The Jill Bennett Show

The US Senate is now questioning Ticketmaster over the Taylor Swift presale fiasco. Guest: Eric Alper - Music Publicist and Commentator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: ABC councillor is aiming to have Vancouver's 25-cent single-use cup fee scrapped by summer. M&M's Says Its 'Spokescandies' Are Retiring Amid Conservative Culture War. A powerful nonprofit owns apartments for poor tenants. Why are some tenants trapped in their rooms? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A powerful nonprofit owns apartments for poor tenants. Why are some tenants trapped in their rooms? Guest: Annette Harings - Lead Attorney for the Tenants Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: A conversation with Canada's first Chief Accessibility Officer. A preliminary review of the $10 FOI fee disclosed mixed findings on fee’s initial impact, and it raises concerns over administration of the fee. Canada unveils goal to support domestic rocket launches. Wine exploring in Mexico? You bet! In this land of tequila, mezcal and beer, wine consumption and production has traditionally not been a huge part of Mexican life. But enthusiasm and a lot of recent investment are spurring growth in winemaking and eno-tourism here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the land of tequila, mezcal, and beer, wine consumption/production has traditionally not been a huge part of Mexican life. BUT, enthusiasm and a lot of recent investment are spurring growth in winemaking and eno-tourism here. Guest: Tania Tomaszewska - Banking lawyer turned wine professional. She is a strategic business advisor for the BC Wine Industry, and also designs and leads private wine tastings and wine programs (for wines from BC and beyond) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Actor Alec Baldwin and the armourer from the set of ``Rust'' have each been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer. The ABC party majority on Vancouver council has defied a staff recommendation and voted to discontinue an office set up to help renters understand their rights and obligations. ICBC releases their funniest rejected personalized licensed plates from 2022! Sledge Skate of Hope comes to Lake Windermere January 23! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ICBC releases their funniest rejected personalized licensed plates from 2022! Guest: Greg Harper - Media Relations Advisor with ICBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Kingzett - Executive Director, BC Salmon Farmers Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor Alec Baldwin and the armourer from the set of ``Rust'' have each been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer. Guest: Paul Szych - Retired Police Commander with more than 30 years of law enforcement experience and is a SAG Eligible Actor who has appeared in movies and various discovery channel productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Report details plans for long-awaited Granville Street renewal project. The latest travel news & deals with Claire Newell! Air Canada lost her stepdad's custom wheelchair. One advocate is saying it's 'not a one-off'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New report details plans for long-awaited Granville Street renewal project Guest: Jeff Guignard - Executive Director, ABLE BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: According to an ABC park board commissioner, a aurprise motion to backtrack on Stanley Park bike lane removal is coming soon. An aging dam is raising concerns about the future of Sasamat Lake in Greater Vancouver. BC doctors are upset about changes to disciplinary colleges. A plan to revitalize Vancouver’s Chinatown went before council today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A plan to revitalize Vancouver’s Chinatown went before council today. Guest: Ryan Diaz - MMA Fighter, Owner of DCS Fitness & Martial Arts in Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: The province is moving to make the housing permitting process simpler, and therefore get houses built more quickly. City proposes $710K to address crime & vandalism in Vancouver's Chinatown. We ALL pay for grocery theft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Vancouver has changed its dog bylaws, should dog owners be concerned? Don't flush sweatpants down the toilet! Do people pay attention to best-before dates and expiry dates? Victoria approves floating sauna, despite a resident calling it a ‘monstrosity’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver has changed its dog bylaws. Animal lawyer Rebeka Breder joins us to answer whether should dog owners be concerned. Guest: Rebeka Breder - Animal Lawyer, Breder Law Corporation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opening of the New Aunt Leah’s House For Vulnerable Moms and Babies Marks its 35th Anniversary Guest: Jacqueline Dupuis - Aunt Leah’s Foundation Executive Director Guest: Sherry - Former teen mom who lived with her baby at Aunt Leah’s House Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: New fund will protect thousands of renters in BC. BC taxpayers are facing a hefty bill for the Province to deal with millions