The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Thurs Mar 14th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: A new report by Mercer suggests Vancouver has the best quality of living in North America - and third best in the world.

Do you feel like you’re living in one of the best cities in the world?

Yes, Vancouver’s great!

No, too many problems.

 

Chapter 2

Another day of flight disruption as airlines and passengers deal with the ground of Boeing 737-Max 8 planes

There appears to be no point in trying to phone Air Canada today.

The airline is overwhelmed with calls as travellers booked on grounded Boeing 7-37 Max 8 and 9 flights try to arrange alternate bookings.

A recording tells travellers that call volume has temporarily exceeded the company's capacity to answer or even put them on hold.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau grounded the planes yesterday as a precautionary move after reviewing evidence in the wake of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines disaster that killed all 157 people on board, including 18 Canadians.  

Guest: Claire Newell

President of Travel Best Bets

 

Chapter 3

Vancouver has the best quality of living in North America; third-best in world: Mercer report

A new report by the global consulting firm Mercer suggests Vancouver has the best quality of living in North America - and third best in the world.

Vancouver soared to the top of the rankings because of safety, crime, the environment, and access to good education.

In a few moments, we want to hear from you, and get your views on whether you feel like you’re living in one of the best cities in the world.

But first, let’s find out more about today’s report, and for that we turn to Gordon Frost, who’s partner and career business leader for Mercer Canada.

Guest: Gordon Frost

Partner and Career Business Leader for Mercer Canada

 

Chapter 4

Science With Simi

New study shows we can identify when and how a person makes bad decisions.

Have you ever wished you could prevent yourself from making a bad decision? Now there may be a way to tell thanks to new research from the University of Arizona. They have identified four different factors involved in making a bad decision

Guest: Jason Tetro

Author of the Germ Code and the Germ Files

Host of the Super Awesome Science Show podcast on Curiouscast

 

Chapter 5

How will the advancement of wood buildings impact BC’s forest industry?

The BC government announced yesterday that it’s changing provincial building height limits to permit 12 storey wood construction buildings, up from six storeys. Premier John Horgan made the building height announcement at a BC plant near Penticton that specializes in timber building construction.

Guest: Dr John Innes

Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at UBC

 

Chapter 6

How a simple blood test can help doctors stay a step ahead of breast cancer

BC Cancer researchers are hoping a simple blood test can help doctors stay ahead of breast cancer by monitoring the disease and guiding doctors early on.

It's called ctDNA, and it's believed the test can show how cancer cells break down and has the potential to tell doctors what drugs would work best early on or what drugs don't work as treatment occurs.

Guest: Dr. Stephen Chia

Chair, breast cancer tumour group, BC Cancer

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: A new report by Mercer suggests Vancouver has the best quality of living in North America - and third best in the world.

Do you feel like you’re living in one of the best cities in the world?

Yes, Vancouver’s great!
No, too many problems.

 

Chapter 2

Another day of flight disruption as airlines and passengers deal with the ground of Boeing 737-Max 8 planes

There appears to be no point in trying to phone Air Canada today.

The airline is overwhelmed with calls as travellers booked on grounded Boeing 7-37 Max 8 and 9 flights try to arrange alternate bookings.

A recording tells travellers that call volume has temporarily exceeded the company's capacity to answer or even put them on hold.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau grounded the planes yesterday as a precautionary move after reviewing evidence in the wake of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines disaster that killed all 157 people on board, including 18 Canadians.  

Guest: Claire Newell

President of Travel Best Bets

 

Chapter 3

Vancouver has the best quality of living in North America; third-best in world: Mercer report

A new report by the global consulting firm Mercer suggests Vancouver has the best quality of living in North America - and third best in the world.

Vancouver soared to the top of the rankings because of safety, crime, the environment, and access to good education.

In a few moments, we want to hear from you, and get your views on whether you feel like you’re living in one of the best cities in the world.

But first, let’s find out more about today’s report, and for that we turn to Gordon Frost, who’s partner and career business leader for Mercer Canada.

Guest: Gordon Frost

Partner and Career Business Leader for Mercer Canada

 

Chapter 4

Science With Simi

New study shows we can identify when and how a person makes bad decisions.

Have you ever wished you could prevent yourself from making a bad decision? Now there may be a way to tell thanks to new research from the University of Arizona. They have identified four different factors involved in making a bad decision

Guest: Jason Tetro

Author of the Germ Code and the Germ Files

Host of the Super Awesome Science Show podcast on Curiouscast

 

Chapter 5

How will the advancement of wood buildings impact BC’s forest industry?

The BC government announced yesterday that it’s changing provincial building height limits to permit 12 storey wood construction buildings, up from six storeys. Premier John Horgan made the building height announcement at a BC plant near Penticton that specializes in timber building construction.

Guest: Dr John Innes

Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at UBC

 

Chapter 6

How a simple blood test can help doctors stay a step ahead of breast cancer

BC Cancer researchers are hoping a simple blood test can help doctors stay ahead of breast cancer by monitoring the disease and guiding doctors early on.

It's called ctDNA, and it's believed the test can show how cancer cells break down and has the potential to tell doctors what drugs would work best early on or what drugs don't work as treatment occurs.

Guest: Dr. Stephen Chia

Chair, breast cancer tumour group, BC Cancer