The Mike Smyth Show

Are AI data center environmental worries overblown? Guest: David Clement, North American Affairs Manager at the Consumer Choice Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do we need warning labels on alcohol? Guest: David Clement, North American Affairs Manager at the Consumer Choice Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighting the problems with people consulting "Dr. Google" for medical advice. After years of relentless upward pressure on rents and housing prices, there are now signs that BC's housing market may finally be starting to loosen. Is AC killing us? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FIFA World Cup kicks off today, but there seems to be a noticeable lack of excitement. Is Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West thinking of running for Premier of BC? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Canada's new AI strategy? Do we really understand Vancouver's "villages plan"? Lastly. we look at FIFA's enormous greed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should MLAs have to take a leave of absence when charged with crimes Guest: Amelia Boultbee, Independent MLA for Penticton-Summerland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Research Co poll shows 47% want a new centre right party. 41% want a return of the BC Liberals. Can it happen? Kicker: Trump booed thunderously at the Knicks game Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative Leader Kerry Lynne Findlay going to see Danielle Smith. KLF’s takeover of the Conservatives: half of her party members rejected her! Will we see the emergence of a free enterprise coalition party? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a look at Quadra Island raising $50,000 to hire a recruiter to find new doctors. BC Residents are stuck with a $200m bill from non-residents' healthcare. And water cuts across Metro Vancouver and Vernon have started up - the BC Fruit Growers' Association is calling for an emergency plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Record number of Sea to Sky speeders busted Guest: Grant Gottgetreu, Former traffic cop, now with Forensictrafficpro.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens to rural healthcare when doctors retire? Guest: Paul Adams, Executive Director BC Rural Health Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue to see the fallout from the mess going on with the Surrey Police Service. FIFA is getting greedy! First they stop a charity from raffling off a couple of free tickets, and now they're even banning reusable water bottles from the stadiums! Lastly, we bring you an update on Project Iris (the home security camera registry in Surrey.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

The BC NDP is going on the immediate attack on the new BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and veteran campaigner in BC Guest: Rachael Segal - Founder and co-host of the Beyond A Ballot podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Ferries is introducing a 5% fuel surcharge to their sailings and it's hitting passengers right in the wallet! Is artificial intelligence to blame for the recession? Even the POPE is weighing in on the subject! A Coquitlam pedestrian was ticketed for walking TOO slowly at a crosswalk! The guy says he'll fight it in court, but is the law on his side? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Independent MLA Jordan Kealy is being charged with sexual assault, but he is maintaining that he's innocent. BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and Premier David Eby are already trading verbal jabs. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turmoil in the Surrey Police Service: Chief Norm Lipinski is OUT. Why was he let go in the first place? Some former Snowbird pilots are fighting to keep the iconic flying program in the air. Have Canadians reached the tipping point on tipping? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It hasn't even been a week since Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been elected as the leader of the BC Conservatives, and BC Premier David Eby are already trading jabs. Canada is now in a recession. Carney says it's partly because of the previous Liberal government, but Pierre Poilievre it's all on Carney. Trump is bringing back his 51st state comments, and the US ambassador to Canada appears to be getting...

What is Kerry-Lynne Findlay's game plan now that she's been elected as leader of the BC Conservatives? Why was Chief Norm Lipinski let go from the Surrey Police Service? Guest: Bill Tieleman - Strategy and communications consultant and veteran campaigner in BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is AI making it harder for young British Columbians to find work? B.C.'s latest minimum wage increase is now in effect, but many argue it still falls short of what workers need to keep up with rising living costs. As Chinese electric vehicles gain traction worldwide, questions are being raised about potential security and data privacy risks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

It's official. Kerry-Lynne Findlay is the new leader of the BC Conservative party. Is this a positive choice for the party? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We officially have a new leader of the BC Conservative Party... It's Kerry-Lynne Findlay! Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is hitting pause on the Alberta referendum debate. What do Albertans want? FIFA World Cup costs have gone through the roof! How much more can taxpayers take?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC government is pausing the moving of an Overdose prevention site to Downtown Vancouver due to public safety concerns. Premier Danielle Smith is making it official: a referendum to hold an Alberta referendum will take place on October 19th. Should there be warning labels on our alcohol? It's being proposed after a recent report from Dr. Bonnie Henry and it's drawing mixed reactions. Learn mor...

Why can't Trump get a deal with Iran? Guest: Dave Levinthal, Investigative reporter in Washington DC, Senior Editor at Notus.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ICBC no fault insurance leaving victims with no help GUEST: Tiana Taylor, Brain-injury victim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Burnaby is implementing sweeping restrictions around where people can ride e-scooters. Should Vancouver follow suit? The FIFA World Cup is just 2 weeks away, and yet ticket sales to games and events have been lackluster to say the least. We hear an harrowing account of one woman's fight against ICBC's iron-clad no-fault insurance policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...