The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Mon June 24th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews's 🔥 question of the day: the Union of BC Municipalities will again accept sponsorship funds from the Chinese consulate, when the annual gathering meets this year.

In light of recent disputes with China, should the UBCM take cash and hospitality from China?

Yes, this $$$ is welcome

No, it’s unethical

 

Chapter 2

Should the Union of BC Municipalities accept cash and hospitality from China?

The Union of BC Municipalities conference gets underway again this fall, and there are concerns about how much influence the Chinese government has on the summit.

Guest: Brad West

Mayor of Port Coquitlam

 

Chapter 3

Why did authorities move to take a baby from its Indigenous parents just 90 minutes after birth?

APTN is reporting that social services moved to take a baby girl from its parents - an Indigenous couple - just 90 minutes after birth.

Social workers later removed the infant, saying they had received a report of neglect. The baby was born by C-section in a Kamloops hospital on June 12th.

Guest: Melissa Ridgen

Host, APTN In Focus, who broke this story

 

Chapter 4

Fire crews trying to contain wildfire at Horseshoe Bay

Cooler weather is helping crews do battle with a wildfire in the woods between Horseshoe Bay and Lions Bay.

Let’s get the latest now from Donna MacPherson, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre.

Guest: Donna MacPherson

Fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre

 

Chapter 5

Artists are now suing Universal Music Group for the 2008 fire that destroyed thousands of archived  recordings

The suit is accusing the largest record company in the world for breaching contract by failing to properly  protect the artists’ recordings.

Ray Charles, Chuck Berry and Elton John to the Police, Nirvana and the Roots are just some of the artists whose recordings were lost.

Guest: David Friend

Canadian Press Entertainment Reporter

 

Chapter 6

Should the Union of BC Municipalities accept cash and hospitality from China?

The Union of BC Municipalities conference gets underway again this fall, and there are concerns about how much influence the Chinese government has on the summit.

China pays for the reception at a downtown Vancouver hotel, and pays a sponsorship fee. Is this “cash-for-access”?

Guest: Richard Stewart

Coquitlam Mayor

 

Chapter 7

Fraud, money laundering charges laid against 4 executives with Vancouver’s PacNet

Four executives with a Vancouver-based payment processing company have been charged with fraud and money laundering in Nevada.

Rosanne Day, 51; Robert Paul Davis, 63; Genevieve Renee Frappier, 49; and Miles Kelly, 55, are each facing one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and multiple counts of mail and wire fraud.

Day and Davis were part owners of Vancouver-based PacNet Services Ltd., while Frappier and Kelley worked as marketing and compliance executives, according to prosecutors.

Guest: Dr. Peter German

Former RCMP Deputy Commissioner and author of the ‘Dirty Money’ reports

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews's 🔥 question of the day: the Union of BC Municipalities will again accept sponsorship funds from the Chinese consulate, when the annual gathering meets this year.

In light of recent disputes with China, should the UBCM take cash and hospitality from China?

Yes, this $$$ is welcome
No, it’s unethical

 

Chapter 2

Should the Union of BC Municipalities accept cash and hospitality from China?

The Union of BC Municipalities conference gets underway again this fall, and there are concerns about how much influence the Chinese government has on the summit.

Guest: Brad West

Mayor of Port Coquitlam

 

Chapter 3

Why did authorities move to take a baby from its Indigenous parents just 90 minutes after birth?

APTN is reporting that social services moved to take a baby girl from its parents - an Indigenous couple - just 90 minutes after birth.

Social workers later removed the infant, saying they had received a report of neglect. The baby was born by C-section in a Kamloops hospital on June 12th.

Guest: Melissa Ridgen

Host, APTN In Focus, who broke this story

 

Chapter 4

Fire crews trying to contain wildfire at Horseshoe Bay

Cooler weather is helping crews do battle with a wildfire in the woods between Horseshoe Bay and Lions Bay.

Let’s get the latest now from Donna MacPherson, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre.

Guest: Donna MacPherson

Fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre

 

Chapter 5

Artists are now suing Universal Music Group for the 2008 fire that destroyed thousands of archived  recordings

The suit is accusing the largest record company in the world for breaching contract by failing to properly  protect the artists’ recordings.

Ray Charles, Chuck Berry and Elton John to the Police, Nirvana and the Roots are just some of the artists whose recordings were lost.

Guest: David Friend

Canadian Press Entertainment Reporter

 

Chapter 6

Should the Union of BC Municipalities accept cash and hospitality from China?

The Union of BC Municipalities conference gets underway again this fall, and there are concerns about how much influence the Chinese government has on the summit.

China pays for the reception at a downtown Vancouver hotel, and pays a sponsorship fee. Is this “cash-for-access”?

Guest: Richard Stewart

Coquitlam Mayor

 

Chapter 7

Fraud, money laundering charges laid against 4 executives with Vancouver’s PacNet

Four executives with a Vancouver-based payment processing company have been charged with fraud and money laundering in Nevada.

Rosanne Day, 51; Robert Paul Davis, 63; Genevieve Renee Frappier, 49; and Miles Kelly, 55, are each facing one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and multiple counts of mail and wire fraud.

Day and Davis were part owners of Vancouver-based PacNet Services Ltd., while Frappier and Kelley worked as marketing and compliance executives, according to prosecutors.

Guest: Dr. Peter German

Former RCMP Deputy Commissioner and author of the ‘Dirty Money’ reports