The Jill Bennett Show

Ken Beattie, Executive Director of B.C. Craft Brewers Guild

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GUEST: Denise Meikle, Owner of Salon Origins 

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Twenty-five years ago today, Brian Clark walked into the World Trade Center for what should have been an ordinary day at work. He would turn out to be one of the lucky survivors of the 9/11 attacks.

Who should have the final say when a city signs a major contract: elected politicians, or city staff? That question is now being debated in Victoria after the city's decision to award its new bike-share contract to Lime.

In Vancouver, a group of firefighters watched the 9/11 attacks unfold at Fire Hall No. 5. They didn't know exactly what they could do, but they knew they wanted to do something.

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We keep hearing about tariffs, retaliation, countermeasures and “elbows up”, but for some Canadian businesses, this isn't an abstract trade war. It's their market, their customers and potentially their survival.

Ron Kubek owns Lightning Rock Winery in Summerland, and he has been arguing that Canada needs to stop treating this like a game of chicken.

Guest: Ron Kubek - Owner of Lightning Rock Winery

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Guest: Missy Mackintosh, CEO and founder of MisMack Clean Cosmetics

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There is a new push on Vancouver Island to connect technology, manufacturing, marine, aerospace and defense companies. This would allow them to go after contracts that would simply be too big for one company to handle.

When we talk about the tariff war with the United States, we tend to talk about cars, steel, aluminum, dairy and other big-ticket industries. But there's another industry getting hammered... cosmetics.

We’ve spent the last few years talking about Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs as weight-loss medications. But what if that’s actually selling these drugs short?

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An 85-year-old man, Chang Yong Cho, was in his own home in Burnaby when he was killed by a stray bullet.

Police had been called to reports of gunfire around 1:30 Sunday morning near 18th and Humphries. The suspect vehicle was gone when officers arrived, and initially there were no victims found.

More than 14 hours later, police were called to do a wellness check on Mr. Cho and found him dead inside his apartment.

Guest: Doug Spencer - Former gang unit police officer, 30 years with the VPD, He now works to keep kids out of gangs through Odd Squad productions

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The Trump administration says that starting September 29, certain Canadian dairy products, alcoholic beverages and motorcycles will be banned from entering the United States.

We keep hearing about tariffs, retaliation, countermeasures and “elbows up”... but for some Canadian businesses, this isn't an abstract trade war. It's their market, their customers and potentially their survival.

British Columbia forestry groups have written to Premier David Eby saying the industry is at a ``breaking point'' and calling for urgent action to address challenges ranging from provincial permitting delays to U.S. tariffs.

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Claire Newell from Travel Best Bets comes on to unpack all the biggest news stories coming out of the travel sector.

Guest: Claire Newell - President/Founder, Travel Best Bets

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The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on Canadian products on August 22nd. Canada has now responded with a 50% tariff on American products starting today.

Plus, we bring you an amazing tale of survival out of Squamish.

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