The Jill Bennett Show

BC’s Minister of Forests, Ravi Parmar, is in Ottawa for meetings to press his federal colleagues on continued support for the struggling softwood lumber sector. Guest: Ravi Parmar - B.C. Minister of Forests and MLA for Langford-Highlands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI is shutting down its experimental social media app Sora, just months after it went viral for allowing users to create and share short-form videos generated entirely by artificial intelligence. Guest: Carmi Levy - Technology Analyst & Journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claire Newell of Travel Best Bets joins us to discuss the major stories coming out of the travel sector, including the tragic Air Canada collision at LaGuardia Airport. Guest: Claire Newell - President and Founder, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver could be on the verge of entering a new architectural era, as the city considers what would be its first-ever “supertall” skyscraper. A clerical error could be jeopardizing the immigration status of a Victoria midwife. What was supposed to be a routine trip home from India turned into a stressful and confusing ordeal, leaving a Surrey woman and her father still stranded in New Delhi. Lea...

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

A deadly collision on the runway at LaGuardia Airport is raising serious questions about how something like this could happen at a major, heavily controlled international airport. A midwife in Victoria is facing deportation after her work permit was denied over a missing English language test... despite being a native English speaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What can be done to curb ticket scalping? The City of Vancouver is requiring staff show caller ID when communicating with the public, but what other measures are some using to protect themselves in the ongoing extortion crisis? We also honour the late martial arts icon, Chuck Norris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Om Mogerman, Associate Director of the Parking Operations and Enforcement Branch, City of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Bryan Yu, Associate & Chief Economist, Central 1 Credit Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A challenge from the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights regarding the federal government's 2020 gun ban is heading to Supreme Court. Traffic congestion and a lack of transit options top of mind for Surrey businesses, according to a report. Why is a proposal for what could be one of the tallest towers in the city raising eyebrows? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jason Tetro, Microbiologist with expertise in emerging pathogens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a LOT of things happening in the travel sector right now, so we bring on Claire Newell of Travel Best Bets to help us wrap our heads around it. Police north of Toronto have decided not to lay charges against a resident who shot and injured an alleged home invader. York Regional Police say the resident used a legally owned and properly stored gun and is not facing charges based on evidence...

Nearly five years ago, the Village of Lytton, B.C., was almost completely destroyed by one of the province’s most devastating wildfires. A new report from B.C.’s Auditor-General is highlighting the shortcomings in provincial support during the recovery, from insufficient legislation to gaps in funding oversight and Indigenous collaboration. Guest: Denise O’Connor - Mayor of Lytton Learn more about...

With Daylight Savings Time becoming permanent, Langford City Councillor Kimberley Guiry is hoping her recently forwarded motion will help municipalities prepare for those darker mornings. Guest: Kimberley Guiry - Langford City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Victims of intimate image abuse in British Columbia now have access to significantly higher compensation, after the province increased the maximum damages under the Intimate Images Protection Act to 75-thousand dollars. Guest: Niki Sharma - Attorney General of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Docket with Michael Shapray - March 17, 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, the City of Vancouver and Government of British Columbia announced new ticketing details for the FIFA Fan Festival™ Vancouver, confirming free entry to the festival site at Hastings Park, and that general admission to the amphitheatre floor for match viewing events will also be free. Fisheries officials say they are reviewing a video showing crew on a large ship boasting about catching hund...

Questions are being raised about the Park Board potentially dealing with some lifeguard layoffs. The move, likely tied to budget pressures, so what does that mean for safety at the city’s beaches and waterfront areas Guest: Tom Digby - Green Party Park Board Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An iconic Downtown Vancouver strip club is closing after 26 years. Guest: Aaron Chapman Vancouver historian and author, co-author of A Sign of the Times: The Best of the Penthouse Marquee, also running to be a OneCity Council Candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Survivors of the April 26, 2025 Lapu Lapu festival tragedy in Vancouver are opposed to the plan by event organizer Filipino BC to bring back the fair this year. Iran war expected to have a major impact on the cost of farming operations and your grocery bill. The CRTC is removing the fees for changing or cancelling internet and cellphone plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

B.C. treaty commissioner and a former B.C. cabinet minister, George Abbott, joins us to talk about his new book and more! How changes to the temporary foreign worker program can benefit local restaurants. What's the timeline for moving the SROs on Granville Strip? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Michael Byers, political science professor and military policy researcher at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Rob Dhanu, Former Federal Crown prosecutor, Criminal defense Lawyer and Co-founder of Dhanu Dhaliwal Law Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New wording appears following recent court decisions related to Aboriginal title, a property tax expert joins us to break down what it means legally and practically. More on the Massey tunnel, Conservative MLA for Delta-South responds to latest comments from Transport Minister Mike Farnworth regarding cost and timeline. A small Vancouver Island community is considering dissolving the municipality,...

"Delta First" says it wants to bring a renewed approach to leadership at city hall. With increased attention to women's athletics following the Olympics, how are the Vancouver Goldeneyes riding that wave? New regulations are incoming for whale watchers to protect the beloved marine animal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices