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
The Full Show: Hockey Canada goes on the defensive, Union backing a candidate & Saving the kelp forests
October 05, 2022 16:27 - 50 minutes00:00 - Hockey Canada‘s board chairs, past and present, have defended the national sport body’s handling of sexual abuse allegations dating back to 2018 Guest: Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail Senior Writer. 09:36 - There’s been a lot of talk recently about how universities need to ease their standards and that the current workload is too much for students to handle. Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 14:43 - The City of Vancouver is just under two weeks away from its civic election and the V...
Rebuilding and Saving our Kelp Forests
October 05, 2022 15:44 - 9 minutesKelp, which can grow 20 to 30 metres tall from the ocean floor, provides food and shelter for thousands of marine species while absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. Guest: Liam Coleman, a post-doctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University’s department of biological sciences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hockey Canada chairs go on the defensive
October 05, 2022 14:37 - 10 minutesHockey Canada‘s board chairs, past and present, have defended the national sport body’s handling of sexual abuse allegations dating back to 2018 Guest: Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail Senior Writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Does trying to bury a report ever work?
October 05, 2022 14:15 - 12 minutesThe release of the report on repeat offenders and random violence blew up in the face of the NDP government. 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
The Full Show: Quebecers vote!, Fees on your credit card & Nurses struggling in the province
October 04, 2022 16:22 - 54 minutes00:00 - Quebecers casted their votes after a five-week election campaign dominated by divisive issues. Guest: Dan Spector, Global News Montreal Reporter 06:24 - There are some new, yet old, fees coming to your credit card purchases. Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 12:48 - A new report into repeat offenders and random stranger violence in B.C. shows the need for greater accountability. Guest: Wally Oppal, Former BC Attorney General 22:14 - Since employees have started working remotely, mor...
A new report delves into the problems around 'repeat offenders'
October 04, 2022 14:42 - 10 minutesA new report into repeat offenders and random stranger violence in B.C. shows the need for greater accountability. Guest: Wally Oppal, Former BC Attorney General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: The Province will get 6 more MLA's
October 04, 2022 14:29 - 11 minutesThe Province is adding Six more seats to reflect the growing population in the province. Where will they put the six additional MLAs? 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
Full Show: Food inflation, The reality of buying and ordering EV Vehicles & Inflation hits hard for international students in B.C.
October 03, 2022 20:00 - 38 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Grizzlie Truth movie premier
October 03, 2022 16:43 - 10 minutesLast week we checked in with Kat Jayme, Award-winning Filipina-Canadian filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC and the director of “The Grizzlie Truth '' a film about how the Vancouver Grizzlies left town for Memphis ahead of its premiere this past Saturday. Our producer Jason Manaois caught up with Kat Jayme and special guest Steve Francis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View from Victoria: Eby on repeat offenders & random violence downtown
October 03, 2022 14:33 - 10 minutesNew Democrats wait until 10 am on Saturday of a long weekend to release full 150-page plus report. Fall legislature sitting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Full Show: The 2nd Annual Day for Truth and Reconciliation + The overhaul needed for Healthcare in BC
September 30, 2022 16:22 - 51 minutes00:00 - The second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a chance to reflect and think about the country's treatment of indigenous people. Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent. 05:02 - The province is also increasing what first responders can do, including enhancing airway management skills and providing expanded life support and pain management procedures for paramedics. Guest: Troy Clifford, President of the union representing paramedics and dispatchers ...
View From Victoria: Adrian Dix delivers
September 30, 2022 14:11 - 10 minutesHealth Minister delivers on his long promise on healthcare resources. 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
First look at the 2nd annual Truth and Reconciliation Day
September 30, 2022 13:49 - 5 minutesThe second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a chance to reflect and think about the country's treatment of indigenous people. Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Full Show: Trudeau's popularity dwindles, Getting back the money & What really happened to the Vancouver Grizzlies?
September 29, 2022 16:36 - 59 minutes00:00 - Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful U.S. storms in recent years. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent. 06:01 - Should your boss be allowed to fire you for things you say or do in your personal life? Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 11:51 - The proportion of Canadians who believe Prime Minister...
