The Jill Bennett Show

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The Jill Bennett Show episodes

July 27 Could B.C. Place actually be for sale?
Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer, Economics at Concordia University

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10 min
July 27 Park Board Chair says reduction of paid parking rates at Spanish Banks a top priority if re-elected
Tom Digby, Vancouver Park Board Chair, Vancouver Greens

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14 min
July 27 Metro board shrinks amid governance reform push
Lisa Dominato, Vancouver City councillor and Chair of Metro Vancouver Governance Committee

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12 min
July 27 Fairview redevelopment cuts affordable housing, child-care space
Guest: Chris, resident with concerns about the redevelopment

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13 min
July 24 Shining a spotlight on delicious Dungeness crab
Tokyo is trying to help workers beat the heat by letting men wear shorts to the office. But it's sparked a surprising debate...
The district of North Van has OKed sweeping changes to single-family homes. How will this impact homeowners?
Move over spot prawns, there's a new crab in town. An upcoming festival is shining a spotlight on Dungeness crab.

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31 min
July 24 Have parking meters in Vancouver gotten out of hand?
Have parking meters in Vancouver gotten out of hand?
Guest: Tricia Barker - Former Park Board Commissioner

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11 min
July 24 Should Canadians be able to opt out of receiving Amber Alerts?
Another overnight Amber Alert has some people asking a difficult question. Nobody questions the importance of finding an abducted child, but should everyone in the province be jolted awake?
Guest: Timothy Griffin - Criminal Justice Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno

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13 min
July 24 Foreign interference at City Hall?
The City of Vancouver has taken steps to change how public hearsings are held after a large number of callers from California took part in one earlier this week.
Guest: Max Cameron - UBC Political Scientist

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11 min
July 23 BC businesses tally the cost of a potential 50% US tariff
Tia Masic founded Hemlock & Oak, a Coquitlam stationery company, in 2020, and has manufactured in Canada from the start. On Monday, she and her partner read through the lists attached to the proclamations and found the customs code covering bound planners and notebooks.
About 1,300 Americans are waiting on 2027 planners due to ship this fall, and Masic puts the duty on those orders at $100,000. The seven-person company has decided to charge those customers the price they were quoted and pay the duty itself.
Guest: Tia Masic - Founder, Hemlock and Oak Stationery

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10 min
July 23 Do those gruesome photos on cigarette packs actually work?
The Federal Conservatives say Statistics Canada is reporting yet another rise in violent crime, now up a staggering 57% since the Liberals took office.
We've had gruesome pictures on cigarette packs for 25 years. Many smokers will have seen them several thousands of times. Do they eventually stop working?
A Vancouver City Council public hearing this week got calls from California. Mayor Ken Sim is calling it "foreign interference" and will hold an emergency meeting with the City Manager and VPD chief.

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30 min

About The Jill Bennett Show

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Jill Bennett’s twenty years of experience covering B.C.’s biggest stories as a reporter has developed her insatiable curiosity and keen sense for exposing what is really going on with a…