
The Jas Johal Show
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How Tumbler Ridge families are processing tragedy
How are families processing the tragic events in Tumbler Ridge? Guest host Robin Gill talks to Alyson Jones, Child and Family Therapist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Latest update
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Katherine Ludwig, reporter with Global News Edmonton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C.’s Attorney General speaks on Tumbler Ridge
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Niki Sharma, B.C. Attorney General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Google, Meta face social media addiction trial
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Latest update on Tumbler Ridge active shooter
The latest update on the active shooter situation in Tumbler Ridge Guest host Robin Gill talks to Trent Ernst, publisher of the Tumbler Ridge Lines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why B.C. wants the Defense Security Bank
The Defense Security and Resilience Bank: Why B.C. has its sights set on it Guest host Robin Gill talks to Harjit Sajjan, Former federal Defense Minister and now founder of Juno Industries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Riverview return debated; chiefs oppose DRIPA amendments
bonusShould B.C. bring back Riverview // First Nation chiefs object to DRIPA amendments Guest host Robin Gill talks to Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Councillors urge mayoral candidates to back Metro reform
Councillors call on mayoral candidates to support Metro Vancouver reform Guest host Robin Gill talks to Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Remembering Jim Robson, voice of the Canucks
bonusRemembering Jim Robson: the legendary voice of the Canucks Guest host Robin Gill talks to Don Taylor, sportscaster and co-host of Donnie and Dhali-The Team on CHEK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is it time to bring back Riverview?
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to Iain Black. B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Air Canada stops Cuba service amid fuel shortage
Air Canada halts service to Cuba due to jet fuel shortage (0:00) Guest host Robin Gill talks to John Gradek, Faculty lecturer and academic coordinator for Supply Networks and Aviation Management at McGill University, and former Director at Air Canada Cuban jet fuel shortage: How is the U.S. at play? (4:53) Guest host Robin Gill talks to Tamanisha John, Assistant Professor at York University’s Department of Politics B.C. sees fallout with Greens, amidst an “unsustainable” deficit (12:37) Guest host Robin Gill talks to Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Is it time to regulate LED headlights? (26:24) Guest host Robin Gill talks to Daniel Stern, Chief Editor of Driving Vision News, and a vehicle lighting and regulation expert based in Vancouver The state of Metro Vancouver’s housing market (37:18) Guest host Robin Gill talks to Wendy Waters, real estate expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vancouver gas prices spike above national average
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at GasBuddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Public sector workers await provincial budget fallout
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to Paul Finch, President of the BCGEU (B.C. General Employees’ Union) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The state of Metro Vancouver’s housing market
bonusGuest: Wendy Waters, real estate expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is it time to regulate LED headlights?
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to Daniel Stern, Chief Editor of Driving Vision News, and a vehicle lighting and regulation expert based in Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Deficit concerns strain B.C. relationship with Greens
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Poilievre approval dips as Carney considers early election
Guest host Robin Gill talks to Mario Canseco, President of the Research Co. Polling Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How the U.S. factors into Cuba’s fuel shortage
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to Tamanisha John, Assistant Professor at York University’s Department of Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Air Canada suspends Cuba flights over fuel shortage
bonusGuest host Robin Gill talks to John Gradek, Faculty lecturer and academic coordinator for Supply Networks and Aviation Management at McGill University, and former Director at Air Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ottawa commits funding for Sumas flood protection
Ottawa commits to Sumas flood mitigation aid after repeated calls from Abbotsford (0:54) Guest: Ross Siemens, Mayor of Abbotsford Lookahead at the spring legislative session (9;42) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Should public service workers return to the office full-time? (25:09) Guest: Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast PETA files complaint against Fear Factor revival filmed in B.C. (33:17) Guest: Lisa Lange, Senior Vice President of Communications for PETA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Millions of dollars slip from Vancouver’s grasp in land sale, says auditor general
bonusGuest: Robert Renger, retired city planner, commentator for City Hall Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
This week: Premier David Eby joins us to talk about Surrey’s growing extortion problem, how far he’s willing to go to keep the Vancouver Whitecaps in the city long-term, and whether the DRIPA amendment could turn into a confidence issue (1:10) Keith Baldrey walks us through what to expect from the upcoming Throne Speech and the tone of the spring legislative session (17:05) Zack Spencer explains Ottawa’s shift on electric vehicle mandates and what the arrival of Chinese-made EVs means for Canadian consumers and industry (32:34) Former Vancouver Canucks and Vancouver Grizzlies owner Arthur Griffiths shares a candid look at the realities of owning a modern professional sports franchise in Vancouver (46:09) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lookahead at the spring legislative session
bonusGuest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Premier Eby discusses extortion, finances, DRIPA changes
Premier David Eby - Extortion Rising, Provincial Finances, and DRIPA Changes Ahead (0:30) Guest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Mandates out, rebates back: is Ottawa resetting EV policy or creating new headaches for drivers and the auto industry? (16:17) Guest: Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist KNOWN AS Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea Whitecaps accept B.C.’s offer: a saving grace for the club, or just a small step forward? (29:49) Guest: Don Taylor, sportscaster and co-host of Donnie and Dhali-The Team on CHEK No snow, record warmth: is this a one-off winter, or a glimpse of Vancouver's future? (43:41) Guest: Kristi Gordon, Senior Meteorologist for Global B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whitecaps accept B.C.’s offer: a saving grace for the club, or just a small step forward?
bonusGuest: Don Taylor, sportscaster and co-host of Donnie and Dhali-The Team on CHEK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mandates out, rebates back: is Ottawa resetting EV policy or creating new headaches for drivers and the auto industry?
bonusGuest: Zack Spencer, Automotive journalist KNOWN AS Motormouth on YouTube, and does videos and reviews with his wife Andrea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Premier David Eby - Extortion Rising, Provincial Finances, and DRIPA Changes Ahead
bonusGuest: David Eby, Premier of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ottawa drops EV mandate, welcomes Chinese models
Ottawa set to scrap EV mandates, while making room for Chinese EVs (0:53) Guest: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association A costly cup of coffee-flation: Canadians still drinking coffee despite soaring prices (15:10) Guest: Mike von Massow, Professor of Food Economics at the University of Guelph Are the Whitecaps being priced out? Vancouver meets the new economics of pro sports (23:40) Guest: Arthur Griffiths, Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Grizzlies, and General Motors Place. Also a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame Heated Rivalry: A Global TV Hit — and a Mirror on How Canada Sells Itself to the World (39:49) Guest: Dr. JP Catungal, Assistant Professor of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Heated Rivalry: A Global TV Hit — and a Mirror on How Canada Sells Itself to the World
bonusGuest: Dr. JP Catungal, Assistant Professor of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are the Whitecaps being priced out? Vancouver meets the new economics of pro sports
bonusGuest: Arthur Griffiths, Former owner of the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Grizzlies, and General Motors Place. Also a member of the B.C. Sports Hall of Fam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ottawa set to scrap EV mandates, while making room for Chinese EVs
bonusGuest: Brian Kingston, President and CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Extortion Isn’t a Soundbite: Why Police Work, Not Politics, Will Make the Difference
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Province offers net-zero deal to keep Whitecaps
Province offers net-zero deal to keep Whitecaps at B.C. Place (0:46) Guest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C. Sports Director and Anchor Is it time for B.C. to repeal DRIPA? Iain Black plans to do so (10:35) Guest: Iain Black, B.C. Conservative leadership candidate, and former B.C Minister of Labour YVR sees record boom in travellers in 2025 (26:41) Guest: Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of the Vancouver International Airport Abbotsford seeks federal support on flood mitigation, after $3.3M funding from province (40:06) Guest: Ross Siemens, Mayor of Abbotsford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Caroline Elliott makes her pitch to lead B.C. Conservatives
bonusGuest: Caroline Elliott, B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
YVR sees record boom in travellers in 2025
bonusGuest: Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of the Vancouver International Airport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should B.C. repeal DRIPA? Conservative leadership hopeful Iain Black says yes
bonusGuest: Iain Black, B.C Conservative leadership candidate, and former B.C. Minister of Labour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Province offers net-zero deal to keep Whitecaps at B.C. Place
bonusGuest: Squire Barnes, Global BC Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is a 10-lane Massey bridge worth the cost?
