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The Mike Smyth Show
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One-on-one with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim
39 mins; December 12, 2025
Friday Face-off: Conservative MP crosses the floor to the Liberals
17 mins; December 12, 2025
Everything to know about the flood-watch if you're in Chilliack
8 mins; December 11, 2025
How did Ryan Wedding go from snowboarder to wanted drug trafficker?
39 mins; December 11, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Will Hastings Park be replaced with a dedicated Whitecaps stadium??
16 mins; December 11, 2025
Construction wreaking havoc on Broadway businesses
46 mins; December 10, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Politicians fighting over something that doesn't exit
16 mins; December 10, 2025
How to handle DRIPA and the latest on Richmond land disputes
15 mins; December 10, 2025
Where are all the local hires?
44 mins; December 09, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Making amends to DRIPA
16 mins; December 09, 2025
Top tips to help you avoid all those pesky holiday scams
34 mins; December 09, 2025
Repealing DRIPA
11 mins; December 09, 2025
BC Conservatives leadership, DRIPA amendments, & revisiting the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
46 mins; December 08, 2025
DRIPA Amendment, Crofton Mill, and the fate of the Vancouver Whitecaps
11 mins; December 08, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Amending DRIPA, and what else is Vancouver about to lose?
16 mins; December 08, 2025
Rustad RESIGNS as leader of the BC Conservative Party
31 mins; December 04, 2025
One-on-one with John Rustad following his resignation
10 mins; December 04, 2025
BC Conservative leader John Rustad announces his resignation
12 mins; December 04, 2025
Wayne Gretzky's controversial friendship with Donald Trump
46 mins; December 03, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Cancelling Truth & Reconciliation Day?
17 mins; December 03, 2025
Highlighting the pressures being faced by first responders
11 mins; December 03, 2025
Bill's Beat: Could the BC/Alberta pipeline already be over?
16 mins; December 02, 2025
Should Canada ban social media for kids under 16?
33 mins; December 02, 2025
Can you have a pipeline AND a tanker ban?
15 mins; December 02, 2025
What’s the problem with Bitcoin ATMs?
16 mins; December 01, 2025
Pipeline, or pipe dream?!
44 mins; December 01, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Pipeline or pipe-dream?
17 mins; December 01, 2025
Premier Eby's pipeline battle, the ongoing debate for it, & changes for veteran health coverage
30 mins; November 28, 2025
PM Carney and Premier Smith announce major pipeline agreement!
33 mins; November 27, 2025
Bill's Beat: Major pipeline announcement from PM Carney
18 mins; November 27, 2025
One-on-one with investigative sports journalist Rick Westhead!
16 mins; November 27, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Celebration of Light CANCELLED
17 mins; November 26, 2025
Is Ken Sim's tax freeze pandering for the next election?
41 mins; November 26, 2025
The current state of Canada/US relations
14 mins; November 26, 2025
Does BC need to light the "Vacancy" sign on short term rentals?
16 mins; November 24, 2025
Carney's trade pitch - Cowichan land claim - STR Amendments
32 mins; November 24, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Carney trade & Pipeline politics
16 mins; November 24, 2025
Bill's Beat: Tanker ban & Rustad's future
14 mins; November 21, 2025
Alberta's new private surgery model - Canada-US trade talk stall - Grizzly attack in Bella Coola
37 mins; November 21, 2025
School group attacked by grizzly in Bella Coola
11 mins; November 21, 2025
Is there a way to resolve the Cowichan land claim while protecting private property?
16 mins; November 20, 2025
Cash strapped transit - Cowichan land claim - Rise in auto theft
42 mins; November 20, 2025
Bill's Beat: Tanker ban & Hoekstra the bully
16 mins; November 20, 2025
Transit funding competition results
11 mins; November 20, 2025
Drug consumption site pushback - EV mandate u-turn -Unfair Costco lotto tickets
41 mins; November 19, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: EV mandate & Poilievre polling
16 mins; November 19, 2025
Latest on the Epstein files - the house votes on releasing the files
10 mins; November 18, 2025
Budget squeaks through - Cowichan decision - World Cup costs
39 mins; November 18, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Budget squeaker & World Cup costs
16 mins; November 18, 2025
Prison guard found guilty of breach of trust
10 mins; November 18, 2025
What could federal budget impacts be? What’s happening with the Highway 1 expansion?
12 mins; November 18, 2025
Extortion in Surrey, Gretskzy speaks up & Contraband in Prison
31 mins; November 17, 2025
Will Carney’s budget pass or fail and trigger an election?
12 mins; November 17, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Eby's vote, Carney's budget & getting booed at events
11 mins; November 17, 2025
Reaction to Eby’s speech at the NDP convention
11 mins; November 17, 2025
Shortage of hotel rooms ahead of FIFA, how to avoid getting scammed, & where are we with Canada's defense spending?
