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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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The Week That Was in Politics 25.07.2025 15:46

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

The Jas Johal Show: July 24, 2025 25.07.2025 58:16

Hockey Canada players found not guilty (1:00) Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Hulk Hogan dies at 71: looking back at the WWE legend’s impact on wrestling and pop culture (15:32) Guest: Justin Dhillon, Writer and host of The Wrestling Classic Les...

Can Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps bring life back into the superhero movie genre in theaters? 25.07.2025 7:13

Guest: Steve Stebbing, Movie critic at stevestebbing.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLS calls B.C. Place an ‘unsustainable home’ for the Vancouver Whitecaps 25.07.2025 18:30

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

Why StatsCan’s crime statistics do not fully capture crime in B.C. 24.07.2025 9:46

Guest: Jess Ketchum, Co-founder of the Save Our Streets coalition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hockey Canada players found not guilty 24.07.2025 16:15

Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jas Johal Show: July 23, 2025 24.07.2025 37:46

Hockey Canada sexual assault trial reaches its tipping point, verdict to be reached (0:40) Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Taxpayer dollars spent on Netflix gift cards?! The latest on Richmond City Hall’s controversial gift card program (10:07)...

Should Point Roberts be exempt from Canadian counter-tariffs? 24.07.2025 9:20

Guest: Brian Calder, former President of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce and former Vancouver city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another one bites the dust: Vancouver’s City Manager steps down after 14 years 24.07.2025 14:25

Guest: Dan Fumano, City Columnist for Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s international student program to be investigated by Auditor General 23.07.2025 9:41

Guest: Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commentary: Kits Pool isn’t the crisis -- your property tax bill is. And Ken Sim doesn’t want to talk about it 23.07.2025 7:46

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The Jas Johal Show: July 22, 2025 23.07.2025 56:11

B.C. Premier David Eby live from Muskoka for the First Ministers meeting (0:45) Guest: David Eby, Premier of British Columbia What did the Council of the Federation meeting accomplish? (15:20) Guest: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics Kits Pool’s reservation system remains in place…for now (26:09) Guest: Scott Jensen, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner The b...

The business of modern sports 23.07.2025 16:53

Guest: Duane Vienneau, President of the B.C. Lions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The life and legacy of Ozzy Osbourne 23.07.2025 8:42

Guest: Alan Cross, Host of the Ongoing History of New Music and Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jas Johal Show: July 21, 2025 22.07.2025 45:01

Restaurant Industry at a Breaking Point: Can It Survive Without Foreign Workers? GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois, Professor and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Is unused farmland running B.C’s food sector dry? GUEST: Dr. Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley Vancouver to consider later nights for alcohol serv...

Will 2025 be the final year of the Honda Celebration of Light? 22.07.2025 10:07

GUEST: Yuri Fulmer, Co-Chair of the Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, which produces the Honda Celebration of Light Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Vancouver follow Toronto’s lead and crown a traffic czar? 21.07.2025 5:21

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The Jas Johal Show: July 18, 2025 19.07.2025 44:14

U.K. lowers voting age to 16. Should Canada do the same? (0:51) Guest: Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer, University of British Columbia CBS cancels The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: is late night TV doomed? (9:09) Guest: Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor FIFA’s Vancouver contract could shut out businesses near B.C. Place (14:53) Guest: Ismet Yetisen, owner of...

Coldplay kiss cam sparks drama: Can concert PDA become divorce court evidence? 18.07.2025 9:36

Guest: Russell Alexander, Toronto-based family and divorce lawyer, and author Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The week that was in politics 18.07.2025 16:41

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

The Jas Johal Show: July 17, 2025 18.07.2025 1:02:07

Will a cabinet shuffle, steady the NDP ship (0:40) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Why are so many commercial vehicles failing vehicle inspections? (14:59) Guest: Dave Earle, President and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association Premier David Eby - Cabinet Shuffle (29:04) Guest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Scam Watch: What investors need to know about A.I (41:15) Guests: Dou...

Local Bar Owner says Public Disorder plagues downtown New Westminster 18.07.2025 9:44

Guest: Jen Mackie, owner of Kelly O’ Bryans in New Westminster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scam Watch: What investors need to know about AI 18.07.2025 19:21

Guests: Doug Muir, Director of Enforcement with the B.C Securities Commission Sammy Wu, Manager of Investigations with the B.C Securities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier David Eby - Cabinet Shuffle 17.07.2025 13:53

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

The Jas Johal Show: July 16, 2025 17.07.2025 54:33

Premier David Eby expected to shuffle cabinet tomorrow (0:40) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Okanagan rider’s death prompts calls for safer roads for cyclists (8:45) Guest: Jeff Leigh, President of the Board at HUB Cycling Update on cabinet shuffle (14:06) Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief PM Carney doubles down on “Canada First” approach to...