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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 provides fresh perspective and lively conversati...
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Episodes
Fuel surcharges, fewer flights, a pricier summer 06.04.2026 11:52
What the Iran war means for your travel plans McKenzie McMillan, Managing Partner at The Travel Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C. Ferries is broken. We did it to ourselves 06.04.2026 10:44
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Aging fleet hits B.C. ferries Easter weekend 06.04.2026 15:46
Nicolas Jimenez, President and CEO of B.C. Ferries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metrotown Marks 40th Anniversary with Months-Long Celebration 04.04.2026 7:45
Amanda Chung, marketing manager for Metropolis at Metrotown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C. ferries crisis years in the making 04.04.2026 50:16
B.C. Ferries Crisis Years in the Making as Aging Fleet, Delays Catch Up (0:45) Vancouver Canopy Tour Draws Crowds with 50-Metre Forest Climbs (10:54) Tom Zadorsky, founder of Cultivara Tree Tours Government-Run Grocery Stores Questioned as Fix for Soaring Food Prices (21:31) Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail Polls Suggest Avi Lewis Could Split Support, Impact Poilie...
Volunteer-Run Burnaby Railway Welcomes 100,000 Riders, Seeks Help 04.04.2026 8:25
Peter Berry, President of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour 04.04.2026 50:05
This week: B.C. Premier David Eby joins us as we discuss his plan to suspend Dripa, even though First Nations aren’t buying it (0:56) The B.C. Conservative leadership race is thinning out fast. Keith Baldrey breaks it down for us (13:56) Could new NDP leader Avi Lewis actually hurt Pierre Poilievre more than Mark Carney? The polling numbers might surprise you. Innovative Research President Greg Ly...
Polls suggest Avi Lewis could split support 04.04.2026 18:30
Polls Suggest Avi Lewis Could Split Support, Impact Poilievre Greg Lyle, founder and President of Innovative Research Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eby’s DRIPA Reversal Sparks Leadership Questions, Election Talk 03.04.2026 17:23
B.C. Conservative Leadership Race Narrows as Key Endorsements Roll In (10:48) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vancouver canopy tour draws crowds with forest climbs 03.04.2026 12:19
Vancouver Canopy Tour Draws Crowds with 50-Metre Forest Climbs Tom Zadorsky, founder of Cultivara Tree Tours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eby wants to suspend B.C.'s Indigenous rights law 03.04.2026 48:20
Eby wants to suspend B.C.'s Indigenous rights law — and First Nations are calling it a betrayal (0:43) Alec Lazenby, Legislative Reporter for the Vancouver Sun and The Province B.C. Ferries is down two ships heading into Easter weekend. This problem didn't start this week (11:12) Leonard Krog, Mayor of Nanaimo Eby stakes government on DRIPA suspension (19:01) David Eby, Premier of B.C. The World C...
World Cup nears: why this moment matters more 03.04.2026 14:56
The World Cup lands in Vancouver in ninety days, and Canada is actually playing; Why this moment is bigger than the tournament Murray Mollard, author of Winning Pitch: The Canadian Men’s Soccer Team at the World Cup and Beyond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ontario just landed billions in federal housing money 03.04.2026 9:53
Why is B.C. still waiting? Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eby stakes government on DRIPA suspension 02.04.2026 14:34
David Eby, Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eby seeks to suspend Indigenous rights law 02.04.2026 12:11
Eby wants to suspend B.C.'s Indigenous rights law — and First Nations are calling it a betrayal Alec Lazenby, Legislative Reporter for the Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C.’s EV mandate changes: right direction? 02.04.2026 10:31
B.C.’s EV mandate changes: a step in the right direction? Blair Qualey, President and CEO of The New Car Dealers Association of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C. eases EV mandates, invests $19M in chargers 02.04.2026 1:12:24
B.C. relaxes EV mandates, invests over $19 million in chargers (0:39) Barry Penner, Chair of the Energy Futures Institute Richmond Mayor asks Cowichan Nation to renounce private land claims causing uncertainty (33:03) Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond Avi Lewis takes over the federal NDP: Where does the party go from here? (42:04) Bill Tieleman, veteran BC political strategist and campaigner, and...
Avi Lewis takes over the federal NDP 02.04.2026 17:45
Where does the party go from here? Bill Tieleman, veteran B.C. political strategist and campaigner, and President of West Star Communications Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Richmond mayor urges Cowichan Nation to renounce claims 01.04.2026 9:44
Richmond Mayor asks Cowichan Nation to renounce private land claims causing uncertainty Malcolm Brodie, Mayor of Richmond Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C. relaxes EV rules, boosts charging investment 01.04.2026 12:32
B.C. relaxes EV mandates, invests over $19 million in chargers Barry Penner, Chair of the Energy Futures Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C’s high development costs tank housing starts 01.04.2026 53:03
Ontario cuts DCCs, while B.C’s high development costs tank housing starts Feds and Ontario team up to cut development charges: what would it take for B.C to do the same? Yuri Fulmer cuts pact with OneBC to avoid vote-splitting: a powerful alliance or a desperate move? BC's EV mandate doesn't cut emissions. It just moves cars between provinces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
Ontario cuts development costs, what would it take for B.C to do the same? 01.04.2026 11:46
Feds and Ontario team up to cut development charges: what would it take for B.C to do the same? Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
While Ontario cuts DCCs, B.C.'s high development costs tank housing starts 01.04.2026 14:55
Ontario cuts DCCs, while B.C’s high development costs tank housing starts Dean Johnson, Senior Vice President of Development at Wesgroup Properties Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Poll: Australia banned social media for kids; do Canadians want the same? 31.03.2026 10:47
Australia banned social media for kids; do Canadians want the same? Guest: Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BC Conservative leadership hopeful forms pact with OneBC 31.03.2026 14:46
Unity or Power Play? BC Conservative leadership hopeful forms pact with OneBC’s Dallas Brodie Guest: Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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