The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Balance between environment and economy will be key election issue in Metro Vancouver: survey, Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, files for bankruptcy

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

✅ @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day 

The @local_bc survey found 49% of residents cite the environment as their top issue in the upcoming election. However, 45% of businesses said the economy is their top issue.  What’s more important to you in this election?

Environment

Economy

 

Chapter 2

Balance between environment and economy will be key election issue in Metro Vancouver: survey

According to the latest VoteLocal survey of residents and businesses in Metro Vancouver, the environment is top of mind for voters in the upcoming federal election, with the dual crises of affordability and climate change – and how parties plan to strike a balance between the two issues – shaping up to be a key ballot box question. 

When asked to list the top issues that will influence their vote, 49% of residents in the Mustel Group poll conducted in late August cited the environment. The economy and jobs (27%), affordability (21%) and various social issues (21%) followed behind.  For businesses, the economy was the top issue (45%) with environment the second most cited concern (37%), ahead of taxes (28%) and affordability (21%). 

Guest: Richard Zussman

Global News reporter

 

Chapter 3

Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, files for bankruptcy

Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy in White Plains, New York, days after reaching a tentative settlement with many of the state and local governments suing it over the toll of opioids. The filing was anticipated before and after the tentative deal, which could be worth up to US$12 billion over time, was struck.

What does this bankruptcy filing mean for the pending lawsuits against the pharmaceutical company, and what does this mean for the Sackler family, the billionaire family Purdue Pharma?

Guest:  Adam Levitin 

Professor specializing in bankruptcy at Georgetown Law

 

Chapter 4

Port Coquitlam mayor hires someone to pick up the city’s mess 

He says it's all about getting the 'little things' right. Port Coquitlam's mayor says city cleanliness is important so they've hired someone full time to pick up litter five days a week. It's a new program that mayor Brad West says will make a big difference and it's not costing taxpayers a dime, using money from the existing city budget. One person's been hired to pick up trash in the city all the while watching for problems such as uneven sidewalks and broken streetlights.

Guest: Brad West 

Mayor of Port Coquitlam

 

Chapter 5

How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common - it didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there. 

But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer Michelle McNamara, Billy became fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops have given up. A plan to solve the murders himself.

Guest: Billy Jensen

Author of Chase Darkness With Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

 

Chapter 6

Bad news for people hoping for ice rinks in Cloverdale 

Bad news if you were hoping two proposed ice rinks for the Cloverdale fairgrounds would be built any time soon. Last year Surrey council put the project on hold. The mayor said the arenas would come back to council for consideration this year during budget discussions. Now it appears according to one councillor they definitely will not be built.

Guest: Janet Brown 

Global News Senior Reporter

 

Chapter 7

Where We Live: Punjabi Market 

The second largest Indo-Canadian population in Canada is right here in Vancouver. Yet, we don't necessarily see it reflected culturally in the city. There's Chinatown, there's Little Italy, but Amir Ali bets that you have not  heard of Punjabi Market.

 

Chapter 8

The return of the Far Side 

If you read the newspaper funny pages from 1980-1995 will likely remember the witty, single-panel comic The Far Side by Gary Larson. Well, good news. According to the official Far Side website, more Far Side comics are on the way.  In 1995, the strips ended when Larson, who was 45 years old, announced his retirement.    

Guest: Tim Stevens

Editor-in-Chief of Comic Verse

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

✅ @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day 

The @local_bc survey found 49% of residents cite the environment as their top issue in the upcoming election. However, 45% of businesses said the economy is their top issue.  What’s more important to you in this election?

Environment
Economy

 

Chapter 2

Balance between environment and economy will be key election issue in Metro Vancouver: survey

According to the latest VoteLocal survey of residents and businesses in Metro Vancouver, the environment is top of mind for voters in the upcoming federal election, with the dual crises of affordability and climate change – and how parties plan to strike a balance between the two issues – shaping up to be a key ballot box question. 

When asked to list the top issues that will influence their vote, 49% of residents in the Mustel Group poll conducted in late August cited the environment. The economy and jobs (27%), affordability (21%) and various social issues (21%) followed behind.  For businesses, the economy was the top issue (45%) with environment the second most cited concern (37%), ahead of taxes (28%) and affordability (21%). 

Guest: Richard Zussman

Global News reporter

 

Chapter 3

Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, files for bankruptcy

Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy in White Plains, New York, days after reaching a tentative settlement with many of the state and local governments suing it over the toll of opioids. The filing was anticipated before and after the tentative deal, which could be worth up to US$12 billion over time, was struck.

What does this bankruptcy filing mean for the pending lawsuits against the pharmaceutical company, and what does this mean for the Sackler family, the billionaire family Purdue Pharma?

Guest:  Adam Levitin 

Professor specializing in bankruptcy at Georgetown Law

 

Chapter 4

Port Coquitlam mayor hires someone to pick up the city’s mess 

He says it's all about getting the 'little things' right. Port Coquitlam's mayor says city cleanliness is important so they've hired someone full time to pick up litter five days a week. It's a new program that mayor Brad West says will make a big difference and it's not costing taxpayers a dime, using money from the existing city budget. One person's been hired to pick up trash in the city all the while watching for problems such as uneven sidewalks and broken streetlights.

Guest: Brad West 

Mayor of Port Coquitlam

 

Chapter 5

How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

Journalist Billy Jensen spent 15 years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common - it didn't have an ending. The killer was still out there. 

But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer Michelle McNamara, Billy became fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops have given up. A plan to solve the murders himself.

Guest: Billy Jensen

Author of Chase Darkness With Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

 

Chapter 6

Bad news for people hoping for ice rinks in Cloverdale 

Bad news if you were hoping two proposed ice rinks for the Cloverdale fairgrounds would be built any time soon. Last year Surrey council put the project on hold. The mayor said the arenas would come back to council for consideration this year during budget discussions. Now it appears according to one councillor they definitely will not be built.

Guest: Janet Brown 

Global News Senior Reporter

 

Chapter 7

Where We Live: Punjabi Market 

The second largest Indo-Canadian population in Canada is right here in Vancouver. Yet, we don't necessarily see it reflected culturally in the city. There's Chinatown, there's Little Italy, but Amir Ali bets that you have not  heard of Punjabi Market.

 

Chapter 8

The return of the Far Side 

If you read the newspaper funny pages from 1980-1995 will likely remember the witty, single-panel comic The Far Side by Gary Larson. Well, good news. According to the official Far Side website, more Far Side comics are on the way.  In 1995, the strips ended when Larson, who was 45 years old, announced his retirement.    

Guest: Tim Stevens

Editor-in-Chief of Comic Verse