The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Thurs Aug 1st 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

✅ @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day ✅

The US is attempting to legalize the purchase of Canadian prescription drugs by customers in America. It’s prompting fears that it would exacerbate shortages of supplies here.

Should Canada block Americans from accessing lower-cost prescription drugs from our country?

Yes, protect our pills!

No, help our neighbours.

 

Chapter 2

Rate of explosive materials being misplaced in paper recycling is increasing: Recycle BC

It’s probably happened to all of us at some stage: you think you’re putting your container, or cannister, or piece of paper, in the correct recycling container. But then you realise that you got it wrong.

But there’s a particularly bad example of this that Recycle BC says is only getting worse.

And that’s explosives - which are wrongly being put into the PAPER recycling bin. A warning is being issued this hour because of the rising number of these hazardous materials that are ending up in the wrong place - and creating a threat to the lives of the people who have to sort these at recycling facilities.

Guest: David Lefebvre

Recycle BC Director, Public Affairs

 

Chapter 3

U.S. plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada draws criticism

The Trump administration said yesterday that it is looking at setting up a system that makes it legal for Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada at a lower price than in the United States.

The FDA currently permits U.S. residents to bring medication for personal use across the border, but not more than a three-month supply.

Health Minister Adrian Dix was asked by our Global News Reporter, Richard Zussman, if he felt that this was a problem. Here’s how Minister Dix replied.

Paul Grootendorst, a University of Toronto associate professor who researches economics of the pharmaceutical industry, explained to the Simi Sara Show that there are several major flaws in the U.S. announcement.

Guest: Paul Grootendorst

University of Toronto associate professor

 

Chapter 4

BC Ombudsperson urges Education Ministry to resolve grading error problems

BC’s Education Minister, Rob Fleming, has issued a statement on the problems that have been happening with Grade 12 exams, and students being issued incorrect grades on their transcripts.

He says the problems have been resolved, and is assuring families that this will NOT have an impact on students’ admission to colleges and universities.

‘Human error’ is being blamed for the problem, and Fleming says it happened when “data was being manually transferred between systems.”

But one parent we spoke to says she was only able to gain access to the transcripts in the past hour - she even stayed up until the early hours of this morning trying to log in to the website and wasn’t able to get access to the transcripts.

We asked for an interview with Minister Fleming today and we were told he is not available.

Guest: Jay Chalke

BC Ombudsperson

 

Chapter 5

Science With Simi

Super Earths and what they teach us about our own solar system.

Guest: Dr Maximilian Günther

Torres Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Chapter 6

Family seeking answers after 89-year-old attacked with machete in Courtenay

More now on that story we’ve been bringing you about the man who was attacked by a machete in Courtenay.

It happened yesterday morning shortly after 4am. The victim is 89 years old. He was sitting inside his parked car. 

He’s recovering in hospital today - and as you can imagine, those who know and love him are shocked by what’s happened.

His name is Robert Plumb. And I’m joined now by Janelle Karatsikis, whose grandmother was Robert’s partner for 15 years before she passed away in May.

Guest: Janelle Karatsikis

Robert was the partner of Janelle’s late grandmother

 

Chapter 7

Tour de Fox coming to Port Coquitlam on August 17th

There’s still a good few weeks of summer left, so are you looking for a challenge?

Well later this month, you can take on a bike ride, and help raise money to support research into Parkinson’s disease.

It’s at an event called the Tour de Fox and it takes place in Port Coquitlam on Saturday August 17th.

Guest: Jonathan Mackin

Local person with Parkinson’s who has participated in Tour de Fox

Guest: Stephanie Paddock

Director of Community Events for the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

 

Chapter 8

Four of the six OCEARCH-tagged sharks have returned to Nova Scotia

When OCEARCH researchers came to Nova Scotia last fall on their first shark tagging expedition in Canadian waters, they were able to attach satellite transmitters to the fins of six great whites. After heading south for the winter, four of those sharks have now returned to Canadian waters. CKNW Contributor Claire Allen has this report on the white sharks inhabiting Canadian waters…

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

✅ @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day ✅

The US is attempting to legalize the purchase of Canadian prescription drugs by customers in America. It’s prompting fears that it would exacerbate shortages of supplies here.

Should Canada block Americans from accessing lower-cost prescription drugs from our country?

Yes, protect our pills!
No, help our neighbours.

 

Chapter 2

Rate of explosive materials being misplaced in paper recycling is increasing: Recycle BC

It’s probably happened to all of us at some stage: you think you’re putting your container, or cannister, or piece of paper, in the correct recycling container. But then you realise that you got it wrong.

But there’s a particularly bad example of this that Recycle BC says is only getting worse.

And that’s explosives - which are wrongly being put into the PAPER recycling bin. A warning is being issued this hour because of the rising number of these hazardous materials that are ending up in the wrong place - and creating a threat to the lives of the people who have to sort these at recycling facilities.

Guest: David Lefebvre

Recycle BC Director, Public Affairs

 

Chapter 3

U.S. plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada draws criticism

The Trump administration said yesterday that it is looking at setting up a system that makes it legal for Americans to buy prescription drugs from Canada at a lower price than in the United States.

The FDA currently permits U.S. residents to bring medication for personal use across the border, but not more than a three-month supply.

Health Minister Adrian Dix was asked by our Global News Reporter, Richard Zussman, if he felt that this was a problem. Here’s how Minister Dix replied.

Paul Grootendorst, a University of Toronto associate professor who researches economics of the pharmaceutical industry, explained to the Simi Sara Show that there are several major flaws in the U.S. announcement.

Guest: Paul Grootendorst

University of Toronto associate professor

 

Chapter 4

BC Ombudsperson urges Education Ministry to resolve grading error problems

BC’s Education Minister, Rob Fleming, has issued a statement on the problems that have been happening with Grade 12 exams, and students being issued incorrect grades on their transcripts.

He says the problems have been resolved, and is assuring families that this will NOT have an impact on students’ admission to colleges and universities.

‘Human error’ is being blamed for the problem, and Fleming says it happened when “data was being manually transferred between systems.”

But one parent we spoke to says she was only able to gain access to the transcripts in the past hour - she even stayed up until the early hours of this morning trying to log in to the website and wasn’t able to get access to the transcripts.

We asked for an interview with Minister Fleming today and we were told he is not available.

Guest: Jay Chalke

BC Ombudsperson

 

Chapter 5

Science With Simi

Super Earths and what they teach us about our own solar system.

Guest: Dr Maximilian Günther

Torres Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Chapter 6

Family seeking answers after 89-year-old attacked with machete in Courtenay

More now on that story we’ve been bringing you about the man who was attacked by a machete in Courtenay.

It happened yesterday morning shortly after 4am. The victim is 89 years old. He was sitting inside his parked car. 

He’s recovering in hospital today - and as you can imagine, those who know and love him are shocked by what’s happened.

His name is Robert Plumb. And I’m joined now by Janelle Karatsikis, whose grandmother was Robert’s partner for 15 years before she passed away in May.

Guest: Janelle Karatsikis

Robert was the partner of Janelle’s late grandmother

 

Chapter 7

Tour de Fox coming to Port Coquitlam on August 17th

There’s still a good few weeks of summer left, so are you looking for a challenge?

Well later this month, you can take on a bike ride, and help raise money to support research into Parkinson’s disease.

It’s at an event called the Tour de Fox and it takes place in Port Coquitlam on Saturday August 17th.

Guest: Jonathan Mackin

Local person with Parkinson’s who has participated in Tour de Fox

Guest: Stephanie Paddock

Director of Community Events for the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

 

Chapter 8

Four of the six OCEARCH-tagged sharks have returned to Nova Scotia

When OCEARCH researchers came to Nova Scotia last fall on their first shark tagging expedition in Canadian waters, they were able to attach satellite transmitters to the fins of six great whites. After heading south for the winter, four of those sharks have now returned to Canadian waters. CKNW Contributor Claire Allen has this report on the white sharks inhabiting Canadian waters…