the Best of The Simi Sara Show - Mon Nov 26th 2018

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

The otter who invaded Dr. Sun Yet-Sen's Chinese Gardens has eaten 10 of the 14 expensive koi fish. What should be done about this otter?

 

Euthanize the otter

Remove the koi

Let nature run its course

 

 

Chapter 2

Craig James and Gary Lenz to address media at noon today

The legislature clerk and sergeant-at-arms who were suspended and ushered from the building this week are asking to be returned to active duty. In a letter from their lawyer to the three party house leaders, Craig James and Gary Lenz deny doing anything wrong and say they have been kept in the dark about the nature of the allegations against them. BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson broke the news while speaking to Mike Smyth on Friday.

Clerk of the BC Legislative Assembly Craig James and Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz will make statements pertaining to their current situation at noon.  

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

Secret police study finds crime networks could have laundered over $1B through Vancouver homes in 2016

 The stately $17-million mansion owned by a suspected fentanyl importer is at the end of a gated driveway on one of the priciest streets in Shaughnessy, Vancouver’s most exclusive neighbourhood. A block away is a $22-million gabled manor that police have linked to a high-stakes gambler and property developer with suspected ties to the Chinese police services. Both mansions appear on a list of more than $1-billion worth of Vancouver-area property transactions in 2016 that a confidential police intelligence study has linked to Chinese organized crime. The study of more than 1,200 luxury real estate purchases in B.C.’s Lower Mainland in 2016 found that more than 10 per cent were tied to buyers with criminal records. And 95 per cent of those transactions were believed by police intelligence to be linked to Chinese crime networks. The study findings, obtained by Global News, are a startling look at what police believe to be the massive money laundering occurring in the Vancouver-area real estate market.

Guest: David Eby

BC Attorney General

 

Chapter 4

NASA prepares InSight robot for risky landing on Mars

NASA's InSight spacecraft is aiming for a bull's-eye touchdown on Mars this afternoon, at about 3 p-m Eastern Time (IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES).  The journey of six months and 482-million kilometres comes to a precarious grand finale when InSight must go from more than 19-thousand kilometres per hour to zero in about six minutes as it pierces the Martian atmosphere and lands.

InSight systems engineer Ravi Pakrash says it's the first mission to study the deep interior of Mars.

Will the Insight spacecraft land safely? If it does, what kind of work will it be doing once on Mars?

Guest: Dr. Mark Richardson

Professor of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy at Queen’s University

Education and Outreach Officer at the McDonald Institute

 

 

Chapter 5

#Otterwatch2018

It’s a koi cull at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden in Chinatown! A murderous otter snuck into the garden over a week ago and began to chow down on the prize koi. These fish aren’t cheap either - koi can easily sell for $3-thousand dollars. A 3-foot, 3-inch long koi fish sold at auction last month for $2.8-million CDN!

So why don’t they just trap the otter? Well, officials tried however…

This isn’t the first time BC has had to deal with rogue animals:

In 2015, a deer was found wandering the streets of downtown Vancouver, grazing on grass amongst the skyscrapers. A couple years prior in 2011, a black bear popped out of a garbage truck on Georgia St at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

In 2014, an emu escaped from its home in Nanaimo. It was eventually captured at the Vancouver Island University.

In 2017, a wallaby went on the run in Langley. It hopped around for two days before finally being caught by police with a fishing net.

In 2015, a cheetah was spotted on Hwy 3, about 50 km northeast of Nelson. The cheetah was never captured and the search was eventually called off.

GUEST: Niki Reitmayer

CKNW Contributor

Team otter

 

Chapter 6

Tips for driving in wet and dark conditions

Metro Vancouver roads could get a lot more dangerous in the coming weeks! The combination of darkness, rain, and pedestrians always makes for a tricky time to be behind the wheel. Sadly, this type of weather comes every year, and along with it comes fatalities on the road. An elderly man was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday night in Mission. It happened just after 5 pm near Cedar and 10th. Witnesses say the victim was not in a marked crosswalk.   A red van with damage to its hood and windshield could be seen at the collision site… The driver remained on scene and has been co-operating with police.   It's not yet known if speed or weather played a factor in the crash, but it was raining heavily at the time of the accident.

How can you stay safe on the road during this time? Also, what are some common mistakes that drivers make when driving in these less than ideal conditions?

Guest: Steve Wallace

Wallace Driving School

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

The otter who invaded Dr. Sun Yet-Sen's Chinese Gardens has eaten 10 of the 14 expensive koi fish. What should be done about this otter?

 

Euthanize the otter
Remove the koi
Let nature run its course

 

 

Chapter 2

Craig James and Gary Lenz to address media at noon today

The legislature clerk and sergeant-at-arms who were suspended and ushered from the building this week are asking to be returned to active duty. In a letter from their lawyer to the three party house leaders, Craig James and Gary Lenz deny doing anything wrong and say they have been kept in the dark about the nature of the allegations against them. BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson broke the news while speaking to Mike Smyth on Friday.

Clerk of the BC Legislative Assembly Craig James and Sergeant-at-Arms Gary Lenz will make statements pertaining to their current situation at noon.  

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

Secret police study finds crime networks could have laundered over $1B through Vancouver homes in 2016

 The stately $17-million mansion owned by a suspected fentanyl importer is at the end of a gated driveway on one of the priciest streets in Shaughnessy, Vancouver’s most exclusive neighbourhood. A block away is a $22-million gabled manor that police have linked to a high-stakes gambler and property developer with suspected ties to the Chinese police services. Both mansions appear on a list of more than $1-billion worth of Vancouver-area property transactions in 2016 that a confidential police intelligence study has linked to Chinese organized crime. The study of more than 1,200 luxury real estate purchases in B.C.’s Lower Mainland in 2016 found that more than 10 per cent were tied to buyers with criminal records. And 95 per cent of those transactions were believed by police intelligence to be linked to Chinese crime networks. The study findings, obtained by Global News, are a startling look at what police believe to be the massive money laundering occurring in the Vancouver-area real estate market.

Guest: David Eby

BC Attorney General

 

Chapter 4

NASA prepares InSight robot for risky landing on Mars

NASA's InSight spacecraft is aiming for a bull's-eye touchdown on Mars this afternoon, at about 3 p-m Eastern Time (IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES).  The journey of six months and 482-million kilometres comes to a precarious grand finale when InSight must go from more than 19-thousand kilometres per hour to zero in about six minutes as it pierces the Martian atmosphere and lands.

InSight systems engineer Ravi Pakrash says it's the first mission to study the deep interior of Mars.

Will the Insight spacecraft land safely? If it does, what kind of work will it be doing once on Mars?

Guest: Dr. Mark Richardson

Professor of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy at Queen’s University

Education and Outreach Officer at the McDonald Institute

 

 

Chapter 5

#Otterwatch2018

It’s a koi cull at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden in Chinatown! A murderous otter snuck into the garden over a week ago and began to chow down on the prize koi. These fish aren’t cheap either - koi can easily sell for $3-thousand dollars. A 3-foot, 3-inch long koi fish sold at auction last month for $2.8-million CDN!

So why don’t they just trap the otter? Well, officials tried however…

This isn’t the first time BC has had to deal with rogue animals:

In 2015, a deer was found wandering the streets of downtown Vancouver, grazing on grass amongst the skyscrapers. A couple years prior in 2011, a black bear popped out of a garbage truck on Georgia St at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
In 2014, an emu escaped from its home in Nanaimo. It was eventually captured at the Vancouver Island University.
In 2017, a wallaby went on the run in Langley. It hopped around for two days before finally being caught by police with a fishing net.
In 2015, a cheetah was spotted on Hwy 3, about 50 km northeast of Nelson. The cheetah was never captured and the search was eventually called off.

GUEST: Niki Reitmayer

CKNW Contributor

Team otter

 

Chapter 6

Tips for driving in wet and dark conditions

Metro Vancouver roads could get a lot more dangerous in the coming weeks! The combination of darkness, rain, and pedestrians always makes for a tricky time to be behind the wheel. Sadly, this type of weather comes every year, and along with it comes fatalities on the road. An elderly man was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday night in Mission. It happened just after 5 pm near Cedar and 10th. Witnesses say the victim was not in a marked crosswalk.   A red van with damage to its hood and windshield could be seen at the collision site… The driver remained on scene and has been co-operating with police.   It's not yet known if speed or weather played a factor in the crash, but it was raining heavily at the time of the accident.

How can you stay safe on the road during this time? Also, what are some common mistakes that drivers make when driving in these less than ideal conditions?

Guest: Steve Wallace

Wallace Driving School