The Jill Bennett Show

Guest: Shachi Kurl - President, Angus Reid Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Leonard Krog - Mayor of Nanaimo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Lior Samfiru - Co-founding Partner and employment lawyer, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a new $2.3-billion Electric Vehicle Affordability Program that would bring back consumer rebates for EVs and plug-in hybrids, while scrapping the controversial EV sales mandate and replacing it with much tougher emissions standards. The mayor of Kelowna is calling for stronger bail rules to tackle repeat property crime. Restaurants across British Columbia th...

Vancouver City Council has now sent a controversial West End hotel tower proposal to a public hearing. The latest application would rezone a residential site to allow a 27-storey, 270-unit hotel and long-term stay building with ground-floor restaurant space, an 88-metre height, and a very high floor space ratio. Guest: Mark Jan Vrem - A west end resident working with the Stop 2030 Barclay group Le...

Over the past year, Surrey and the wider Lower Mainland have faced a wave of extortion targeting local businesses, prompting a major response from law enforcement and the BC government. BC's minister of economic growth says the latest offer to keep the Vancouver Whitecaps playing at BC Place Stadium would see the Crown corporation that owns and operates the facility "operating at net zero." Is thi...

The Sommelier Showdown invites you to experience the art of food and wine pairing like never before. At Five Sails Restaurant in the Pan Pacific Hotel, two top sommeliers go head-to-head, each trying to pair the perfect wine with every course of a decadent four-course dinner. And here’s the twist—you’re the judge! Guest: Sarah McCauley - MC, Sommelier Showdown Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Claire Newell from Travel Best Bets comes on to help us unpack some of the big stories coming out of the travel sector. Guest: Claire Newell - Travel Best Bets President and Founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extortion crimes in Surrey are raising the public's concerns for their safety. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim joins us for a wide-ranging one-on-one conversation. Four years after catastrophic flooding in the Fraser Valley, communities in BC are still working to reduce the risk of future disasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia's minister of economic growth says the latest offer to keep the Vancouver Whitecaps playing at B.C. Place Stadium would see the Crown corporation that owns and operates the facility "operating at net zero." Ravi Kahlon said Tuesday that PavCo makes approximately $1 million to $1.5 million in profit each year from hosting the Major League Soccer team, and that the latest offer, whi...

The London Drugs closure at the Woodward’s building leaves a huge hole in the Downtown Eastside, one of the last reliable places for everyday essentials after Army & Navy shut down. Guest: Landon Hoyt - Executive director of the Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Docket with Michael Shapray - February 3, 2026 Guest: Michael Shapray - Criminal Lawyer with Stern Shapray Criminal Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to demand, a free meals program is being expanded to nearly every school in Surrey. Guest: Gary Tymoschuk - Chair, Surrey Board of Education Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After years of delay, rising costs, and political back-and-forth, the future of the Massey crossing is once again front and centre in BC politics. Last week, a Prince George school trustee says she was left shaken after what should have been an ordinary afternoon turned into a terrifying encounter with police. A man has been arrested in Nanaimo after allegedly trying to steal from a local store, a...

After a comprehensive review, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks is rolling out a new dog management program this May to help maintain Pacific Spirit Regional Park. Guest: Rebecca Bligh - Vancouver City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate with Vote Vancouver- Member of Metro Vancouver Parks Committee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A growing body of research suggests exercise doesn’t just benefit our physical health... it can also improve how we feel about ourselves, how we connect with others, and even how attractive we appear to our partners. Guest: Scott Lear - Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The best books to read while you're sheltering from this nasty winter rain: Dear Debbie by Frieda McFadden Skylark by Paula McLain The Astral Library by Kate Quinn Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-reum My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The provincial government is updating camping fees for the first time in a decade, citing record-breaking visitation, rising maintenance costs, and growing damage from extreme weather. Canada’s ban on certain single-use plastics is back on solid legal ground after the Federal Court of Appeal sided with Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian comedy giant Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone" and "Schitt's Creek," has died at age 71. We take a look back at her incredible career. Guest: Steve Stebbing - Movie Critic at stevestebbing.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A block‑long closure of East Broadway in Vancouver began on January 26th. This is a temporary, vehicle‑only closure that’s expected to last about four months as crews remove a traffic deck and rebuild the roadway above the future Mount Pleasant SkyTrain station as part of the Broadway Subway Project. Guest: Denis Agar - Executive Director, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders Learn more about...

Alberta separatism is taking on a new and contentious twist this week after reports that individuals linked to an Alberta separatist movement met with U.S. officials in Washington, B.C. Vancouver city council has made a rare and controversial move: approving a residential tower on land long protected for industrial use, against the advice of its own planning staff. Public Safety Minister Gary Anan...

Owners of Rain City Games say a man used multiple stolen credit card numbers to place orders for Pokémon cards last summer, then showed forged IDs to pick up the merchandise. This resulted in more than $1,000 worth of losses for the store. Guest: Channing Guenther - Co-owner of Rain City Games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey city council is calling on Ottawa to take extraordinary action in response to a growing wave of extortion-related violence. British Columbia has marked a record-breaking year for organ transplants. In 2025, 575 people received life-saving transplants, the highest number ever in the province’s history. Residents are being shaken up by screaming and property damage after a care agency decided...

A controversial decision to cull more than 300 ostriches at a B.C. farm has now come with a staggering price tag. Newly released federal documents show the operation and ensuing legal battle cost taxpayers more than $6.7 million, spread across the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the Department of Justice, and the RCMP. Guest: Camille Labchuk - Animal Rights Lawyer and Executive Director, Animal J...

Claire Newell of Travel Best Bets comes on to discuss some of the biggest stories happening in the travel sector! Guest: Claire Newell - Travel Best Bets President and Founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices