The Mike Smyth Show

Does TransLink need a route around Stanley Park? Guest: Anita Bathe, Senior Manager, Media Relations & Issues Management at TransLink Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC Conservative leadership race is starting to get personal. Guest: Peter Milobar - BC Conservative MLA for Kamloops Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A plan's been unveiled to build a cluster of AI data centres in BC, and it's generating mixed reactions. A freak accident left a motorcycle dangling from a traffic light pole! How did this happen? Should we restore the Prime Minister's residence at 24 Sussex drive? It's been neglected for decades, and although many say it's a teardown, PM Carney thinks it can be saved! Learn more about your ad cho...

The BC Conservative leadership race is getting nasty. Some candidates are even attacking each other with ridiculous claims on social media! The FIFA World cup is only weeks away, and we STILL don't know how much it's going to cost us! Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative bureau chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rounding the final corner of the BC Conservative leadership race, and things are getting spicy! Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is continuing her push for a pipeline to be built through BC, but the Eby government is standing firm. BC Nurses have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Nurses have delivered the strongest strike mandate vote in the union’s History at 98.2% in favour of job action. In a heated exchange, Kerry-Lynne Findlay went after Peter Milobar's wife over her heritage. Do we actually need to be worried about the hantavirus? Dr. Bonnie Henry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A massive data breach in Alberta is raising fears over Canada's election integrity. The BC NDP are doing damage control after facing backlash for cancelling two big infrastructure projects. We're one month away from the World cup! What events and activations can we expect to see in Vancouver? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global hosted the BC Conservative leadership debate over the weekend; What were the key takeaways? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chinese EVs are rolling into Canada - what’s Beijing really driving at? Millennials keep getting priced out of the housing market. Is home ownership now just a fantasy? And you'll never guess how many of your tax dollars went to Surrey's School Superintendent last year! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chinese EVs in Canada - what is China’s end goal? Guest: Michael Kovrig, Senior Adviser, Asia for International Crisis Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An all-nighter at the legislature with politicians duking it out until 3 a.m. What was worth the fight? Why is Vancouver’s city council against a new overdose prevention site downtown? Mandatory alcohol detection in cars - lifesaving tech or government overreach behind the wheel? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Sandra Thomas, Journalist with Coast Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surgery wait-times continue to plague Canadian patients. Do we need to look abroad to see how other countries are doing things? Mayor Ken Sim is fighting back against the province's push to build another overdose prevention site, saying they cause a bunch of problems for the neighbourhoods. Are companies spying on your shopping habits to make you pay more? Can the government do anything about this...

Is an NDP provincial cabinet minister under investigation for collaborating with China? Guest: Brad West - Port Coquitlam Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new opinion poll shows the BC NDP is WAY down. This is despite the BC Conservatives not even having a leader yet! Some First Nations in the USA say they now want to have a say over BC land because of DRIPA. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim he is going to fight the province's attempt to build another overdose prevention site in the city. Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and ve...

Does Vancouver actually need big tall skyscrapers, or would they do more harm than good? More people are turning to food assistance programs as the economy continues to struggle. Could AI technology be used to reduce medical wait times? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC Conservatives have a 10-point lead over the BC NDP amid DRIPA uncertainty. Alberta separatists say they've collected enough signatures to force a referendum. Most polls show it will lose. The new $1.5 billion tariff relief fund doesn’t include BC softwood lumber! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney has selected Jonathan Wilkinson to serve as Canada’s next ambassador to the European Union. The average price per litre of gas in Metro Vancouver rose by nearly a dime in the last week, but experts say it’s a small jump compared with the rest of the country. Will the US accept Iran’s proposal to end the war? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will the US accept Iran’s proposal to end the war? Guest: Dave Levinthal, Investigative reporter in Washington DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are the Whitecaps Vegas-bound - or just playing hardball at home? An “N” driver busted street racing in Abbotsford. Will kids ever learn? 42 years of tips, arrests, and impact - Crime Stoppers marks a major milestone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manitoba social-media ban Guest: Phaedra, @phaedraknowsthings on TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old Age Security - does Canada need to rethink who gets it and how it’s paid out? OpenAI sued over the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Should the blame fall at their feet? And we talk to the owner of Aura nightclub who's place has been flooded over 200 times from an SRO upstairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative MP Dan Albas comes on to share his thoughts on the recent budget update and Prime Minister Mark Carney's recently announced Sovereign Wealth Fund. Should transit in BC be free for young people? It's an idea that's been floating around for while now, so we'll get into that. Local sports fans are fighting to keep the Whitecaps in Vancouver. Will they succeed? Learn more about your ad ch...

Is BC now “co-governed” with First Nations? Guest: Scott McInnis - Conservative MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke and Critic for Indigenous Relations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices