The Jill Bennett Show

The latest reports say 'Significant structures’ have been lost in West Kelowna due to wildfires. Ottawa is providing nearly $500 million in loans for new rental housing in Vancouver. Hearing a first-hand account of the Kelowna wildfire evacuations. One-on-one conversation with West-Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How a Vancouver neighbourhood fought and defeated... a daycare. Burgers to Beat MS Day is back for its 15th year! 65 patients from LTC homes in Yellowknife are arriving at YVR tomorrow. Is it sexual assault to secretly record consensual sex? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa to fund nearly $500 million in new rental housing in Vancouver. The latest travel news with Claire Newell from Travel Best Bets! Many Canadian homeowners are currently finding themselves facing huge and unexpected increases in their monthly mortgage payments due to consistent interest rate hikes.  Plants could be the answer to solving microplastic pollution! Learn more about your ad choices...

Some tenants are planning to confront their landlord over the wrongful eviction of their low-income neighbour. Key facts to know about Trump's 4 indictments and criminal charges. Non-profit and private sectors are joining forces to address Canada’s rental housing crisis. Inflation jumped higher last month, to 3.3%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood writers show unity and anger on picket lines. Guest: Amy Lang - President, North Shore and Mammoth Studios  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wanna know how smart racoons are? Volunteer your backyard to help scientists find out! Guest: Hannah Griebling - ‘PhD Student - Animal Behavior and Cognition Lab, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences UBC  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver's hotel shortage could hurt the local economy. As BC temperatures soar, advocates are calling for rules to keep rental housing cool. Ottawa COULD fix housing if it felt like it. Could the proposed grizzly bear plan reopen BC to trophy hunting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Golden Retriever rescue group is unable to find foster families in BC. Guest: Viva Tamm - Board Co-Chair, Golden Rescue  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Vancouver home made $18K in a month from short-term rentals. Are regulations working? The Concorde is taking a slow boat to Brooklyn for a makeover. Perseid meteor shower to peak with dazzling display this weekend  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak with a dazzling display this weekend! Guest: Andrew Ferreira - Speakers' Chair with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vancouver Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Vancouver home made $18K in a month from short-term rentals. Are regulations working? Guest: Michael Vogel - CEO and Founder, Encore Ventures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver hospital is defending it's choice suggesting MAID to a suicidal patient as a risk assessment tool. Hollywood writers strike hits 100-day mark. Continuing the conversation on the expansion of Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley. After a fire at their townhouse complex, a BC family flew to Maui... where wildfires are now raging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

The latest travel news with Claire Newell from Travel Best Bets. The Vancouver Fire and Rescure Service is making an urgent call for public awareness in the wake of the record-breaking fire season. New Leger survey looks at Canadians' thoughts on shoplifting and retail safety measures. Man and dog injured by a trio of raccoons in Kitsilano. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

Cash is coming for vandalized Vancouver businesses, but some say it's too late. The federal government is launching a three-year pilot project aimed at addressing shortages for employers who hire migrant labourers. The Fraser Valley Chambers of Commerce is urging the province to Speed Up the Expansion of Highway 1. The Vancouver School Board reveals it's considering selling a prime piece of land. ...

We Should Be Friends is a group dedicated to making friends in the lonely city of Vancouver. Guest: Katrina Martin - Founder, We Should Be Friends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research groups are sounding the alarm after reports of three whales struck by ships off BC. Was the 2023 Pride Parade a success? Saturday marked the 34th anniversary of the disappearance of 3-year-old Casey Rose Bohun. We Should Be Friends is a group dedicated to making friends in the lonely city of Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first RSV vaccine for older adults has been approved by Health Canada. A Stanley Park fire is under investigation. Revolutionizing transit maintenance. Whether driving a standard vehicle, an RV, or hitching a trailer to the back, tire safety can sometimes be an afterthought for Canadians hitting the road for summer long weekends.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Wolak comes on to highlight some incredibly diverse eating options in the West End! Name: VanLove Sushi & more Location: 1755 Robson Street Cuisine: Ukrainian sushi  Name: Latin Square  Location: 105 Davie Street Cuisine: Latin American (including Colombian, Brazilian, Chilean, Argentinean and Mexican), Name: Gurkha Himalayan Kitchen  Location: 1141 Davie Street Cuisine: Himalayan and Nep...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has released the 2023 edition of its annual Gas Tax Honesty Report.  Petition is calling to stop car traffic in Stanley Park until the province's fire risk is reduced. Interest rate hikes have caused a modest decline in Canadian home prices, but there's no freefall in sight. Metro Vancouver moving to Stage 2 water restrictions beginning August 4th.  Learn more abo...

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), in partnership with Natural Resources Canada and the City of Kamloops, is hosting a training program next week to prepare structural fire fighters for the dangers and hazards of wildfires. Guest: Mike Carter - IAFF 6th District Vice President (representing Western Canada)  Guest: Mark Brise - a Kamloops fire fighter and member of IAFF Local 91...

This whale may be the largest animal ever, and we have no idea how it got that big! Guest: Hans Thewissen - a paleontologist and whale evolution expert at Northeast Ohio Medical University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest travel news with Claire Newell of Travel Best Bets! Delta Police are utilizing innovation & technology to locate a high-risk missing individual! How does it work? STOP. DRINKING. BORAX. The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), in partnership with Natural Resources Canada and the City of Kamloops, is hosting a training program next week to prepare structural fire fighters f...

STOP. DRINKING. BORAX. Guest: Maureen McGrath - Nurse Practitioner and host  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Delta Police are utilizing innovation & technology to locate a high-risk missing individual! How does it work? Guest: Sergeant Jim Ingram - Delta Police Sergeant  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Businesses in Gastown are closing because of crime. Vancouver is aiming to discourage single-detached houses by shrinking them. Eating disorder specialists are issuing a warning to people using Ozempic for weight loss. Traffic fatalities are dominating headlines in Vancouver. Where's the solution? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices