Mornings with Simi

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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 anchors... more

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July 30, 2020 What does the Prime Minister know?, What kids need to know for back-to-school & Lifelabs doesn't want report released
Chapter 1: After hearing testimony from the founders of the WE Charity, the finance committee will get to take their shot at the prime minister today.
Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent.
Chapter 2: If you’re a small business owner this is likely just confirming your suspicions, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says over 20,000 small businesses in BC are at risk of closure right now, and thousands are already at the brink.
Guest: Dan Kelly, President and CEO at the CFIB.
Chapter 3: Nickel is a critical component in electric vehicles, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he’s looking for a carbon neutral supplier as global demand increases. Niki Reitmayer had an opportunity to speak with the head of Canada Nickel, Mark Selby, about their plans to provide just that.
Chapter 4: It can be hard to figure out why some relationships work and others don’t. At least for humans. Researchers at the Western University in London, Ontario teamed up with relationship researchers around the world to apply machine learning to the massive data cache they collected.
Chapter 5: School will return in the fall but organized sports will be on hold.
Guest: Jordan Abney, Executive Director of BC School Sports.
Chapter 6: The Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is confident that school reopening won’t lead to massive outbreaks in the fall. Education minister Rob Fleming joins us to talk in more detail about plans to get kids back into the classroom in a little over a month.
Guest: Rob Fleming, Provincial Education Minister.
Chapter 7: Temperature checks at airports begin today, mandated by Transport Canada. What does this mean when you’re thinking of getting on a flight, and whether this might help quell some of the fears we’ve seen after cases where people on flights later tested positive for COVID-19.
Guest: Claire Newell, president of Travel Best Bets.
Chapter 8: Last December we learned 15 million people’s health data was compromised in an attack on LifeLabs. The medical lab chain is now going to court to block privacy officers in BC and Ontario from investigating the full extent of this.
Guest: Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of the Global Privacy & Security
by Design Centre.
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53min
July 30, 2020 View From Victoria: Uncertainty for back to school this fall
Return to school. Should parents be uncertain about what to expect come Fall? A local look at politics from the Provincial capital. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Global News reporter Richard Zussman join the show with their take on the day's headlines.

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11min
July 30, 2020 View From Victoria: Uncertainty for back to school this fall
Return to school. Should parents be uncertain about what to expect come Fall? A local look at politics from the Provincial capital. The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and Global News reporter Richard Zussman join the show with their take on the day's headlines.
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10min
July 29, 2020 No answers after testimony, public backlash leads to inquiry & withholding taxes to help a community
Chapter 1: Brother Craig and Marc Kielburger of WE Charity, testified at the finance committee hearing. What was learned from their responses?
Guest: Global National Ottawa correspondent Abigail Bimman
Chapter 2: A quick turnaround after intense backlash from the families of the victims in that shooting in Portapique back in April.
Guest: Paul Palango, Nova Scotia journalist and author of three books on the RCMP.
Chapter 3: A new nation-wide survey reveals who Canadians have picked as the best Prime Minister from the past 50 years...and the results may surprise you.
Chapter 4: A lot of stores and restaurants have figured out how to reopen safely, but customers have different expectations now and some of them probably won’t go back to shopping the way they used to.
Guest: Leslie Peterson, Deloitte National Leader on Transportation, Hospitality & Services
Chapter 5: So a lot of people who got laid off when the pandemic hit are back at work, but some industries are still in shambles.
Guest: Brendon Bernard, Economist with Indeed.ca
Chapter 6: We’re going to hear Education Minister Rob Fleming present the plan for schools to reopen in the fall today, but advocates are worried students with disabilities may fall by the wayside.
Guest: Nicole Kaler, senior Board member of BCEdAccess.
Chapter 7: Great news about an Orca whale who made international headlines back in 2018 after carrying her dead calf 1,000 miles, she’s pregnant again!
Guest: Holly Fearnbach, marine mammal expert.
Chapter 8: Residents of the Strathcona neighbourhood aren’t happy about the homeless encampment in Strathcona Park. That’s been going on for weeks already, but NOW they’re trying to put pressure on the government to step in by threatening to withhold property taxes!
Guest: Jamie MacLaren, lawyer representing Strathcona residents.
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47min
July 29, 2020 No answers after testimony, public backlash leads to inquiry & withholding taxes to help a community
Chapter 1: Brother Craig and Marc Kielburger of WE Charity, testified at the finance committee hearing. What was learned from their responses?
Guest: Global National Ottawa correspondent Abigail Bimman
Chapter 2: A quick turnaround after intense backlash from the families of the victims in that shooting in Portapique back in April.
Guest: Paul Palango, Nova Scotia journalist and author of three books on the RCMP.
Chapter 3: A new nation-wide survey reveals who Canadians have picked as the best Prime Minister from the past 50 years...and the results may surprise you.
Chapter 4: A lot of stores and restaurants have figured out how to reopen safely, but customers have different expectations now and some of them probably won’t go back to shopping the way they used to.
Guest: Leslie Peterson, Deloitte National Leader on Transportation, Hospitality & Services
Chapter 5: So a lot of people who got laid off when the pandemic hit are back at work, but some industries are still in shambles.
Guest: Brendon Bernard, Economist with Indeed.ca
Chapter 6: We’re going to hear Education Minister Rob Fleming present the plan for schools to reopen in the fall today, but advocates are worried students with disabilities may fall by the wayside.
Guest: Nicole Kaler, senior Board member of BCEdAccess.
Chapter 7: Great news about an Orca whale who made international headlines back in 2018 after carrying her dead calf 1,000 miles, she’s pregnant again!
Guest: Holly Fearnbach, marine mammal expert.
Chapter 8: Residents of the Strathcona neighbourhood aren’t happy about the homeless encampment in Strathcona Park. That’s been going on for weeks already, but NOW they’re trying to put pressure on the government to step in by threatening to withhold property taxes!
Guest: Jamie MacLaren, lawyer representing Strathcona residents.

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49min
July 29, 2020 Making Cents of the Market
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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11min
July 29, 2020 Making Cents of the Market
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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11min
July 29, 2020 View From Victoria: Getting kids back to school safely
Dr. Henry says there are growing concerns about “unintended negative consequences” of children not being in classroom situations, both mentally and socially.
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10min
July 29, 2020 View From Victoria: Getting kids back to school safely
Dr. Henry says there are growing concerns about “unintended negative consequences” of children not being in classroom situations, both mentally and socially.

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11min
July 28, 2020 Accepting election results, Trudeau will Testify & The slow movement of Vancouver's park board
Chapter 1: The more we learn about the man responsible for the mass killing of 22 people in Portapique, Nova Scotia, the more bizarre the story gets. New court documents contain allegations he smuggled guns and drugs from the US, Global News journalist Andrew Russell joins us with more.
Guest: Andrew Russell, Global News Journalist.
Chapter 2: That’s US President Donald Trump on Fox News last week, there’s less than 100 days until the US election that will see Trump square off against Democratic candidate Joe Biden in November.
Guest: Matthew Lebo, Department Chair, Political Science University of Western Ontario.
Chapter 3: Premier John Horgan and his message for people with out-of-province license plates who are getting harassed.
Chapter 4: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Chief of Staff Katie Telford will testify in front of the finance committee Thursday afternoon, as they investigate the now-cancelled contract between the federal government and the WE Charity.
Guest: Marieke Walsh, Globe and Mail reporter
Chapter 5: The Vancouver Park Board voted to allow drinking in 22 public parks last night, but don’t pack the picnic basket yet because the province still has to sign off on this. Vancouver Park Board Commissioner John Irwin joins us to talk about last night's meeting, and when you’ll be allowed to legally crack a cold one at the beach.
Guest: John Irwin, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner.
Chapter 6: The bill that would allow medical staff to detain youth brought to hospital for a drug overdose is on pause. There isn’t enough time to pass the legislation before the end of the summer session according to mental health and addictions minister Judy Darcy, but many who have lost loved ones to opioid overdoses are breathing a sigh of relief.
Guest: Leslie McBain, co-founder of Moms Stop the Harm, lost her son to opioid addiction.
Chapter 7: Crowding, drinking, illegal parking, it’s been a nightmare at local recreational areas around Belcarra lately. Mayor Neil Belenkie has no doubt been hearing about this every day, he joins us to talk about the chaos they’re seeing there every weekend.
Guest: Neil Belenkie, Belcarra Mayor.
Chapter 8: We love a story with a happy ending, and that’s exactly what a family in Surrey got. Nathanael Powell is on the line with us to talk about a remarkable family heirloom that found its way home thanks to a dedicated RCMP officer.
Guest: Nathanael Powell, father in Whalley.
Chapter 9: Vancouver can’t get their act together with this whole drinking at beaches thing, but Port Coquitlam changed the rules WEEKS ago so people can have a drink outside their homes.
Guest: Brad West, Port Coquitlam Mayor.
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