The Jill Bennett Show

Our coverage of the contest continues with a book called Brother. Guest: Daniel Chariandy - Author 'Brother' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems like the tax talk revolving around the new budget and housing in B.C. are never-ending. Guest: Anne McMullin - President & Ceo Urban Development Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week it was announced that the BC government is cracking down on double booking. Adrian Dix was on the show yesterday and clarified this means no more paying for procedures like ultrasounds and jumping the que for surgery because you paid for a faster test. Also, doctors and private clinics that break private billing laws could be prosecuted, and potentially even hit with criminal fraud charges. Guest: Dr. Brian Day - Medical Director Cambie Surgery Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Michael Smith joins the show, who has been in vocal opposition to the latest moves by the Metro Vancouver board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ICBC is continuing to bleed money. After learning of their 1 billion dollar loss in the last year, the question is what should be done to save them, if anything. Guest: Charles Lamman - Director Fiscal Studies Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a highly unpopular retirement fund vote, the Metro Vancouver Board is raising eyebrows again on the heels of that prior announcement, by taking a trip to Australia. Guest: Mike Klassen - Vancouver Courier Civic Affairs Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's at least one person who thinks the push to get rid of straws is a bad thing, considering she cannot drink without one. Guest: Emily Anderson - Wheelchair User Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is the end of an era if you're a Canucks fan. The producer of the Jill Bennett show Ben Dooley is one of those fans, and he shares some of his stories of the twins. Guest: Ben Dooley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An ongoing legal battle has left a residential building completely empty. Guest: Nolan Killeen - Purchaser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

t’s time for your Travel Best Bets! Every Sunday we take a look at the travel tips that will save your trip...and keep you in the loop. Today: How to get the best seat on a flight, and the best deals! Guest: Claire Newell- President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taxes, taxes, taxes. Today is a troubling day for possibly every resident in Vancouver. What else do we have to worry about coming out of our wallets? Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Chief Political Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report by Royal LePage is suggesting that the new taxes applying to real estate is going to hurt consumer confidence. Guest: Steve Saretsky - Sutton Group West-Coast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's two-third's of BC parents without a will. Guest: Daniel Boisvert - Notary in Tsawwassen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the focus in the news is often on the homeless population in Vancouver, a group is now going to be focusing more specifically on the Youth homeless population. Guest: Lorainne Copas - Chair of the Community Advisory Board for the Metro Vancouver Community Entity under Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While taxes are set to increase on nearly everything, the gas pumps are not excluded. Guest: Dan McTeague - Senior Petroleum Analyst, GasBuddy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's April 1st, 2018, and while it may seem like a joke, your wallet won't be laughing. Taxes are set to increase, on practically everything. Guest: Aaron Wudrick - Canadian Taxpayers Federation Federal Director Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new 53 million-year-old insect fossil called a scorpionfly discovered at B.C.’s McAbee fossil bed site bears a striking resemblance to fossils of the same age from Pacific-coastal Russia, giving further evidence of an ancient Canada-Russia connection. “We’ve seen this connection before through fossil plants and animals, but these insects show this in a beautiful way,” says Bruce Archibald, a research associate in SFU’s Department of Biological Sciences and the Royal BC Museum. Guest: Bruce Archibald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A hip-hop group named 'Chinese Man' is going to be performing in Vancouver tonight. However, some people are not so welcoming of the groups 'persona', which is made up of white members. Guest: Karen Quinn Fung - Spokesperson/Organizer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Clean-Tech group from BC is warning people that the ongoing pipeline fight could be holding back progress that is being made in an effort to make our environment cleaner. Guest: Denis Connor - Group Spokesperson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith spoke with Jill about a recent vote that has raised concerns over a rushed process and lack of transparency, but that isn't the only concern. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some landlords are expecting just that. The CEO of Landlord B.C. joins the show to share his thoughts. Guest: David Hutniak - CEO Landlord B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

t’s time for your Travel Best Bets! Every Sunday we take a look at the travel tips that will save your trip...and keep you in the loop. Guest: Claire Newell- President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the title of a book by Daniel Zomparelli, the latest nominee in our West Coast Book Prize Society coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study showcases so called 'super seniors' who are anything but couch potatoes, and are showing that even over 80 years old, you can still live an active and productive life. Guest: Angela Brooks-Wilson - Professor and Chair Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology SFU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many people looked the other way, when all the warning signs and lots of evidence had highlighted the corruption that has now come to light. Guest: Dermod Travis - Executive Director, Integrity BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Victoria's Mayor has joined the #DeleteFacebook campaign, as far as we can tell... And she also joins the Jill Bennett show to talk more about it. Guest: Lisa Helps - Mayor, Victoria B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cheryl Martin is a Canadian citizen (from Victoria) currently residing in the US. On February 26th, 2018 she purchased a resort cottage in Parksville, BC to use when she travels home to visit family twice a year. The cottage she purchased is in a strata complex and the City of Parksville Zoning bylaw limits the stay to 180 days, concurrent or non-consecutive, within one calendar year. They plan to rent the cottage out when we are not in town. She says when they do visit, for months at a time, they contribute to the economy by renting cars, buying groceries, eating at restaurants and other activities and so would people who rent the cottage. She says she will be paying federal income tax on rental income. Cheryl, is not a speculator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Marc Lefebvre - Mayor Of Parksville Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No other city in Canada has put this proposal up for debate, but Vancouver city council has recently introduced the idea of decriminalizing all illicit drugs. Guest: Jordan Westfall - Canadian Association Of People Who Use Drugs, President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Until a recent movement to allow serious offenders to be removed from political council, there had been no authority to do such a thing. Guest: John Becker - Mayor Pitt Meadows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Service Canada employees who interact with the public must now use ‘gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language,’ according documents obtained by CBC/Radio Canada. The front-line staff are being asked to stay away from using terms such as Mr., Mrs., father and mother. Guest: Helen Kennedy - Executive Director, Egale Canada Human Rights Trust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to her research, Robyn Allan believes that the Trans Mountain expansion will lead to at least a 2 cent increase at the pump's. Robyn Allan: Independent Economist Who Has Held Executive Positions In Private And Public Sectors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hundreds of thousands of students are expected to descend on Washington D.C. today in protest of gun violence in the United States. The rally, dubbed March For Our Lives, was announced in the days that followed the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for your Travel Best Bets! Every Sunday we take a look at the travel tips that will save your trip...and keep you in the loop. This week: How to properly deal with housekeeping, and The Best Deals! Guest: Claire Newell- President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The West Coast Book Prize Society is pleased to announce the names of the finalists vying for recognition in seven categories at the 34th Annual BC Book Prizes. We’ll be featuring the nominees in the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize awarded to the author of the best work of fiction in the coming weeks. Guest: Andrea MacPherson - Author Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent report has suggested that there is large economic development potential in the phase 2 proposal presented by Translink, to bring highspeed rail to the pacific northwest. Guest: Gordon Lovegrove - UBC Okanagon School Of Engineering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some are suggesting that the empty nests program could be a practical solution to the affordability crisis in Vancouver. Is this true? Or it just another half baked idea that won't yield any results? Guest: Mike Klassen - VP BC Care Providers Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Province Columnist and regular Guest Host on CKNW Mike Smyth joins Jill Bennett to do a recap of this wild week in B.C. News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rick’s Picks” - Movie picks of the week! Guest: Rick Forchuk - Movie blogger at Rick’s Picks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Locally we have some of the most stringent rules around parking near fire hydrants. Many people would be breathing a sigh of relief with potentially more breathing room around fire hydrants for parkers. Guest: Len Garis - Surrey Fire Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ramji is working to develop models of HCV care for high-risk populations including immigrants, prisoners, First Nations, people with HIV infection and people who inject drugs — with the goal of eliminating the chronic disease in the next 10 years. Guest: Dr. Alnoor Ramji - Hepatologist And Professor At UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is a historic moment in Coquitlam. The first rental property is set to break ground for the first time in 40 years. However, there are still questions surrounding this move, including of course, cost. Guest: David Hutniak - CEO Landlord BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More protests are going to be taking place today in response to the ongoing pipeline battle and seemingly no end in sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are proud to announce a new addition to our investigative team – Sam Cooper comes to us from the Vancouver Sun, where he published a series of exclusive reports on organized criminals operating in BC Casinos. Sam will be working out of our Parliament Hill bureau - moving to Ottawa as soon as his kids finish school in June. He starts in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sterling Faux Filling In For Jill Bennett! It’s time for your Travel Best Bets! Every Sunday we take a look at the travel tips that will save your trip...and keep you in the loop. This week: Travel Alerts, and The Best Deals! Guest: Claire Newell- President, Travel Best Bets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may have been wondering what all the people in downtown dressed up in interesting costumes were up to. Well, Rugby 7's was the answer. The tour wraps up today! Guest: Patrick Johnston - Province Sports Reporter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump has been making headlines non-stop since he was elected as POTUS, but usually for the wrong reasons. There has been a steady campaign trying to get him out of office since his election. Does the movement have wheels? Recent revelations are startling. Guest: Jeffrey Meyers - Lecturer Thompson Rivers University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices