Mornings with Simi
8,008 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMornings with Simi (Monday – Friday: 5.30 – 9am) helps you wake-up, reconnect, and get your day off on the right foot. Simi Sara dives into on the headlines of the day with veteran Global News anchors and reporters. They help you navigate through the details of the stories, highlight essential information and share new perspectives on how the daily news affects you. Simi loves the Lower Mainland. She’s lived here her whole life and truly understands the history and challenges our communities have faced over the years. Spend your Mornings with Simi and spend the rest of your day talking about what you heard on the show.
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Episodes
Making Cents of the Markets for Feb 8, 2023
February 08, 2023 17:05 - 10 minutesMaking Cents of the Market: Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski. Lori Pinkowski is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada's first 'Veteran's Village' opens today
February 08, 2023 16:32 - 8 minutesIt's a first for Canada and it's being dubbed a 'beacon of hope.' The Legion's "Veterans Village" opens today in the Whalley neighborhood of Surrey. Guest: Rowena Rizzotti, Project Lead of Legion Veterans Village Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Addressing substance use treatment in BC
February 08, 2023 15:49 - 10 minutesIs the province adequately addressing substance use treatment? Guest: Marlyse Williams, Mother of Logan Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does the public want to see in the future Royal BC Museum?
February 08, 2023 15:28 - 6 minutesHow have public consultations influenced the future of the Royal British Columbia Museum? Guest: Alicia Dubois, CEO of the Royal BC Museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are doctors happy about the 10 year healthcare deal?
February 08, 2023 15:21 - 8 minutesCan the Prime Minister’s 10-year healthcare plan be enough to mend Canada’s crumbling healthcare systems? Guest: Dr. Rita McCracken, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Health care deal by the numbers
February 08, 2023 15:11 - 10 minutesIt’s a health deal by the numbers and it’s easy to get swamped, but that's how governments prefer it. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did the Premiers get what they wanted from the Federal Government?
February 08, 2023 14:30 - 7 minutesJustin Trudeau is offering premiers $46.2-billion in healthcare funding over ten years. Guest: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Show: Better contracts for social workers, lack of funding for IIO investigations & Tackling the challenges in BC
February 07, 2023 17:27 - 38 minutesSeg 1 - What can we expect from the Prime Minister's 10 year deal? Guest: Mackenzie Grey, Sr Digital Broadcast Journalist at Global National News Ottawa Seg 2 - How will social workers benefit from the Shared Recovery Mandate? Guest: Stephanie Smith, President of the BC General Employees’ Union Seg 3 - Is a lack of government funding impacting the quality of IIO investigations? Guest: Ronald MacDonald, Chief Civilian Director at the Independent Investigations Office Seg 4 - Will a rise in pro...
How can Canadian's help in the recovery and rescue in Turkey and Syria?
February 07, 2023 16:30 - 6 minutesHow is Canada supporting the rescue and recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria as the fallout from a massive earthquake is ongoing. Guest: Helen Barclay-Hollands, Manager at World Vision Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Was there anything gleaned from Eby's first throne speech?
February 07, 2023 16:19 - 7 minutesWill a rise in provincial spending be enough to tackle BC’s most significant challenges? Guest: Dr. Hamish Telford, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Funding desperately needed for the IIO to continue to investigate police incidents
February 07, 2023 15:40 - 8 minutesIs a lack of government funding impacting the quality of IIO investigations? Guest: Ronald MacDonald, Chief Civilian Director at the Independent Investigations Office Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The need for better benefits for social workers
February 07, 2023 15:21 - 6 minutesHow will social workers benefit from the Shared Recovery Mandate? Guest: Stephanie Smith, President of the BC General Employees’ Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: A not so exciting throne speech
February 07, 2023 15:02 - 11 minutesIt was a low key and vague throne speech by David Eby. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What to expect from the Prime Ministers health care talks with Premiers
February 07, 2023 14:21 - 6 minutesWhat can we expect from the Prime Minister's 10 year deal? Guest: Mackenzie Grey, Sr Digital Broadcast Journalist at Global National News Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Show: A new type of ice may reshape our understanding of water, Will China’s surveillance balloon influence the future of our National Security? & What’s happening on the ground in Syria?
February 06, 2023 16:53 - 51 minutesA new type of ice may reshape our understanding of water Dr. Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry at the University College of London and Co-Author of “Medium-Density Amorphous Ice” Could public pressure push Ottawa to fund privatized healthcare? Katherine Ward, Global News Toronto Experts slam Fisheries and Oceans Canada for publishing scientifically flawed report Bob Chamberlain, Chair of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance Will China’s surveillance balloon influence the future of ou...
