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The Jill Bennett Show

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Jill Bennett’s twenty years of experience covering B.C.’s biggest stories as a reporter has developed her insatiable curiosity and keen sense for exposing what is really going on with a story. Jill digs deep, goes behind the headlines and finds out the real impact stories will have on the Lower Mainland. She talks with real people about the issues that matter most to them while keeping us informed, connected and entertained. If you want new information, new angles, and to know what’s happening right now, make time to listen to The Jill Bennett Show, Monday – Friday: 12 – 3pm.

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Ruling States that there can be no more Challenges of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner’s Decisions- Checking in with Democracy Watch 25.02.2017 8:39

Democracy Watch appealed B.C. Supreme Court Justice Affleck’s ruling in January that no court challenges are allowed of B.C. Conflict of Interest Commissioner Paul Fraser’s decisions because they are unreviewable opinions with no direct legal effect limiting the Premier’s conflicts of interest. GUEST: Duff Conacher- Co-founder Democracy Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Restaurant Closures in White Rock Causes Changes to try and Revitalize Commercial Hub 25.02.2017 10:09

A string of restaurant closures along Marine Drive in White Rock in the past few months has the city looking to roll out an ambitious plan to revitalize the commercial hub. GUEST: David Chesney - City of White Rock Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foster parents 19.02.2017 12:35

GUEST: Marie the Foster Mom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home and community care 19.02.2017 10:26

GUEST: Daniel Fontain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C.'s Overdose Epidemic has Lead to a Substantial Increase in Organ Donors 18.02.2017 7:23

B.C.’s overdose epidemic, especially deaths involving fentanyl, is behind a significant increase in the number of organ transplant donors, according to a B.C. Transplant agency leader. GUEST: Ed Farre- BC Transplant’s Provincial Operations Director Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Dispensary in Nanaimo has been Closed due to its Proximity to a Daycare 18.02.2017 9:40

Nanaimo Mounties have closed a marijuana dispensary that opened next door to a children's daycare centre. Leaf Labs Medical Cannabis Services, at 679 Terminal Ave., was shut down Monday, three days after it opened, when police checked the business and allegedly observed evidence they believe contravene Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The dispensary was closed and secured until a sear...

A New Ruling is Protecting an Employee Whom Stormed Out of Work in Ontario 18.02.2017 11:20

All employees face workplace frustrations, but most know better than to storm out of the workplace in the heat of the moment. A recent Ontario ruling protected one employee from her ill-informed decision to do just that. GUEST: Howard Levitt -Senior Partner of Levitt LLP, Employment and Labour Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jill Bennett Show - Variety Telethon 12.02.2017 8:55

GUEST: Kristy Gill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Refugees crossing into Manitoba 12.02.2017 8:57

Global News reporter Zahra Premji is on the ground in Emerson, Manitoba - a small border town which has seen dozens of asylum seekers cross illegally into Canada as the political climate in the U.S. darkens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump meet 12.02.2017 9:04

GUEST: Naomi Christensen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump: tweets, executive orders and ongoing battles 12.02.2017 9:48

GUEST: Stephen Gordon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newspaper coverage of HIV 12.02.2017 9:30

GUEST: Laura Bisaillon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian multiculturalism in the time of Trump 12.02.2017 10:44

GUEST: Barbara Perry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting to Dawson Creek Could be Best Done by Motor Home 11.02.2017 9:40

If it weren’t for the 75-year-old Alaskan (ALCAN) Highway, a stretch of road that runs for 2,232 km and offers the ultimate road trip for adventurers looking to experience the North-Eastern regions of BC, Lower Mainlanders would not have linkage to Alaska. Built by US soldiers and Canadian citizens, the road was developed during World War II when the US suddenly joined the armed conflict after...

The Frequency with which Female Donors can Give Blood has been Reduced- Why? 11.02.2017 9:06

New guidelines introduced by Canadian Blood Services limiting the number of times female donors can donate in a year has the national agency scrambling to find new donors to make up the difference. The change, implemented in December, was part of tougher guidelines on the amount of hemoglobin or iron required in the blood. The new rules mean that female donors are now required to wait 12 weeks or...

How Steve Bannon’s “Dark Vision” Could Shape the World 11.02.2017 8:06

Revolution is not only inevitable, it’s necessary: How Steve Bannon’s dark vision could shape the world Guest: Joe Brean - National Reporter, National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Governments Must Create New Social Contracts to Avoid Deepening Inequality 11.02.2017 10:05

The head of the government’s economic growth advisory council says governments need to craft “new social contracts” with Canadians to avoid deepening income inequality over time. GUEST: Dominic Barton - Managing Director, McKinsey & Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two Thirds of Canadian Companies Feel They are Losing the Battle Against Cyber Attacks: Study 11.02.2017 9:34

In a study of Canadian IT and security workers, the survey results found that: A majority of Canadian companies fear they are losing the war on cyber security threats as cyber-attacks against Canadian companies year-over-year. 41 per cent of respondents indicated their organization had systems in place to deal with APT’s (advanced persistent threats), up from 38 per cent last year. The most freque...

Election Reform 05.02.2017 14:55

GUEST: Nathan Cullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-driving cars 05.02.2017 10:07

GUEST: Paul Godsmark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jill's Editorial 05.02.2017 14:06

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Being a nomad 05.02.2017 13:35

GUEST: Steffani Cameron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uncertainty in the U.S. Means Canada Could Benefit Economically from an Influx of International Students 04.02.2017 11:26

The head of Canada's biggest university organization says there's growing evidence that post-U.S. election uncertainty could help boost an important source of cash for the economy: international students. GUEST: Paul Davidson - Universities Canada President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadians Finally get to Watch American Ads During the Super Bowl - but is this a good thing? 04.02.2017 8:39

It's a long-standing Canadian Super Bowl tradition: tuning in to the big game, but being shut out from the big-budget, star-studded U.S. commercials. That changes this year as a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) policy banning the simultaneous substitution of Canadian ads over U.S. ones during the big game comes into play for the first time. GUEST: Michael Geist...

A Look into the Logistics of NAFTA 04.02.2017 7:29

U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to renegotiate or entirely rip up the North American Free Trade Agreement has politicians and business owners deeply concerned. With trade in goods and services between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico totalling US$1.3 trillion in 2015, it’s easy to understand why. But for all the strong feelings and intense debate it inspires, economists say NAFTA has had less of a...