of bottles of expired hand sanitizer. BC woman ordered to reimburse former employer for 'time theft'. The British Columbia Crown Counsel Association says the government’s decision to hire 40 new prosecutors is a step in the right direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC taxpayers are facing a hefty bill for the Province to deal with millions of bottles of expired hand sanitizer. Guest: Carson Binda - BC Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Petition seeking to recall BC Premier David Eby, calling him a ‘dictator’. The latest travel news with Claire Newell! How people perceive their own neighbourhoods may have a lot to do with whether they choose to walk and cycle, according to a global study of nearly 40,000 adults. The votes are in, and the ‘Brownies’ officially have a new name! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The recall application claims Bill 36 violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Nuremburg Code. Alleged violations of the latter, a post-World War II set of research guidelines targeting unethical medical experiments involving humans, has become a popular rallying cry of among some on the more extreme end of opposition to COVID-19 health measures. “He’s a dictator not a leader. Invoked closure, threatened health care workers to comply or you will be fined, taken to jail, lose your license and he doesn’t give two hoots about our health care workers,” Vetro told Global News in an email. Guest: Jennifer Lush - BC Family Doctor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: City of Delta protests missing River Road overpass in Massey Tunnel replacement. Canada, US reach workaround deal on Nexus application backlog, and agree to missile deal for Ukraine. Gas stoves linked to 12.5% of asthma cases in children. Reminding the public that severe weather and avalanches are real hazards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: NDP release a statement on the recent F-35 fighter jets announcement. Federal workers in Greater Victoria resisting mandate to return to office. BC government announces new supports for nurses! An East Van family says their cars are being targeted by a serial slasher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An East Van family says their cars are being targeted by a serial slasher. So far, they've had 11 tires slashed since October. Guest: Shannon - tire slashing victim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC government announces new supports for nurses! Guest: Aman Grewal - BC Nurses Union President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: BC is reactivating Emergency Operation Centres in health authorities to ensure patients continue to have hospital care access as respiratory illness season continues. The BCCA just found that a person who throws their backpack off while running from police abandons it and forfeits any privacy interest in the backpack and its contents, such that police have the right to search it. Don't be surprised by high food prices as picture of raw chicken goes viral. The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin ``El Chapo'' Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of Culiacan into a war zone, authorities said Friday. The best female owned/operated restaurants in Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Wolak's talking about some Women owned/run Restaurants that have opened within the past few years around Metro Vancouver! Crab Hot Lao 2141 Kingsway, Vancouver Owned by Cherry Genki Eki Noodle Bar 693 W Broadway, Vancouver Owned by Gigi Food by Fanta 20542 Fraser Hwy #102, Langley Owned by Parinya Ofras Kitchen 1088 Denman St, Vancouver Owned by Ofra Nostos Taverna 3162 W Broadway, Vancouver Owned by Eleni Viet Family 1431 Commercial Dr, Vancouver Owned by Ling and her mother Modern pantry 2232 Marine Dr Unit 102, West Vancouver Owned by Kendall Vanilla Bean Bake Shop 11900 Haney Pl #101, Maple Ridge Owned by Taylor Guest: Richard Wolak - Editor & Publisher at VancouverFoodster.com, Host of the VanFoodster Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Lane closures planned on Ironworkers Memorial Bridge as ‘pothole’ repairs begin BC health-care workers now able to work at multiple facilities as order rescinds. Ukraine rejects Russia’s call for Orthodox Christmas ceasefire as ‘propaganda’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lane closures planned on Ironworkers Memorial Bridge as ‘pothole’ repairs begin. Guest: Mike Little - Mayor of the District of North Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: BC real estate assessments show smaller increases after last summer’s cooling market. Pharmacies are experiencing shortages of adult cold and flu medication. E-Comm releases top ten nuisance calls of 2022 Making Vancouver playgrounds a little less safe, for the kids' sake! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

