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

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Family Reunification on Hold: What the Sponsorship Freeze Means for BC GUEST: Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society The Great Reversal: BC's Population Declines for the First Time in Modern History GUEST: 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 Beyond Resources: Why Canada Can't Stop the New Megafires GUEST: Jesse Winter, climate disaster journalist and author of Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze Jerome Gessaroli on the Price of Project Approval in BC GUEST: Jerome Gessaroli, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond Resources: Why Canada Can't Stop the New Megafires GUEST: Jesse Winter, climate disaster journalist and author of Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No Helmet, Deadly Consequences: the VPD's Urgent Scooter Warning GUEST: Sgt. Adam Donaldson, Media Relations Officer with the Vancouver Police Department The bid is in: Could the Whitecaps run B.C Place? GUEST: Patrick Johnston, Sports columnist for the Vancouver Sun and The Province Next steps: how a car-free Granville Street could work post-World Cup GUEST: Brent Toderian, City planner; Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; formerly chief planner of the city of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next steps: how a car-free Granville Street could work post-World Cup GUEST: Brent Toderian, City planner; Urbanist at TODERIAN UrbanWORKS; formerly chief planner of the city of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Ken Sim is pivoting on the Park Board, blaming BC. A $13 billion Meta AI data centre is headed for Alberta. Is B.C missing something? If someone on an E-scooter in BC gets injured... who pays? Is Ottawa setting trade barriers on the new pipeline? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa setting trade barriers on the new pipeline? Guest: Jack Mintz, President's Fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If someone on an e-scooter in BC gets injured, who pays? Guest: Greg Phillips, a personal injury lawyer with Johnston Franklin Bishop and Board Member for the Trial Lawyers Association of BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Ken Sim is pivoting on the Park Board. What happened here? Guest: Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner and Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Sim tried to kill the Park Board. Now he wants to win it?! Chilliwack transformer plant closes with 43 jobs gone. Can BC stop it? Nurses rejected their own union's deal. How does this end? The push to build the tallest tower in Vancouver. It's easier to order wine from France than Ontario. Can the premiers fix it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does it all fit? Super tankers, a pipeline and a port collide at Roberts Bank GUEST: Ian Paton, B.C. Conservative MLA for Delta South Inside The House GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Bailout or bargain? The land deals rocking Surrey City Hall GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey First City councillor and mayoral candidate BCUC: AI and energy. Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush? GUEST: Mark Jaccard - Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission; Professor - School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: Keith Baldrey: Nurses on the Picket Line, Conservatives at War: Keith Baldrey on a Wild Week in Politics (1:13) Mike Farnworth: $8.5 Billion and Counting: How the Massey Tunnel Replacement Doubled in Cost (15:11) Marc Jaccard: Alberta Wins 13 Billion Facebook AI Data Center. Should BC Say No to the AI Gold Rush? (28:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BCUC: AI and energy. Should B.C. sit out the AI gold rush? Mark Jaccard - Chair and CEO of the B.C. Utilities Commission; Professor - School of Resource and Environmental Management at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linda Annis, Surrey First City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does it all fit? Super tankers, a pipeline and a port collide at Roberts Bank Ian Paton, B.C. Conservative MLA for Delta South Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California restaurant that charges parents who don't discipline their kids You You “Alexander” Xie, owner of Chez Xue in Foster City, California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Van District u-turns on chlorine plant despite safety concerns Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North Van District u-turns on chlorine plant despite safety concerns (0:54) Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver City councillor Why Vancouver should rethink its Villages Plan (14:38) Sandy James, former City of Vancouver Planner Gas prices set to rise by 4 cents a litre after Trump/Iran fallout (25:23) Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy The California restaurant that charges parents who don't discipline their kids (34:44) You You “Alexander” Xie, owner of Chez Xue in Foster City, California Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Freeways in the Sky": Burnaby pushes back on disruptive flight paths Mike Hurley, Mayor of Burnaby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was the World Cup Worth $729 Million? Mayor Ken Sim on Vancouver's Big Month (0:57) Ken Sim, Mayor of Vancouver Christy Clark on Pipeline Politics and the $8.5 Billion Massey Tunnel (16:17) Christy Clark, Former Premier of B.C. Poilievre Loses Another MP, Carney Talks NATO, and Pipeline politics (32:24) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Puppies in Crates, a Free Bunny in a Box: B.C.'s Pet Abandonment Problem (48:18) Rebeka Breder, Animal Rights Lawyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christy Clark, Former Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was the World Cup Worth $729 Million? Mayor Ken Sim on Vancouver's Big Month Ken Sim, Mayor of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Groceries in Four Instalments: Why Canadians Are Financing Milk and Bread Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ajaypal Dhaliwal, Lawyer, Runs Dhaliwal Law Office Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Silas White, Mayor of Gibsons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. prepares legal action against OpenAI (0:50) Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist World Cup wraps in Vancouver: was it worth it? (12:16) Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Killing the Bridge: The Massey Mistake the NDP Won't Admit (20:23) The Surrey lawyer who braved Mt. Everest (20:23) Ajaypal Dhaliwal, Lawyer, Runs Dhaliwal Law Office Tesla Driver Falls Asleep with Two Children in the Car. Should there be stricter rules? (29:04) Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Massey Tunnel cost update (0:53) Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor and mayoral candidate Trump sticks his fingers into World Cup red card decision (9:57) Patrick Johnston, Sports columnist for the Vancouver Sun and The Province Massey Tunnel budget jumps to $8.5 billion (21:44) Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. Dress codes: do we need them back? (33:29) Harrison Lowman, Managing Editor of The Hub Massey Tunnel replacement balloons to $8.5 billion (44:34) Mike Farnworth, B.C.'s Minister of Transportation and Transit How cartoons shape the way we perceive accents (57:20) Elizabeth Johnson, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Johnson, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Farnworth, B.C.'s Minister of Transportation and Transit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harrison Lowman, Managing Editor of The Hub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Gardner, President and CEO of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside The House (0:38) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Alberta's West Coast pipeline plan eyes southern route (15:58) Tim Hodgson, federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Up to $3 billion for the Massey Tunnel: how much more will it cost? (26:15) Lois Jackson, former Mayor of Delta Taylor Swift gets married at Madison Square Garden (37:18) Talia Miller, producer for QR Calgary and Swiftie correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: Keith Baldrey: Billions, Barrels and a Floor Crossing. A wild week in B.C. Politics (1:13) Premier David Eby: Billions for B.C., a Pipeline for Delta: Eby Defends His Deal With Ottawa (16:37) BCBC's David Williams on B.C.'s $6.5 Billion Municipal Spending Problem (33:36) You can always catch The Jas Johal Show live, Monday to Friday, from 3 to 6 p.m pacific or subscribe to our YouTube Channel at 730 CKNW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

Rick Ilich, Board chair for the Urban Development Institute, and CEO of Townline Homes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Bligh, Vancouver City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa adds $3 billion for Massey Tunnel replacement; what's the actual cost? Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Eby, Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Trace Acres, Program Director for Road Safety At Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Ian Tostenson, President of the B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Vienna Lam, PhD graduate in the School of Criminology, and Centre for Forensic Research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices