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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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Canada Post'a new deal - The Metro Vancouver Witchhunt - and all about Curling! 23.12.2025 38:11

Canada Post – New Deal, same problems. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business Metro Vancouver sidesteps leadership problems with leak investigation GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Curling, From Club Ice to the Olympics: A Sharp, Funny, and Serious Look at the Roaring Game GUEST: John Cullen, author of Curling Rocks! C...

Protecting Land, Losing Food: Why B.C.’s Farmland Isn’t Feeding the Province 20.12.2025 14:03

GUEST: Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drugs Beneath the Hull: Claims of Marine Smuggling and Why Vancouver May Be More Exposed Than We Think 20.12.2025 17:19

GUEST: Kareem Allam, Leader of Vancouver Liberal party, running for mayor in the next election, and former Chief of Staff for Mayor Ken Sim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Week That Was in B.C. Politics 20.12.2025 23:58

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

Is it time to sell U.S. booze gathering dust in BC warehouses? 20.12.2025 14:49

GUEST: Gavin Dew, BC Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to sell US booze? - Cowichan ruling - The week that was in politics - How drugs are smuggled to Vancouver 20.12.2025 1:09:47

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The Vancouver Canadians have been named Baseball America’s Minor League Organization of the Year! 19.12.2025 6:18

GUEST: Rosemary Alberts, Manager of Marketing Services at the Vancouver Canadians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Metro Van Board - BC School food program - PNE redevelopment? - BC Cons year in review 19.12.2025 36:01

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If not Pierre, then who? Potential leadership candidates 18.12.2025 11:52

GUEST: Tasha Kheiriddin, Author & Columnist at the National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tackling food insecurity: Second Harvest 18.12.2025 12:51

GUEST: Arlene Dickinson, entrepreneur, a dragon on the TV show Dragon’s Den, and Second Harvest Ambassador Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver council greenlights disputed social housing project in the Downtown Eastside 18.12.2025 14:42

GUEST: Pete Fry, Vancouver city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DTES zoning change - Economic impact of Abbotsford floods - Canada population drop - Tackling food insecurity 18.12.2025 58:36

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Metro Vancouver leadership chaos 17.12.2025 53:00

Metro Vancouver leadership chaos (0:49) Guest: Catharine Urquhart, Global News investigative Reporter The OneBC implosion (8:35) Guest: Hamish Telford, Associate professor of political science University of the Fraser Valley Climate change and the impact on Vancouver’s cranberry harvest (15:42) Guest: Dr. Lauren Erland, Director of the Berry Environmental Resilience Research & Innovation (BERRI) C...

Remembering Vancouver architect Stanley Kwok 17.12.2025 12:00

Guest: John D’eathe, author, retired developer, and long time friend and business partner to Stanley Kwok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cowichan ruling and its impact beyond Richmond 17.12.2025 18:23

Guest: Geoffrey Moyse, Public Land Use Society Chair and previous Aboriginal law consultant to the B.C. government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climate change and the impact on Vancouver’s cranberry harvest 17.12.2025 7:48

Guest: Dr. Lauren Erland, Director of the Berry Environmental Resilience Research & Innovation (BERRI) Centre at the University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More on the Board of Metro Vancouver’s drama-filled emergency meeting 17.12.2025 12:38

Guest: Kash Heed, Richmond City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An update on the Abbotsford floods with a dairy farmer on Sumas Prairie 16.12.2025 57:26

An update on the Abbotsford floods with a dairy farmer on Sumas Prairie (1:01) Guest: Matt Dykshoorn, owner of a dairy farm on the Sumas Prairie Vying for a chair at the table: Langley Township applies for ‘intervenor status’ in Cowichan land appeal case (8:04) Guest: Eric Woodward, Mayor of Langley Township Statistics Canada reported a whopping 4.7% increase in food prices compared to last year (...

Are loan guarantees a false comfort? The impacts of the Cowichan decision 16.12.2025 11:47

Guest: Alexa Loo, Richmond City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Derek Hayes live in studio 16.12.2025 18:08

Guest: Derek Hayes, well-known B.C. historian and author of Coastal Connections: A History of British Columbia Ferries and Passenger Ships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Langley Township applies for ‘intervenor status’ in Cowichan land appeal case 16.12.2025 9:57

Guest: Eric Woodward, Mayor of Langley Township Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on the Abbotsford floods 13.12.2025 58:59

The latest on the Abbotsford floods (0:48) Guest: Matt Dykshoorn, owner of a dairy farm on the Sumas Prairie Atmospheric river update (10:25) Guest: Kristi Gordon, Senior Meteorologist for Global B.C. The Week That Was in B.C. Politics (13:04) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Is the provincial government really to blame for our inability to meet housing targets? (27:10) G...

The Wrap: If you won a million dollars, would you take it upfront or take $1000 a week for life? 13.12.2025 13:29

Plus, which parts of your social media history would you present to U.S border security? (5:51) Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Steven Chang, Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Landman’ actress Kayla Wallace live in-studio 13.12.2025 18:39

Guest: Kayla Wallace, actress in Paramount+ show ‘Landman’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Week That Was in B.C. Politics 13.12.2025 15:48

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