The Best of The Simi Sara Show - U.S. President, Donald Trump, has been impeached / Health Minister Adrian Dix responds as Lifelabs can’t say whether hacked data was encrypted & More...

CHAPTER 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

It’s @MikeSmythNews’s 🎄 question of the day:

Which artist produced the best Christmas song of all time?

Mariah Carey (All I Want For Christmas Is You)

Wham! (Last Christmas)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Happy Xmas - War Is Over)

Other (reply and tell us)

 

CHAPTER 2

U.S. President, Donald Trump, has been impeached

That was the voice of the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell. He’s denouncing the House impeachment of U.S. President, Donald Trump. And he’s accusing House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, of being afraid to send "their shoddy work product to the Senate."

Yesterday evening, Trump became just the third President in the history of the U.S. to be impeached.

Guest: Karen Kataline

Host of Spouting Off talk show in Colorado

Guest: Brian Kennedy

President of Can-Am Consulting in San Diego, CA

Former White House Correspondent

 

CHAPTER 3

Andrew Berry sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years

Andrew Berry, the man who stabbed to death his two young daughters in his Oak Bay apartment on Christmas Day two years ago, will spend at least 22 years in prison before he is eligible for parole.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge today sentenced him to life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years, to be served concurrently.

Last September, Berry was convicted of second-degree murder in the killings of 4-year-old Aubrey and 6-year-old Chloe.

Guest: Sarah MacDonald

Global News Reporter

 

CHAPTER 4

Health Minister Adrian Dix responds as Lifelabs can’t say whether hacked data was encrypted

The B.C. Liberals are calling on the NDP government to take action after LifeLabs announced hackers accessed the personal information of up to 15 million of its customers.

The Liberals say in a statement they want the province to outline what measures it will take to ensure the government is not vulnerable to future data breaches and extortion attempts.

Health critic Norm Letnick says the breach is one of B.C.'s largest in recent history and it raises serious questions about how private companies and the government handle personal information.

Health Minister Adrian Dix has called the breach ``troubling'' and says LifeLabs handles about one third of diagnostic testing in the province.

Guest: Adrian Dix

B.C. Minister for Health

 

CHAPTER 5

The top 10 weather stories of 2019 

The chief meteorologist at Environment Canada says it's almost as if normal weather doesn't happen any more.  Dave Phillips says it seems the climate is wobbling all over the place, especially in a year in which there was thunder at the North Pole and seven straight months of freeze in southern Canada.  Phillips says if people thought 2019 was packed with extremes, wait until next year.

Phillips's top Canadian weather story for 2019 is the April flood on the Ottawa River that drenched or threatened more than six-thousand homes.  The river broke water level records by 30 centimetres.

Guest: David Phillips

Chief meteorologist at Environment Canada

 

CHAPTER 6

Andrew Berry sentencing: why we need to pay attention to the warning signs of family violence

A father who killed his four- and six-year-old daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 will have to serve 22 years before he's eligible for parole.   B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper told Andrew Berry that he committed heinous crimes against his daughters as she sentenced him today in Victoria.

A jury convicted Berry of second-degree murder in September in the violent deaths of his daughters, Aubrey and Chloe Berry. Second-degree murder brings an automatic life sentence but Gropper had to determine Berry's parole eligibility.Gropper says Berry will serve the sentences concurrently.

The trial heard each girl had been stabbed dozens of times and Berry was found naked and unconscious in the bathtub of his Oak Bay apartment suffering from stab wounds to his neck and throat.

The tragic deaths of Audrey and Chloe Berry have put the issue of child custody agreements under the microscope. According to the girls’ mother, Sarah Cotton, Berry had been physically, verbally and emotionally violent during their common-law union. In her statement after the sentencing, Cotton stated that the legal system is an “incredibly acrimonious system and one that favours equal parenting time over the safety and wellbeing of the child.” Cotton also called for changes to be made to the “legislation governing divorce and separation, mediation, parenting time and access to children.”

Our next guest is Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of the Battered Women's Support Services, and she believes that more training is needed to help judges understand the warning signs of family violence.

Guest: Angela Marie MacDougall

Executive Director of the Battered Women's Support Services

 

CHAPTER 7

B.C. Liberals demanding action as Lifelabs can’t say whether hacked data was encrypted

The B.C. Liberals are calling on the NDP government to take action after LifeLabs announced hackers accessed the personal information of up to 15 million of its customers.

The Liberals say in a statement they want the province to outline what measures it will take to ensure the government is not vulnerable to future data breaches and extortion attempts.

Health critic Norm Letnick says the breach is one of B.C.'s largest in recent history and it raises serious questions about how private companies and the government handle personal information.

