
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: Ride to honour Evel Knievel
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This is BC: Squamish Nation lacrosse legacy
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This is BC: Running across Canada for awareness
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This is BC: Vancouver’s important role in Cantopop
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This is BC: Renowned artists open Enderby gallery
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This is BC: Giving back through gymnastics
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This is BC: Jamestown 2025 performer honours dad
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This is BC: 15-year-old rocker setting out to tour Indigenous communities
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This is BC: ‘Gone Country’ brothers hold fundraiser in memory of their mother
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This is BC: Team maintains historic Yorke Island
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This is BC: Electrician’s dream leads to new career
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This is BC: Siegel’s Bagels anniversary
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This is BC: Park Sound Studio hits a new note
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This is BC: White Rock restaurant enters new phase
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This is BC: Funk Hunters homecoming festival
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This is BC: Bike race for mental health
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This is BC: Tri’ing to end ALS
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This is BC: Family keepsakes from a WWII vet
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This is BC: B.C. Bands in Holland for VE Day
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This is BC: Commemorating “Canada’s finest hour”
Author Archives
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Squamish Nation lacrosse icon casts eye to the next generationThe Squamish Nation will be gathering on Friday for the grand opening of the Kw'eshḵw'shétsutay̓ playing place - a facility built to honour and keep the legacy of lacrosse alive.PerspectivesJun 17
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15-year-old rocker setting out to tour B.C. Indigenous communitiesAt age 15, James Vickers has just released his first album with gigs to follow in Indigenous communities around British Columbia, including some with deep family roots.CanadaJun 3
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B.C. artist takes designs to ‘new heights’ with animations for Las Vegas SphereVoskakis is an electrician by trade, but the rest of his time is spent at his other job: creating complex visual elements for clients all around the world.EntertainmentMay 27
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B.C. pipers pack ‘hearts and souls’ for tour honouring liberation of NetherlandsPipers from across British Columbia have gathered in the Netherlands for a tour marking the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation and VE Day.CanadaMay 6
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B.C. man completes dream adventure on Canada’s most northern island“We’re talking frostbite not in minutes, we’re talking frostbite in seconds. You put your hand out and I could see it going white.”LifestyleMay 1
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B.C. fire-stunt shop celebrates Academy Award winFrom flamethrowers to full-body burns, for the past 20 years, Fire For Hire has been setting film and television scenes ablaze.CanadaApr 29
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B.C. man’s home-built roadster finishes runner-up in prestigious U.S. competitionBurnaby's Ken Green builds roadsters by hand and recently finished as runner-up at a prestigious car show.CanadaMar 6
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‘Feared’ B.C. wrestler hopes her story will inspire other indigenous children“I was slapped with programs as I was coming out many times because people were just fearful of me getting so close to them with the snake,” Dawn Murphy told This is BC.LifestyleMar 5
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B.C. man behind 80s laser light craze shows no sign of slowing down“Every show would sell out. I think we sold out Dark Side of the Moon for an entire year,” said McCaw. “Radiohead to Pink Floyd to Pink.”LifestyleFeb 26
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Family release album of B.C. teen music prodigy killed in tragic car crashNell Smith was set to release her debut album when she was killed in a car crash last October.EntertainmentFeb 6
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Vancouver musician gets creative to highlight Chinatown’s historyA Vancouver musician is devising different ways to showcase the history of Chinatown. Shon Wong is drawing on his own family and other generations that came before.CanadaFeb 4
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Sunshine Coast mountain biker making waves on the world stageTwenty-year-old Gracey Hemstreet is a star on the World Cup circuit, and it all started in Sechelt at the Coast Gravity Park her dad built.SportsJan 30
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Around the continent in 169 days: B.C. man finds his passion in the ArcticIn 2000, while with the RCMP, Burton was captain of the St. Roch II, retracing the voyage of the first ship to circumnavigate North America.CanadaJan 21
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More than a 3 hour tour: S.S. Minnow, a piece of TV history, still afloat in NanaimoDecades after 'Gilligan's Island' went off the air, one of the four boats used as the S.S. Minnow is still afloat in British Columbia.EntertainmentJan 7
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B.C. actor holds boot camp to learn Hallmark movie tricks of the tradeMany of the films are shot in B.C. and local actors feature prominently in the popular productions. Twenty-one Hallmark movies were shot in Vancouver last year.EntertainmentDec 24, 2024
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Brothers spend decades probing mystery, curse of lost B.C. gold mineThe two brothers were just kids when they got hooked on the tale of a lost British Columbia gold mine.CanadaDec 19, 2024
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B.C. man turns from managing wealth to welding, with dramatic resultsBut Holyk has found a different hobby offering a much-needed break from his work days as a wealth manager.LifestyleDec 10, 2024
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Meet the B.C. rider inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of FameKaila Mussell is used to being a pioneer. She's the first and only professional female saddle bronc rider in the history of North American rodeo.CanadaDec 5, 2024
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B.C. UFC fighter says she couldn’t pursue her dreams without her communityThere is power in numbers and that’s what has helped push Jamey-Lyn Horth to the pinnacle of her sport. And her community is behind her every step of the way.SportsOct 24, 2024
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‘Not a dry eye’: Vancouver hospital staff help patient wed his bride, days before his deathJoshua Morven and Sarah Bright knew they wanted to get married, even though Morven was sick in the intensive care unit at Vancouver General Hospital.HealthSep 30, 2024
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From a backyard chicken coop to a global powerhouse: B.C.’s Norco bikes turns 60Norco is turning 60 years. In those decades the B.C. company has grown from a Burnaby chicken coop to one of the world's biggest bike brands.ConsumerSep 26, 2024
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B.C. filmmaker chronicles life of ‘forgotten soldier’ killed in WWIFred Lee, has no known grave and died at the Battle of Hill 70 in 1917.LifestyleAug 21, 2024
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‘A taste like nothing else’: Indigenous-owned cannery is last on B.C.’s coastSt. Jean’s Cannery & Smokehouse based in Nanaimo still hand-packs products, just like founder Armand St. Jean once did after starting the business in his backyard.EconomyAug 15, 2024
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B.C. Olympic racewalker back as coach and competitorB.C. racewalker Evan Dunfee is back at the Olympics, not only to compete individually but also to pair up with a young athlete he's been coaching at UBC for a new event.SportsJul 23, 2024
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B.C. brothers find success with 1 of the biggest hotrod shops in CanadaIt was actually some years later in life before they came together. While fixing up their own cars in the driveway the brothers decided it was time to build something new.FeaturesJul 16, 2024