The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Canada’s organ supply still isn’t meeting demand / 1 in 3 women have experienced sexual harassment in public  / & More...

CHAPTER 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

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

Some 223 patients died in Canada while waiting for an organ transplant in 2018, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Are you registered as an organ donor?

Yes, it saves lives.

No, but I intend to.

No, I don’t want to.

 

CHAPTER 2

Abbotsford Mayor calling for better connections between YVR and YXX airports

The Mayor of Abbotsford says public transportation should be expanded through the Fraser Valley, especially as volume through his city's airport continues to rise.

Mayor Henry Braun says right now, they connect people coming into Abbotsford International Airport using E-bus - a charter that replaced Greyhound when it discontinued service last year.

But he says those busses get caught on Highway 1, as the Trans Canada Highway out to Langley only has two lanes east and west.

With exception of the West Coast Express out to Mission, the city of Abbotsford also doesn't have any passenger rail lines.

Braun says he'd like to see some type of transportation like that, to connect people through the Valley.

Guest: Henry Braun

Abbotsford Mayor

 

CHAPTER 3

Canada’s organ supply still isn’t meeting demand

A new report says 223 patients died while waiting for an organ transplant last year.

Michael Terner of the Canadian Institute for Health Information says the data shows that Canada is struggling to keep pace with patients' needs, even as transplant practices have improved.

Terner says rates of organ donation have increased over the past decade, but wait times continue to cost patients their lives.

The CIHI report found that nearly 2,800 organ transplants were performed in Canada in 2018, marking a 33 per cent increase since 2009.  But more than 4,300 Canadians were still waiting for an organ transplant by the end of last year.

Guest: Greg Webster

Director of Acute and Ambulatory Care for Canadian Institute for Health Information

 

CHAPTER 4

Local gang prevention programs to receive funding increase

The BC government is spending more money to expand its school-based gang and gun violence prevention program.

Another $4.9 million will be spent over three years on a program called "ERASE"...."Expect Respect and a Safe Education."

This money will go toward communities like Abbotsford, Burnaby, Surrey, Kamloops, Kelowna and Nanaimo.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Senior Reporter

 

CHAPTER 5

Science With Simi: a career in cancer research

What does it take to be a cancer researcher? How do you help the world to know more about diseases like leukemia, or breast cancer?

Well one of our own here in B.C., Dr Connie Eaves, knows all about this. 

She's being honoured this week as one of Chatelaine's Women of the Year. She joins me now to talk about her exceptional career.

Guest: Dr. Connie Eaves 

Co-founder of B.C. Cancer’s Terry Fox Laboratory

Chatelaine Woman of the Year

 

CHAPTER 6

Huawei aims to move its research facilities to Canada: Globe and Mail report

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has spoken to the Globe and Mail newspaper, and in the interview he says that the company plans to move its research staff and offices to Canada.

Right now, they're based in the United States. But they're hoping to make the switch because of the continuing deterioration of the relationship between the company and the U.S. 

Guest: Christian Leuprecht

Political science professor at Royal Military College

 

CHAPTER 7

New report from Statistics Canada finds that 1 in 3 women have experienced sexual harassment in public 

A new report released from Statistics Canada has detailed the experiences that Canadians have had with sexual harassment. 

One in three (32%) women and one in eight (13%) men experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public. For both men and women, younger age and sexual orientation increased the odds of experiencing this behaviour more than any other factor. More specifically, being younger and of a sexual orientation other than heterosexual was associated with much higher odds.

The most common types of unwanted sexual behaviour experienced by women in public were unwanted sexual attention (25%), unwanted physical contact (17%), and unwanted comments about their sex or gender (12%). These were also the three most common types of behaviour experienced by men, though at a considerably lower rate (each 6%).

 One in five (18%) women experienced online harassment in the 12 months preceding the survey, slightly above the proportion of men (14%). Women were more likely than men to know the perpetrator.

Women (28%) were more likely than men (19%) to have taken measures such as blocking others online or deleting accounts in order to protect themselves from online harassment

Guest: Sarah Leamon 

Criminal defense lawyer for the Sarah Leamon Law Group

CHAPTER 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

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

Some 223 patients died in Canada while waiting for an organ transplant in 2018, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Are you registered as an organ donor?

Yes, it saves lives.
No, but I intend to.
No, I don’t want to.

 

CHAPTER 2

Abbotsford Mayor calling for better connections between YVR and YXX airports

The Mayor of Abbotsford says public transportation should be expanded through the Fraser Valley, especially as volume through his city's airport continues to rise.

Mayor Henry Braun says right now, they connect people coming into Abbotsford International Airport using E-bus - a charter that replaced Greyhound when it discontinued service last year.

But he says those busses get caught on Highway 1, as the Trans Canada Highway out to Langley only has two lanes east and west.

With exception of the West Coast Express out to Mission, the city of Abbotsford also doesn't have any passenger rail lines.

Braun says he'd like to see some type of transportation like that, to connect people through the Valley.

Guest: Henry Braun

Abbotsford Mayor

 

CHAPTER 3

Canada’s organ supply still isn’t meeting demand

A new report says 223 patients died while waiting for an organ transplant last year.

Michael Terner of the Canadian Institute for Health Information says the data shows that Canada is struggling to keep pace with patients' needs, even as transplant practices have improved.

Terner says rates of organ donation have increased over the past decade, but wait times continue to cost patients their lives.

The CIHI report found that nearly 2,800 organ transplants were performed in Canada in 2018, marking a 33 per cent increase since 2009.  But more than 4,300 Canadians were still waiting for an organ transplant by the end of last year.

Guest: Greg Webster

Director of Acute and Ambulatory Care for Canadian Institute for Health Information

 

CHAPTER 4

Local gang prevention programs to receive funding increase

The BC government is spending more money to expand its school-based gang and gun violence prevention program.

Another $4.9 million will be spent over three years on a program called "ERASE"...."Expect Respect and a Safe Education."

This money will go toward communities like Abbotsford, Burnaby, Surrey, Kamloops, Kelowna and Nanaimo.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Senior Reporter

 

CHAPTER 5

Science With Simi: a career in cancer research

What does it take to be a cancer researcher? How do you help the world to know more about diseases like leukemia, or breast cancer?

Well one of our own here in B.C., Dr Connie Eaves, knows all about this. 

She's being honoured this week as one of Chatelaine's Women of the Year. She joins me now to talk about her exceptional career.

Guest: Dr. Connie Eaves 

Co-founder of B.C. Cancer’s Terry Fox Laboratory

Chatelaine Woman of the Year

 

CHAPTER 6

Huawei aims to move its research facilities to Canada: Globe and Mail report

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has spoken to the Globe and Mail newspaper, and in the interview he says that the company plans to move its research staff and offices to Canada.

Right now, they're based in the United States. But they're hoping to make the switch because of the continuing deterioration of the relationship between the company and the U.S. 

Guest: Christian Leuprecht

Political science professor at Royal Military College

 

CHAPTER 7

New report from Statistics Canada finds that 1 in 3 women have experienced sexual harassment in public 

A new report released from Statistics Canada has detailed the experiences that Canadians have had with sexual harassment. 

One in three (32%) women and one in eight (13%) men experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public. For both men and women, younger age and sexual orientation increased the odds of experiencing this behaviour more than any other factor. More specifically, being younger and of a sexual orientation other than heterosexual was associated with much higher odds.
The most common types of unwanted sexual behaviour experienced by women in public were unwanted sexual attention (25%), unwanted physical contact (17%), and unwanted comments about their sex or gender (12%). These were also the three most common types of behaviour experienced by men, though at a considerably lower rate (each 6%).
 One in five (18%) women experienced online harassment in the 12 months preceding the survey, slightly above the proportion of men (14%). Women were more likely than men to know the perpetrator.
Women (28%) were more likely than men (19%) to have taken measures such as blocking others online or deleting accounts in order to protect themselves from online harassment

Guest: Sarah Leamon 

Criminal defense lawyer for the Sarah Leamon Law Group