The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Thurs, Jan 10th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews's 🔥 question of the day: Should anti-prohibition pioneers, like Marc and Jodie Emery, be allowed to run a legal pot store, even though they have criminal records?

Yes, they paid their dues

No, they broke the law

 

Chapter 2

Wet’suwet’en pipeline concerns raised at Trudeau town hall in Kamloops

Aboriginal issues on the heels of protests in B.C. were the primary topic of conversation. The crowd got rowdy at times and did not pull any punches when posing their questions to the Prime Minister.  The PM was often interrupted while attempting to answer questions. Trudeau emphasized that there will be turbulence along the way to figuring out the best way to accommodate everyone when addressing concerns related to indigenous rights.

Premier Horgan says he recognizes the right for individuals to protest, but at a press conference yesterday, he went on to defend the pipeline and the controversial LNG project. He told reporters he hopes a peaceful resolution can be reached.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

53pc increase in property tax deferrals by seniors in last four years

The number of seniors in our province who deferred their property taxes has grown by 53 per cent in four years. The figures are contained in a report by B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie.

We spoke to her on the show yesterday, and she says she would like to see seniors given the ability to defer more than just their property tax bills.

Guest: Paul Sullivan

Property Tax Agent and Senior Partner with Burgess Cawley Sullivan & Associates

 

Chapter 4

City of Vancouver responds to Jodie Emery’s interview on the Simi Sara Show

As we told you yesterday: 50 layoff notices have been issued to staff, as Cannabis Culture gets set to shutdown its three unlicensed marijuana stores in the City of Vancouver by end of this month.

Jodie Emery was on the show yesterday. She says they're being choked with heavy-handed tactics by the City of Vancouver. After winning a BC Supreme Court case last month, the city will find illegal marijuana stores in Contempt of Court for staying open after January 31st.

Guest: Kathryn Holm

Chief Licence Inspector at the City of Vancouver

 

Chapter 5

We now know why charges were dropped last year in the massive RCMP money laundering probe

As you’ve been hearing on CKNW, our Global News investigative reporter, Sam Cooper has revealed that federal prosecutors mistakenly revealed the identity of a secret police informant during a standard evidence sharing process with defence lawyers. And that’s why a massive RCMP probe into money laundering in BC casinos fell apart last November.

The informant was considered to be at "high risk" for death if their name was released.

Guest: Garry Clement

President and CEO Clement Advisory Group

Former National Director of the RCMP’s money laundering program

 

Chapter 6

BC Nurses Union investigating how one family racked up $174k of taxpayer-funded massages in a single year

A report in the Vancouver Sun this week says the B.C. Nurses Union has begun an investigation, trying to get to the bottom of how one nurse’s family managed to use $174,000 in massage therapy in ONE YEAR, on a benefits plan that's funded by taxpayers.

Guest: Christine Sorensen

President of the BC Nurses Union

 

Chapter 7

Canadian researchers work to find a treatment or cure for Alzheimer’s

January is national Alzheimer’s Awareness month, and, as part of her three part series, CKNW contributor Claire Allen takes a look at some of the Canadian research being done to find a treatment or cure for the disease.

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @MikeSmythNews's 🔥 question of the day: Should anti-prohibition pioneers, like Marc and Jodie Emery, be allowed to run a legal pot store, even though they have criminal records?

Yes, they paid their dues
No, they broke the law

 

Chapter 2

Wet’suwet’en pipeline concerns raised at Trudeau town hall in Kamloops

Aboriginal issues on the heels of protests in B.C. were the primary topic of conversation. The crowd got rowdy at times and did not pull any punches when posing their questions to the Prime Minister.  The PM was often interrupted while attempting to answer questions. Trudeau emphasized that there will be turbulence along the way to figuring out the best way to accommodate everyone when addressing concerns related to indigenous rights.

Premier Horgan says he recognizes the right for individuals to protest, but at a press conference yesterday, he went on to defend the pipeline and the controversial LNG project. He told reporters he hopes a peaceful resolution can be reached.

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief

 

Chapter 3

53pc increase in property tax deferrals by seniors in last four years

The number of seniors in our province who deferred their property taxes has grown by 53 per cent in four years. The figures are contained in a report by B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie.

We spoke to her on the show yesterday, and she says she would like to see seniors given the ability to defer more than just their property tax bills.

Guest: Paul Sullivan

Property Tax Agent and Senior Partner with Burgess Cawley Sullivan & Associates

 

Chapter 4

City of Vancouver responds to Jodie Emery’s interview on the Simi Sara Show

As we told you yesterday: 50 layoff notices have been issued to staff, as Cannabis Culture gets set to shutdown its three unlicensed marijuana stores in the City of Vancouver by end of this month.

Jodie Emery was on the show yesterday. She says they're being choked with heavy-handed tactics by the City of Vancouver. After winning a BC Supreme Court case last month, the city will find illegal marijuana stores in Contempt of Court for staying open after January 31st.

Guest: Kathryn Holm

Chief Licence Inspector at the City of Vancouver

 

Chapter 5

We now know why charges were dropped last year in the massive RCMP money laundering probe

As you’ve been hearing on CKNW, our Global News investigative reporter, Sam Cooper has revealed that federal prosecutors mistakenly revealed the identity of a secret police informant during a standard evidence sharing process with defence lawyers. And that’s why a massive RCMP probe into money laundering in BC casinos fell apart last November.

The informant was considered to be at "high risk" for death if their name was released.

Guest: Garry Clement

President and CEO Clement Advisory Group

Former National Director of the RCMP’s money laundering program

 

Chapter 6

BC Nurses Union investigating how one family racked up $174k of taxpayer-funded massages in a single year

A report in the Vancouver Sun this week says the B.C. Nurses Union has begun an investigation, trying to get to the bottom of how one nurse’s family managed to use $174,000 in massage therapy in ONE YEAR, on a benefits plan that's funded by taxpayers.

Guest: Christine Sorensen

President of the BC Nurses Union

 

Chapter 7

Canadian researchers work to find a treatment or cure for Alzheimer’s

January is national Alzheimer’s Awareness month, and, as part of her three part series, CKNW contributor Claire Allen takes a look at some of the Canadian research being done to find a treatment or cure for the disease.