The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Tues Jul 23rd 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day: LiveNation admits it worked with artists like Metallica to directly put tickets on secondary ticket selling websites so the performers can get a cut of the higher priced tickets.

Would you pay more for a concert if you knew it would cut out scalpers? 

Yes, absolutely

No way

Depends on the concert

 

Chapter 2

Police say link ‘possible’ between northern B.C. double murder, missing teens, dead man

BC RCMP say they share the public’s concern after some grim mysteries these past few weeks.

RCMP are looking for a bearded man who they say had been seen talking to one of the victims of a double murder.

Investigators announced yesterday that 23-year-old Lucas Fowler, and his 24-year-old girlfriend Chynna (CHINA) Deese, had been shot dead on the Alaska Highway.

Police are also investigating the death of another man in northern BC, and two missing young teenage men.

As we’ve been telling you, this story has been receiving international attention, with news crews from Australia travelling to Northern BC to report on the story.

Guest: Nadia Stewart

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 3

Vancouver Public Library banned from taking part in this year’s Pride Parade

Some breaking news this past half hour: the Vancouver Public Library has been banned from taking part in this year’s Vancouver Pride Parade.

Here to tell us why is Andrea Arnot from the Vancouver Pride Society

Guest: Andrea Arnot

Executive Director of the Vancouver Pride Society

 

Chapter 4

Disputing the Will

When their parents passed away, a local family was surprised to find the will their parents left behind favoured two siblings over the others. In this case, the parents were farmers who had moved to BC in 1964. With the help of their children, the family worked hard and built a successful farm. The whole family contributed to growing the business. But after their passing, the parents left more than 93% of their over $9-million dollar estate to their two sons. The four daughters were left to split the remaining 6.5%. 

A BC Supreme Court judge overruled that will. Instead, the sons were each given $1-point-8 million and the daughters each received $1-point-35 million. 

Trevor Todd is a lawyer with Disinherited. He represented the four sisters in that court case. He explains how BC estate law is different from the rest of the country. And after 100 years on the books, why it remains that way: 

Guest: Wally Oppal 

Former Attorney General of British Columbia

Arbitrator/Mediator Boughton Law

 

Chapter 5

Missing teens now suspects in northern B.C. double murder, unidentified body

Two teens who were initially listed as missing in northern B-C are now considered armed, dangerous suspects in the murders of two young tourists and an unidentified older man.

RCMP Sergeant Janelle Shoihet (shwoy-ET') says 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky (shmeg-ELSE'-key) -- both Port Alberni residents -- have been confirmed to be travelling in northern Saskatchewan, driving a 2011 Toyota Rav 4.

Investigators have not released many other details, saying they don't want to jeopardize the investigation, but until this morning it was believed the teens had vanished while driving to Yukon in search of work.

Their burning camper van was found last Friday, just a short distance away from the site where the body of the unidentified older man was found -- and nearly 500 kilometres from the Liard Hot Springs area where Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese were murdered more than a week ago. 

Guest: Rumina Daya

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 6

Doug McCallum’s Police Transition Advisory Committee stacked with his own councillors

Surrey's mayor has named those who will sit on his Police Transition Advisory Committee. It replaces the Public Safety Committee that Doug McCallum recently disbanded.

McCallum will chair the new committee and will also include his Safe Surrey Coalition councillors. The committee will NOT include independent councillors Brenda Locke, Jack Hundial, Stephen Pettigrew or Surrey First councillor Linda Annis.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Senior Reporter

 

Chapter 7

Missing teens now suspects in northern B.C. double murder, unidentified body

The two teens who were initially listed as missing in northern BC are now considered armed, dangerous suspects in the murders of two young tourists and an unidentified older man.

Investigators have not released many other details, saying they don't want to jeopardize the investigation, but until this morning it was believed the teens had vanished while driving to Yukon in search of work.

Their burning camper van was found last Friday, just a short distance away from the site where the body of the unidentified older man was found -- and nearly 500 kilometres from the Liard Hot Springs area where Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese were murdered more than a week ago. 

Guest: Dr Michael Arntfield

Criminologist at the University of Western Ontario

 

Chapter 8

Doug McCallum’s Police Transition Advisory Committee stacked with his own councillors

Surrey's mayor has named those who will sit on his Police Transition Advisory Committee. It replaces the Public Safety Committee that Doug McCallum recently disbanded.

McCallum will chair the new committee and will also include his Safe Surrey Coalition councillors. The committee will NOT include independent councillors Brenda Locke, Jack Hundial, Stephen Pettigrew or Surrey First councillor Linda Annis.

Guest: Allison Patton

Surrey City Councillor representing the Safe Surrey Coalition

 

Chapter 9

Live Nation admits to putting tickets straight on resale market

Live Nation, the multibillion-dollar entertainment company that owns Ticketmaster, has been accused of colluding with a number of artists and representatives in placing concert tickets onto secondary ticket-selling websites before they go on sale to the public, according to a report published by Billboard last week.

The exposé revealed the context of a February 2017 phone call between Live Nation’s president of U.S. concerts, Bob Roux, and an event promoter by the name of Vaughn Millette, who recorded and shared the private conversation.

On the call, the two were reportedly discussing Metallica‘s then-upcoming WorldWired tour in North America, which is currently ongoing.

An associate of the heavy metal band allegedly enlisted Millette to sell close to 88,000 tickets directly to third-party sites in order for each party to profit even further.

The result of this would be a severe hike in ticket pricing and, of course, an even lower chance for fans to successfully buy tickets from Ticketmaster directly at a fair face-value price.

Bruce Allen, talent manager and CKNW commentator, has been talking about this issue with Ticketmaster and secondary ticket markets for a long time.

