The Jas Johal Show

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

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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

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We heard the numbers on the news. The number of people dying because of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. has gotten so bad, that we already know 2021 has been the deadliest year - and we haven’t even counted the last two months yet.

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.

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

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George reacts to news that Vancouver property tax are going up by 6.35%

George Affleck reacts to the city of Vancouver's latest budget passed by council, most notably including a 6.35% increase in property tax. Plus, your calls! 

Should the empty homes tax apply to vacant land?

 Michael Geller, President of the Geller Group, architect, and consultant is incensed and he joins us to describe why 

‘Essential travel’ advisories hurting tourism in the B.C. Interior

 Dan Rogers, Executive Director of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce talks about how COVID, paired with damage from the BC floods have hurt Kelowna's tourism sector 

B.C. floods: how the province’s supply chain has been forced to adapt

James Vercammen, a professor at UBC’s faculty of land and food systems, and at its Sauder School of Business discusses how resilient the supply chain has been 

What we know so far about how vaccines protect us against the Omicron variant

Jason Tetro, Microbiologist with specialty in studying emerging pathogens, like Covid-19 Host of the Super Awesome Science Show answers your COVID questions! 

After a long 21 months, restaurants are hoping for your support this holiday season

Ian Tostenson, CEO, B.C. Restaurant and Food Association has more on the high hopes of the restaurant industry during the holiday season 

Instagram unveils new tools to manage teens’ use in wake of company backlash

 Andy Baryer, Technology and Digital Lifestyle Expert at HandyAndyMedia.com & weekly contributor on The Shift with Shane Hewitt joins us to discuss this new feature that Instagram is rolling out to keep teenage users safe online 

Here are the words people have mispronounced the most in English in 2021

The most mispronounced words of 2021 with Harley Sims, Writer and Linguist 

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