
Jay Durant
Reporter, This is BC
An Ontario native, Jay’s first broadcast job was with CTV in Toronto. From there, he made a quick stopover in Lethbridge before joining ITV (now Global Edmonton) as the weekend sports anchor.
Jay is the host of This is BC, which profiles unique British Columbians who have an amazing story to tell.
A former football and rugby player, he is a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame selection committee.
He currently spends a lot of time at the ballpark cheering on his daughter’s softball games.
To contact Jay with a story idea for this segment email This is BC.
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Video Archives
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This is BC: Legendary White Rock cafe is a real family affair
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This is BC: Vancouver amateur sports club turns 100
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This is BC: Kin’s Farm Market celebrates 40th anniversary
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This is BC: Photographer captures Vancouver Now and Then
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This is BC: North Shore mountain biking legend
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This is BC: Aviation historian amasses remarkable archive about Canadian flight
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This is BC: Recently re-released NFB production shows early start by two B.C. filmmakers
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This is BC: Kurdish artist’s work inspired by his experiences
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This is BC: Sheldon Guy defying obstacles of blindness
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This is BC: Recycling old instruments into new art
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This is BC: Snapshot of Whistler extreme sports photographer
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This is BC: Legendary Nat Bailey Stadium usher
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This is BC: Veteran and retired CN employee celebrates 100th birthday touring Canada by train
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Man who created Gastown Steam Clock still making timepieces
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This is BC: Young Hungarian couple puts bread on the family table thanks to successful bakery
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This is BC: Whistler home to top extreme mountain bike course designer
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This is BC: Young B.C. talent behind the wheel
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This is BC: Award-winning photographer amasses enormous collection over career
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This is BC: Meet record-breaking pilot who continues to wow crowds
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This is BC: Couple on epic bike tour for charity
Author Archives
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‘Once a Meraloma, always a Meraloma’: Amateur Vancouver sports club marks 100 yearsThe Meraloma Club, Vancouver's premier amateur sports club, is marking its 100th anniversary this year.CanadaSep 26
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B.C. man transforms old instruments into eye-catching artA Vancouver Island man is repurposing broken instruments into work of art, transforming items once meant to please the ear into sculptures that treat the eye.CanadaAug 29
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Veteran and retired CN employee celebrates 100th birthday touring Canada by trainBill Hamill's birthday wish was to take one more train ride across the country to see his younger brother Bob.CanadaAug 22
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Vancouver’s iconic steam clock creator finally winding downRay Saunders has been designing and building for the past 63 years, but it’s his steam clock in Gastown that’s made him Vancouver’s most famous horologist.TechAug 15
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B.C. teen wins scholarship to compete in Formula 4 competition in EuropeB.C. teen Dylan Ulinder is getting the opportunity of a lifetime racing Formula 4s in France next month after winning a scholarship for young racers.CanadaJul 30
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Preparations underway for B.C. twins’ annual country music cancer fundraiserEveryone is chipping in to set the stage for Saturday's Gone Country fundraiser in the fight against cancer, according to co-founder Chris Ruscheinski.FeaturesJul 18
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‘Fulfilling’: Kelowna para-climber defies gravity and the odds on world stageKelowna's Shamus Boulianne never felt quite at home on the basketball court as a child, but on boulders, found his groove as an adult.SportsJul 16
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Canadian veteran pens memoir to heal from PTSDA newly published memoir called Brass & Unity is the story of one woman's service in Afghanistan. She wrote the book to deal with her own struggle with post traumatic stress.CanadaJul 13
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B.C. veteran helps process PTSD by replicating ships he served onA veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy has found an interesting new hobby in retirement: Yvon Lehoux is replicating seven of the ships he served on.CanadaJul 4
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Campbell River rock band reunites, writes album featuring voice of late lead singerIn the early 1980s, Big Rock was a touring cover band, but This Is BC's Jay Durant hears that the music industry wasn’t interested in their original material.FeaturesJun 20
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Italian Day on the Drive returns after 3 years along with long-time performerItalian Day on the Drive is back and so is 93-year-old singer/guitarist Gianni Fuoco, who has been performing since the events early days.CanadaJun 12
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Nephew hopes to keep uncle’s ‘Soup Meister’ legacy alive in North VancouverEvan Paul hopes to keep his uncle's legacy alive at North Vancouver's iconic Soup Meister restaurant. Ralf Dauns ran the business for 27 years before losing a battle with cancer.CanadaMay 25
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‘Perfect cause’: Young B.C. barber gives back to communityJustin Karbowiak, from Coquitlam, has been cutting hair since he was a teenager and has decided to give back to his community.EntertainmentMay 21
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B.C. company that makes custom guitars is celebrating 20 yearsPrestige Guitars, based in North Vancouver, has not only made guitars for celebrity clients, but it is also celebrating being in business for the past 20 years.FeaturesMay 4
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Blind man aims to swim across Georgia Strait to raise money for guide dogsIt's a cause close to his heart: Scott Rees’ guide dog Kaleb has taken him to the water’s edge on countless training days.CanadaMay 2
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NHL dads have full circle moment coaching kids at Osoyoos Desert ClassicAt this weekend's "Osoyoos Desert Classic," a number of NHL players are now hockey dads, which means mentoring and coaching a new generation of talent.SportsApr 23
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B.C. man to run 22 marathons in 22 days for a cause close to his heart“I’m going to be running 22 marathons in 22 days,” Sachin Latti explained. “We’re going to start in Revelstoke and go all the way to Victoria.”CanadaApr 20
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B.C. company trains teams worldwide to safely handle off-road vehiclesFor anyone who's ever dreamed about tackling the backroads in this country, or anywhere else in the world, there's a team that's ready to train you.EnvironmentApr 18
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B.C. woman writes book and makes documentary about history of Sikhs in CanadaKaren Dosanjh’s said her research into her family’s history turned into a much bigger project, tracing the origins of the first Sikh’s in Canada.EducationApr 16
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Hundreds of volunteer students giving back to Downtown Eastside communityThe non-profit Project Hastings now has more than 250 student volunteers, the majority of them still in high school.CanadaApr 9
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One woman’s personal journey behind B.C. ‘Black and Rural’ productionIt’s a project that’s the culmination of years of life experience and dozens of heartfelt interviews all across Canada, the creator said.PerspectivesApr 2
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Short film about growing up Chinese in Metro Vancouver up for U.S. national awardTony Shi’s story, produced while studying at the University of Southern California, draws on his his experiences as a youth in British Columbia.EntertainmentMar 28
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B.C. prop and set designer auctioning off decades of film and TV creationsBooth Milton has been producing TV and Movie props for decades. Now the veteran craftsman is putting most of them up for auction.Mar 23
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B.C. women competing in 15-day Moroccan rally across the Sahara DesertThe rally, which runs from March 3-18, will feature 190 different crews from around the world, with 14 crews from Canada.SportsMar 9
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First Canadian pro women’s paintball team gearing up for competitionWith less than a month to go before Team Canada makes its National Xball League debut, the Northern Lights have some big plans to try and become one of North America's top teams.FeaturesFeb 19