Canadians turn on Prime Minister Trudeau
September 29, 2022 14:13 - 5 minutesThe proportion of Canadians who believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deserves to remain in power appears to be slightly lower than it was one year ago Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: David Eby returns to the spotlight
September 29, 2022 14:11 - 10 minutesDavid Eby is answering the NDP critics who’ve been wondering about his whereabouts since he launched his bid for party leadership. 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
The Full Show: Major storm events across North America, Why people are upset with easing COVID restrictions & Waiting for cancer treatments
September 28, 2022 16:27 - 49 minutes00:00 - Hurricane Ian hit western Cuba on Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction, bringing down trees, and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Global News Washington Correspondent. 06:35 - With childcare costs moving towards $10 a day, many parents worried there will be a decline in quality. Guest: Raji Sohal, Mornings with Simi Contributor 13:11 - There is seemingly only incremental progress in Port Aux Basques as everyone is still absorbing the shock of...
Why are people upset that COVID restrictions have ended?
September 28, 2022 14:40 - 9 minutesPeople are taking to social media to voice their anger and frustration with the federal government’s decision to scrap COVID-19 travel rules Guest: Sarah Otto, an evolutionary biologist at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: What is in a name?
September 28, 2022 14:17 - 10 minutesThere was skepticism and a bunch of laugh lines over a BC Liberal name change. 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
The Full Show: A spotlight on rural healthcare, NASA pushes and asteroid & BC businesses struggling to find workers
September 27, 2022 16:28 - 54 minutes00:00 - People in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador will be rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Fiona Guest: Mike Drolet, Global National Reporter. 07:05 - The NDP wants to look into your grocery bill! Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 12:50 - The COVID-19 pandemic has put the spotlight on a health-care crisis that has been plaguing rural B.C. for years. Guest: Dr. Jude Kornelsen, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice at UBC, Co-Dire...
Pushing an asteroid away from planet Earth
September 27, 2022 14:57 - 7 minutesNASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has redirected the non-threatening space rock and altered its flight path. Guest: Lisa Dang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at iExoplanets and Université de Montréal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The aftermath of Fiona in eastern provinces
September 27, 2022 14:12 - 7 minutesPeople in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador will be rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Fiona Guest: Mike Drolet, Global National Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Horgan finds the gouging but fails to act on it
September 27, 2022 14:08 - 11 minutesIt’s been three years since Premier John Horgan claimed to have found proof of “gouging” at the pump and vowed to do something about 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
The Full Show: Anger grows in Iran, Getting big money out of politics & COVID border rules axed by government
September 26, 2022 16:26 - 1 hour00:00 - Anger continues to grow in Iran and around the world over the death of a young woman who'd been detained by Iran's morality police. Guest: Cynthia Farahat, Egyptian-American author of “The Secret Apparatus”, columnist, political analyst, and counterterrorism expert. 08:40- What can be done to help curb communities from being overrun by short term rentals that are keeping locals from ownership in their own towns and cities? Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 13:08 - As Hurricane Fiona...
Vancouver Election: Solving the Housing Crisis - Kennedy Stewart
September 26, 2022 15:05 - 11 minutesIt is now time for our series “Vancouver Election - Solving The Housing Crisis,”. Each of the major candidates for the Vancouver mayoral race will join us to discuss their housing platform, and the issues surrounding housing in Vancouver. Guest: Kennedy Stewart, Vancouver Mayoral Candidate for Forward Together Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Turns out Big Money is not out of Vancouver Politics!
September 26, 2022 15:03 - 9 minutesA group of councillors and candidates from municipalities across the province are meeting on Sunday to review the potential impact of developers on municipal elections. Guest: Breen Oullette, COPE candidate for Vancouver City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Where has David Eby been?
