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The Jas Johal Show is the Lower Mainland’s town square, helping you connect with the stories that matter. It’s about finding the solutions to the challenges facing our region, even when we disagree. Jas’s decades of experience as a local news reporter, a Global News bureau chief in China and India, as well as a BC MLA have strengthened his conviction that no one “side” has all the answers. The Jas Johal Show’s contributor Geri Mayer-Judson, Global News anchor Chris Gailus, and the Global News Radio newsroom round out the team keeping you in the know on developing stories from the North Shore to the Fraser Valley. The Jas Johal Show provides fresh perspective and lively conversation for listeners Monday to Friday: 3-6pm.

Sara Kirby Young slams Mayor Stewart’s proposed Empty Stores Tax

Vancouver City Council proposes “Empty Store Tax”

BC Craft Cannabis Farmers

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter may boost Facebook, Google and Snapchat ad revenues

Ryerson University changes name amid controversy over Canadian educator’s legacy.. What’s next when renaming institutions, streets and businesses in Canada?

Financing public housing: how a massive expansion of rental homes can literally pay for itself

What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 outbreak in China?

Beijing districts placed under lockdown as COVID cases in the Chinese capital continue to rise

The Full Show: Province orders B.C. Distillers to stop producing hand sanitizers, Vancouver City Council asks for an increase in CCTV cameras and Elon Musk buys Twitter!

Building the Bridal Vale Mountain Resort

It’s official: Elon Musk now owns Twitter

Vancouver City Council asks for more CCTV cameras due to rising crime

Save Old Growth Demonstrations block Ironworkers bridge yet again

British Columbia Byelection: BC Liberal Party

BC Distillers asked to halt the production of hand sanitizers

The Full Show with Guest Host George Affleck: Earth Day, Vancouver political party funding, CCTV cameras & The Warp

The Wrap: Is Netflix doomed, Do we care about the Queen, & Where’s the line on protesting?

More on the motion for CCTV cameras

The motion for CCTV cameras

The funding of political parties in Vancouver

We're talking Earth Day

The Full Show: Angry commuters physically remove protestors from Ironworkers Bridge, Burnaby group opposes SFU gondola and we hear from Conservative leader hopefuls Jean Charet & Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre political platform: improving housing markets

New low-income housing coming to Kitsilano for people at risk of homelessness

Angry commuters attempt to physically remove Save Old Growth protestors blocking traffic on Ironworkers Bridge

Translink proposes new gondola up Burnaby Mountain to SFU

Jean Charest’s political platform: plans to permit more private health care services

The Full Show: Canada's rising inflation rate, Netflix reports subscriber losses and 4/20 in Vancouver

4/20: Where are we in terms of the legalization of Cannabis?

David Sidoo, Part 2: The latest on the BC business man accused of a $145 million pump and dump stock scheme

Streaming giant Netflix reports company has lost subscribers for the first time in 10 years

Canadian financial security

The Full Show: B.C. government may act if housing red tape isn't cut, two Surrey brothers prepare for the release of their Bollywood film and examining David Sidoo's pump-and-dump- stock fraud accusation

Ian Mulgrew: Are you ready to be sued by your pet?

David Sidoo accused of massive year “pump-and-dump” stock fraud

After 2 years of COVID-related delays, Bollywood film Jersey will open in cinemas this Friday

BC government may bring down legislative hammer if housing red tape isn’t cut

The Full Show: Defaced Chinatown murals restored by artists, A new phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and illegal ride hailing still runs rampant through the lower mainland

Police target illegal ride hailing in Burnaby

Merritt braces for more flooding

A new phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Vandalism in Chinatown

Artists repair mural in Chinatown that was defaced with graffiti

The Full Show with Guest Host George Affleck: What should be done with Water Street and Gastown? Will B.C. Place permanently switch to natural grass and The Friday Wrap!

The Wrap: Elon Musk's takeover of twitter, one of the last video rental stores in Vancouver set to close and should Vancouver be hosting large scale events like the FIFA World Cup

Vancouver Park Board announced that the Kits Pool may not open this summer

Honolulu City Council voted to approve a bill that would ban any short-term vacation rentals outside of resort areas. What does this mean for tourism across the globe?

BC Place will be installing a grass pitch if Vancouver wins 2026 FIFA World Cup bid.. But it may not be permanent

Should Water Street and Gastown be closed permanently to traffic and turned into a bike and pedestrian route?