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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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Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza ceasefire 14.10.2025 57:19

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza ceasefire (0:40) Guest: Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Has Canada’s food industry become over-reliant on temporary foreign workers? (13:57) Guest: Sylvain Charlebois, Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast, and visiting scholar at McGill Univ...

B.C. Beekeeping program for seniors expands throughout North America 13.10.2025 15:56

Guest: Tanya Snow, Director of Operations at Bria Communities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Wrap - J.K Rowling/Park Board & Rustad phone check 11.10.2025 13:36

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

Are we expecting too much out of a trade deal between PM Carney and Trump? 11.10.2025 13:41

GUEST: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Week That Was in Politics - Pipeline push & B.C Conservative implosion 11.10.2025 13:28

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

Hostages and prisoners released in Israel/Hamas ceasefire deal 11.10.2025 8:19

GUEST: Ezra Shanken, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Funding cuts put seniors in jeopardy - Yaletown stabbing - Trade deal hopes - The Wrap 11.10.2025 55:29

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Has AI made critical thinking harder for students? 10.10.2025 10:59

GUEST: Marc Low, Partner, Innovation & Emerging Technology Section at KPMG in Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From housing challenges to park board referendum, B.C’s Housing Minister joins the show 10.10.2025 13:44

GUEST: Christine Boyle, B.C’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Xavier’s Law: a push to keep dangerous drivers off the road 10.10.2025 13:04

GUEST: Zahra Rasul, mother of Xavier Rasul-Jankovics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Park Board referendum - City-funded clinics in Surrey - Housing Minister's busy plate 10.10.2025 51:43

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Vancouver City Council approves mass Broadway-Cambie rezoning, at expense of public input 09.10.2025 34:45

Vancouver City Council approves mass Broadway-Cambie rezoning, at expense of public input (0:48) Guest: Mike Mangan, retired real estate lawyer Ken Sim promises ‘zero means zero’ property tax increases, at what cost? (10:40) Guest: Tom Davidoff, Director of UBC’s Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate Premier David Eby speaks on concerns about Danielle Smith’s pipeline push (20:22) Guest: Davi...

Premier David Eby speaks on Danielle Smith’s pipeline push 09.10.2025 12:53

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

How the BCGEU strike blocked a student from accessing financial aid 08.10.2025 7:08

Guest: Tyler Coburn, BCIT student Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commentary: The pipeline that exists mostly in politics, not reality 08.10.2025 7:34

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Will regulating timely payment for contractors help B.C build faster? 08.10.2025 11:17

GUEST: Chris Gardner, President of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls B.C’s pipeline pushback ‘un-Canadian’ 08.10.2025 11:11

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

What came out of Prime Minister Carney’s meeting with Donald Trump? 08.10.2025 11:03

GUEST: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carney/Trump meeting - Eby vs. Smith - After-school childcare change - Westjet bag fee hike 08.10.2025 56:40

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$10B rebuild cut to $6B — cheaper now, costlier later? Can Metro keep Iona on track? 07.10.2025 1:00:34

$10B rebuild cut to $6B — cheaper now, costlier later? Can Metro keep Iona on track? (0:48) Guest: Mike Hurley, Metro Vancouver Board Chair and Mayor of Burnaby Conservative leadership concerns gives B.C. NDP the advantage in approval polls (11:42) Guest: Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company 20,000 jobs at risk: Vancouver’s housing sales collapse (25:26) Guest: Michael Gell...

Former cabinet minister and union leader tells all in new memoir 07.10.2025 16:57

Guest: Judy Darcy, author of Leading From The Heart: The Battles of a Feminist, Union Leader and Politician Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Legislature fall session begins 06.10.2025 9:52

Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20,000 jobs at risk: Vancouver’s housing sales collapse 06.10.2025 16:37

Guest: Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative leadership concerns gives B.C. NDP the advantage in approval polls 06.10.2025 15:27

Guest: Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enbridge CEO urges tanker ban end, says no company will build ‘pipeline to nowhere’ 04.10.2025 42:34

Alberta vows $20B B.C. oil pipeline; tanker ban and Indigenous consent loom (0:52) Guest: Gary Mar, President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation Metro Vancouver pivots on Iona Wastewater Plant approach. Is cost-cutting to $6 billion enough? (12:52) Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster city councillor Is keeping shipbuilding in Canada realistic? (18:56) Guest: Richard Shimooka - Senior Fellow...