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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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Premier Eby discusses extortion, finances, DRIPA changes 06.02.2026 57:56

Premier David Eby - Extortion Rising, Provincial Finances, and DRIPA Changes Ahead (0:30) Guest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Mandates out, rebates back: is Ottawa resetting EV policy or creating new headaches for drivers and the auto industry? (16:17) Guest: Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist KNOWN AS Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea Whitecaps accept B.C.’s o...

Whitecaps accept B.C.’s offer: a saving grace for the club, or just a small step forward? 06.02.2026 15:34

Guest: Don Taylor, sportscaster and co-host of Donnie and Dhali-The Team on CHEK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandates out, rebates back: is Ottawa resetting EV policy or creating new headaches for drivers and the auto industry? 06.02.2026 15:14

Guest: Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist KNOWN AS Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier David Eby - Extortion Rising, Provincial Finances, and DRIPA Changes Ahead 06.02.2026 17:30

Guest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa drops EV mandate, welcomes Chinese models 05.02.2026 52:39

Ottawa set to scrap EV mandates, while making room for Chinese EVs (0:53) Guest: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association A costly cup of coffee-flation: Canadians still drinking coffee despite soaring prices (15:10) Guest: Mike von Massow, Professor of Food Economics at the University of Guelph Are the Whitecaps being priced out? Vancouver meets the new...

Heated Rivalry: A Global TV Hit — and a Mirror on How Canada Sells Itself to the World 05.02.2026 10:19

Guest: Dr. JP Catungal, Assistant Professor of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are the Whitecaps being priced out? Vancouver meets the new economics of pro sports 05.02.2026 17:51

Guest: Arthur Griffiths, Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Grizzlies, and General Motors Place. Also a member of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa set to scrap EV mandates, while making room for Chinese EVs 05.02.2026 15:59

Guest: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extortion Isn’t a Soundbite: Why Police Work, Not Politics, Will Make the Difference 05.02.2026 7:47

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Province offers net-zero deal to keep Whitecaps 04.02.2026 53:32

Province offers net-zero deal to keep Whitecaps at B.C. Place (0:46) Guest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C. Sports Director and Anchor Is it time for B.C. to repeal DRIPA? Iain Black plans to do so (10:35) Guest: Iain Black, B.C. Conservative leadership candidate, and former B.C Minister of Labour YVR sees record boom in travellers in 2025 (26:41) Guest: Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of the Vancouv...

Caroline Elliott makes her pitch to lead B.C. Conservatives 04.02.2026 15:51

Guest: Caroline Elliott, B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YVR sees record boom in travellers in 2025 04.02.2026 15:07

Guest: Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of the Vancouver International Airport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should B.C. repeal DRIPA? Conservative leadership hopeful Iain Black says yes 04.02.2026 17:49

Guest: Iain Black, B.C Conservative leadership candidate, and former B.C. Minister of Labour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Province offers net-zero deal to keep Whitecaps at B.C. Place 04.02.2026 10:31

Guest: Squire Barnes, Global BC Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a 10-lane Massey bridge worth the cost? 03.02.2026 57:27

Is a 10-lane Massey Tunnel replacement bridge worth the cost? (0:37) Guest: Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor Coquitlam considers adopting Zero Carbon Step Code (9:31) Guest: Bill Tieleman, director of the B.C Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy (CADE) The Agenda - B.C. and Alberta: Unity, Energy, and the Politics of a Hardening West (24:31) Guests: Margareta Dovgal, political commentator...

The Agenda - B.C. and Alberta: Unity, Energy, and the Politics of a Hardening West 03.02.2026 18:25

Guests: Margareta Dovgal, political commentator and resource industry analyst Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a 10-lane Massey Tunnel replacement bridge worth the cost? 03.02.2026 9:37

Guest: Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Data centres and power: How much can B.C.’s grid really handle? 03.02.2026 12:10

Guest: Matt MacInnis, President of the Electrical Contractors Association of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Massey Crossing: Why the Bridge Is the Right Call for the Region’s Future 03.02.2026 9:56

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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour 31.01.2026 1:23:47

This week: Conservatives at a crossroads: We look at Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, and are the B.C. Conservatives choosing a premier-in-waiting or repeating the same internal fight? (1:19) B.C. caps power for AI as demand surges and a national grid plan looms. Energy Minister Adrian Dix drops by (17:20) As free trade talks with the U.S. restart, is Canada ready for a world without a refere...

B.C. restricts AI power as demand rises 31.01.2026 1:09:09

B.C. caps power for AI as demand surges (0:46) Guest: Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions The life and legacy of Catherine O’Hara (17:36) Guest: Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor Poilievre leadership review, and BC Conservative leadership race ramps up (26:53) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Campers set to face fee hike...

Can Metro Vancouver Board reform itself? 31.01.2026 14:26

Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and Mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poilievre leadership review, and B.C. Conservative leadership race ramps up 31.01.2026 17:36

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. caps power for AI as demand surges 31.01.2026 18:32

Guest: Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Using red light therapy to prevent brain injuries in sports 30.01.2026 8:24

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Dr. Lisa Wilde, Professor at the University of Utah’s department of neurology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices