The Jill Bennett Show

David Eby has announced the expansion of 60/40 mortgage housing program Angela Calla - Mortgage Expert and Author also host of The Mortgage Show on CKNW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cineplex is getting slapped with a MASSIVE $38.9M fine over online booking fees. The latest updates from the BC campaign trail with Richard Zussman! Recent stats from RE/MAX shows that Canadian home renovation spending was up $300B over the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check BC’s official ‘lost and found’ to see if you have money waiting for you!  Guest: Sherry MacLennan - Executive Director, BC Unclaimed  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest from the BC Campaign trail: The Greens are making commitments around harm reduction. The policies don’t align with what the front runners are promising, and the polling on the issue is not as bad as expected. Save Our Streets has new polling out surrounding the issue of public safety in the election. Will Rustad get vaccinated this year against flu and COVID? This is being asked in the...

Cineplex is being hit with a MASSIVE $38.9M fine over their online booking fees. Guest: Tara Deschamps - Business Reporter with the Canadian Press  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC Real Estate Association is calling for a review of BC's short-term rental ban. A video shows a bus shelter in New Westminster being completely been taken over by homeless people who have turned it into their own temporary living space. Finally, the latest updates from the BC campaign trail! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A motion moved by Park Board Chair Brennan Bastyovansky aims to revitalize the Vancouver Park Board. Guest: Brennan Bastyovansky - Independent Park Board Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Zussman gives us some updates from the campaign trail: John Rustad and the BC Conservatives announce "The Rustad Rebate". A rebate that scales over time and in the end will mean $3,000 per month in housing costs can be exempted from BC income tax. What sort of impact will this have? What will this cost? David Eby and the BC NDP announced parts of the health care plan today. The plan calls...

Video of a bus shelter in New Westminster that has completely been taken over by homeless who have turned it into their own temporary living space. Guest: Daniel Fontaine - New Westminster City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Children’s Hospital Foundation has announced that after a decade of collaborative research with infectious disease researchers, a first-in-the-world discovery has been made at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. The new evidence indicates that acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, could be preventable through early-life infection of a common virus. Guest...

The BC government and three First Nations have unveiled a plan to build thousands of housing units to be sold well below market price. The federal firearm buyback program has cost taxpayers a whopping $67M since 2020, and yet it still hasn't collected any guns! Finally, we check in with Richard Zussman ahead of tomorrow's writ drop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monthly Wine Segment: BC Wineries importing grapes for 2024 vintage Guest: Tania Tomaszewska - Strategic business advisor to the wine industry, and producer and host of her TT Wine Explorer Podcast.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC government and three First Nations have unveiled a plan to build thousands of housing units to be sold well below market price. Guest: Tom Davidoff - Associate professor in the Real Estate and Strategy and Business Economics groups at the Sauder School of Business, UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The path to Surrey’s new police of jurisdiction. A partnership between MST Nations and the province will help thousands own their first home in Vancouver! Last but not least, Richard Zussman joins is in-studio to discuss Premier David Eby's recent speech at UBCM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A no-dog policy at some Vancouver school grounds. Guest: Craig Ollenberger - Chairman of the Grandview Woodland Area Council Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A partnership between MST Nations and the province will help thousands of British Columbians own their first home in Vancouver. Guest: Ravi Kahlon - Minister of Housing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A crash that killed 2 people at a BC wedding only resulted in a $2k fine. Has the legal system let us down? Plus we open the phone lines to hear from listeners about their own car accident horror stories! What can we expect from Eby's speech at UBCM tomorrow? Finally, Miley Cyrus is being sued over claims that she stole parts of her song "Flowers" from Bruno Mars' hit "When I Was Your Man". Is the...

The woman who was behind the wheel in a West Vancouver crash that left two people dead will not be criminally charged. Plus, we open the phone lines to hear about your auto horror stories! Guest: Greg Phillips - Trial Lawyers Association Vice President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for our weekly travel segment with Claire Newell of Travel Best bets. The big story this week is a recently announced ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) requirement for all Canadians travelling to the UK! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Simcoe woman is in a 'state of shock' after being charged with assault using a squirt-gun! BC’s New Car Dealers (NCDA) are highlighting issues that demand the attention of political parties and candidates because of their impact on consumers, the economy, and over 400 dealerships in communities across this province that employ some 30,000 British Columbians. The latest in BC politics with Richar...

We learn more about an incredible photo of a seal ‘caught’ in a humpback whale’s mouth off the coast of BC! Guest: Tomis Filipovic - Naturalist/Deckhand/Educator/Photographer, Eagle Wing Whale and Wildlife Tours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Simcoe woman is in a 'state of shock' after being charged with assault using a squirt-gun! Guest: Ari Goldkind - Criminal Defence Lawyer, legal analyst and political commentator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the Mental Health Act. Richard Zussman joins the show to discuss the impact of independents, involuntary care and what could be at stake at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Convention happening this week! Lastly, B.C. mayors, officials issue ‘urgent call to action’ on bail reform, public safety. Learn more ab...

What does Apple launching new AI features mean for your privacy? Guest: Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director, Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parents are fighting for change after a 13-year-old girl dies in a BC homeless camp. The BC government is implementing the recommendations of an external review of the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital after one of its patients is allegedly stabbed three people in Vancouver while on unescorted leave. The Carbon Tax is turning out to be a major election issue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...