The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Wed Dec 5th 2018

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in support of a motion aimed at protecting tenants from renovictions and aggressive buyouts. Do you agree with this decision from city hall?

Yes, protect renters!

No, too restrictive.

 

Chapter 2

Vancouver city hall votes to ban renovictions. What does this mean for landlords?

Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in support of a motion aimed at protecting tenants from renovictions and aggressive buyouts. Council unanimously passed Coun. Jean Swanson’s motion to huge cheers from the dozens of advocates at city hall on Tuesday night. Landlords will be required to offer displaced tenants the chance to temporarily move out during a renovation without their lease ending or their rent increasing. Staff will be coming back with a report on a few other items, including one that deals with compensation during a renovation.

Jon Stovell if the President of Reliance Properties, the company at the centre of this renoviction debate. His company purchased the The Berkeley Tower in 2016 for $43 million. Last summer, residents were told by the developer that they would be evicted so that a major reconstruction and structural work can be undertaken, as the aging building requires upgrades in order to extend its lifespan. Since those notices went out, renters have been fighting the renovictions. What does he think about yesterday’s motion from city hall?

Guest: Jon Stovell President Reliance PropertiesPresident of the Urban Development Institute

 

Chapter 3

Study finds dental painkillers may put young people at risk of opioid addiction

Dentists who prescribe opioid painkillers to teenagers and young adults after pulling their wisdom teeth may be putting their patients at risk of addiction, a new study finds. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, shines a light on the largely overlooked role dental prescriptions play in an epidemic of addiction that has swept the United States, leading to a record 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017.

Guest: Alan Schroeder

Pediatrician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine

 

Chapter 4

George HW Bush funeral: World figures pay respect

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney was among the dozens of US and world leaders and dignitaries attending George H.W Bush’s state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington DC today. Mulroney delivered a eulogy, reflecting on a private conversation he had with Bush during a vacation in 2001:

Mulroney also remarked on Bush’s honour and courage:

President George W Bush told mourners his father held values like faith and family close to him.

The former President closed his eulogy on a more personal note, reflecting on George HW Bush’s role as a father and how much he will miss him.

 

Chapter 5

Climate plan reactionThe province has committed to cutting BC's carbon emissions 40-percent by 2030.Premier John Horgan says 75-percent of that target is laid out specifically in the Clean BC plan. The remaining 25-percent to be specified within next two years. Overall, the plan is an overhaul of our transportation, homes and offices and industry  away from fossil fuels. We have had climate promises from various levels of government in the past, so how feasible is this plan?

Guest: Thomas Pedersen

Professor Emeritus at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria

 

Chapter 6

SIMI’S LOSER AND WINNER OF THE DAY

Loser

No loser today!

Winner

9 year old Dane Best from Severance, Colorado

Dane Best decided to fight for his right to have some winter fun in his hometown of Severance, Colorado.

It started out as a small petition, but you could say it really ‘snowballed’.

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in support of a motion aimed at protecting tenants from renovictions and aggressive buyouts. Do you agree with this decision from city hall?

Yes, protect renters!
No, too restrictive.

 

Chapter 2

Vancouver city hall votes to ban renovictions. What does this mean for landlords?

Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in support of a motion aimed at protecting tenants from renovictions and aggressive buyouts. Council unanimously passed Coun. Jean Swanson’s motion to huge cheers from the dozens of advocates at city hall on Tuesday night. Landlords will be required to offer displaced tenants the chance to temporarily move out during a renovation without their lease ending or their rent increasing. Staff will be coming back with a report on a few other items, including one that deals with compensation during a renovation.

Jon Stovell if the President of Reliance Properties, the company at the centre of this renoviction debate. His company purchased the The Berkeley Tower in 2016 for $43 million. Last summer, residents were told by the developer that they would be evicted so that a major reconstruction and structural work can be undertaken, as the aging building requires upgrades in order to extend its lifespan. Since those notices went out, renters have been fighting the renovictions. What does he think about yesterday’s motion from city hall?

Guest: Jon Stovell
President Reliance Properties
President of the Urban Development Institute

 

Chapter 3

Study finds dental painkillers may put young people at risk of opioid addiction

Dentists who prescribe opioid painkillers to teenagers and young adults after pulling their wisdom teeth may be putting their patients at risk of addiction, a new study finds. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, shines a light on the largely overlooked role dental prescriptions play in an epidemic of addiction that has swept the United States, leading to a record 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017.

Guest: Alan Schroeder

Pediatrician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine

 

Chapter 4

George HW Bush funeral: World figures pay respect

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney was among the dozens of US and world leaders and dignitaries attending George H.W Bush’s state funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington DC today. Mulroney delivered a eulogy, reflecting on a private conversation he had with Bush during a vacation in 2001:

Mulroney also remarked on Bush’s honour and courage:

President George W Bush told mourners his father held values like faith and family close to him.

The former President closed his eulogy on a more personal note, reflecting on George HW Bush’s role as a father and how much he will miss him.

 

Chapter 5

Climate plan reaction

The province has committed to cutting BC's carbon emissions 40-percent by 2030.Premier John Horgan says 75-percent of that target is laid out specifically in the Clean BC plan. The remaining 25-percent to be specified within next two years. Overall, the plan is an overhaul of our transportation, homes and offices and industry  away from fossil fuels. We have had climate promises from various levels of government in the past, so how feasible is this plan?

Guest: Thomas Pedersen

Professor Emeritus at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria

 

Chapter 6

SIMI’S LOSER AND WINNER OF THE DAY

Loser

No loser today!

Winner

9 year old Dane Best from Severance, Colorado

Dane Best decided to fight for his right to have some winter fun in his hometown of Severance, Colorado.
It started out as a small petition, but you could say it really ‘snowballed’.