If you really want to know what is going on in British Columbia, you better be listening to Mike Smyth. As the only daily radio show broadcasting from B.C.’s Legislative Assembly in Victoria, Smyth’s access to our leaders and lawmakers is unparalleled as he fearlessly asks the tough questions and holds them to account. Always a step ahead, Smyth’s two decades as a no-nonsense newspaper columnist gives him a distinct edge that guarantees the show is insightful, informative, and insurgent. From breaking news and developing stories to not letting yesterday’s headlines slip away without a second glance and a bit more scrutiny, The Mike Smyth Show keeps you dialed in and up to date. The Mike Smyth Show airs weekdays from 9am to noon on 980 CKNW.
Trump's ongoing turmoil is causing a dramatic drop in flights from Canada to the US. March is Distracted Driving Awareness Month! Is smart technology making our roads more dangerous? If ChatGPT had been more proactive, could we have prevented the Tumbler Ridge shooting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Peter Milobar got some big name endorsements amid his run for BC Conservative leadership. Trump gave his much-anticipated State of the Union address last night. How did it go? How did Democrats react to it? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Security costs are KILLING small business. Guest: Caren McSherry - Owner of The Gourmet Warehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why is the BC government employing 152 communication staffers? Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the walls are closing in on Trump. Is he right? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why do LTC homes cost $1.8 million per bed? You could buy a house for that amount of money! Guest: Mary Polak - CEO BC Care Providers Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode, more analysis on how the B.C. budget will impact seniors. Former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been released, but the investigation continues. The end of an era for SFU athletics as the university retires it's lacrosse and hockey programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guest: Bill Tieleman, Political Strategist and former Vancouver city council candidate Guest: Rachael Segal, Founder and co-host of the Beyond A Ballot podcast, Beyondaballot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who is the latest contender in the B.C. Conservative leadership race? Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Projects for long-term care homes are being pushed back in B.C.'s new budget, what else is about to change for B.C. seniors? Is AI advanced enough to replace you at your job? The UK's former Prince Andrew arrested this morning! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reactions are pouring on over the release of highly-anticipated budget. Will it good or bad for BC? Is Jamil Jivani a traitor for his secret trip to the US to talk to the Trump government? He says he was only trying to help. We talk about an awful mugging in New Westminster. An 88 year old woman has her jewelry stolen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Was the budget good or bad for BC? Guest: Paul Finch - President of the BCGEU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spending! Spending Spending! Mike and Keith react to the highly-anticipated budget. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DRIPA court challenge Guest: Radha Curpen, Lawyer at McMillan LLP Guest: Sean McAllister, Pender Harbour Residents Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should B.C. slam the brakes harder on speeders and jack up traffic fines like Alberta? With drug decriminalization done and dusted, is it time to start charging for drug possession again? More slot machines in Vancouver? Is this and economic boost or are we doubling down on addiction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conservative Finance Critic, Peter Milobar, joins us for some early budget analysis. Guest: Peter Milobar, Conservative MLA for Kamloops Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney comes on to discuss the latest news on the Trump/Canada front. Guest: Jason Kenney - Former premier of Alberta, Canada's former defence minister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We bring you a preview of tomorrow's budget. Heads up, it's not gonna be good. What do we know about the guns that were used in last week's horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge? How did someone with known mental health problems get access to these weapons? Should Canada begin processing its own logs instead of exporting them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike and Keith preview what we can expect from tomorrow's budget announcement. Spoiler alert: it's not going to be great. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What needs to change to fix B.C.'s mental health crisis? What's going to fill the hole left behind the London Drugs closing down in the DTES? And how summers might be looking different for recreational anglers out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the official day of mourning of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, we talk about where we are in the investigation and looking forward, how we can prevent such tragedies from happening again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do we need to regulate headlights? Guest: Daniel Stern, Chief Editor of Driving Vision News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The province of BC along with the entire nation of Canada is grieving after a horrific mass shooting in the community of Tumbler Ridge. So far, 9 are confirmed to be dead and dozens more have been injured. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike and Keith discuss the horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge. We also touch on the death of Canucks legend Jim Robson. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Breaking down the timeline of the Tumbler Ridge shooting Guest: Trent Ernst - Publisher of the Tumbler Ridge Lines newspaper TumblerRidgeLines.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A recent survey finds that more than half of British Columbians fear for their safety. Highlighting the impact of toxic drugs on smaller communities. Do we need to get rid of sports betting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A familiar name is entering the BC Conservative leadership race... MLA Bruce Banman will make his official campaign announcement on Monday February 9 in front of the BC Housing building in Burnaby. How to handle Alberta separatist talks. And finally, we talk about how to avoid AI scams this Valentine's Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mayor Ken Sim has alloted 2 million dollars for a fireworks event to replace the Celebration of Light. Is this a good use of taxpayer funding? Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing new rebates for EV purchases. Will it be enough to convince YOU to buy an electric car? Are robots and AI coming to take your job? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is the Canadian economy in danger? Guest: David Rosenberg - Chief Economist and founder of Rosenberg Research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Prime Minister Carney is announcing new EV rebates. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says there are some difficult budget choices looming. Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he went to Washington DC to help Canada get a trade deal. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The government has already spent SO MUCH MONEY on the Massey Tunnel replacement. Does it make sense to go back to the original bridge plans? It's the story making waves around the world... the Epstein files! We unpack the latest on that. Finally, we bring on the CEO of ICBC to talk about no-fault auto insurance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Whitecaps have been offered a seemingly amazing deal in an effort to convince the team to stay in BC Place . Will they take it, or will they come back saying they want more? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike brings on MLA Elenore Sturko to go through and unpack the latest info on the Surrey extortion crisis. Guest: Elenore Sturko - Independent MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Whitecaps stadium negotiations have hit an impasse. Could we possibly lose the caps to another city? The Massey tunnel rebuild continues to be plagued with problems. It's getting so bad that it's re-igniting calls to go back to building a bridge! Dog owners are speaking out against proposed plans to reduce off-leash areas in Pacific Spirit Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Could Vancouver possibly lose the Whitecaps? BC Premier David Eby is tripling down on his comments about Alberta separatists are committing treason. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BC Premier David Eby is TRIPLING down on his comments saying thay Alberta separatists are committing treason. Guest: Thomas Lukaszuk - Former Deputy Premier of Alberta, Head of the “Forever Canadian” campaign to keep Alberta in Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump indicated HUNDREDS of times in latest Epstein file dump GUEST: Dave Levinthal, Investigative reporter in Washington DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metro-Vancouver taxpayers are being burned to a crisp with wasteful spending by the government. Guest: Daniel Fontaine - New West city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are the Liberals taking over the BC Conservatives? How much density is good in order to get more housing in this city? Millions of pages from the Epstein files have been released, but there's still millions more being held back. What are they hiding? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay (running for the BC Conservative leadership) says Liberals are trying to take over the party! Is this true? Poilievre recently underwent a leadership review. How did he do? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New data shows that BC hospitals are filling up with elderly patients. Why? because there's a shortage of long term care beds! Should Alberta separatists actually be called treasonous? We have a very interesting conversation about it with the CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hotel owners in Las Vegas are desperate to get Canadian visitors back. Some places are even taking the Canadian dollar at par to as an incentive! Should Canada cancel it's deal to purchase F-35 jets from the US? And finally, are head-lights way too bright nowadays? There's a growing number of calls to do something about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BC Premier David Eby recently met with PM Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. How did the meeting go? Alberta separatists met with US officials on three different occasions, and Premier Eby is calling it an act of treason! Pierre Poilievre is undergoing a leadership review this week. Will he pass? By how much? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney joins us for a conversation covering a wide range of topics. Guest: Jason Kenney - Former premier of Alberta, Canada's former defence minister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Road closures continue to batter businesses along the Broadway corridor amid ongoing construction. Is there an end in sight? Over 50% fewer Canadians are applying for a Nexus card to travel to the US. Should Canada create its own version of the Nexus card? There's gold in them thar hills! The price of gold surged past $5000/ounce for the first time ever! What's causing this massive boom? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jimmy Pattison company agreed to sell a warehouse to ICE. Should they try to bow out of the deal? Darrell Jones is officially in the running for BC Conservative leadership. Does he have a shot? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is the Carney GST grocery credit actually going to help Canadians? Or is this just another example of political pandering? We talk more about the boondoggle that is the costly wastetwater treatment facility. Not only is it billions of dollars over budget, there's now talks that they might be building ANOTHER ONE! We give you some tips for living on a tight budget in Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Broadway businesses are struggling with ongoing road closures. Guest: Ron MacGillivray - Owner of Fable Diner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jimmy Pattison is making headlines for his plans to sell a Virginia warehouse to ICE. Ken Sim is defending his election-year property tax freeze. Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global News Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Prime Minister Carney's electric vehicle deal with China is drawing a lot mixed reactions, so we'll dig into that. This is gonna sound hard to believe, but the already controversial North Vancouver wastewater treatment facility is about to get worse. Award winning crime reporter from the Vancouver Sun comes on to discuss a huge money-laundering property scheme in Metro Vancouver AND the arrest of Ryan Wedding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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