The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Wed Mar 13th 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's question of the day: Canada is grounding the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, following last weekend’s #EthiopianAirlinesCrash.

Did Canada make the right decision?

Yes, it’s about safety.

No, it disrupts plans.

 

Chapter 2

College admissions bribery scandal leads to charges against coaches and celebrities

The FBI says actress Lori Loughlin has been taken into custody in connection with a scheme in which wealthy parents paid bribes to get their children into top colleges.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says Loughlin is in custody Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. She is scheduled to appear in court there in the afternoon.

Prosecutors allege Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, paid $500,000 to have their two daughters labeled as recruits to the University of Southern California crew team, even though neither is a rower.

They were among 50 people charged in the scheme.

Loughlin became famous as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the 1980s and '90s sitcom, Full House.' She has lately become the queen of the Hallmark channel with her holiday movies and the series, When Calls the Heart.

Guest: Devlin Barrett

National security reporter, Washington Post

 

Chapter 3

Is the FAA in the US too close to the aviation industry?

Confirmation this morning from Transportation Minister Marc Garneau, that Canada is joining dozens of countries grounding Boeing's 737 Max 8 jets after the deadly Ethiopian Air crash over the weekend.

That leaves the United States as something of an outlier among the world’s major countries, as they are still permitting those planes in its airspace.

Listeners have been suggesting to us that the US is reluctant to step in because Boeing is an American company. My next guest is a journalist who’s been writing about aviation for more than 20 years, and he has some thoughts on that.

Guest: Bill McGee

Aviation advisor for Consumer Reports

Worked as an aviation journalist for more than 20 years

Spent seven years working in airline flight operations

 

Chapter 4

Motion to change school dress codes in Chilliwack faces backlash

Chilliwack School Board has been discussing whether or not dress codes for students should be scrapped.

At a meeting last night, the decision was put on hold, because some trustees felt rules on what is considered appropriate clothing are necessary. Why? To keep young girls safe.

Guest: Jessica Peters

Reporter with the Chilliwack Progress

 

Chapter 5

What consumers should know about the travel impacts of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Guest: Claire Newell

President and Founder of Travel Best Bets

 

Chapter 6

Increasing number of BC teens are struggling with anxiety: report

Guest: Annie Smith

Executive Director of the McCreary Centre Society

 

Chapter 7

UK House of Commons votes on no-deal Brexit

Theresa May has addressed the House of Commons in the past few moments. And she says that the British Parliament needs to decide how it wants to proceed.

Guest: Daniel Gros

Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels

Former advisor to both the European Parliament and the UK government

 

Chapter 8

Village of Belcarra plans to take the BC government to court over Speculation Tax

Residents in Belcarra are looking at a class action lawsuit against the BC government on the Speculation Tax. Belcarra Mayor Neil Belenki says water only access cabin owners in his jurisdiction are not speculators ... and they are ready to go to court to prove it.

Guest: Neil Belenki

Belcarra Mayor

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

Vote in @simisara980's question of the day: Canada is grounding the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, following last weekend’s #EthiopianAirlinesCrash.

Did Canada make the right decision?

Yes, it’s about safety.
No, it disrupts plans.

 

Chapter 2

College admissions bribery scandal leads to charges against coaches and celebrities

The FBI says actress Lori Loughlin has been taken into custody in connection with a scheme in which wealthy parents paid bribes to get their children into top colleges.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says Loughlin is in custody Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. She is scheduled to appear in court there in the afternoon.

Prosecutors allege Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, paid $500,000 to have their two daughters labeled as recruits to the University of Southern California crew team, even though neither is a rower.

They were among 50 people charged in the scheme.

Loughlin became famous as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the 1980s and '90s sitcom, Full House.' She has lately become the queen of the Hallmark channel with her holiday movies and the series, When Calls the Heart.

Guest: Devlin Barrett

National security reporter, Washington Post

 

Chapter 3

Is the FAA in the US too close to the aviation industry?

Confirmation this morning from Transportation Minister Marc Garneau, that Canada is joining dozens of countries grounding Boeing's 737 Max 8 jets after the deadly Ethiopian Air crash over the weekend.

That leaves the United States as something of an outlier among the world’s major countries, as they are still permitting those planes in its airspace.

Listeners have been suggesting to us that the US is reluctant to step in because Boeing is an American company. My next guest is a journalist who’s been writing about aviation for more than 20 years, and he has some thoughts on that.

Guest: Bill McGee

Aviation advisor for Consumer Reports

Worked as an aviation journalist for more than 20 years

Spent seven years working in airline flight operations

 

Chapter 4

Motion to change school dress codes in Chilliwack faces backlash

Chilliwack School Board has been discussing whether or not dress codes for students should be scrapped.

At a meeting last night, the decision was put on hold, because some trustees felt rules on what is considered appropriate clothing are necessary. Why? To keep young girls safe.

Guest: Jessica Peters

Reporter with the Chilliwack Progress

 

Chapter 5

What consumers should know about the travel impacts of the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Guest: Claire Newell

President and Founder of Travel Best Bets

 

Chapter 6

Increasing number of BC teens are struggling with anxiety: report

Guest: Annie Smith

Executive Director of the McCreary Centre Society

 

Chapter 7

UK House of Commons votes on no-deal Brexit

Theresa May has addressed the House of Commons in the past few moments. And she says that the British Parliament needs to decide how it wants to proceed.

Guest: Daniel Gros

Director of the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels

Former advisor to both the European Parliament and the UK government

 

Chapter 8

Village of Belcarra plans to take the BC government to court over Speculation Tax

Residents in Belcarra are looking at a class action lawsuit against the BC government on the Speculation Tax. Belcarra Mayor Neil Belenki says water only access cabin owners in his jurisdiction are not speculators ... and they are ready to go to court to prove it.

Guest: Neil Belenki

Belcarra Mayor