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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 Jas Johal Show’s contributor Geri Mayer-Judson, Global News anchor Chris Gailus, and the Global News Radio newsroom round 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.

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“Zero means zero” budget: relief for taxpayers or a Hail Mary before the election? (0:54)

Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City councillor

Does the B.C. government have the power to stop a northern oil pipeline? (14:55)

Guest: Richard Zussman, Global B.C. Legislative Reporter

How to safely and legally forage for mushrooms in the fall (25:30)

Guest: Dr. Mary Berbee, professor emerita in the Department of Botany at UBC

Canada's auto sector takes another blow: Jeep production sets up shop in the U.S. (31:15)

Guest: Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com

Federal government grants major developer $763 million to build rentals in Burnaby (45:00)

Guest: Steve O’Connell, CEO of Grosvenor’s North American property business
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Is the ‘zero means zero’ budget real relief or a last-ditch election move?

Guest: Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com
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Canada's auto sector takes another blow: Jeep production sets up shop in the U.S.

Guest: Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute
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Why Chinese EV tariffs have yet to be dropped, despite majority support from Canadians

Guest: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City councillor
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“Zero means zero” budget: relief for taxpayers or a Hail Mary before the election?

Yaletown stabbing, unprovoked attacks, and the case for involuntary care (0:42)

Guest: Leonard Krog, Mayor of Nanaimo

B.C. calls for federal aid after Trump’s tariffs hit struggling lumber industry (12:36)

Guest: Kurt Niquidet, President of B.C. Lumber Trade Council

Ken Sim halts park board dissolution over controversial parkland transfer clause (20:00)

Guest: Brennan Bastyovanszky, Vancouver Park Board Vice-Chair

Eby’s showdown with developers highlights growing clash between housing policy and economic reality (34:33)

Guest: Anne McMullin, President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute

Victoria real estate agent’s dating application captures the attention of Monica Lewinsky (50:31)

Guest: Krista Nugent, real estate agent in Victoria
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Yaletown stabbing, unprovoked attacks, and the case for involuntary care

Guest: Anne McMullin, President and CEO of the Urban Development Institute
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Eby’s showdown with developers highlights growing clash between housing policy and economic reality

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Commentary: Love and a little malice: How B.C.’s free enterprise lost its way — and how it can win again

Guest: Brennan Bastyovanszky, Vancouver Park Board Vice-Chair
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Ken Sim halts park board dissolution over controversial parkland transfer clause

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza ceasefire (0:40)

Guest: Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs

Has Canada’s food industry become over-reliant on temporary foreign workers? (13:57)

Guest: Sylvain Charlebois, Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast, and visiting scholar at McGill University

AI slop: have Sora videos gotten out of hand? (27:15)

Guest: Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist

What does Canada need to do to realistically achieve EV targets? (38:33)

Guest: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association
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Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed as part of Gaza ceasefire

Guest: Talia Miller, former CKNW Producer, now producer of Connect with Sarah Crosbie on QRCalgary 
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End of the Eras: Taylor Swift closes book on record-breaking tour with six-part docuseries

Did the B.C NDP miss the mark on safe supply?
GUEST: Elenore Sturko, B.C Conservative MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, and Critic for Solicitor General and Public Safety

Why is False Creek taking too long to be developed?
GUEST: Geoff Meggs, former Vancouver City Councillor and former Chief of Staff to Premier John Horgan

Maple Scan: The mobile app to help you buy Canadian
GUEST: Sasha Ivanov, creator of the Maple Scan app
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Did the B.C NDP miss the mark on safe supply?, why is False Creek taking too long to be developed? and Maple Scan

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