Synopsis
Steele & Drex offers a new outlook on news programming that meshes the award winning journalism of Lynda Steele and the ever-opinionated radio commentary of Drex.Weve got more than just your daily news updates. Steele & Drex will report on the biggest headlines of the day while offering conversational insight into the issues making waves in Metro Vancouver.
Episodes
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Canada at the crossroads — the need to be clear eyed and realistic in the age of Trump 2.0
30/07/2025 Duration: 09minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How much harder will U.S. softwood lumber duties hit B.C.?
30/07/2025 Duration: 10minGuest: Jerome Gessaroli, senior fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute, and leads the Sound Economic Policy Project at BCIT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Commentary: Metro Vancouver has a leadership vacuum — and it’s costing all of us
29/07/2025 Duration: 09minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Great Kits Pool debate
29/07/2025 Duration: 16minThe heated Kits Pool debate between Tamara Taggart and Sarah Daniels during The Wrap last Friday (July 25) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Jas Johal Show: July 28, 2025
29/07/2025 Duration: 47minB.C.’s second call for power: can energy goals be reached amidst drought conditions and economic uncertainty? (0:39) Guest: Adrian Dix, B.C.’s Minister of Health Commentary: Metro Vancouver should stick to its lane — the gas-powered tool ban overreach (14:34) B.C. calls for more clean power…can our grid keep up? (19:26) Guest: Barry Penner, Chair of Energy Futures Initiative Metro Vancouver stalls wastewater plant review: will taxpayers ever know the truth? (31:03) Guest: Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Uber tests new feature to match women passengers and drivers
29/07/2025 Duration: 09minGuest: Keerthana Rang, Corporate Communications Lead for Uber Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Metro Vancouver stalls wastewater plant review: will taxpayers ever know the truth?
29/07/2025 Duration: 13minGuest: Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Jas Johal Show: July 25, 2025
26/07/2025 Duration: 51minDeal or no deal? Trump hints at the future of Canada/U.S. trade talks (0:47) Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent U.S. significantly hikes duties on Canadian softwood lumber (14:15) Guest: Kim Haakstad, President and CEO of the B.C Council of Forest Industries Metro Vancouver targets gas-powered yard tools — bold climate move or overreach? (22:04) Guest: Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam The Wrap - Is red tape ruining access to public spaces like pools and parks? (33:49) Plus, how much more should rideshare apps do to guarantee safety for women? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Wrap - Is red tape ruining access to public spaces like pools and parks?
26/07/2025 Duration: 15minPlus, how much more should rideshare apps do to guarantee safety for women? Guests: Sarah Daniels, real estate agent in South Surrey; author and broadcaster Tamara Taggart, former CTV News at Six anchor, and host of the TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Week That Was in Politics
25/07/2025 Duration: 16minGuest: Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Jas Johal Show: July 24, 2025
25/07/2025 Duration: 01h16sHockey Canada players found not guilty (1:00) Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Hulk Hogan dies at 71: looking back at the WWE legend’s impact on wrestling and pop culture (15:32) Guest: Justin Dhillon, Writer and host of The Wrestling Classic Lessons for the West: China curtails its addiction to oil, and supercharges its EV industry (26:44) Guest: Jeremy Cato, Automotive Journalist at CatoCarGuy.com MLS calls B.C. Place an ‘unsustainable home’ for the Vancouver Whitecaps (38:14) Guest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C.’s Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Can Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps bring life back into the superhero movie genre in theaters?
25/07/2025 Duration: 07minGuest: Steve Stebbing, Movie critic at stevestebbing.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MLS calls B.C. Place an ‘unsustainable home’ for the Vancouver Whitecaps
25/07/2025 Duration: 19minGuest: Squire Barnes, Global B.C.’s Sports Director and Anchor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why StatsCan’s crime statistics do not fully capture crime in B.C.
24/07/2025 Duration: 09minGuest: Jess Ketchum, Co-founder of the Save Our Streets coalition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Hockey Canada players found not guilty
24/07/2025 Duration: 17minGuest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Jas Johal Show: July 23, 2025
24/07/2025 Duration: 39minHockey Canada sexual assault trial reaches its tipping point, verdict to be reached (0:40) Guest: Julie Macfarlane, Emerita Distinguished Law Professor at the University of Windsor, and co-founder of the “Can’t Buy My Silence” campaign for change in the law – on misuse of NDAs Taxpayer dollars spent on Netflix gift cards?! The latest on Richmond City Hall’s controversial gift card program (10:07) Commentary: Kits Pool isn’t the crisis -- your property tax bill is. And Ken Sim doesn’t want to talk about it (14:49) Another one bites the dust: Vancouver’s City Manager steps down after 14 years (21:52) Guest: Dan Fumano, City Columnist for Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Should Point Roberts be exempt from Canadian counter-tariffs?
24/07/2025 Duration: 09minGuest: Brian Calder, former President of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce and former Vancouver city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Another one bites the dust: Vancouver’s City Manager steps down after 14 years
24/07/2025 Duration: 15minGuest: Dan Fumano, City Columnist for Vancouver Sun and The Province Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada’s international student program to be investigated by Auditor General
23/07/2025 Duration: 09minGuest: Barj Dhahan, Co-founder and director of the Canada India Education Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Commentary: Kits Pool isn’t the crisis -- your property tax bill is. And Ken Sim doesn’t want to talk about it
23/07/2025 Duration: 07minLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices