The Jill Bennett Show

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The Jill Bennett Show episodes

August 27 The Tariff Effects on Canadian Grocery Prices
The count of MLA’s leaving the BC Conservatives reaches Brennan Day has quit. Are there more to come?
GUEST: Hamish Telford, Political Science professor at the University of the Fraser Valley

How will tariffs affect grocery prices
GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst and President of Bruce Winder Retail

Questions are being raised over the provincial government’s approach to prescribed burns ahead of wildfire season
GUEST: Jesse Zeman, Executive Director of BC Wildlife Federation

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30 min
August 26 Back-to-school shopping putting financial pressure on families
Do back-to-school spending habits need to change as affordability issues get worse?
Guest: Johnna Montgomerie - Education professor at the University of British Columbia

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8 min
August 26 Meta to pay $17 billion in lawsuit settlement
Meta has settled a lawsuit accusing the social media giant of designing facebook and instagram to be addictive for children and teens.
The Canadian Institute for Health Information says hospitalizations for both children and adults riding e-scooters rose by almost 40 per cent in the past year across the country.
ANOTHER BC Conservative MLA has quit, which brings the total to four in the last 2 weeks. Where does the party go from here?

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33 min
August 25 How will the US trade war impact the BC forest industry?
Tit for Tat: the federal government is launching its own round of tariffs, escalating the trade war with the United States.
Speaking of tariffs, how will this trade war with the US impact the BC forest industry?
Today, we lost a legend. The iconic "Queen of Country" Dolly Parton passed away today at the age of 80. We look back at her remarkable 6-decade career.

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34 min
August 25 Reconstruction of Hazel Trembath Elementary School is finally underway
Nearly three years after a devastating fire destroyed Hazel Trembath Elementary School, construction is finally getting underway on its replacement.
Guest: Brad West - Mayor of Port Coquitlam

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11 min
August 24 Carney walks away from US trade talks
The Canada-U.S. trade relationship has entered a much more dangerous phase - perhaps the worst phase. Prime Minister Mark Carney says we are at war and under attack.
How will these latest Trump tariffs impact BC businesses?
Right now, a massive effort is underway to protect the Fraser River watershed. A Port Coquitlam man is on a a grueling 1,000-kilometer solo trek from the headwaters in Valemount all the way to Vancouver.

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31 min
August 24 Ian Paton LEAVES BC Conservatives
Ian Paton is officially leaving the BC Conservative party to sit as an independent MLA. What led him to this decision?
Guest Ian Paton - MLA for Delta South

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11 min
August 21 Impact of wildfires on BC Wine industry
Impact of wildfires on BC Wine industry

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8 min
August 21 Domstar Closing It's Howe Sound Pulp Mill
Domstar Closing It's Howe Sound Pulp Mill

Booze bans or a surtax instead?

Canada-U.S. Trade deal deadline looms

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35 min
August 20 The Friday deadline for a U.S. trade deal looms
The Friday deadline for a U.S. trade deal looms

A rally to save the Whitecaps

New BC Hydro rules on solar energy

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38 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…