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Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Yvonne Schalle, Global B.C. Meteorologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer, Economics, Concordia Universit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Devin Manky, Education, Wildlife, and Adventure Manager at Grouse Mountain Resorts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Linda Annis, Surrey First councillor and candidate for mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Mo Amir, Host of This is VANCOLOUR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the Canada-U.S. trade war adds another layer of uncertainty for Canadian businesses buying hardware, particularly with electronics included in Ottawa's planned counter-tariffs Guest host Charis Hogg talks to Kevin Jia, Co-Founder and CEO of Canadian custom PC builder Quoted Tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada/U.S. trade tensions: how are our neighbours down south coping? (0:37) Dr. Laurie Trautman, Director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University Should B.C. keep U.S. liquor out of shelves? (11:00) Jeff Guignard, President and CEO of Wine Growers B.C. B.C. Growers want more priority in grocery shelf space (19:22) Bahram Rashti, co-founder and CEO of UP Vertical Farms Delta continues rampant building, residents say slow down (26:24) Emily Modrovic, Representative for Delta Residents for Responsible Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Modrovic, Representative for Delta Residents for Responsible Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington correspondent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Laurie Trautman, Director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on Canada/U.S trade talks: are we getting closer? (0:59) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent Eyes Off: A Vancouver party's plan to ban pervert glasses (9:48) William Azaroff, OneCity Vancouver mayoral candidate Canada/U.S. trade talks: B.C.'s softwood lumber industry on edge (17:49) Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global – Wood Business & Market Consulting Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew on Trump (29:38) Canada/U.S. Tariff talks: Could the auto sector see relief? (36:11) Lucas Malinowski, President and CEO of the Global Automakers of Canada Local business gathers items and supplies for wildfire victims in Summerland (47:29) Caren McSherry, founder and CEO of Gourmet Warehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caren McSherry, founder and CEO of Gourmet Warehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada/U.S. trade talks: B.C.'s softwood lumber industry on edge Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global – Wood Business & Market Consulting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Azaroff, OneCity Vancouver mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dad Pays the Price for Son's E-Scooter Ride (0:47) Sgt. Michael McLaughlin, Media Relations Officer with the B.C Highway Patrol Trump's tariffs paused: The latest on Canada/U.S. trade negotiations (8:31) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent A New Plan to Boost B.C.'s Food Supply...on Farmland (18:20) Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Tariffs pause: B.C.'s forestry sector relieved or remain on edge? (35:39) Kim Haakstad, President and CEO of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sgt. Michael McLaughlin, Media Relations Officer with the B.C. Highway Patrol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four Years Dry: The Okanagan's Fight for Water (0:53) Melissa Tesche, executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board The NDP Is Back on Top in B.C…But It's Close (18:09) Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Trump's 50% tariffs are closing in: can B.C take the hit? (30:06) Ken Peacock, consulting 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. Ontario truckers want more oversight; How does B.C. compare? (42:01) Dave Earle, President and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association 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

Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa Tesche, executive director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump's Deadline, Carney's Problem (0:47) Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University's Department of Economics What B.C. Law Actually Says About Self-Driving (12:43) Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist known as Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea Bald Range fire: Faulder resident left waiting to see her home (26:28) Kyla Gaudiuso, Faulder resident who lost her home to the fires Americans drive surge in Canadian citizenship certificate demand (40:15) Richard Kurland, Immigration lawyer and policy analyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“My Values Don't Align": Milobar on Why He Walked (0:36) Peter Milobar, Independent MLA for Kamloops Centre A deadly rise in B.C. drownings: What's driving the increase? (12:36) Lenea Grace, executive director of the Lifesaving Society B.C. and Yukon Inside The House - Does a New Free Enterprise Party Rise From This? (20:53) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Ken Sim Wants a Vote on Drug Laws. Which Ones? (35:53) Ken Sim, Mayor of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Sim, Mayor of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Milobar walked out of the B.C. Conservative caucus Friday morning. Not a backbencher with a grudge. The finance critic. Three-term Kamloops mayor, MLA since 2017, and the last big name of the moderate wing. His reason: his values no longer align with the direction of the party under Kerry-Lynne Findlay. He's the seventh MLA to leave or be pushed out since the 2024 election. That's this week's Political Happy Hour. Peter Milobar on why he left, whether he asked anyone to come with him, and what he does next (1:18) Keith Baldrey on the bigger question underneath all of this. If the Conservatives keep moving right, does something new fill the free enterprise space in the centre? (13:20) Richard Zussman on the numbers that should be keeping that party up at night. Fifty-two per cent of British Columbians say the province is on the wrong track, cost of living is the top anxiety by a mile, and the opposition is still losing ground. Two separate polls, same finding. Findlay won the leadership and got no bounce at all. Not even a dead cat bounce (28:26) The math in Victoria today: 48 New Democrats, 37 Conservatives, two Greens, six Independents. Pull up a chair. Fire up the expense account. The Jas Johal Show, weekdays 3 to 6 pacific time on 730 CKNW. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #PoliticalHappyHour 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

Peter Milobar, Independent MLA for Kamloops Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bald Range wildfires: Summerland Mayor speaks (0:53) Doug Holmes, Mayor of Summerland The issue of the province spending $101,000 on the Luugat SRO, which has only one resident remaining (14:24) ‘The customers simply aren't here': Penticton businesses feel wildfire fallout (23:16) Gregory Condonopoulos, owner of Theo's Restaurant in Penticton More youth deaths and injuries caused by micromobility (35:45) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘The customers simply aren't here': Penticton businesses feel wildfire fallout Gregory Condonopoulos, owner of Theo's Restaurant in Penticton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bald Range wildfire: what evacuees are saying (0:52) Angela Jung, Global B.C. reporter Could we see a Fall or Spring election? (8:51) Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson While Iran and the U.S. stand still, your gas bill rises again (22:34) Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for Affordable Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One tenant, over $100,000 a month: B.C. taxpayers stuck with SRO bill Jordan Armstrong, Global B.C Reporter and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa's Race to Get a Deal in Front of Trump (0:41) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Still Burning, Still Waiting: Voices From the Okanagan (11:05) Atlyn Becker, Okanagan resident Ford's $5 Billion Bet on a $40,000 Electric Truck (26:11) Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com Climate vs. Affordability (38:05) Bill Tieleman, director of the B.C Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy (CADE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atlyn Becker, Okanagan resident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jairo Yunis, Director of Policy at the Business Council of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Van Minsel, District of Peachland Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From evacuation to devastation: Faulder resident recounts Bald Range wildfire (0:51) Kyla Gaudiuso, Faulder resident who lost her home to the fires Provincial snapshot: an irritated electorate (15:32) Mike Witherly, partner at Fairview Strategy Are we moving too slowly on climate change? (33:41) Mark Jaccard, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Simon Fraser University and is currently serving as Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission. Could relocating young bears reduce conflict and save lives? (1:00:23) Nicole Gladish, epidemiologist at Stanford University advocating for prevention of human-bear conflict Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Jaccard, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Simon Fraser University and is currently serving as Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Witherly, partner at Fairview Strategy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From evacuation to devastation: Faulder resident recounts Bald Range wildfire Kyla Gaudiuso, Faulder resident who lost her home to the fires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Jason Tetro, Host of the Super Awesome Science Show, Microbiologist with expertise in emerging pathogens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Tara Parry, director of permanent placement services at Robert Half in Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Dr. Lori Daniels, Koerner Chair for Centre for Wildfire Coexistence and Professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC Forestry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Rob Fai has the answer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Rob Fai talks to Stephanie Cleland, Assistant Professor in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and Research Scientist at the Legacy for Airway Health at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tariff relief may come at a price Guest host Rob Fai talks to Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University's Department of Economics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Johnston, Sports columnist for the Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richmond Night Market to end after 26 years (0:51) Alexa Loo, Richmond City councillor and mayoral candidate Inside The House: B.C.'s Power Crunch: Clean Energy Province Buys Gas Plant (9:39) Also, Michigan Shockwave: The Democratic Civil War and What It Means for Canada (17:01) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief B.C. cracks down on subscription traps (24:00) Niki Sharma, Attorney General of B.C. Shocking report uncovers Bishnoi Gang's use of student visa program (34:44) Kash Heed, former chief constable of the West Vancouver Police Department, and Former Solicitor General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices