We have some special guests joining us at the Anvil Centre today! Nin Rai is the President and Founder of Truffles Fine Foods, and they will be doing tastings throughout the day here at the Anvil Centre. 

Trevor Batstone is the Community Events Coordinator with the Transit Museum Society Of BC, and they brought down a restored 1954 fishbowl bus from Translink! We really encourage our listeners to come down and join us on location to check out the bus and sample some food from Truffles Fine Foods!

GUEST:                 Trevor Batstone 

Community Events Coordinator with the Transit Museum Society Of BC

GUEST:                 Nin Rai 

Founder & President of Truffles Fine Foods

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We have some special guests joining us at the Anvil Centre today! Nin Rai is the President and Founder of Truffles Fine Foods, and they will be doing tastings throughout the day here at the Anvil Centre. 

Trevor Batstone is the Community Events Coordinator with the Transit Museum Society Of BC, and they brought down a restored 1954 fishbowl bus from Translink! We really encourage our listeners to come down and join us on location to check out the bus and sample some food from Truffles Fine Foods!

GUEST:                 Trevor Batstone 

Community Events Coordinator with the Transit Museum Society Of BC

GUEST:                 Nin Rai 

Founder & President of Truffles Fine Foods

We are kicking off CKNW’s 75th Anniversary Special on the Simi Sara Show with some of the stations most memorable personalities….

 

For most of our listeners, our next guests need no introduction…

 

GUESTS

Brian ‘Frosty’ Forst - Former CKNW broadcaster (spent 40 years on air as the highest-rated radio personality in western Canada)

Norm Grohmann - Former CKNW weatherman (1961-1999)

Wayne Cox - Former CKNW broadcaster

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We are kicking off CKNW’s 75th Anniversary Special on the Simi Sara Show with some of the stations most memorable personalities….

 

For most of our listeners, our next guests need no introduction…

 

GUESTS

Brian ‘Frosty’ Forst - Former CKNW broadcaster (spent 40 years on air as the highest-rated radio personality in western Canada)

Norm Grohmann - Former CKNW weatherman (1961-1999)

Wayne Cox - Former CKNW broadcaster

Not the news you want to hear if you're a student or parent in the Surrey School District.

Despite 10 new schools being built or expanded, another 28 portable classrooms will be needed this fall.

That brings the total number of portables to 361, according to my next guest, District spokesperson Doug Strachan.

Guest: Doug Strachan

Communication Services manager for Surrey Schools District

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Not the news you want to hear if you're a student or parent in the Surrey School District.

Despite 10 new schools being built or expanded, another 28 portable classrooms will be needed this fall.

That brings the total number of portables to 361, according to my next guest, District spokesperson Doug Strachan.

Guest: Doug Strachan

Communication Services manager for Surrey Schools District

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

✅ @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day 

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, broke ethics rules by trying to exert influence in the SNC-Lavalin scandal, the Ethics Commissioner has found.

Will this impact your vote in the federal election? #cdnpoli

Yes, now not voting Liberal

No, still voting Liberal

No, was never voting Liberal

 

Chapter 2

Trudeau broke ethics rules by trying to exert influence in SNC-Lavalin scandal: report

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke the federal Conflict of Interest Act by trying to exert influence over former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould in what came to be known as the SNC-Lavalin scandal, according to a new report.

Ethics Commissioner, Mario Dion, released the hotly anticipated findings of his report into allegations that Trudeau improperly pressured Wilson-Raybould to override the decision of the director of public prosecutions not to offer the Quebec engineering giant a deal to avoid criminal prosecution on charges of corruption and bribery.

Guest: Amanda Connolly

Global News reporter in Ottawa

 

Chapter 3

Trudeau: ‘I take responsibility for the mistakes that I made’ - but no apology

He had an interesting answer when he was asked:

What does it mean when he says he takes responsibility?

How is this not powerful corporate influence?

Did privy clerk behave appropriately?

He’s just been asked by Global News about whether the deferred prosecution agreement is still a possibility for SNC-Lavalin - and his answer suggests he might be seeing things a bit differently now than he did a year ago…

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 4

Alcohol abstinence policy for liver transplants discriminatory, Indigenous advocates say

David Dennis is a 44 year old First Nations man who is currently in the end stages of liver disease and he is in desperate need of a liver transplant. CKNW Contributor Claire Allen spoke with David Dennis  about when and why he started drinking… 

As mentioned, Dennis is in desperate need of a liver transplant, but he is no longer on the waitlist for a liver because he has not met the requirements of the Abstinence Policy. Dennis has managed to stay sober for three months, but in order to receive a liver transplant, the medical authority specifies that a recipient must abstain from alcohol for six months. 

Yesterday, David, along with the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, filed a formal complaint at the BC Human Rights Tribunal which challenges the lawfulness of the Abstinence Policy. In their release, David and the BC Union of Indian Chiefs stated that the required Abstinence Policy is a “lethal form of racism.” In a conversation with CKNW Contributor Claire Allen, David explained why he believes the Abstinence Policy to be discriminatory. 

Dennis says that if he is given the chance to get a liver transplant, he would stay sober, even after the transplant. CKNW Contributor Claire Allen asked him what he hopes will be the result of his Human Rights complaint… 

BC Transplant statement:

BC Transplant is aware of this case and appreciates the distress that patients and their loved ones face when needing an organ transplant. It is a difficult time for all those involved and we do everything we can to support patients through the process. While we do not publicly discuss the specific details of individual cases due to patient privacy, we will be reviewing this case together with the Liver Transplant Team at Vancouver Coastal Health.”

 

Chapter 5

Surrey School District says another 28 portable classrooms will be needed this fall

Not the news you want to hear if you're a student or parent in the Surrey School District.

Despite 10 new schools being built or expanded, another 28 portable classrooms will be needed this fall.

That brings the total number of portables to 361, according to my next guest, District spokesperson Doug Strachan.

Guest: Doug Strachan

Communication Services manager for Surrey Schools District

 

Chapter 6

Simi’s loser and winner of the day 

Loser

NO LOSER!! 

Winner

Alan Frew and his ’80s band Glass Tiger

Alan Frew and his '80s band Glass Tiger surprised one of their biggest fans with an impromptu serenade at an Alberta seniors' home.

Staff at the Pleasant View Lodge, in Mayerthorpe, Alta., say the Canadian hitmakers stopped by after learning that 95-year-old Jean Savage regularly listened to a CD of their music.

Frew posted a video of Friday's encounter on his Facebook page, in which he can be seen singing "Someday" mere feet from Savage, who claps intermittently in appreciation.

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Loser

NO LOSER!! 

Winner

Alan Frew and his ’80s band Glass Tiger

Alan Frew and his '80s band Glass Tiger surprised one of their biggest fans with an impromptu serenade at an Alberta seniors' home.

Staff at the Pleasant View Lodge, in Mayerthorpe, Alta., say the Canadian hitmakers stopped by after learning that 95-year-old Jean Savage regularly listened to a CD of their music.

Frew posted a video of Friday's encounter on his Facebook page, in which he can be seen singing "Someday" mere feet from Savage, who claps intermittently in appreciation.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loser

NO LOSER!! 

Winner

Alan Frew and his ’80s band Glass Tiger

Alan Frew and his '80s band Glass Tiger surprised one of their biggest fans with an impromptu serenade at an Alberta seniors' home.

Staff at the Pleasant View Lodge, in Mayerthorpe, Alta., say the Canadian hitmakers stopped by after learning that 95-year-old Jean Savage regularly listened to a CD of their music.

Frew posted a video of Friday's encounter on his Facebook page, in which he can be seen singing "Someday" mere feet from Savage, who claps intermittently in appreciation.