Guest: Andrew Wilkinson

Leader, B.C. Liberals

 

CHAPTER 8

Sober son driver and drunk mom passenger both receive driving suspensions 

Here’s a real doozy for you to wrap your head around! A B.C. woman was recently slapped with a 90- day Immediate Roadside Prohibition for being an intoxicated passenger in a vehicle with a sober driver. The woman in question had attended a Christmas party with her husband earlier in the evening. After the leaving the party, the woman’s twenty-two year old son provided both she and her husband  with a safe, sober ride home.  However, when going through a roadblock, the woman (who was occupying the passengers seat) was pulled out the vehicle and made to undergo a breathalyzer.  When she failed, her sons vehicle was taken for 30 days and her license was prohibited for 90 days. 

Sarah Leamon, Criminal defense lawyer for the Sarah Leamon Law Group, is representing both the individuals in the case. She joins us now to discuss the puzzling roadside decision… 

Guest: Sarah Leamon

Criminal defense lawyer for the Sarah Leamon Law Group

 

CHAPTER 9

Andrew Berry sentencing: Is it time to review the laws governing child custody? 

A father who killed his four- and six-year-old daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 will have to serve 22 years before he's eligible for parole.   B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper told Andrew Berry that he committed heinous crimes against his daughters as she sentenced him today in Victoria.

A jury convicted Berry of second-degree murder in September in the violent deaths of his daughters, Aubrey and Chloe Berry. Second-degree murder brings an automatic life sentence but Gropper had to determine Berry's parole eligibility.Gropper says Berry will serve the sentences concurrently.

The trial heard each girl had been stabbed dozens of times and Berry was found naked and unconscious in the bathtub of his Oak Bay apartment suffering from stab wounds to his neck and throat.

The tragic deaths of Audrey and Chloe Berry have put the issue of child custody agreements under the microscope. According to the girls’ mother, Sarah Cotton, Berry had been physically, verbally and emotionally violent during their common-law union. In her statement after the sentencing, Cotton stated that the legal system is an “incredibly acrimonious system and one that favours equal parenting time over the safety and wellbeing of the child.” Cotton also called for changes to be made to the “legislation governing divorce and separation, mediation, parenting time and access to children.” 

Dr. Lori Chamber is the Chair of women’s studies at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and one of the authors of the paper entitled, “Paternal Filicide and Coercive Control: Reviewing the Evidence in Cotton v Berry”.  She joins us now to discuss what the legal system should takeaway from this tragic case…

Guest: Dr. Lori Chambers 

Chair of women’s studies at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay

Co-author of the paper entitled, “Paternal Filicide and Coercive Control: Reviewing the Evidence in Cotton v Berry”

CHAPTER 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

It’s @MikeSmythNews’s 🎄 question of the day:

Which artist produced the best Christmas song of all time?

Mariah Carey (All I Want For Christmas Is You)
Wham! (Last Christmas)
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Happy Xmas - War Is Over)
Other (reply and tell us)

 

CHAPTER 2

U.S. President, Donald Trump, has been impeached

That was the voice of the top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell. He’s denouncing the House impeachment of U.S. President, Donald Trump. And he’s accusing House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, of being afraid to send "their shoddy work product to the Senate."

Yesterday evening, Trump became just the third President in the history of the U.S. to be impeached.

Guest: Karen Kataline

Host of Spouting Off talk show in Colorado

Guest: Brian Kennedy

President of Can-Am Consulting in San Diego, CA

Former White House Correspondent

 

CHAPTER 3

Andrew Berry sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years

Andrew Berry, the man who stabbed to death his two young daughters in his Oak Bay apartment on Christmas Day two years ago, will spend at least 22 years in prison before he is eligible for parole.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge today sentenced him to life in prison with no chance of parole for 22 years, to be served concurrently.

Last September, Berry was convicted of second-degree murder in the killings of 4-year-old Aubrey and 6-year-old Chloe.

Guest: Sarah MacDonald

Global News Reporter

 

CHAPTER 4

Health Minister Adrian Dix responds as Lifelabs can’t say whether hacked data was encrypted

The B.C. Liberals are calling on the NDP government to take action after LifeLabs announced hackers accessed the personal information of up to 15 million of its customers.

The Liberals say in a statement they want the province to outline what measures it will take to ensure the government is not vulnerable to future data breaches and extortion attempts.

Health critic Norm Letnick says the breach is one of B.C.'s largest in recent history and it raises serious questions about how private companies and the government handle personal information.

Health Minister Adrian Dix has called the breach ``troubling'' and says LifeLabs handles about one third of diagnostic testing in the province.

Guest: Adrian Dix

B.C. Minister for Health

 

CHAPTER 5

The top 10 weather stories of 2019 

The chief meteorologist at Environment Canada says it's almost as if normal weather doesn't happen any more.  Dave Phillips says it seems the climate is wobbling all over the place, especially in a year in which there was thunder at the North Pole and seven straight months of freeze in southern Canada.  Phillips says if people thought 2019 was packed with extremes, wait until next year.

