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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 provi...

Episodes(40 episodes)

MLA to introduce Child Water Safety Act after recent spike in drownings

Gavin Dew, Conservative MLA for Kelowna-Mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 25, 2026Duration: 10m 14s

Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34

Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34 (0:51) Dylan Kruger, Delta city councillor Inside The House (9:24) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Vancouver council cries foreign interference at recent public hearing (23:32) Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson B.C. is open to selling BC Place to the Whitecaps, Ravi Kahlon (34:46) Patrick Johnston, Sport columnist with the Vancouver sun and Province Learn more about your...

Published: Jul 25, 2026Duration: 51m 57s

The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour

This week: Keith Baldrey: Victoria just fast-tracked a two billion dollar LNG expansion in Delta, and why is Eby's support cratering? (1:17) Patrick Johnston: Should the Whitecaps just buy BC Place? The province isn't saying no (15:30) Richard Zussman: Mike Bernier is back with a new party called CentreBC. Threat or footnote? (29:34) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 25, 2026Duration: 47m 2s

Vancouver council cries foreign interference at recent public hearing

Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 25, 2026Duration: 12m 56s

Inside The House

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

Published: Jul 25, 2026Duration: 15m 51s

Metro Vancouver board reduced to 34 members

Metro Vancouver board votes to shrink board down to 34 Dylan Kruger, Delta city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 24, 2026Duration: 9m 15s

Carney meets with Premiers as First Ministers Meeting concludes

Prime Minister Carney meets with Premiers as First Ministers Meeting concludes (1:00) David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent Can we slow aging? A UBC professor says it’s possible (10:51) Dr. Michael Kobor, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics , and Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging at UBC New Cultural Precinct could reshape Downtown Vancouver (24:02) Suzanne Anton, Chair of the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society and former Attorney General of B.C. ...

Published: Jul 24, 2026Duration: 1h 0m 40s

Could better forest management reduce B.C.'s wildfire risk?

Dr. Jamie Stephen, Managing Director of TorchLight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 24, 2026Duration: 20m 53s

New Cultural Precinct could reshape Downtown Vancouver

Suzanne Anton, Chair of the Vancouver Concert Hall and Theatre Society and former Attorney General of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 24, 2026Duration: 15m 56s

Can we slow aging?

A UBC professor says it’s possible Dr. Michael Kobor, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics , and Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 23, 2026Duration: 14m 53s

Let your kids grow by letting go

Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow, and author of Free-Range Kids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 23, 2026Duration: 15m 40s

Council of the Federation: what did Premiers achieve?

Council of the Federation: what did Premiers achieve? (0:47) David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent Drones join the frontlines of B.C.'s wildfire fight (14:19) Fons Raedschelders, superintendent of cultural and prescribed fire with the B.C. Wildfire Service Commentary: No More Concessions (25:37) B.C. Place’s pitch finds new life after the World Cup (33:26) Tony Valente, Senior Director of Capital Projects at PavCo (B.C. Pavilion Corporation) Why Metro Vancouver residents are le...

Published: Jul 23, 2026Duration: 1h 4m 39s

Why Metro Vancouver residents are leaving for other parts of B.C.

Wendy Waters, real estate expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 23, 2026Duration: 19m 25s

B.C. Place’s pitch finds new life after the World Cup

Tony Valente, Senior Director of Capital Projects at PavCo (B.C. Pavilion Corporation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 22, 2026Duration: 11m 59s

Drones join the frontlines of B.C.'s wildfire fight

Fons Raedschelders, superintendent of cultural and prescribed fire with the B.C. Wildfire Service Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 22, 2026Duration: 13m 0s

B.C. to Triple Public EV Charging Network by 2035

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Published: Jul 22, 2026Duration: 42m 26s

Trump to hit Canada with new 50% tariff

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Published: Jul 21, 2026Duration: 47m 46s

World Cup Brings Record VPD Deployment

GUEST: Don Chapman, Deputy Police Chief for the Vancouver Police Department Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: Jul 21, 2026Duration: 9m 42s

Metro Van's Top Bureaucrat may be out, but taxpayers are on the hook

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Published: Jul 18, 2026Duration: 43m 19s

Inside The House with Keith Baldrey

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Published: Jul 17, 2026Duration: 14m 43s