September 26, 2022 14:12 - 8 minutesPeople want to know where the heck has David Eby been? 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
Mass Murder in Iran a future possibility
September 26, 2022 14:10 - 9 minutesAnger continues to grow in Iran and around the world over the death of a young woman who'd been detained by Iran's morality police. Guest: Cynthia Farahat, Egyptian-American author of “The Secret Apparatus”, columnist, political analyst, and counterterrorism expert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Full Show: The new work/life balance, Getting rid of ArriveCan App & VPD use beanbag gun on maternity ward
September 23, 2022 17:16 - 46 minutes00:00 - Many workplaces are now requesting employees come to the office three days a week, but some employers are receiving quite a bit of pushback Guest: Amy Deacon, Founder of Toronto Wellness Counselling 08:08 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to scrap the country’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the border and make the ArriveCAN app optional for travellers entering Canada, Global News has learned. Guest: Natalie Preddie, Travel and lifestyle expert. 13:18 - The number of Russians fleein...
Vancouver Election: Solving The Housing Crisis - Fred Harding
September 23, 2022 17:04 - 11 minutesIt is now time for our series “Vancouver Election - Solving The Housing Crisis”. Each of the major candidates for the Vancouver mayoral race will join us to discuss their housing platform, and the issues surrounding housing in Vancouver. Guest: Fred Harding, Vancouver Mayoral Candidate for NPA Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Why are BC seniors getting the worst level of support?
September 23, 2022 14:17 - 9 minutesBC has the worst level of support for seniors of any province in Canada. 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
The Full Show: Inching towards Nuclear War?, Going Cashless at local restaurants & Opening more mental health services
September 22, 2022 18:20 - 51 minutes00:00 - Large numbers of Russians rushed to book one-way tickets out of the country while they still could after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of military reservists for the war in Ukraine. Guest: Jeff McCausland, CBS Military Analyst. 06:17 - What is it like to socialize in public places now that we are on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic? Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 10:56 - The Commodore Ballroom is going cashless! Is this the future of pub...
Experts advise BC Government to increase mental health crisis response teams
September 22, 2022 15:09 - 7 minutesExperts have advised the B.C. government to increase mental health crisis response teams in order to address chronic criminal offenders. Guest: Mike Morris, BC Liberal critic for public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vancouver Election: Solving The Housing Crisis - Ken Sim
September 22, 2022 15:06 - 10 minutesIt is now time for our series “Vancouver Election - Solving The Housing Crisis,”. Each of the major candidates for the Vancouver mayoral race will join us to discuss their housing platform, and the issues surrounding housing in Vancouver. Guest: Ken Sim, Vancouver Mayoral Candidate of ABC Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Dealing with repeat offenders
September 22, 2022 15:04 - 9 minutesWe 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
Vancouver Election: Solving the Housing Crisis - Mark Marissen
September 22, 2022 11:21 - 10 minutesIt is now time for our series “Vancouver Election - Solving The Housing Crisis”. Each of the major candidates for the Vancouver mayoral race will join us to discuss their housing platform, and the issues surrounding housing in Vancouver. Guest: Mark Marissen, Candidate for Mayor of Vancouver with Progress Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Full Show: Rebirth of Polygamy, A look inside YVR & Trudeau spending big on Queen
September 21, 2022 18:58 - 49 minutes00:00 - The BC Cancer Foundation has today announced the launch of the historic $500 million Beyond Belief fundraising campaign to advance cancer research and enhance care across British Columbia. Guest: Sarah Roth, President & CEO of the BC Cancer Foundation. 06:56 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a contribution on behalf of Canada: a $20 million "gift" to the Queen's scholarship program. Guest: Raji Sohal, Mornings with Simi Contributor 11:31 - The Arrive Can usage is being lifted acros...