Phillips's top Canadian weather story for 2019 is the April flood on the Ottawa River that drenched or threatened more than six-thousand homes.  The river broke water level records by 30 centimetres.

Guest: David Phillips

Chief meteorologist at Environment Canada

 

CHAPTER 6

Andrew Berry sentencing: why we need to pay attention to the warning signs of family violence

A father who killed his four- and six-year-old daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 will have to serve 22 years before he's eligible for parole.   B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper told Andrew Berry that he committed heinous crimes against his daughters as she sentenced him today in Victoria.

A jury convicted Berry of second-degree murder in September in the violent deaths of his daughters, Aubrey and Chloe Berry. Second-degree murder brings an automatic life sentence but Gropper had to determine Berry's parole eligibility.Gropper says Berry will serve the sentences concurrently.

The trial heard each girl had been stabbed dozens of times and Berry was found naked and unconscious in the bathtub of his Oak Bay apartment suffering from stab wounds to his neck and throat.

The tragic deaths of Audrey and Chloe Berry have put the issue of child custody agreements under the microscope. According to the girls’ mother, Sarah Cotton, Berry had been physically, verbally and emotionally violent during their common-law union. In her statement after the sentencing, Cotton stated that the legal system is an “incredibly acrimonious system and one that favours equal parenting time over the safety and wellbeing of the child.” Cotton also called for changes to be made to the “legislation governing divorce and separation, mediation, parenting time and access to children.”

Our next guest is Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of the Battered Women's Support Services, and she believes that more training is needed to help judges understand the warning signs of family violence.

Guest: Angela Marie MacDougall

Executive Director of the Battered Women's Support Services

 

CHAPTER 7

B.C. Liberals demanding action as Lifelabs can’t say whether hacked data was encrypted

The B.C. Liberals are calling on the NDP government to take action after LifeLabs announced hackers accessed the personal information of up to 15 million of its customers.

The Liberals say in a statement they want the province to outline what measures it will take to ensure the government is not vulnerable to future data breaches and extortion attempts.

Health critic Norm Letnick says the breach is one of B.C.'s largest in recent history and it raises serious questions about how private companies and the government handle personal information.

Guest: Andrew Wilkinson

Leader, B.C. Liberals

 

CHAPTER 8

Sober son driver and drunk mom passenger both receive driving suspensions 

Here’s a real doozy for you to wrap your head around! A B.C. woman was recently slapped with a 90- day Immediate Roadside Prohibition for being an intoxicated passenger in a vehicle with a sober driver. The woman in question had attended a Christmas party with her husband earlier in the evening. After the leaving the party, the woman’s twenty-two year old son provided both she and her husband  with a safe, sober ride home.  However, when going through a roadblock, the woman (who was occupying the passengers seat) was pulled out the vehicle and made to undergo a breathalyzer.  When she failed, her sons vehicle was taken for 30 days and her license was prohibited for 90 days. 

Sarah Leamon, Criminal defense lawyer for the Sarah Leamon Law Group, is representing both the individuals in the case. She joins us now to discuss the puzzling roadside decision… 

Guest: Sarah Leamon

Criminal defense lawyer for the Sarah Leamon Law Group

 

CHAPTER 9

Andrew Berry sentencing: Is it time to review the laws governing child custody? 

A father who killed his four- and six-year-old daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 will have to serve 22 years before he's eligible for parole.   B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper told Andrew Berry that he committed heinous crimes against his daughters as she sentenced him today in Victoria.

A jury convicted Berry of second-degree murder in September in the violent deaths of his daughters, Aubrey and Chloe Berry. Second-degree murder brings an automatic life sentence but Gropper had to determine Berry's parole eligibility.Gropper says Berry will serve the sentences concurrently.

The trial heard each girl had been stabbed dozens of times and Berry was found naked and unconscious in the bathtub of his Oak Bay apartment suffering from stab wounds to his neck and throat.

The tragic deaths of Audrey and Chloe Berry have put the issue of child custody agreements under the microscope. According to the girls’ mother, Sarah Cotton, Berry had been physically, verbally and emotionally violent during their common-law union. In her statement after the sentencing, Cotton stated that the legal system is an “incredibly acrimonious system and one that favours equal parenting time over the safety and wellbeing of the child.” Cotton also called for changes to be made to the “legislation governing divorce and separation, mediation, parenting time and access to children.” 

Dr. Lori Chamber is the Chair of women’s studies at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and one of the authors of the paper entitled, “Paternal Filicide and Coercive Control: Reviewing the Evidence in Cotton v Berry”.  She joins us now to discuss what the legal system should takeaway from this tragic case…

Guest: Dr. Lori Chambers 

Chair of women’s studies at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay

Co-author of the paper entitled, “Paternal Filicide and Coercive Control: Reviewing the Evidence in Cotton v Berry”