The Jas Johal Show

While the threat of more flooding is still there and the clean up has only just begun of the Abbotsford  area, there is proof that the water came ... in part ... from the overflow of the Nooksack, a Washington State river whose propensity to flood has prompted decades of effort by British Columbia to push U.S. officials to dredge that river or build better levees on its shores.

Guest - Mike de Jong, MLA for Abbotsford West 

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In early September, McCallum alleged that he was verbally assaulted and that a motorist drove over his foot in a Save-On-Foods parking lot in South Surrey.

The first court date on this charge is scheduled for January 25, 2022 in Surrey Provincial Court.

Guest- Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor

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Vancouver and Whistler city officials along with First Nations representatives announced the formation of a partnership that will explore the feasibility of making a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

Guest - Melissa De Genova, Vancouver City Councillor

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Why this guest thinks Vancouver’s property taxes should go even higher:

Guest - Alex Hemingway, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

B.C. records deadliest month due to illicit drug overdoses in province’s history:

October was the single-worst month in the province’s history. We learned today that 201 people died from illicit drug overdoses.  So that brings the total for the year … so far … to almost 1,800 people dead.

Guest -  Lisa Lapointe, Chief Coroner of B.C.:

The Jas Johal Show Political Panel

Guest - Bill Tieleman, President of West Star Communications , Former political strategist for the BC NDP

Guest - Alex Shiff, worked in political communications at all levels of government for the past decade, Senior Consultant at Navigator LTD, a public relations and strategy firm

Does the barge on the beach count as public art?:

Art or a pile of junk? The now renowned Barge on the Beach is still stuck -- some are calliing for it to remain as a piece of public art. 

Guest - Barrie Mowatt, Founder, President & Artistic Director of Vancouver Biennale

New Zealand cigarette ban: would it work in B.C.?

New Zealand plans to pass a law next year that includes a lifetime ban on smoking for anyone 14 or younger. The plan is to raise  the minimum age to buy cigarettes year after year. So in theory, 65 years after the law takes effect, a person could still buy cigarettes -- but only if they could prove they were at least 80 years old. The law sets a goal of having fewer than five per cent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025.

Guest - Patricia Woods, PhD student in the school of nursing at the University of Victoria

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Jody Vance has written yet another provocative opinion piece for theorca.ca -- It’s about the canuck fans tossing their jerseys onto the ice.

Guest - Jody Vance, CKNW Host

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New Zealand plans to pass a law next year that includes a lifetime ban on smoking for anyone 14 or younger. The plan is to raise  the minimum age to buy cigarettes year after year. So in theory, 65 years after the law takes effect, a person could still buy cigarettes -- but only if they could prove they were at least 80 years old. The law sets a goal of having fewer than five per cent of New Zealanders smoking by 2025.

Guest - Patricia Woods, PhD student in the school of nursing at the University of Victoria

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