026
Does a Newton SkyTrain Make Sense? (0:35)
Denis Agar, Executive Director of Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
Election spending, who pays? (15:03)
Alberta Rejects Separation; Canada Stays United (59:39)
Courtney Theriault, host of The Courtney Theriault Show on 880 CHED in Edmonton and CHQR Calgary
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 19, 2026
Ken Sim Ousted: Pete Fry Wins Vancouver’s Mayoral Race (0:40)
Pete Fry, Vancouver mayor-elect
No More N Test: Easier Licensing or a Road Safety Risk in B.C.? (15:10)
Kate Harris, CEO and owner of DriveWise B.C.
Repercussions of the municipal election (24:47)
Hosts of the Hotel Pacifico Podcast:
Mike McDonald Geoff MeggsWill Alberta remain in Canada? The high stakes referendum is underway (41:34)
Courtney Theriault, host of The Courtney Theriault Show on 880 CHED in Edmonton
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Repercussions of the municipal election
Hosts of the Hotel Pacifico Podcast:
Mike McDonald Geoff Meggs
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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
Welcome to The Jas Johal Show Political Happy Hour, where the week’s best political conversations keep going.
This week:
🍸 Keith Baldrey on the debate and whether “bozo eruptions” really move voters (1:14) 🍸Matt Stickney of Quorum Strategies on Saturday’s municipal elections, races too close to call. Who survives the night? (16:14)Pull up a chair. Fire up the expense account.
The Political Happy Hour starts now.
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 16, 2026
The real harm of fake images. The harm done by the Churchill Secondary Case (0:43)
Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst and Journalist
It’s municipal election eve! Where does everything stand? (15:09)
Matt Stickney, Senior Partner at Quorum Strategies
Inside the House with Keith Baldrey (28:58)
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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Inside the House with Keith Baldrey
Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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It’s municipal election eve! Where does everything stand?
Matt Stickney, Senior Partner at Quorum Strategies
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The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 15, 2026
Fake videos, real harm: the Churchill Secondary deepfake case, and the dad speaking out (0:38)
Gene, parent of a 12th Grade student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary
Land Returns and Logging Rights: What Was the Eby Government Planning? (13:47)
Kim Haakstad, President and CEO of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries
U-Turn. The Massey Crossing Mess (22:00)
Grammys, sold-out stadiums, and a junior hockey team. Giants owners’ Michael Bublé and Ron Toigo join us (33:00)
Ron Toigo, majority owner and President of the...Grammys, sold-out stadiums, and a junior hockey team. Giants owners’ Michael Bublé and Ron Toigo join us
Ron Toigo, majority owner and President of the Vancouver Giants Michael Bublé, Grammy-winning recording artist and co-owner of the Vancouver Giants
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Land Returns and Logging Rights: What Was the Eby Government Planning?
Kim Haakstad, President and CEO of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries
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50th anniversary of the Vancouver Police foundation
Guest host Robin Gill talks to:
Francesa Chen, Cadet Shelley Sainsbury, Executive Director of Vancouver Police Foundation
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Provincial leaders debate preview
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Michael Gardiner, Senior Partner with Current Public Affairs; Former NDP Strategist from the John Horgan era
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Eby’s ALR Pledge Sparks Backlash from B.C. Farmers
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Jennifer Woike, President of the B.C. Agriculture Council
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Turn Cloverdale into a modern entertainment complex?
Linda Annis says yes
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Linda Annis, Surrey First City councillor and mayoral candidate
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B.C. Cons plan to axe election overlap if elected
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Jenna Stoner, President of the Union of B.C. Municipalities, and mayoral candidate for the District of Squamish
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The Resale Revolution: Why Pre-Owned Shopping Is Taking Off
Guest host Robin Gill talks to David Ian Gray, Retail Advisor
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B.C.’s development industry calls for lower building costs
Guest host Robin Gill talks to:
Michael Drummond, CEO of the Urban Development Institute Jill Atkey, CEO of the B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association
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Leaders debate preview: Where does each party stand amongst British Columbians?
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief
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Energy Choice at the Ballot Box: BC Coalition Urges Voters to Push Back on Natural Gas Bans
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Bill Tieleman, director of the B.C. Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy (CADE)
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Is Canada preparing for a long shot U.S. invasion?
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute specializing in strategic studies, comparative defence management approaches and foreign policy, contributing author with The Hub dot ca
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B.C. Conservatives lead in polls, but do British Columbians still prefer Eby as Premier?
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company
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