The Jill Bennett Show

Sterling Faux In For Jill Bennett! The President Of The Vancouver Whitecaps FC joins the show to talk about the season and their expectations, including recent moves made by the club. Guest: Bobby Lenarduzzi - President, Whitecaps FC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux Filling In For Jill Bennett! Tumultous to say the least, raging housing markets, crazy industry happenings. Get the latest projections and expectations for the new taxes and fees. Guest: Steve Saretsky - Realtor At Sutton Group - West Coast Realty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux Filling In For Jill Bennett! British Columbians reacted positively to the inclusion of specific policies to deal with housing in the provincial budget, a new Insights West poll conducted has found. In the online survey of a representative provincial sample, 53% of British Columbians say they followed the most recent provincial budget “very closely” or “somewhat closely.” Guest:Mario...

Sterling Faux Filling In For Jill Bennett! With the fallout continuing after Trudeau's disastrous India trip, many are wondering if this blunder is a one time deal or if this is a bigger reflection on Trudeaeu and the Trudeau government. Guest: Gerry Nicholls - Communications Consultant The Hill Times Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux Filling In For Jill Bennett! “Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux In For Jill Bennett! It is the third time the NHL Draft will arrive in Vancouver. Over the years there have been varying results for the Canucks. Will 2019 Be any different? Guest: Rob Williams - Sports Editor Daily Hive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux In For Jill Bennett! In the wake of the recent 'scandal' revolving bread prices being fixed by some of the big names in the grocery industry, many people are turning their giftcards to those less fortunate. Guest: Aart Schuurman-Hess - CEO, Greater Vancouver Foodbank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux Filling In For Jill Bennett! A Night Out For Music Heals On the first Saturday of March, we celebrate Music Therapy Awareness Month with A Night Out for Music Heals. This annual event brings together the Nightlife and Bar industry to raise funds and awareness for music therapy programs across Canada. In 2017 we raised over $19,900, with 90 venues participating coast to coast! Help us...

Sterling Faux In For Jill Bennett! The numbers game: why NHL executives are consulting with SFU researchers SFU’s Harbour Centre campus will be ‘ground zero’ for the hockey analytics community March 3-4. That’s when NHL analytics consultants, hockey enthusiasts and joining big data professors to convene for a two-day conference to talk about the latest in hockey analytics research and development....

Sterling Faux filling in for Jill Bennett. Gas Prices rose up to $1.50 in the Metro Vancouver area. What caused this spike and is it going to become an unfortunate reality for the foreseeable future? Guest: Dan McTeague - Senior Petroleum Analyst, GasBuddy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new book that traces the lives of intergenerational members of the LGBTQA2S+ community is being launched Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at SFU’s Surrey campus (rm 5240). Basically Queer is edited by a trio from SFU, including PhD student Kelsey Blair and Claire Robson and Jen Marchbank, both faculty members in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSWS). Guest: Jen Marchbank - Prof...

But many say there is still a bit more work to be done, and will continue fighting until that work, is done. Among what needs to be implemented among child-care advocates is the promised 10 dollar a day daycare. Guest: Sharon Gregson - Advocate for $10-a day plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author and Professor of Sociology at UBC shares his views on the possible solution to the housing affordability crisis in Vancouver that has been an issue for as far back as any Vancouverite can remember. Guest: Nathan Lauster - Author: Death Of The Single Family Home And UBC Professor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This alarming move has many people concerned, it is particularly bad for migrant workers, and many people unsure about their livelihoods here in Vancouver. Many people are forced to leave their families behind and support them remotely. What can people in this position do to protect themselves? Guest: Hessed Torres - Current Caregiver Member Of Migrants BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Sasha Caldera, a former Richmond resident, has made it his mission to put an end to recently exposed money laundering epidemic that seems to be taking place. Guest: Sasha Caldera - Canadians For Tax Fairness Manager Of The Beneficial Ownership Program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Empty Homes Tax has been a controversial issue for home owners in Vancouver, for obvious reasons. Is there a way to avoid the EHT? And is it a worthy tax? Guest: Pete Fry - Past City Council Candidate With Green Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While many of us are warm and cozy in our homes, a whole lot of people are out on the streets, not as fortunate as us. However, there is a lot you can do to help the most vulnerable. Guest: Jeremy Hunka - Spokesperson Union Gospel Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a string of incidents in recent years involving violence on the Granville strip, including fatal consequences, Vancouver council is debating whether improvements should be made, with many critics suggesting it should not be a debate. Guest: Stacey Forrester - Good Night Out Vancouver Coordinator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democracy Watch, as DemocracyWatch.ca states, is a group focused on cleaning up and making governments and corporations more accountable to you, and making Canada the world's leading democracy. Their latest campaign is taking the PM of Canada head on, claiming that he lied to voters about electoral reform, baiting them into voting for him. Guest: Duff Conacher - Co-Founder Democracy Watch Learn mo...

It’s time for your Travel Best Bets! Every Sunday we take a look at the travel tips that will save your trip...and keep you in the loop. This week: Proper flight etiquette and The Best Deals. Guest: Claire Newell- President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A program that offered loans to first-time home buyers has supposedly caused an increase in housing prices by half a percent. Guest: Tom Davidoff - Professor, Sauder School Of Business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The neverendnig story of affordable housing continues. A rally is being staged for people to express their concerns about what looks like a problem that will never be solved. Guest: Brad Barrett - Creator of Vancouver is Falling/AffordabilityAction Hub Member Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to a recent report, misconduct in the classroom is twice as likely to affect special needs students. Many of the complaints revolved around teachers not following individual education plans. Guest: Glen Hansman - President BCTF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Pattullo Bridge replacement resolved, the focus now turns to the Broadway subway, and the proposed Surrey LRT. Guest: Linda Hepner - City Of Surrey Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices