The Best Of The Simi Sara Show: Future Tech, Corky’s Captivity & More!

Chapter 1

Hot question of the day

It’s @MikeSmythNews’s Hot question of the day:

Happy 2020! Are you making a New Year’s resolution? Tell us why, or why not.

Yes. New Year, New Me!

No. It’s a waste of time.

You can vote on Twitter at @CKNW. 

You can also call the CKNW Buzz Line at (604) 331-BUZZ (2899) and leave your vote there!

Chapter 2

50 years since Corky the killer whale was captured off the B.C. coast

It was 50 years ago that Corky, a killer whale, was captured off the Sunshine Coast and was put into captivity. She now lives at SeaWorld in San Diego. For decades, people have been campaigning for her return to the waters off the B.C. coast.

Guest: Paul Spong, Psychologist and founder of the OrcaLab whale research station in Hanson Island, B.C

Chapter 3

Technology in the 2020s: what events and trends will shape this new decade?

Mike speaks with futurist Richard Worzel about the events and trends he thinks will impact the next ten years.

Guest: Richard Worzel, Futurist

Chapter 4

#BCStorm: BC Hydro update on power outages in the Central and Southern Interior

More than 30,000 people in the Central and Southern Interior remain without power after yesterday's big snow dump.

BC Hydro says heavy snow caused branches and trees to come down on power lines. They say that in some areas, poor road conditions are causing delays for crews trying to get there, and customers can help by keeping their driveways plowed.

Guest: Susie Rieder, BC Hydro spokesperson

Chapter 5

50th anniversary of the White Rock Polar Bear Plunge

As we’ve been hearing on the show today: in White Rock, crowds are taking part this hour in the annual Polar Bear Plunge, right at the famous pier there.

And it’s a marquee year for them - it’s the 50th anniversary. Let’s check in on the scene there now with Jennifer Palma, Global News reporter in White Rock for us this afternoon.

Guest: Jennifer Palma, Global News Reporter

Chapter 6

Want to eat more plants in 2020? Here are simple ways to include them in your diet

It’s New Year’s Day - and for many of us, that means it’s time for New Year’s Resolutions! 

And for many of us, we’ll be looking at our diet. It seems like more and more of us are thinking about including more plants. Even meat-eaters are having to think more nowadays about how we prepare meals for our vegan or vegetarian friends.

But where do you start? How do you find some inspiration to make meals that are healthy and taste good, when this is a whole new world for you?

Guest: Desiree Nielsen, Dietician, Author of Eat More Plants: Over 100 Anti-Inflammatory, Plant-Based Recipes For Vibrant Living

Chapter 1

Hot question of the day

It’s @MikeSmythNews’s Hot question of the day:

Happy 2020! Are you making a New Year’s resolution? Tell us why, or why not.

Yes. New Year, New Me!
No. It’s a waste of time.

You can vote on Twitter at @CKNW. 

You can also call the CKNW Buzz Line at (604) 331-BUZZ (2899) and leave your vote there!

Chapter 2

50 years since Corky the killer whale was captured off the B.C. coast

It was 50 years ago that Corky, a killer whale, was captured off the Sunshine Coast and was put into captivity. She now lives at SeaWorld in San Diego. For decades, people have been campaigning for her return to the waters off the B.C. coast.

Guest: Paul Spong, Psychologist and founder of the OrcaLab whale research station in Hanson Island, B.C

Chapter 3

Technology in the 2020s: what events and trends will shape this new decade?

Mike speaks with futurist Richard Worzel about the events and trends he thinks will impact the next ten years.

Guest: Richard Worzel, Futurist

Chapter 4

#BCStorm: BC Hydro update on power outages in the Central and Southern Interior

More than 30,000 people in the Central and Southern Interior remain without power after yesterday's big snow dump.

BC Hydro says heavy snow caused branches and trees to come down on power lines. They say that in some areas, poor road conditions are causing delays for crews trying to get there, and customers can help by keeping their driveways plowed.

Guest: Susie Rieder, BC Hydro spokesperson

Chapter 5

50th anniversary of the White Rock Polar Bear Plunge

As we’ve been hearing on the show today: in White Rock, crowds are taking part this hour in the annual Polar Bear Plunge, right at the famous pier there.

And it’s a marquee year for them - it’s the 50th anniversary. Let’s check in on the scene there now with Jennifer Palma, Global News reporter in White Rock for us this afternoon.

Guest: Jennifer Palma, Global News Reporter

Chapter 6

Want to eat more plants in 2020? Here are simple ways to include them in your diet

It’s New Year’s Day - and for many of us, that means it’s time for New Year’s Resolutions! 

And for many of us, we’ll be looking at our diet. It seems like more and more of us are thinking about including more plants. Even meat-eaters are having to think more nowadays about how we prepare meals for our vegan or vegetarian friends.

But where do you start? How do you find some inspiration to make meals that are healthy and taste good, when this is a whole new world for you?

Guest: Desiree Nielsen, Dietician, Author of Eat More Plants: Over 100 Anti-Inflammatory, Plant-Based Recipes For Vibrant Living