The rebirth of polygamy in British Columbia
September 21, 2022 18:45 - 9 minutesEven in this day and age, young women are at risk of human trafficking and forced marriages as a fundamentalist sect attempts to reel back time. Guest: Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun Columnist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Going inside YVR after a summer of confusion and delays
September 21, 2022 15:04 - 9 minutesThe Arrive Can usage is being lifted across Canada. Will that help ease the burden at airports? Guest: Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of YVR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A $500 Million campaign for BC Cancer research
September 21, 2022 14:10 - 7 minutesThe BC Cancer Foundation has today announced the launch of the historic $500 million Beyond Belief fundraising campaign to advance cancer research and enhance care across British Columbia. Guest: Sarah Roth, President & CEO of the BC Cancer Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Voting for the Establishment candidate
September 21, 2022 14:08 - 10 minutesThe NDP has a dilemma when it comes to candidate Anjali Appadurai. She’s not backing down, has claimed to have signed up thousands of members, and is going for the win. 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
The Full Show: How people get sucked into Mob Mentality, The benefits of 'safe supply' & The silver lining of a situation
September 20, 2022 19:23 - 59 minutes1 - Critics are concerns after a new study seems to suggest there are benefits for drug users who use safe-supply sites Guest: Tara Gomes, Researcher for Toronto’s Unity Health network. 2 - How did the popularity of a podcast lead to a re-investigation and could this become more popular. Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor 3 - The UK has now ended its national period of mourning following the funeral of the Queen. The historic state event was watched by huge audiences around the world. Guest:...
Vancouver Election: Solving the Housing Crisis - Colleen Hardwick
September 20, 2022 15:08 - 11 minutesIt is now time for our series “Vancouver Election - Solving The Housing Crisis,” that you will be hearing all week at this time. Each of the major candidates for the Vancouver mayoral race will join us to discuss their housing platform, and the issues surrounding housing in Vancouver. We have collected your questions that you sent to us, and some of them will be asked to the different candidates. Guest: Colleen Hardwick, Vancouver Mayoral Candidate - TEAM for a livable Vancouver, Vancouver Ci...
View From Victoria: BC Getting the wrong impression of our Justice System
September 20, 2022 14:33 - 9 minutesThe Head of prosecution services in BC is defending the system as coverage on "prolific offenders" heats up in the province. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A new kind of car thief hits Vancouver streets
September 19, 2022 16:19 - 8 minutesVehicle owners watch out because car thieves are now using advanced technology to program their own key fobs to steal vehicles. Guest: Sid Kingma, Équité Association’s director of investigative services for Western Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New water system to protect against flooding & natural disasters
September 19, 2022 16:13 - 8 minutesThe City of Abbotsford is getting funding help from the B.C. government to bolster its drinking water system against floods, wildfires and other climate-related disasters. Guest: Henry Braun, Mayor of Abbotsford Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View From Victoria: Saying goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II
September 19, 2022 14:23 - 9 minutesPremier John Horgan will be presiding over royal memorial procession today. 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
The Full Show: Canadians want to end ties to the monarchy, Queue to see Queen Elizabeth lie in state paused as wait times increase & B.C. toxic drug deaths double since 2016
September 16, 2022 16:58 - 36 minutes00:13 - The majority of Canadians want referendum on monarchy ties after queen’s death Guest: Sean Simpson, Ipsos Vice-President of Public Affairs 05:45 - As tens of thousands of people poured into London ahead of Queen Elizabeth‘s state funeral on Monday, the miles-long queue of mourners waiting to see her lying in state was temporarily closed on Friday after it swelled to capacity Guest: Ben O’Hara-Byrne, host of A Little More Conversation 09:56 - Grim statistics from British Columbia’s cor...
View From Victoria: NDP leadership race taking twists and turns
September 16, 2022 14:13 - 9 minutesAnjali Appadurai's bid for NDP leadership roiled by allegations of Election Act violations. We also get a local look at the top stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Full Show: Canada targeted by dozens of cyberespionage attacks since 2010, Mourners line up through the night to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II & Critics claim family connection centres won't work
September 15, 2022 17:01 - 42 minutes00:13 - A new academic analysis has identified at least 75 foreign digital operations of a malicious political or industrial nature directed at Canada since 2010 -- from attempts to steal COVID-19-related research to the targeting of Uyghur human rights activists Guest: David Shipley, Cybersecurity expert and CEO of Beauceron Security 09:57 - Thousands of mourners lined up through the night to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Parliament’s Westminster Hall on Thursday, as King Cha...