Guest: Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show Contributor

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day: LiveNation admits it worked with artists like Metallica to directly put tickets on secondary ticket selling websites so the performers can get a cut of the higher priced tickets.

Would you pay more for a concert if you knew it would cut out scalpers? 

Yes, absolutely
No way
Depends on the concert

 

Chapter 2

Police say link ‘possible’ between northern B.C. double murder, missing teens, dead man

BC RCMP say they share the public’s concern after some grim mysteries these past few weeks.

RCMP are looking for a bearded man who they say had been seen talking to one of the victims of a double murder.

Investigators announced yesterday that 23-year-old Lucas Fowler, and his 24-year-old girlfriend Chynna (CHINA) Deese, had been shot dead on the Alaska Highway.

Police are also investigating the death of another man in northern BC, and two missing young teenage men.

As we’ve been telling you, this story has been receiving international attention, with news crews from Australia travelling to Northern BC to report on the story.

Guest: Nadia Stewart

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 3

Vancouver Public Library banned from taking part in this year’s Pride Parade

Some breaking news this past half hour: the Vancouver Public Library has been banned from taking part in this year’s Vancouver Pride Parade.

Here to tell us why is Andrea Arnot from the Vancouver Pride Society

Guest: Andrea Arnot

Executive Director of the Vancouver Pride Society

 

Chapter 4

Disputing the Will

When their parents passed away, a local family was surprised to find the will their parents left behind favoured two siblings over the others. In this case, the parents were farmers who had moved to BC in 1964. With the help of their children, the family worked hard and built a successful farm. The whole family contributed to growing the business. But after their passing, the parents left more than 93% of their over $9-million dollar estate to their two sons. The four daughters were left to split the remaining 6.5%. 

A BC Supreme Court judge overruled that will. Instead, the sons were each given $1-point-8 million and the daughters each received $1-point-35 million. 

Trevor Todd is a lawyer with Disinherited. He represented the four sisters in that court case. He explains how BC estate law is different from the rest of the country. And after 100 years on the books, why it remains that way: 

Guest: Wally Oppal 

Former Attorney General of British Columbia

Arbitrator/Mediator Boughton Law

 

Chapter 5

Missing teens now suspects in northern B.C. double murder, unidentified body

Two teens who were initially listed as missing in northern B-C are now considered armed, dangerous suspects in the murders of two young tourists and an unidentified older man.

RCMP Sergeant Janelle Shoihet (shwoy-ET') says 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky (shmeg-ELSE'-key) -- both Port Alberni residents -- have been confirmed to be travelling in northern Saskatchewan, driving a 2011 Toyota Rav 4.

Investigators have not released many other details, saying they don't want to jeopardize the investigation, but until this morning it was believed the teens had vanished while driving to Yukon in search of work.

Their burning camper van was found last Friday, just a short distance away from the site where the body of the unidentified older man was found -- and nearly 500 kilometres from the Liard Hot Springs area where Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese were murdered more than a week ago. 

Guest: Rumina Daya

Global News Reporter

 

Chapter 6

Doug McCallum’s Police Transition Advisory Committee stacked with his own councillors

Surrey's mayor has named those who will sit on his Police Transition Advisory Committee. It replaces the Public Safety Committee that Doug McCallum recently disbanded.

McCallum will chair the new committee and will also include his Safe Surrey Coalition councillors. The committee will NOT include independent councillors Brenda Locke, Jack Hundial, Stephen Pettigrew or Surrey First councillor Linda Annis.

Guest: Janet Brown

Global News Senior Reporter

 

Chapter 7

Missing teens now suspects in northern B.C. double murder, unidentified body

The two teens who were initially listed as missing in northern BC are now considered armed, dangerous suspects in the murders of two young tourists and an unidentified older man.

Investigators have not released many other details, saying they don't want to jeopardize the investigation, but until this morning it was believed the teens had vanished while driving to Yukon in search of work.

Their burning camper van was found last Friday, just a short distance away from the site where the body of the unidentified older man was found -- and nearly 500 kilometres from the Liard Hot Springs area where Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese were murdered more than a week ago. 

Guest: Dr Michael Arntfield

Criminologist at the University of Western Ontario

 

Chapter 8

Doug McCallum’s Police Transition Advisory Committee stacked with his own councillors

Surrey's mayor has named those who will sit on his Police Transition Advisory Committee. It replaces the Public Safety Committee that Doug McCallum recently disbanded.

McCallum will chair the new committee and will also include his Safe Surrey Coalition councillors. The committee will NOT include independent councillors Brenda Locke, Jack Hundial, Stephen Pettigrew or Surrey First councillor Linda Annis.

Guest: Allison Patton

Surrey City Councillor representing the Safe Surrey Coalition

 

Chapter 9

Live Nation admits to putting tickets straight on resale market

Live Nation, the multibillion-dollar entertainment company that owns Ticketmaster, has been accused of colluding with a number of artists and representatives in placing concert tickets onto secondary ticket-selling websites before they go on sale to the public, according to a report published by Billboard last week.

The exposé revealed the context of a February 2017 phone call between Live Nation’s president of U.S. concerts, Bob Roux, and an event promoter by the name of Vaughn Millette, who recorded and shared the private conversation.

On the call, the two were reportedly discussing Metallica‘s then-upcoming WorldWired tour in North America, which is currently ongoing.

An associate of the heavy metal band allegedly enlisted Millette to sell close to 88,000 tickets directly to third-party sites in order for each party to profit even further.

The result of this would be a severe hike in ticket pricing and, of course, an even lower chance for fans to successfully buy tickets from Ticketmaster directly at a fair face-value price.

Bruce Allen, talent manager and CKNW commentator, has been talking about this issue with Ticketmaster and secondary ticket markets for a long time.

Guest: Claire Allen

Simi Sara Show Contributor