Experts slam Fisheries and Oceans Canada for publishing scientifically flawed report
February 06, 2023 15:30 - 7 minutesExperts slam Fisheries and Oceans Canada for publishing scientifically flawed report Bob Chamberlain, Chair of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View from Victoria - Throne speech day, Premier David Eby gives a preview Sunday.
February 06, 2023 15:20 - 11 minutesVaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A new type of ice may reshape our understanding of water
February 06, 2023 14:17 - 8 minutesA new type of ice may reshape our understanding of water Dr. Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry at the University College of London and Co-Author of “Medium-Density Amorphous Ice” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Show: How is Canada improving the gaps in Cancer care?, What to expect from BC's new System of Care & Leveraging Black History to improve technological advancements
February 03, 2023 16:54 - 50 minutesHow is Canada improving the gaps in Cancer care? Dr. Craig Earle, CEO of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Digging into pediatric research for children with rare, undiagnosed diseases Dr. Stuart Turvey, Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Precision Health and Lead of the Precision Health Initiative How can we solve BC’s workforce challenges? Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Should we buy into TikTok’s viral milk dumping video? Mike von Mass...
What to expect from BC's new System of Care
February 03, 2023 16:08 - 11 minutesWhat to expect from BC's new System of Care Dr. Julian Somers, Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and Founding Director of the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Should we buy into TikTok’s viral milk dumping video?
February 03, 2023 15:31 - 7 minutesShould we buy into TikTok’s viral milk dumping video? Mike von Massow, Associate Professor of Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How can we solve BC’s workforce challenges?
February 03, 2023 15:30 - 7 minutesHow can we solve BC’s workforce challenges? Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View from Victoria - $1.5 billion over three years to transform mental health and addictions services.
February 03, 2023 14:58 - 8 minutesVaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How is Canada improving the gaps in Cancer care?
February 03, 2023 14:57 - 8 minutesHow is Canada improving the gaps in Cancer care? Dr. Craig Earle, CEO of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Digging into pediatric research for children with rare, undiagnosed diseases
February 03, 2023 14:56 - 5 minutesDigging into pediatric research for children with rare, undiagnosed diseases Dr. Stuart Turvey, Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Precision Health and Lead of the Precision Health Initiative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Show: What your dreams are telling you, The improved Granville Street & New payment plan for family doctors in BC
February 02, 2023 17:24 - 58 minutesSeg 1 - What are your dreams telling you about reality? Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Author of The Committee of Sleep & Pandemic Dreams Seg 2 - Does a company who uses twitter for damage control actually end up tarnishing its reputation? Guest: David Soberman, Professor of Marketing at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management Seg 3 - Has BC’s $10/day childcare cost some workers their jobs? Guest: Alexandra Carnio, Founder and CEO of ProduKIDvity Childcare Academy Seg 4 - How loc...
How will the family physician payment plan bring more doctors to BC? - Part 1
February 02, 2023 16:32 - 8 minutesWill BC’s new family physician payment plan be enough to solve the staffing shortage? Guest: Dr. Justine Spencer, President of the BC College of family physicians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How will Vancouver reshape Granville street?
February 02, 2023 15:47 - 9 minutesWhat can we expect from the new and improved Granville Street? Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coming together to save a child from the Gaza Strip
February 02, 2023 15:38 - 6 minutesHow local Palestinian and Israeli groups collaborated to save a child from the Gaza Strip Guest: Shawkat Hasan, Social Services Director for the BC Muslim Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Retaining staff and running a centre as childcare goes to $10/day
February 02, 2023 15:20 - 8 minutesHas BC’s $10/day childcare cost some workers their jobs? Guest: Alexandra Carnio, Founder and CEO of ProduKIDvity Childcare Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Introducing... Free Lunch by The Peak
February 02, 2023 14:56 - 51 minutesCanada's housing market has become our national obsession, and with good reason. Years of skyrocketing prices are now meeting surging mortgage rates, and the result is some of the least affordable housing in the world. What's driving that affordability crisis, and what comes next? On this episode of Free Lunch by The Peak, we speak with Mike Moffatt, a Senior Director at the Smart Prosperity Institute and Assistant Professor at Ivey Business School. Mike argues that a lack of supply is the ke...
View From Victoria: Trying to figure out the Premier
February 02, 2023 14:53 - 12 minutesThe NDP are freezing out an Indigenous company from working on the new Cowichan District Hospital. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Loblaws under heat for cancelling their price freeze
February 02, 2023 14:46 - 5 minutesDoes a company who uses twitter for damage control actually end up tarnishing its reputation? Guest: David Soberman, Professor of Marketing at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do dreams tell us about our reality?
February 02, 2023 14:17 - 9 minutesWhat are your dreams telling you about reality? Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Author of The Committee of Sleep & Pandemic Dreams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Show: Violence in Surrey Hospitals, Creating cities in the virtual world & The overwhelming amount of drug deaths in BC
February 01, 2023 17:18 - 47 minutesSeg 1 - The benefits of cloning cities in the virtual world. Guest: Anders Logg, Director of Digital Twin Cities and Professor of Computational Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology Seg 2 - What is causing the rising violence in Surrey hospitals? Guest: Meena Brisard, Secretary-Business Manager for the Hospital Employees’ Union Seg 3 - How is the Fraser Valley supporting people with Substance Abuse Disorder? Guest: Andy Bhatti, Certified Drug & Alcohol Interventionist and Founder o...
Making Cents of the Markets for Feb 01, 2023
February 01, 2023 16:51 - 10 minutesMaking Cents of the Market: Time for Making Cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski. Lori Pinkowski is a Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. You can contact The Pinkowski Wealth Management team directly at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at Pinkowski.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Researching the history of Black Canadians in Vancouver
February 01, 2023 16:33 - 9 minutesThe importance of teaching the social and cultural history of Vancouver’s Black community Guest: Dr. Annette Henry, Professor of Literature and Literacy at the University of British Columbia and the Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The overwhelming numbers of drug related deaths
February 01, 2023 15:49 - 9 minutesWill we see an impact on the number of overdose fatalities with the decriminalization of illicit drug possession? Guest: Dr. Paxton Bach, Co-Medical Director for the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How communities are having problems accessing recovery and detox centres
February 01, 2023 15:29 - 8 minutesHow is the Fraser Valley supporting people with Substance Abuse Disorder? Guest: Andy Bhatti, Certified Drug & Alcohol Interventionist and Founder of “Andy Bhatti Interventions & Addictions Service” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is being done about the increase in violence in Surrey Hospitals
February 01, 2023 15:19 - 7 minutesWhat is causing the rising violence in Surrey hospitals? Guest: Meena Brisard, Secretary-Business Manager for the Hospital Employees’ Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Eby and ministers head to Ottawa
February 01, 2023 14:54 - 10 minutesDavid Eby and six ministers are headed to Ottawa with the agenda to address federal healthcare funding. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Building cities in the digital world
February 01, 2023 14:17 - 9 minutesThe benefits of cloning cities in the virtual world. Guest: Anders Logg, Director of Digital Twin Cities and Professor of Computational Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Full Show: Job opportunities in 2023, The climate in 10 years & The impacts of decriminalizing drugs in BC
January 31, 2023 17:21 - 50 minutesSeg 1 - A new survey is suggesting that employment opportunities are going to grow in the year 2023. In what sectors are employee’s going to be needed? Guest: Cal Jungwirth, Director of Permanent Placement Services at Robert Half Recruitment Agency Seg 2 - With climate being one of the main topics discussed these days, where will the earth be in 2033? Guest: Simon Donner, Interdisciplinary Climate Scientist and Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia Seg 3 - There is litt...
The opposition reaction to BC's decriminalization policy
January 31, 2023 16:54 - 10 minutesA lot of announcements about healthcare recently, but is the government actually addressing the problems? Guest: Kevin Falcon, Official Opposition Leader for the BC Liberal Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What are the possible pitfalls of decriminalizing drugs in BC?
January 31, 2023 16:30 - 8 minutesWill the decriminalization of hard drugs have a big impact on BC’s criminal justice system? Guest: Benjamin Perrin, Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia’s Peter A. Allan School of Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The impact $10/day childcare has on communities
January 31, 2023 15:56 - 8 minutesHow will a $10 a day childcare program help both parents and society as a whole? Guest: Grace Lore, BC’s Minister of State for Childcare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No justice for employees seeking compensation
January 31, 2023 15:36 - 6 minutesThere is little to no justice as the BC Employment Standards Branch sees a spike in claims. Guest: Pamela Charron, Interim Executive Director of the Worker Solidarity Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do we have less than 10 years to address climate change?
January 31, 2023 15:21 - 7 minutesWith climate being one of the main topics discussed these days, where will the earth be in 2033? Guest: Simon Donner, Interdisciplinary Climate Scientist and Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Will drug decriminalization be good or bad for BC?
January 31, 2023 14:56 - 10 minutesWhile some celebrate a 3 year drug decriminalization policy, others are wary about the possible outcomes. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What jobs are employers looking to fill in 2023
January 31, 2023 14:27 - 7 minutesA new survey is suggesting that employment opportunities are going to grow in the year 2023. In what sectors are employee’s going to be needed? Guest: Cal Jungwirth, Director of Permanent Placement Services at Robert Half Recruitment Agency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices