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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 provides fresh perspective and lively conversati...

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Episodes

The Full Show: City of Vancouver will not renew the lease for the Yaletown Overdose Prevention Site, Why the BC NDP needs to enact vacancy control & Are the BC NDP serious about a provincial police force? 25.07.2023 52:28

City of Vancouver will not renew the lease for the Yaletown Overdose Prevention Site Christine Boyle, OneCity Vancouver City Councillor discusses the Vancouver's decision to not renew the lease for the Yaletown Overdose Prevention Site An update on the hunger strike against a pickleball court Rajneesh Dawan, Associate Professor of English at the University of Fraser Valley, and on a hunger strike...

Update on the respectful communication by organizations who wish to receive grant funding from the City of Vancouver 25.07.2023 8:21

Geri Mayer-Judson, Show Contributor provides an update on the respectful communication by organizations who wish to receive grant funding from the City of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are the BC NDP serious about a provincial police force? 25.07.2023 11:16

Rob Shaw, Political Correspondent for CHEK News discusses the probability of a provincial police force in BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The aftermath of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Seattle 24.07.2023 10:07

Talia Miller, CKNW Producer and local Swiftie discusses attending the Taylor Swift concert in Seattle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the BC NDP needs to enact vacancy control 24.07.2023 10:16

Murray Martin, Burnaby Co-Chair for BC ACORN - Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now discusses why the BC NDP needs to enact vacancy control Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An update on the hunger strike against a pickleball court 24.07.2023 9:32

Rajneesh Dawan, Associate Professor of English at the University of Fraser Valley, and on a hunger strike provides an update on his hunger strike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

City of Vancouver will not renew the lease for the Yaletown Overdose Prevention Site 24.07.2023 11:00

Christine Boyle, OneCity Vancouver City Councillor discusses the Vancouver's decision to not renew the lease for the Yaletown Overdose Prevention Site Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full Show: Retired RCMP officer charged, remembering Tony Bennett & it time to declare war on pickleball? 22.07.2023 1:12:13

Retired RCMP officer William Majcher charged in foreign interference case Guest: John Daly, Former host of CKNW’s Back on the Beat/Former Global News Investigative Journalist Pollock Clinics & men’s sexual health access Guest: Geri Mayer-Judson, Show Contributor Remembering Tony Bennett Guest: Eric Alper, Publicist and Music Commentator at ThatEricAlper.com Vancouver’s first-ever Music Task Force...

The Wrap - The Pickleball Hunger Strike - Is it time to declare war on pickleball? 22.07.2023 13:48

Plus, what's one landmark in the Lower Mainland that you haven't been to yet? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Leah Holiove, TV Reporter and Radio Host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perceptions on immigration - is it helping or hurting Canada? 22.07.2023 9:57

Guest: David Coletto, Founder, Chair and CEO of Abacus Data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cranbrook doctor who spent time in Ukraine’s front lines 22.07.2023 10:04

Guest: Dr. Tracey Parnell, Doctor trained in Emergency Medicine and Disaster Management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betting on crossing the border for Taylor Swift and the Blue Jays 22.07.2023 7:19

Guest: Matt Lee, Senior Communications Specialist for BCLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver’s first-ever Music Task Force 22.07.2023 8:21

Guest: Saadi D’hoore, Music Officer for the City of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remembering Tony Bennett 21.07.2023 7:38

Guest: Eric Alper, Publicist and Music Commentator at ThatEricAlper.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pollock Clinics & men’s sexual health access 21.07.2023 7:35

Guest: Geri Mayer-Judson, Show Contributor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired RCMP officer William Majcher charged in foreign interference case 21.07.2023 10:24

Guest: John Daly, Former host of CKNW’s Back on the Beat/Former Global News Investigative Journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Full Show: Public Health guidance for landlords and stratas encourages removal of rules against air conditioning, AI and Automation through the lens of the ILWU strike & Surrey police transition - Where did the $150 million go? 21.07.2023 45:33

Public Health guidance for landlords and stratas encourages removal of rules against air conditioning Krisztina Fulop, Organizer with the New Westminster Tenants Union discusses the latest in public health guidance for landlords and stratas that encourages removal of rules against air conditioning AI and Automation through the lens of the ILWU strike Margareta Dovgal, Managing Director of Resource...

‘Barbenheimer’ - Barbie and Oppenheimer 21.07.2023 8:37

Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor discusses the release of Barbie and Oppenheimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last Call pilot project: addressing sexual violence in Vancouver’s hospitality & nightlife spaces 21.07.2023 6:48

Geri Mayer-Judson, show contributor, discusses Vancouver's Last Call pilot project and how it is addressing sexual violence in Vancouver's hospitality & nightlife spaces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Storm Brewing mural to be removed by the City of Vancouver due to “bylaw violations” 21.07.2023 7:06

Mike Crozier, General Manager of Storm Brewing discusses the removal of the Storm Brewing mural by the City of Vancouver due to “bylaw violations” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey police transition - Where did the $150 million go? 20.07.2023 10:26

Richard Zussman, Global BC Legislative Reporter discusses the financial costs of the Surrey police transition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI and Automation through the lens of the ILWU strike 20.07.2023 10:36

Margareta Dovgal, Managing Director of Resource Works Society discusses AI and Automation through the lens of the ILWU strike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CKNW Staycation - Stanley Park 20.07.2023 11:00

CKNW Producer Ryan Lehal has never been to Stanley Park, despite having been born and raised in the lower mainland. Accompanied by CKNW Producer Steven Chang, Ryan make his first visit to Stanley Park! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public Health guidance for landlords and stratas encourages removal of rules against air conditioning 20.07.2023 8:36

Krisztina Fulop, Organizer with the New Westminster Tenants Union discusses the latest in public health guidance for landlords and stratas that encourages removal of rules against air conditioning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Full Show: All about Surrey, the provinces decides on the Surrey Police Service - what's next? 20.07.2023 43:30

The final decision on Surrey policing Mike Farnworth, B.C’s Minister of Public Safety on the province's Surrey policing decision The Surrey police decision…what’s next? Rob Gordon, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University discusses what the future holds for policing in Surrey Political implications of the decision to proceed with the Surrey Police Service Richard Zussman, Global BC Leg...