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The Jas Johal Show is the Lower Mainland’s town square, helping you connect with the stories that matter. It’s about finding the solutions to the challenges facing our region, even when we disagree. Jas’s decades of experience as a local news reporter, a Global News bureau chief in China and India, as well as a BC MLA have strengthened his conviction that no one “side” has all the answers. The Global News Radio newsroom rounds out the team keeping you in the know on developing stories from the North Shore to the Fraser Valley. The Jas Johal Show provides fresh perspective and lively conversation for listeners Monday to Friday: 3-6pm.

The Jas Johal Show

Vacation Drama: B.C. Leads the Country in Group Travel Fights

Alison Kwong, Senior Vice President of Public Relations for VRBO
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B.C. leads the country in group travel fights

$700M to $4B: Metro Vancouver’s Wastewater Plant Sparks Fight Over Who Pays (0:47)

Eric Woodward, Township of Langley Mayor

Youth Sports Boom, Kids Burn Out: Why Young Athletes Are Walking Away (12:33)

Scott Rintoul, Vancouver-based sports broadcaster, and host of the Better Sports Parents podcast

Budget hangover, and the latest on the B.C Conservative leadership race (26:45)

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief

Ken Sim Under Fire: False Allegation Raises New Questions About Judgment (41:30)

Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer at the University of British Columbia
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Wastewater plant cost surge sparks fight over payment

This week:

 North Shore mayors want a public inquiry and a review of Metro Vancouver’s board after the North Shore Wastewater treatment plant boondoggle. (1:15) Not so fast, says Langley Mayor Eric Woodward. It’s time north leadership looked in the mirror. (12:19)

 A false allegation. A rushed apology. And growing questions about judgment at Vancouver City Hall. Can Mayor Ken Sim recover — or has this controversy changed the political landscape ahead of the next election? (24:12)

 James Horncastle joins us to break down how the war in Iran is evolving — and what Canada’s role could be if tensions continue to escalate.(35:59) 

 Keith Baldrey drops by to talk B.C. politics (53:04)

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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour

Ken Sim Under Fire: False Allegation Raises New Questions About Judgment

Stewart Prest, Political Science lecturer at the University of British Columbia
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Ken Sim under fire over false allegation

Do Bitcoin ATMs open the door for more crime in Vancouver?

Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals Mayoral Candidate
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Do Bitcoin ATMs fuel crime in Vancouver?

Budget hangover, and the latest on the B.C Conservative leadership race

Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief
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Budget hangover and B.C. Conservative leadership race

Youth Sports Boom, Kids Burn Out: Why Young Athletes Are Walking Away

Scott Rintoul, Vancouver-based sports broadcaster, and host of the Better Sports Parents podcast
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Why young athletes are walking away

$700M to $4B: Metro Vancouver’s Wastewater Plant Sparks Fight Over Who Pays

Eric Woodward, Township of Langley Mayor
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Metro wastewater plant cost spike triggers payment dispute

After the Flames: New UBC Study Warns Wildfires Can Contaminate Drinking Water for Years

Raul DeLeon Rabago, Master’s student in civil engineering at UBC, and author of the study
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UBC study warns wildfires taint water for years

$700M to $3.86B: North Shore Sewage Plant Cost Explosion Triggers Calls for Inquiry (0:38)

Linda Buchanan, Mayor of the City of North Vancouver

Why Isn’t B.C. Getting More From Its Economy? Ken Peacock on the Productivity Problem (11:48)

Ken Peacock, economist who writes about the B.C economy on Substack, formerly the chief economist and senior vice president of the Business Council of B.C.

 

North Shore Mayors call on Premier Eby to launch inquiry on Sewage Plant costs (27:05)

Mike Little, District of North Vancouver Mayor

 

AI Promises, No Laws: What the Tumbler Ridge Case Reveals About Canada’s Tech Safety Gap (36:29)

Plus, Meta’s AI Glasses Privacy Shock: Kenyan Moderators Watching Canadians’ Private Moments (46:32)

Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com
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North Shore sewage plant costs soar, inquiry urged

GUEST: Jerome Gessaroli, senior fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute, and leads the Sound Economic Policy Project at BCIT
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Will Trump’s plans for deregulation leave Canada in the dust?

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