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Coastal Front is a Vancouver-based media company providing in-depth reporting and opinion, with a strong focus on government accountability at all levels in Canada. As part of our work, the Coastal Front podcast, hosted by Andrew Johns, features conversations on business, politics, and community, exploring the stories shaping our city, province, and country.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
8 min
BC's NDP has paid hundreds of millions through BC’s education savings grant. But the real story is who successfully claimed it — and who didn’t. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZSdxtkweI
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Sep 25, 2026
Sep 25, 2026
1 hr 50 min
Former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart sits down with Coastal Front for a candid, no-holds-barred conversation about Ken Sim, the UBC SkyTrain, policing, property taxes and the future of Vancouver ahead of the 2026 municipal election.
Stewart looks back on his time as an NDP MP and his 2018–2022 term as mayor of Vancouver: leading a split city council, getting the city through COVID, helping bring the FIFA World Cup to BC, and securing funding for the Broadway Plan and the SkyTrain extension to UBC. He explains why he believes the UBC SkyTrain line was fully funded when he left office, what went wrong under Mayor Ken Sim, and why he says Sim "had four years to deliver."
We also get into:
🔹 Why he says he was "never about defunding police," and how he thinks Sim's 100-officer pledge drove up property taxes
🔹 Housing affordability, rental housing, super towers and the Carney–Eby housing announcement
🔹 Whether Metro Vancouver's cities should amalgamate
🔹 Party discipline in Ottawa, his book with Michael Chong, and working with Harper, Trudeau, Singh and Carney
🔹 Whether he'll ever run for office again
Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN2ldaukk8k
Sep 21, 2026
Sep 21, 2026
18 min
A BC non-profit society received millions in public funds. Then came unpaid bills, vendor complaints, and an arrest warrant.
Sep 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
6 min
Weeks before sanctioning Streit Group for helping “feed Russia’s war machine,” Ottawa pledged to increase defence exports to Saudi Arabia.
Sep 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
3 min
The Abbotsford South MLA will sit as an Independent, continuing a wave of caucus departures that began in mid-August.
Sep 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
7 min
A new province-wide petition is seeking to repeal DRIPA as debate over the law’s legal and economic impact intensifies.
Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/elections-bc-clears-initiative-bid
Sep 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
1 hr 8 min
In this episode of Coastal Front, we sit down with Ms. Lavell, head of York House School, and Ms. Harrop, head of Crofton House School, to discuss what it means to educate and raise girls in 2026.
From social media and emerging technology, including AI, to confidence, resilience and the pressures facing young women today, they explore how education is evolving and what all-girls schools can offer that a coeducational environment may not.
The conversation also tackles parenting, screen time, school uniforms, career choices, financial aid, politics in schools and the importance of preparing girls to think independently and confidently navigate a rapidly changing world.
Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4j6V2iGBvA&t=2332s
Aug 6, 2026
Aug 6, 2026
4 min
Aug 6, 2026
Aug 6, 2026
3 min
Aug 6, 2026
Aug 6, 2026
15 min