The Jill Bennett Show

On Monday night, the city of Coquitlam rezoned a property on Brunette Ave with the purpose for issuing an RFP for a non-profit to come forward and build non-market housing. But the province has put a pause on applications to the Community Housing Fund - which puts this project in jeopardy. Guest: Matt Djonlic - Coquitlam City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A troubling video has surfaced in which Vancouver City Councillor Lenny Zhou is heard (in mandarin) claiming multiple opposition councillors are drug users and distributors. Did he go too far? Guest: Stewart Prest - Political Scientist, UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the latest on Puerto Vallarta and the back log of trying to get Canadians out of the area? Paid parking has been introduced at some West Vancouver parks... It's been a mess. What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about how AI is monitored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business leaders are calling on the province to reverse the expansion of the PST to services like accounting, security and engineering. Guest: Bridgitte Anderson - President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Trump's tariffs imposed under emergency powers. A closer look at the B.C. budget shows the province pulling funding for affordable housing. Also, the story of how a dog reunited with her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Gerry Vittoratos , UFile Tax Expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Benjamin Bollich, an activist who resides in Nanaimo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a closer look at the province's changes to the property tax deferral program and how property owners might be impacted. What does the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner have to say regarding recent reports of privacy breaches at hospitals following the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy? And more analysis on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor by a royal commentator.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Mark Jan Vrem, A West-End resident with the Stop 2030 Barclay group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST:  Patrick Prade, Executive Director, Vancouver Curling Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does this mean for homeowners? Guest: Michael Geller, Real Estate Consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC's ambitious $10-a-day childcare program has been paused, leaving families and providers watching closely for the next steps. Reaction is continuing to pour in following the release of the province's 2026 budget. As of yesterday, Canadian passport holders are able to travel to China without a visa for stays of up to 30 days. This is a major shift in our travel rules that now aligns Canada with nearly 50 other countries whose citizens enjoy visa-free entry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian passport holders are able to travel to China without a visa for stays of up to 30 days — a major shift in travel rules that now aligns Canada with nearly 50 other countries whose citizens enjoy visa-free entry. Guest: Aurel Braun - Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey unveils her 2026 budget, we break it down with Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey. We also get the reaction of B.C. General Employees Union President, Paul Finch. Also, will Vancouver's left-leaning politicians band together to defeat Ken Sim in the next mayoral election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Michael Shapray, Criminal Lawyer with Stern Shapray Criminal Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot has officially come to an end, with the province acknowledging it did not deliver the results hoped for. The search for Nancy Guthrie in the US is continuing with investigators still following leads and hoping for answers. For families, friends, and communities, every day without resolution brings uncertainty and heartbreak. Canada's much‑watched electric vehicle rebate program is back... but while the new system offers up to $5,000 toward the purchase of a new EV, issues from the old program are still causing headaches for some dealers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do paramedics and first responders cope with traumatic events? Should we be afraid of a future with AI? And an update on the Westham Island Bridge in Delta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The “escalator tax,” introduced in the 2017 federal budget, increases taxes on beer, wine and spirits every year without a vote in Parliament. Guest:  Ken Beattie, Executive Director, BC Craft Brewers Guild Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the official day of mourning of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, we check in with the community, take a closer look at gun laws, and hear from a survivor of an Ottawa school shooting in 1975. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The small community of Tumbler Ridge is still grappling with the aftermath of a deadly shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School — an event that shocked not just this town, but the entire country. While many are mourning the lives lost, others are trying to process what they witnessed and how their lives have been changed in an instant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claire Newell from Travel Best Bets joins us to discuss the biggest stories coming out of the travel sector. Guest: Claire Newell - Travel Best Bets President and Founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The District of Tofino is pushing back after the province rejected its proposal for a new hospital, saying the region needs more than just a basic replacement facility. A major new McMaster University study involving 2.8 million children worldwide is shedding fresh light on why some kids develop food allergies while others don't. Abbotsford's police chief says the city has seen nearly 90 extortion-related incidents since late 2023, including 11 already this year — and he's now calling for urgent, cross-party justice system reforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Community groups in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are pushing back against plans to convert the former London Drugs space at Woodward's into a police training centre. Guest: Sean Miles - Director of Binners' Project and a facilitator for