E-Comm releases top ten nuisance calls of 2022 Guest: Kaila Butler - Communications Manager, E-Comm 911 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pharmacies are experiencing shortages of adult cold and flu medication. Guest: Anna Wolak - Family Physician and Assistant Professor at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Lower Mainland 2023 Property Assessments in the Mail No charges for home-invasion stabbing death in latest test of self-defense law Canada will accept more immigrants in 2023 than it did in 2022 - a record breaking year. Chronic offender back in jail after arrest by VPD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A chronic offender is back in jail after being arrested by the VPD. Guest: Sgt. Steve Addison - Media Relations Officer, Vancouver Police Department Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: BC Parks Reservation Service will be moving to a 4-month rolling booking window for frontcountry and backcountry reservations. Canada’s ban on foreign homebuyers comes into effect on January 1st. Here’s what to know! How do you keep your New Year’s Resolution? House arrest, no jail time for BC man who beat ex-wife in front of daughter. Clean Up Burnaby campaign continuing in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s ban on foreign homebuyers recently came into effect. Here’s what you need to know! Guest: Doug Gibson - Real estate agent From Stilhavn Real Estate Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s what you can expect if you're planning to buy or sell property in 2023. Guest: Doug Gibson - Real estate agent From Stilhavn Real Estate Services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As of January 3, 2023, BC Parks Reservation Service will be moving to a 4-month rolling booking window for frontcountry and backcountry reservations. On January 3, reservations will be available for arrivals up to May 3. On January 4, May 4 arrivals will be available – and so on. Guest: Sam Waddington - Owner, Mount Waddington Outdoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Could there be legal action from the Sunwing passengers stranded in Mexico? Vancouver School Board has banned the public from participating in the decision to seismically upgrade or replace schools Blood and plasma collection disrupted by weather conditions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flights at Vancouver airport resuming after winter storm causes mass flight cancellations. Guest: John Gradek - Prof. Aviation Management, McGill U. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: With the weather canceling flights and causing havoc at YVR what rights do you have? Premier David Eby has said he will phase out group homes and use specialized homes during the transition away from the current model. Don’t park on the hoses! and other fire safety tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: The impacts of winter at YVR. Canada wide ban on certain single use plastics WestJet flight cancellations from YYZ stranded a man over Christmas, but that didn’t stop him from DRIVING to his destination! Self heating life jacket vest wins BC Science Fair award Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Heavy snowfall results in chaos at YVR. The importance of clearing snow off vehicles! Virtual Kidnappings Burnaby RCMP is issuing a public alert about virtual kidnapping scams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staff estimates removing the Stanley Park bike lane will cost $400K, and will be complete by spring 2023. Guest: Scott Jensen - Vancouver Park Board Chair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: A snowfall warning's been issued once again for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island. Another day, another bike store robbery. Former race car driver gives us some winter driving tips! Snowfall is impacting operations at Vancouver airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Gas prices jump nearly 10 CENTS overnight in Metro Vancouver. Veterinarians at a Vancouver animal hospital expect a rush of sick and injured pets during the holiday season and suggest owners to take extra care in helping animals stay safe and well. Inflation crisis a proving to be a major threat to holiday giving The importance of checking in on folks over the holiday season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for our monthly wine segment with Tania Tomaszewska! Guest: Tania Tomaszewska - banking lawyer turned wine professional. She is a strategic business advisor for the BC Wine Industry, and also designs and leads private wine tastings and wine programs (for wines from BC and beyond) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Investigation finds security vulnerabilities within BC’s public health database A BC doctor is speaking out over respiratory illness-related deaths. Global action required to address the hospital emergency department overcrowding crisis. Vancouver Police have returned thousands of dollars in stolen Christmas presents to their owners following a thorough investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show: Analysis shows BC’s younger drivers are still being stung under ICBC no-fault system. The latest travel news with Claire Newell! Talking tech with Mike Agerbo of Get Connected! Former Iranian soccer player sentenced to death for involvement in protests Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Pay - Artistic Director for Music on Main Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices