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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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CKNW / Curiouscast

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Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Flood mitigation pitched as nation-building project 06.06.2026

B.C. Mayors want flood mitigation as a nation building project (0:51) Ross Siemens, Mayor of Abbotsford Inside The House (11:40) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Our Energy Future: Pipeline nation vs. green province (26:09) Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Canadians can soon switch phone plans without being charged (42:29) Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital...

The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour 06.06.2026

This week: A new poll shows the B.C. Conservatives have pulled ahead of the NDP for the first time since the last election — and Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been leader for less than a week. Keith Baldrey joins us to break it down. And if the Conservatives are firmly planting their flag on the right, is there now an opening for a resurgent centrist party to fill the space the old BC Liberals used to o...

Is Vancouver ready for the FIFA World Cup? 06.06.2026

Ted Field, Global B.C. Assignment Editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Energy Future: Pipeline nation vs. green province 06.06.2026

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

Inside The House 05.06.2026

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

MLA Jordan Kealy accused of sexual assault 05.06.2026

Angela Marie Macdougall, Executive director at Battered Women’s Support Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allen Schoenborn granted a conditional discharge: is our justice system too lenient? 05.06.2026

Allen Schoenborn granted a conditional discharge: is our justice system too lenient? (0:56) Rob Dhanu, Former Federal Crown prosecutor, Criminal defense Lawyer and co-founder of Dhanu Dhaliwal Law Group Metro Vancouver’s water restrictions leave some businesses running dry (12:12) Bert Bos, owner of Bos Sod in Abbotsford The Future of Remote Work: Court ruling says work-from-home no longer just a...

Feds reveal long-awaited national AI strategy 04.06.2026

Jesse Miller, Social Media Expert and Founder of Mediated Reality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to protect yourself from mosquito-borne illnesses 04.06.2026

Dr. Ceinwen Pope, Medical Health Officer for the Sea to Sky region with Vancouver Coastal Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey policing transition caught in political crossfire 04.06.2026

Surrey police transition mired in local politics (0:50) Former Vancouver Canucks player hits the studio with new country hit (13:29) Aaron Volpatti, former Vancouver Canucks player Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? (24:32) Mark Jaccard, Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission Brown Lawns, Dry Times: Metro Vancouver water restrictions reach Stage 3 (44:03) Linda Parkinson,...

Metro Vancouver water restrictions reach Stage 3 04.06.2026

Brown Lawns, Dry Times: Metro Vancouver water restrictions reach Stage 3 Linda Parkinson, Metro Vancouver’s director of policy, planning and analysis for water services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? 04.06.2026

Our Energy Future: Can the electricity grid keep up? Mark Jaccard, Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a new B.C. Liberal Party coming? 03.06.2026

Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Canuck scores new country music hit 03.06.2026

Former Vancouver Canucks player hits the studio with new country hit Aaron Volpatti, former Vancouver Canucks player Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey police transition mired in local politics 03.06.2026

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey Police Board chair resigns after chief’s departure 03.06.2026

Surrey Police Board Chair steps down after Lipinski’s departure as chief (0:39) Harley Chappell, former Chair of the Surrey Police Board Lipinski out as Surrey’s police chief: what does this mean for the SPS? (29:40) Darin Sheppard, Vice President of the Surrey Police Inspectors Association Climate change and a strong El Nino: could 2027 be the hottest year yet? (43:37) Kristi Gordon, Senior Meteo...

Lipinski out as Surrey’s police chief 02.06.2026

Lipinski out as Surrey’s police chief: what does this mean for the SPS? Darin Sheppard, Vice President of the Surrey Police Inspectors Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey Police Board chair departs after Lipinski leaves 02.06.2026

Surrey Police Board Chair steps down after Lipinski’s departure as chief Harley Chappell, former Chair of the Surrey Police Board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who represents the middle as Conservatives move right? 02.06.2026

B.C. Conservatives lurch right: who speaks for the middle? (0:55) Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Has B.C.’s youth been shut out of the workforce? (11:47) Jairo Yunis, Director of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia Our Energy Future: Are electric vehicles in retreat? (21:22) Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com Vancouver Park Board considers jetski ban (38:03) To...

Vancouver Park Board considers jetski ban 02.06.2026

Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner and Board Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Agenda 02.06.2026

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

Has B.C.’s youth been shut out of the workforce? 01.06.2026

Jairo Yunis, Director of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C Conservatives lurch right: who speaks for the middle? 01.06.2026

B.C Conservatives lurch right: who speaks for the middle? Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour 30.05.2026

This week: Did the Supreme Court of Canada just handed BC a potential lifeline in the Cowichan Aboriginal title case, and Saturday is decision day for the BC Conservatives. A new leader gets chosen, and what happens next could shake up B.C. politics for years. Keith Baldrey (1:05) and Richard Zussman (16:32) weigh in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Conservatives set to announce new leader 29.05.2026

Our Energy Future: Wind and Solar (0:39) Mike De Jong, longtime B.C MLA, former cabinet minister & ambassador for Wind & Solar B.C. Inside The House (15:32) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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