Is a 10-lane Massey Tunnel replacement bridge worth the cost? (0:37) Guest: Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor Coquitlam considers adopting Zero Carbon Step Code (9:31) Guest: Bill Tieleman, director of the B.C Coalition for Affordable Dependable Energy (CADE) The Agenda - B.C. and Alberta: Unity, Energy, and the Politics of a Hardening West (24:31) Guests: Margareta Dovgal, political commentator and resource industry analyst Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Whitecaps at the brink: is Vancouver about to lose its MLS team? (41:23) Guest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C. Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Agenda - B.C. and Alberta: Unity, Energy, and the Politics of a Hardening West
bonusGuests: Margareta Dovgal, political commentator and resource industry analyst Richard Zussman, Western Canada Vice President of Public Affairs at Burson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is a 10-lane Massey Tunnel replacement bridge worth the cost?
bonusGuest: Dylan Kruger, Delta City councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Data centres and power: How much can B.C.’s grid really handle?
bonusGuest: Matt MacInnis, President of the Electrical Contractors Association of B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Massey Crossing: Why the Bridge Is the Right Call for the Region’s Future
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The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour
bonusThis week: Conservatives at a crossroads: We look at Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, and are the B.C. Conservatives choosing a premier-in-waiting or repeating the same internal fight? (1:19) B.C. caps power for AI as demand surges and a national grid plan looms. Energy Minister Adrian Dix drops by (17:20) As free trade talks with the U.S. restart, is Canada ready for a world without a referee? Former diplomat Colin Robertson joins us (34:11) Can the Metro Vancouver Board reform itself? (50:46) Could British Columbians see a federal and provincial election in 2026? The Agenda Panel with Richard Zussman and Margareta Dovgal weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C. restricts AI power as demand rises
B.C. caps power for AI as demand surges (0:46) Guest: Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions The life and legacy of Catherine O’Hara (17:36) Guest: Rick Forchuk, TV Week Magazine columnist and CKNW contributor Poilievre leadership review, and BC Conservative leadership race ramps up (26:53) Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Campers set to face fee hikes in B.C. Parks (42:47) Guest: Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast Can Metro Vancouver Board reform itself? (53:12) Guest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and Mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can Metro Vancouver Board reform itself?
bonusGuest: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City councillor and Mayoral candidate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Poilievre leadership review, and B.C. Conservative leadership race ramps up
bonusGuest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
B.C. caps power for AI as demand surges
bonusGuest: Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Using red light therapy to prevent brain injuries in sports
bonusGuest host Rob Fai talks to Dr. Lisa Wilde, Professor at the University of Utah’s department of neurology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carney meets premiers ahead of CUSMA review
Jan. 29, 2026: Guest host Rob Fai in for Jas Johal Premiers meet with Prime Minister Carney ahead of CUSMA review (0:00) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa Correspondent Vancouver Mayor hopes for free FIFA screenings in B.C. Place (8:43) Guest: Ken Sim, Mayor of Vancouver What did Prime Minister Carney’s meeting with provincial premiers accomplish? (17:23) Guest: Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer at McGill University’s Department of Economics Tesla pivots to robots after profits plunge (26:59) Guest: Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist What’s driving reconciliation concerns in B.C.? (36:04) Guest: Khelsilem, Indigenous leader, formerly elected in the Squamish Nation Council Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What’s driving reconciliation concerns in B.C.?
bonusGuest host Rob Fai talks to Khelsilem, Indigenous leader, formerly elected in the Squamish Nation Council Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices