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May 12, 2021 Making Cents of the Markets
Making Cents of the Market:
Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski. Lori Pinkowski is the Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca
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9 min
May 12, 2021 View From Victoria: What took so long?
John Horgan needed a year to get to this point? The Same 3-day paid leave as Doug Ford announced weeks ago in Ontario?
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10 min
May 11, 2021 What to do about the gang turf war, Praising BC's vaccination plans & Trees that communicate
Chapter 1: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday gave the green light to cautious hugging and the serving of pints inside pubs after months of strict restrictions as he set out the next phase of Covronavirus lockdown easing in England.
Chapter 2: People need to register to get vaccinated so we can all get back to a more normal way of life. But is there hesitancy among British Columbians?
Chapter 3: During an ongoing turf war in 2017, Surrey RCMP put out names and photos of five people they said were a risk to public safety. This included Karman Singh Grewal, the man shot and killed outside the Vancouver International Airport Sunday afternoon. B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth seemed to imply Monday that more resources to fight the spate of recent gang shootings could soon be coming.
Guest: Keiron McConnell, Former gang officer and current lecturer at SFU and KPU in Organized Crime.
Chapter 4: A new article from the Wall Street Journal has given BC some praise after new research shows that BC has curved an outbreak of the P.1 variant.
Guest: Sarah Otto, Professor and Mathematical Biologist at The University of British Columbia
Chapter 5: Ever sit underneath a big old oak tree and get the feeling you’re a part of something much more important… even, wise? "Finding The Mother Tree: Discovering The Wisdom Of The Forest" is a new book – a memoir – by Dr. Suzanne Simard that’s making international waves.
Chapter 6: The Surrey Police Service says it's not putting some of its new hires through a polygraph test and one former police chief and solicitor general says that's wrong.
Guest: Janet Brown, CKNW/Global News Senior Reporter
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48 min
May 11, 2021 View From Victoria: Shaken confidence
Adrian Dix did not acknowledgement that data leaks had shaken confidence in the governments claims of transparency.
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10 min
May 10, 2021 Cooking concerns, Vancouver's anti-asian hate & Finding a way to get life insurance
Chapter 1: It was a moment many people had been waiting for. The testimony of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford and the questions were relatively straightforward. Who made the decision not to tell the prime minister about 2018 allegations against Gen. Jonathan Vance?
Guest: Amanda Connolly, Global News National Online Journalist.
Chapter 2: SNL is a rite of passage for musicians, and actors, but not usually for business leaders. This past weekend Elon Musk took the stage to host SNL, and he came out stressing that he wasn’t a “regular’ type of host.
Chapter 3: Cooking website Epicurious recently said it would not post new beef recipes out of concern for the damage rearing cattle causes to the environment. And now, one of New York’s top fine-dining restaurant has gone vegan.
Chapter 4: A new study from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University San Bernadino reveals Vancouver reported more anti-Asian hate crimes in 2020 than any other city in North America.
Guest: Steven Ngo, Lawyer.
Chapter 5: In what may be the most brazen shooting yet in Metro Vancouver’s latest spurt of gun violence, a 28-year-old man was shot dead near the international departure terminal at the Vancouver International Airport on Sunday.
Guest: Kim Bolan, Crime Reporter for the Vancouver Sun.
Chapter 6: A story of perseverance at the end of a busy show. Harm reduction advocate Guy Felicella, who also overcame drug addiction has finally been able to get life insurance. This comes after he was denied for past drug use. He tells the story and process now
Guest: Guy Felicella, Harm reduction advocate, overcame drug addiction
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50 min
May 10, 2021 View From Victoria: Done in a day
View From Victoria:
A local look at politics from the Provincial capital. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.
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10 min
May 07, 2021 Chinese rocket falling to earth, Being prepared for an earthquake & Not giving up the data
Chapter 1: The uncertainty of lockdowns is impacting summer job prospects for many young Canadians. Personal finance expert Rubina Ahmad-Haq joins us today to discuss how this will affect post-secondary students.
Guest: Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Personal Finance Expert.
Chapter 2: Debris from a Chinese rocket is expected to fall back to Earth in an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend. The main segment from the Long March-5b vehicle was used to launch the first module of China's new space station last month.
Guest: Greg Pallone, Space Coast reporter for Spectrum News 13 in Brevard County, FL, covering rocket launches and space travel
Chapter 3: Cell Phones across B.C. lit up at 2 p.m. on Wednesday as the province tested out its emergency alert system, but it will still be several years before residents can count on an early warning in the case of an earthquake.
Guest: Alison Bird, Earthquake Seismologist with Natural Resources Canada
Chapter 4: A pair of internal reports leaked from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control highlights that health authorities in B.C. are only releasing a fraction of their available COVID-19 information to the public.
Guest: Nathan Griffiths, Vancouver Sun Journalist.
Chapter 5: It’s no surprise that camping trip numbers are way up from previous years. And Raji, yesterday, we learned that one way people are avoiding the crowds, and maintaining more social distance, is by heading to the backcountry!
Guest: Alan Lizee, Backcountry Trail Master at Ridge Meadow Outdoors Club for last 13 years.
Chapter 6: A new report commissioned by the Greater Vancouver Board of trade is highlighting six recommendations intended to cement the future of the life sciences sector in B.C., including the implementation of competitive tax policies to keep intellectual property in B.C. and Canada.
Guest: Wendy Hulbert, BC Life Sciences CEO.
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48 min
May 07, 2021 View From Victoria: Apparently, There IS data on the pandemic!
Turns out BC Centre for Disease Control has been assembling more detail about pandemic than has ever been shared with the public. A local look at politics from the Provincial capital. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.
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9 min
May 06, 2021 The Spy who got COVID, Booking campsites in BC & Putting affordable housing at the top of the list
Chapter 1: It's a spy's job to keep a low profile, but a Canadian intelligence officer is coming out of the shadows to blow the whistle on how his agency handled safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic
Guest: Jasmine Pazzano, National Video Journalist
Chapter 2: It was announced that only BC residents could book a campsite in our province for the Spring season. Our contributor Raji Sohal joins us now with more on how the camping season is shaping up. Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor has the story.
Chapter 3: Vancouver police and conservation officers were called to capture an unusually furry trespasser on the city’s east side, Wednesday. Officers were called after several people reported seeing a black bear wandering near the Pacific National Exhibition grounds around noon.
Guest: Luci Cadman, Executive director of the Black Bear Society
Chapter 4: With the help of the NDP, Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government has survived the last of three confidence votes on its massive budget. However, that does mean the NDP will stop pressing the Federal government on key issues. One of those issues is housing, and as prices continue to soar we are joined by Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to discuss what the government needs to do to help Canadians afford homes.
Guest: Jagmeet Singh, Federal NDP Leader and MP for Burnaby-South.
Chapter 5: New plans to narrow roads for pedestrian spaces, and relocate the Steam Clock in Gastown is making a buzz, but how do business owners in the area feel about it?
Guest: Eli Brennan. Owner of Water Street Cafe
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37 min
May 06, 2021 View From Victoria: Horgan vs Trudeau
View From Victoria:
A local look at politics from the Provincial capital. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, joins the show with his take on the day's headlines.
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11 min

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Mornings with Simi (Monday – Friday: 5.30 – 9am) helps you wake-up, reconnect, and get your day off on the right foot. Simi Sara dives into on the headlines of the day with veteran Global News anchor Gord MacDonald and contributor Raji Sohal. They help you navigate through the details of the stories, highlight essential information and share new perspectives on how the daily news affects you. Simi loves the Lower Mainland. She’s lived here her whole life and truly understands the history and challenges our communities have faced over the years.