39 mins; November 14, 2025
Is Vancouver's lack of short term rental space becoming a major worry for the World Cup?
11 mins; November 14, 2025
The latest on the Epstein files
10 mins; November 14, 2025
Consumer debt rising in BC
12 mins; November 14, 2025
The fleeting fantasy of home ownership, B.C. medical wait times, & and Trump's Epstein woes return
35 mins; November 13, 2025
Most Vancouverites think they will never afford their own home - are they right?
9 mins; November 13, 2025
Bill's Beat: Remembering John Horgan & Polievre's future
16 mins; November 12, 2025
0% tax plan a bad idea? - Measles are back! - BC wineries using US grapes
34 mins; November 12, 2025
The significance of Remembrance Day, Canada's border security vs. budget, & the tipping point to tipping!
38 mins; November 11, 2025
Sports gambling, should homeowners be warned about Indigenous land claims? And insurance premiums pushing young drivers off the road.
42 mins; November 10, 2025
Tipping point to tipping at restaurants, Carney apologizes to Trump, & Surrey's extortion problem
32 mins; November 07, 2025
Ostrich cull order upheld, border crossing numbers, & Richmond canceling their Christmas staff festivities
39 mins; November 06, 2025
Breaking down the federal budget, B.C. health care wait time ballooning, and the importance of winter tires.
41 mins; November 05, 2025
Winter tires and Coquihalla chaos
15 mins; November 05, 2025
Pushing for a softwood lumber deal, Previewing the Federal budget, & Grizzly bear attacks
43 mins; November 04, 2025
Bill's Beat: Baldrey life achievement award, & Budget day expectations
17 mins; November 04, 2025
Effect of Cowichan land ruling on Richmond real estate
17 mins; November 04, 2025
Previewing the federal budget, Mandatory minimums for child porn, & Long-term effects of vaping
38 mins; November 03, 2025
Canada/US trade, The state of education, & Lasting impacts of the BCGEU strike
36 mins; October 31, 2025
Lowering the voting age, Adjusting the Empty Homes Tax, & Paramedic struggles
42 mins; October 30, 2025
Bill's Beat: Park board's future, Reagan tariff ad fallout, & Richmond Cowichan backlash
16 mins; October 29, 2025
Bail reform, Previewing the Federal budget, & Avoiding scams and fraudsters
45 mins; October 29, 2025
Does the federal government bail reform plan go far enough?
15 mins; October 29, 2025
Restaurants impacted by BCGEU strike, Reducing intimate partner violence, & Trusting online reviews
47 mins; October 28, 2025
Bill's Beat: Doug Ford's Regan ad, & Possible federal election?
17 mins; October 28, 2025
Bill's Beat: BCGEU strike, & Donald Trump
17 mins; October 27, 2025
BCGEU tentative deal, Canada/US relations, & Snowbird concerns
40 mins; October 27, 2025
Friday Faceoff: Trump cutting off trade talks, & John Rustad's uncertain future
17 mins; October 24, 2025
BC Conservative uncertainty, Stricter bail conditions, & Vancouver's food scene
30 mins; October 24, 2025
Balancing the federal budget, Challenging Rustad's leadership, & Louvre jewelry heist
38 mins; October 23, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: John Rustad's leadership, Poilievre on Trudeau, & NBA gambling scandal
17 mins; October 23, 2025
Should municipalities control traffic enforcement cameras?
15 mins; October 23, 2025
Ken Sim’s plan to use city land for rental housing
16 mins; October 23, 2025
Canadian snowbirds, Medical crisis in Kamloops, & Paying for public transit
44 mins; October 22, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Land ruling in Richmond
17 mins; October 22, 2025
Bombshell land claim ruling, Another MLA leaving the BC Conservatives, & Distracted driving
49 mins; October 21, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: Another MLA out of the BC Conservatives!
17 mins; October 21, 2025
Brodie on Cowichan land decision - Canada's bleak auto manufacturing future - Scooter safety
33 mins; October 20, 2025
Bill's Beat: Conservative Caucus Chaos
14 mins; October 20, 2025
Cracking down on crime, Auto manufacturing in Canada, & Surrey's extortion racket
33 mins; October 17, 2025
Booming businesses, BC/Alberta pipeline battle, & Canadian auto manufacturing
44 mins; October 16, 2025
Saving money in Vancouver, Angry ferry passengers, & Holiday shopping
41 mins; October 15, 2025
Baldrey's Beat: BCGEU strike, & BC's pipeline battle heating up
17 mins; October 15, 2025
B.C.’s multiplex challenge
13 mins; October 15, 2025
Foreign buyers in BC, Involuntary care, & World Cup costs!
37 mins; October 14, 2025
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