The Jill Bennett Show

 The ‘era’ of shorter commutes is officially over, StatCan says Guest: Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The political landscape in British Columbia has shifted John Rustad's Conservatives now carrying the centre-right banner heading into a fall election campaign. BC United Leader Kevin Falcon's decision to pull his party from the upcoming campaign has opened the province to a clear left-versus-right choice for voters. The move surprised some – others said they saw something like this coming. It also...

In a seismic announcement, Kevin Falcon has decided to fold the BC United Party & suspend their campaign! Guest: Richard Zussman - Global News Legislative Reporter Guest: Stewart Prest - UBC Political Science Lecturer Guest: Kash Heed - Former BC Liberal MLA and Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest travel news with Claire Newell! Guest: Claire Newell - President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier David Eby says all school districts now have policies in place to ban the use of devices from ``bell to bell'' during the school day. Eby says BC is also enacting ``access zones'' allowing police to arrest or issue tickets to anyone found to be impeding access, disrupting educational activities, or attempting to intimidate an individual within 20 metres of school property. Guest: Anne Whit...

How will a limit on temporary foreign workers impact Canada's economy? The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a FRIGID Canadian winter. TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp was recently reported to social services for allowing her 15 year old son to travel abroad. How old should kids be before they're allowed to travel? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pair of NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station aboard Boening’s Starliner capsule for an eight-day test mission will now spend eight months stranded in space. What physiological responses and adaptations can American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expect over the course of their extended stay in space? Guest: Andrew Blaber - Professor, biomedical physiology and k...

TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp was recently reported to social services for allowing her 15 year old son to travel abroad. How old should kids be before they're allowed to travel? Guest: Mariana Brussoni - Professor and Director, Human Early Learning Partnership at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a frigid Canadian winter! Guest: Tim Goodwin - Associate Editor, Old Farmer’s Almanac  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa is limiting low-wage temporary foreign workers in Canada. What kind of impact will this have on our country? Guest: Richard Kurland - Immigration lawyer and policy analyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada is bringing in new tariffs this fall on electric vehicles made in China. This is being done in a bid to keep them from getting a significant foothold in the North American market. BC municipality Summerland is looking to ban stickers on fruits and vegetables. Why? The stranded Boeing astronauts are set to return in 2025 via their competitor SpaceX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Stranded Boeing astronauts to return in 2025 on a SpaceX rocket. Guest: Parshati Patel - Astrophysicist, Science Communicator and Consultant  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why does the BC municipality of Summerland want to ban stickers on fruits and vegetables? Guest: Sylvain Charlebois - Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada is bringing in new tariffs this fall on electric vehicles made in China in a bid to keep them from getting a significant foothold in the North American market. Guest: Flavio Volpe - President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers'​ Association  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rail strike - What is this Collective Bargaining process like?  Dr. Mark Thompson - Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division at UBC  The latest on BC politics Michael Gardiner - President of Strategies 360, former advisor to former premier John Horgan Is there a demolition crisis in BC? Glyn Lewis - CEO, Renewal Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

E-Scooter rider caught driving on Hwy 1 Kyla Lee - Criminal Defense and Traffic Lawyer  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there a demolition crisis in BC? Glyn Lewis - CEO, Renewal Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey sexual assault accused gets released Angela Marie MacDougall - Executive director , Battered Women’s Support Services  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Kamala Effect" - is she right for the job? Carol Geffner - Professor at University of Southern California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on BC politics Michael Gardiner - President of Strategies 360, former advisor to former premier John Horgan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The impacts a rail strike has Andrey Pavlov - Professor of Finance at SFU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rail strike - What is this Collective Bargaining process like?  Dr. Mark Thompson - Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division at UBC  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Air Canada pilots say they have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17. Guest: Duncan Dee - Former COO at Air Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the completion of this summer’s Water Street Pedestrian Zone Pilot on September 2 approaches, the City invites residents, visitors, and businesses to share their feedback through the online survey and to stop by Gastown to “Walk on Water.”   Guest: Wally Wargolet - Executive Director of the Gastown Business Improvement Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will Ottawa respond to the rail lockout? PM Trudeau says they're not taking this lightly. Guest: Ian Paton - MLA for Delta-South, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices