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Guest host Robin Gill talks to New Westminster Mayor Patrick Johnstone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Robin Gill talks to: Effy Demeter, Founder of Our DTES Amanda Burrows, Executive Director of First United Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite getting a slap on the wrist by the integrity commissioner, the ABC party says it will continue to hold private meetings. The biggest takeaways from the Liberal leadership debate! Let's dissect Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s report on internal trade barriers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian school principals call for more support to deal with student substance use - seeing an increase in use - according to a study done by UBC. Guest: Lisa Beare - Minister of Education in the province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Surrey wants out from Metro Vancouver’s 2050 Regional Growth Strategy Guest: Eric Woodward - Chair of the Metro Vancouver Regional Planning Committee and Langley Township Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Business Council has some ideas for how the province can help ease the pain of the tariffs GUEST: David Williams, Vice President of Policy for the Business Council of BC How the tariff may impact or disrupt the effort to boost housing starts in British Columbia  GUEST: Barrett Sprowsen, Senior VP sales and marketing at Peterson Provincial conservatives are having more internal strife GUEST: Richard Zussman, Global B.C Legislative Reporter ABC Vancouver’s secret meetings raise alarms GUEST: Kirk LaPointe, Columnist with Business in Vancouver New Westminster votes to make elected officials’ pay to go public GUEST: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 How can you avoid fake casino ads online? GUEST:  Maria Szabo, spokesperson for BCLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jewish Book Festival returns amid rising antisemitism and tensions surrounding the Gaza ceasefire GUEST: Dana Camil Hewitt, festival director Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rapids - the app supporting early mental health diagnosis GUEST: Dr. Diane McIntosh, psychiatrist, author, educator, and host of the PsychedUP Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb. 24, 2025: Guest host Robin Gill in for Jas Johal Members of Vancouver's ABC party hold internal meetings and align messaging before debates (0:07) Guest: Pete Fry, Vancouver City Councillor Donald Trump’s tariffs on schedule, will take effect on March 4th (12:19) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Ottawa correspondent with Global National Delta Hospital Closures and the messaging around it (18:26) Guest: Jordan Armstrong, Global News Reporter Americans should come to Nanaimo (26:35) Guest: Leonard Krog, Mayor of Nanaimo Metro Vancouver’s special board meeting (34:49) Guest: Mike Hurley, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board and Burnaby Mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Andrew Charney, Director of Residential Assets Management, Peterson Rentals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Robin Gill talks to Ross Siemens, Mayor of Abbotsford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Calls - did you feel the earthquake?? GUESTS: CKNW Listeners B.C’s Emergency Management Minister reacts to the 5.1 magnitude earthquake GUEST: Kelly Greene, B.C’s Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness B.C. Earthquake - are we at risk for more? GUEST: Brent Ward, Earth Sciences Professor and Co-Director of the Natural Hazards Research at SFU The challenges of running a restaurant in B.C. GUEST: Corvette Romero, owner of Shameless Buns Are B.C.’s restaurants running on life support? GUEST: Ian Tostenson, President of the B.C Restaurant and Foodservices Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When will B.C’s carbon tax end? GUEST: Richard Zussman, Global BC Legislative Reporte Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are funding cuts enough to steer Metro Vancouver in the right direction? GUEST: Kash Heed, Richmond City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did the B.C NDP miss the mark on safe supply? GUEST: Elenore Sturko, B.C Conservative MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, and Critic for Solicitor General and Public Safety Why is False Creek taking too long to be developed? GUEST: Geoff Meggs, former Vancouver City Councillor and former Chief of Staff to Premier John Horgan Maple Scan: The mobile app to help you buy Canadian GUEST: Sasha Ivanov, creator of the Maple Scan app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly 40 years after Expo ‘86, why has nothing been built on the False Creek waterfront? GUEST: Geoff Meggs, former Vancouver City Councillor and former Chief of Staff to Premier John Horgan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C introduces task force to grow and improve the province’s food sector GUEST: Dr. Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The harm behind Ken Sim’s pause on supportive housing in the DTES GUEST: Pete Fry, Green Party Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Metro Vancouver Board cut its economic development office to save money? GUEST: Linda Buchanan, Chair of Invest Vancouver and Mayor of City of North Vancouver How hard will Trump’s tariffs hit housing in B.C? GUEST: Brendon Ogmundson, Chief Economist, BC Real Estate Association Tighter rules and Trump’s threats: The state of immigration in Canada  GUEST: Marc Miller, Federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices