The Jill Bennett Show

The Docket with Michael Shapray Guest: Michael Shapray - Criminal Lawyer with Stern Shapray Criminal Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At 81 years-old, former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum is making a comeback to politics with another run for Surrey mayor. Artemis astronauts are home! What does the success of this mission mean for future missions? Are you coping with the loss of a pet? There's a new service in B.C. to help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy, University of Ottawa: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Andrew Leonard, Mayor of Bowen Island Municipality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a ceasefire in the Middle East still shaky, US Vice President JD Vance is heading to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials. With only three weeks to go until the Apr. 30 tax filing deadline, what kinds of mistakes do tax filers often make when scrambling to get their taxes done before the deadline? In Vancouver’s softer housing market, developers are getting creative to attract...

This Sunday All Elite Wrestling returns to Vancouver for AEW Dynasty at Rogers Arena. The show will be headlined by AEW World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman wrestling Winnipeg’s own Kenny Omega. Our producer Ben Dooley had the chance to speak to MJF earlier this morning about what fans can expect on Sunday Guest: Maxwell Jacob Friedman - AEW World Champion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The B.C. government is facing growing backlash over its plan to temporarily suspend key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, legislation that was once unanimously supported in the legislature as a cornerstone of reconciliation. Guest: Adam Olsen - Lead Negotiator, Tsartlip First Nation and former BC Green MLA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by an 83 year-old woman who claims doctors floated the idea of medical assistance in dying (MAID) to her during a visit to the ER seeking diagnosis for her back pain. Two B.C. organizations are calling on the provincial government to make a long-promised change to rental housing rules. A mystery surrounding a piece of art, part of the Hudson Bay Company collections, has recently been...

Guest: Jenny Kwan, NDP MP for Vancouver East Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests: Denis Agar, Executive Director, Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders and Arden English, elected councillor at the Simon Fraser Student Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Warren Kinsella, Former special Advisor to Jean Chretien and founder of the Daisy Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Josie Osborne, B.C. Minister of Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you been blinded by headlights while driving at night? Transport Canada wants to hear about your experience with a survey. A familiar name is set to spearhead the B.C. Treaty Commission, they join us to talk about playing the key role in Indigenous negotiations and relations. And could a GST exemption on new homes happen in B.C.? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Daniel Stern, vehicle lighting and regulation expert based in Vancouver and Chief Editor of Driving Vision News - the technical journal of record for driver vision and vehicle lighting around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Claire Newell, President and Founder of Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Alex Marland, professor at the Acadia University dept. of politics, co-author of No I in Team, Party Loyalty in Canadian Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 8th edition of the annual State of Downtown report has been released today. This publication offers an exclusive look into the economic and social landscape of downtown Vancouver, supported by cutting-edge data. Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium(better known as “The Nat”) is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2026, marking three-quarters of a century as a community landmark, baseball hub, an...

If you play Lotto Max, big changes are coming this month... including higher jackpots, more prizes, and a shift in the odds. Guest: Michael Wallace - Associate professor of biostatistics in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new singer dominating the ITunes charts is AI generated. Is this the future? Guest: Eric Alper - Publicist and Music Commentator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's edition features a story about a woman suing Tim Hortons after falling off a toilet. Guest: Michael Shapray - Criminal Lawyer with Stern Shapray Criminal Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us have encountered someone like this: a friend who turns on you without warning, a colleague who quietly undermines your work, or a partner who initially seemed perfect but later revealed a much darker side. While we might call them difficult, toxic, or even a “bad apple,” personality researchers have a more specific term: the “dark tetrad.” Guest: Leanne Ten Brinke - associate professor...

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates have surpassed the distance record of 400-thousand-171 kilometres set by Apollo 13 in 1970. Guest: Scott Tilley - Amateur Astronomer and blogger at skyriddles.wordpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelowna is pushing the B.C. government to fast-track an exemption to the province’s new short-term rental rules, arguing that changes could help bring hundreds of units back into the tourism market just as demand is expected to surge. Guest: Chris Petty - General Manager, Basil & Mint Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all heard the phrase “age is just a number”—but what if that number doesn’t tell the whole story? Guest: Scott Lear - Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rising fuel costs are hitting nearly every corner of the economy, but in British Columbia’s wine industry, the impact is being felt from vineyard to shelf. Trump's threating to blow "everything up" if Iran won't make a deal in the latest ceasefire bid. Multiple sailings were cancelled over the Easter long weekend due to mechanical issues affecting key vessels. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...