The Best of The Simi Sara Show - BREAKING: CUPE 7000 issues 72-hour strike notice for SkyTrain / Cellphone-related injuries are on the rise, study shows

CHAPTER 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

It’s @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day:

A U.S. study suggests 76,000 people suffered cellphone-related injuries from 1998 to 2017.

Have you ever been hurt while using your cellphone?

Yes, it happens.

No, just pay attention!

 

CHAPTER 2

Wally Oppal to McCallum: police transition committee will not have its work done by next week

The chair of the provincial committee overseeing the creation of a new, civic police force in Surrey is telling the Mayor the work will NOT be done by next week.

Wally Oppal is telling Doug McCallum it's far more important to get the job done right, considering just how big the job is to replace the largest RCMP detachment in the country.

 

CHAPTER 3

A frightening moment for some people taking the bus in Vancouver on Thursday night. 

Edison Wrzosek was on the B-Line bus eastbound when the commotion began… 

Edison said that the bus then came to a full stop at the Heather stop… and that’s when things took a dramatic turn.

Unfortunately, Edison says that this situation has changed how he feels about transit…

 

CHAPTER 4

Cellphone-related injuries are on the rise, study shows

Add facial cuts, bruises and fractures to the risks from cellphones and carelessly using them.

That’s according to a study published Thursday that found a spike in U.S. emergency room treatment for these mostly minor injuries.

The research was led by a facial plastic surgeon whose patients include a woman who broke her nose when she dropped her phone on her face. Dr. Boris Paskhover of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School said his experience treating patients with cellphone injuries prompted him to look into the problem.

Guest: Dr. Boris Paskhover 

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

 

CHAPTER 5

Remembering an RCMP officer, who was purged from the force in 1964 for being gay

It’s a very popular thing these days to dig into your family history and learn more about those stories. Sometimes when you do that, you find that a family member was tied into history in ways you never realized.

That’s what happened to Elenor Sturko. She is a corporal with the Surrey RCMP and is often the public face of the detachment. She loves policing, and it turns out, so did her great uncle - a former RCMP member.

But here is where her family history becomes part of Canadian history: he was purged from the RCMP in 1964. Why? Because he was gay. 

Elenor sturko wants people to remember this remarkable man for who he actually was. She joined us to talk about that legacy.

Guest: Cpl Elenor Sturko

Surrey RCMP

 

CHAPTER 6

Why did the cost of Downtown Vancouver’s new park increase so much?

If you walk around the intersection of Richard and Smithe in Downtown Vancouver, you'll likely have seen the billboards promoting a new park that's going to replace a parking lot in the area.

There should be some movement on the project early next week, because the Vancouver Park Board and Vancouver City Council are both expected to award the contract. 

But the price tag is prompting a few questions. 

The Vancouver Sun today is reporting that the original estimate was $8 million - which was fully covered by the developer behind the Telus Gardens project.

That was 2011. Now, the cost is expected to be $14 million. So why has it increased so much? And who's going to have to pick up the tab?

Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung

Vancouver City Councillor

 

CHAPTER 7

BREAKING: CUPE 7000 issues 72-hour strike notice for SkyTrain 

Skytrain union representatives have issued 72-hour strike notice to the BC Rapid Transit Company.

According to a release from CUPE 7000 bargaining talks are still in progress and the union will have an update 11am tomorrow.

That comes days after a bus and seabus strike was narrowly avoided at the 11th hour.

Guest: Tony Rebelo

CUPE 7000 President

 

CHAPTER 8

Robson Street businesses are dealing with an apparent increase in the number of thefts

More now on a story we’ve been discussing on Global News in recent weeks, and that’s the apparent increase in the number of thefts and violence that local businesses are enduring at their premises.

Guest: Teri Smith

Executive Director of Robson Street Business Improvement Association

 

CHAPTER 9

The Surrey Christmas Bureau needs your help this holiday season 

Guest:  Lisa Werring

Executive Director of the Surrey Christmas Bureau

CHAPTER 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

It’s @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day:

A U.S. study suggests 76,000 people suffered cellphone-related injuries from 1998 to 2017.

Have you ever been hurt while using your cellphone?

Yes, it happens.
No, just pay attention!

 

CHAPTER 2

Wally Oppal to McCallum: police transition committee will not have its work done by next week

The chair of the provincial committee overseeing the creation of a new, civic police force in Surrey is telling the Mayor the work will NOT be done by next week.

Wally Oppal is telling Doug McCallum it's far more important to get the job done right, considering just how big the job is to replace the largest RCMP detachment in the country.

 

CHAPTER 3

A frightening moment for some people taking the bus in Vancouver on Thursday night. 

Edison Wrzosek was on the B-Line bus eastbound when the commotion began… 

Edison said that the bus then came to a full stop at the Heather stop… and that’s when things took a dramatic turn.

Unfortunately, Edison says that this situation has changed how he feels about transit…

 

CHAPTER 4

Cellphone-related injuries are on the rise, study shows

Add facial cuts, bruises and fractures to the risks from cellphones and carelessly using them.

That’s according to a study published Thursday that found a spike in U.S. emergency room treatment for these mostly minor injuries.

The research was led by a facial plastic surgeon whose patients include a woman who broke her nose when she dropped her phone on her face. Dr. Boris Paskhover of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School said his experience treating patients with cellphone injuries prompted him to look into the problem.

Guest: Dr. Boris Paskhover 

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

 

CHAPTER 5

Remembering an RCMP officer, who was purged from the force in 1964 for being gay

It’s a very popular thing these days to dig into your family history and learn more about those stories. Sometimes when you do that, you find that a family member was tied into history in ways you never realized.

That’s what happened to Elenor Sturko. She is a corporal with the Surrey RCMP and is often the public face of the detachment. She loves policing, and it turns out, so did her great uncle - a former RCMP member.

But here is where her family history becomes part of Canadian history: he was purged from the RCMP in 1964. Why? Because he was gay. 

Elenor sturko wants people to remember this remarkable man for who he actually was. She joined us to talk about that legacy.

Guest: Cpl Elenor Sturko

Surrey RCMP

 

CHAPTER 6

Why did the cost of Downtown Vancouver’s new park increase so much?

If you walk around the intersection of Richard and Smithe in Downtown Vancouver, you'll likely have seen the billboards promoting a new park that's going to replace a parking lot in the area.

There should be some movement on the project early next week, because the Vancouver Park Board and Vancouver City Council are both expected to award the contract. 

But the price tag is prompting a few questions. 

The Vancouver Sun today is reporting that the original estimate was $8 million - which was fully covered by the developer behind the Telus Gardens project.

That was 2011. Now, the cost is expected to be $14 million. So why has it increased so much? And who's going to have to pick up the tab?

Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung

Vancouver City Councillor

 

CHAPTER 7

BREAKING: CUPE 7000 issues 72-hour strike notice for SkyTrain 

Skytrain union representatives have issued 72-hour strike notice to the BC Rapid Transit Company.

According to a release from CUPE 7000 bargaining talks are still in progress and the union will have an update 11am tomorrow.

That comes days after a bus and seabus strike was narrowly avoided at the 11th hour.

Guest: Tony Rebelo

CUPE 7000 President

 

CHAPTER 8

Robson Street businesses are dealing with an apparent increase in the number of thefts

More now on a story we’ve been discussing on Global News in recent weeks, and that’s the apparent increase in the number of thefts and violence that local businesses are enduring at their premises.

Guest: Teri Smith

Executive Director of Robson Street Business Improvement Association

 

CHAPTER 9

The Surrey Christmas Bureau needs your help this holiday season 

Guest:  Lisa Werring

Executive Director of the Surrey Christmas Bureau