the Coordinated Community Response Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Docket with Michael Shapray - February 10, 2026 Guest: Michael Shapray - Criminal Lawyer with Stern Shapray Criminal Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Air Canada says it is suspending service to Cuba because of a shortage of aviation fuel on the island. Authorities investigating the apparent kidnapping of the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie have returned to the 84-year-old's Arizona neighborhood several times over the weekend. Ottawa is providing another $1-billion financial lifeline to Canada Post, just months after the previous government loan was exhausted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the UK the market, purpose-bred animals trained to bite, hold and release on command are sold for tens of thousands of pounds, marketed as family pets that double as live-in security solutions. Demand for these dogs, once the preserve of the ultra-rich and security professionals, seems to be growing, fuelled by celebrity endorsements, social media and widespread anxieties about crime. Guest: Ryan Isley - Owner and Founder, Ontario K9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Victoria city councillor is pushing to change provincial rules that currently keep mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs out of bike lanes. Guest: Dave Thompson - Victoria City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Bronwyn Lewis - food and travel writer and content creator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Sharon Perry - Daughter attends Centennial Secondary in Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Pat Bell - Former MLA and Development Partner, Northern Lights Estate Winery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Michael Thomas - Board Chair & Trustee for Port Coquitlam, Board of Education, School District 43 (Coquitlam) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Jesse Zeman - Executive Director, B.C. Wildlife Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Troy Hillman - Retired Cold Case Homicide Detective Sergeant, Author and Consultant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Shachi Kurl - President, Angus Reid Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Leonard Krog - Mayor of Nanaimo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Lior Samfiru - Co-founding Partner and employment lawyer, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a new $2.3-billion Electric Vehicle Affordability Program that would bring back consumer rebates for EVs and plug-in hybrids, while scrapping the controversial EV sales mandate and replacing it with much tougher emissions standards. The mayor of Kelowna is calling for stronger bail rules to tackle repeat property crime. Restaurants across British Columbia that use a third‑party service to manage and distribute employee tips say large sums of money have disappeared from their accounts, and they have no clear answers from the company responsible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver City Council has now sent a controversial West End hotel tower proposal to a public hearing. The latest application would rezone a residential site to allow a 27-storey, 270-unit hotel and long-term stay building with ground-floor restaurant space, an 88-metre height, and a very high floor space ratio. Guest: Mark Jan Vrem - A west end resident working with the Stop 2030 Barclay group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past year, Surrey and the wider Lower Mainland have faced a wave of extortion targeting local businesses, prompting a major response from law enforcement and the BC government. BC's minister of economic growth says the latest offer to keep the Vancouver Whitecaps playing at BC Place Stadium would see the Crown corporation that owns and operates the facility "operating at net zero." Is this enough to keep the Caps here? The BC Human Rights Commissioner has released a report called ‘Un(media)ted' examining last year's Hastings Street encampment eviction in Vancouver. The inquiry found that the City and Vancouver Police improperly restricted media access, creating so-called exclusion zones that went beyond safety needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sommelier Showdown invites you to experience the art of food and wine pairing like never before. At Five Sails Restaurant in the Pan Pacific Hotel, two top sommeliers go head-to-head, each trying to pair the perfect wine with every course of a decadent four-course dinner. And here's the twist—you're the judge! Guest: Sarah McCauley - MC, Sommelier Showdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claire Newell from Travel Best Bets comes on to help us unpack some of the big stories coming out of the travel sector. Guest: Claire Newell - Travel Best Bets President and Founder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Extortion crimes in Surrey are raising the public's concerns for their safety. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim joins us for a wide-ranging one-on-one conversation. Four years after catastrophic flooding in the Fraser Valley, communities in BC are still working to reduce the risk of future disasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia's minister of economic growth says the latest offer to keep the Vancouver Whitecaps playing at B.C. Place Stadium would see the Crown corporation that owns and operates the facility "operating at net zero." Ravi Kahlon said Tuesday that PavCo makes approximately $1 million to $1.5 million in profit each year from hosting the Major League Soccer team, and that the latest offer, which emerged from a meeting between the two sides on Monday, would return all of that revenue to the club. Guest: Ravi Kahlon - Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The London Drugs closure at the Woodward's building leaves a huge hole in the Downtown Eastside, one of the last reliable places for everyday essentials after Army & Navy shut down. Guest: Landon Hoyt - Executive director of the Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Docket with Michael Shapray - February 3, 2026 Guest: Michael Shapray - Criminal Lawyer with Stern Shapray Criminal Lawyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to demand, a free meals program is being expanded to nearly every school in Surrey. Guest: Gary Tymoschuk - Chair, Surrey Board of Education Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices