Mornings with Simi

Should companies pay more attention to online employee reviews? Guest: Jenelle A. Morgan, Ph.D. Candidate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why did BC adjust its consumer protection laws? Guest: Niki Sharma, Attorney General of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Trying to prepare for Tariffs Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do we believe pseudoscience? Guest: Nate Pedersen, Librarian, Historian, Freelance Journalist, and Co-Author of “Quackery” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who won the Liberal leadership debates? Guest: Daniel Béland, Professor of Political Science at McGill University Why can’t schools manage student substance use? Guest: Dr. Emily Jenkins, Associate Professor at UBC’s School of Nursing and Lead Researcher on the Study Can you communicate with people when you’re asleep? Guest: Dr. Karen Konkoly, Cognitive Neuroscientist Researching Lucid Dreaming and Dream Engineering at Northwestern University Pink Shirt Day with the Boys and Girls Club Guest: Carolyn Tuckwell, President & CEO at Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC Why is Pink Shirt Day important? Guest: Anita Rudge, Kids’ Fund Recipient and Mother of Jayden and Ashton Weiss Why is the Heiltsuk Nation suing the RCMP? Guest: Chief Marilyn Slett, Elected Chief of the Heiltsuk Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making Cents of the Markets for February 26, 2025 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

Who won the Liberal leadership debates? Guest: Daniel Béland, Professor of Political Science at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why can’t schools manage student substance use? Guest: Dr. Emily Jenkins, Associate Professor at UBC’s School of Nursing and Lead Researcher on the Study Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is Pink Shirt Day important? Guest: Anita Rudge, Kids’ Fund Recipient and Mother of Jayden and Ashton Weiss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is the Heiltsuk Nation suing the RCMP? Guest: Chief Marilyn Slett, Elected Chief of the Heiltsuk Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Free votes for the Conservatives Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pink Shirt Day with the Boys and Girls Club Guest: Carolyn Tuckwell, President & CEO at Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you communicate with people when you’re asleep? Guest: Dr. Karen Konkoly, Cognitive Neuroscientist Researching Lucid Dreaming and Dream Engineering at Northwestern University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens to your body when you're under anesthesia? Guest: Dr. Alopi Patel, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School The Pope is in critical condition Guest: Dr. Cristina Traina, Professor of Religious Studies and Catholic Ethics at Fordham University Inside ABC Vancouver’s backroom controversies Guest: Rebecca Bligh, Former ABC Vancouver City Councillor Will Canada actually send troops to Ukraine? Guest: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor in International Development Studies at Dalhousie University How should BC strengthen its economy amidst Trump’s tariffs? Guest: Laura Jones, President & CEO of the Business Council of BC Will inviting Americans to Nanaimo improve political tensions? Guest: Tod Maffin, Creator of “Tod’s Nanaimo Infusion” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will inviting Americans to Nanaimo improve political tensions? Guest: Tod Maffin, Creator of “Tod’s Nanaimo Infusion” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside ABC Vancouver’s backroom controversies Guest: Rebecca Bligh, Former ABC Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How should BC strengthen its economy amidst Trump’s tariffs? Guest: Laura Jones, President & CEO of the Business Council of BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pope is in critical condition Guest: Dr. Cristina Traina, Professor of Religious Studies and Catholic Ethics at Fordham University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Canada actually send troops to Ukraine? Guest: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor in International Development Studies at Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Conservative tweet under scrutiny & Fighting Trump Tariffs in BC Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens to your body when you're under anesthesia? Guest: Dr. Alopi Patel, Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do we know about Friday’s earthquake, and could more be on the way? Guest: Dr. John Cassidy, Senior Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada and Adjunct Professor of Earthquake Seismology at the University of Victoria What is BC doing with its wine industry waste? Guest: Kirk Moir, CEO of Crush Dynamics Why are Western Canada’s glaciers melting so quickly? Guest: Dr. Brian Menounos, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Northern BC and Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada How should you prepare for an earthquake? Guest: Naomi Yamamoto, Board Chair of the BC Earthquake Alliance How does BC want to change its interprovincial trade barriers? Guest: Diana Gibson, BC’s Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do we know about Friday’s earthquake, and could more be on the way? Guest: Dr. John Cassidy, Senior Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada and Adjunct Professor of Earthquake Seismology at the University of Victoria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does BC want to change its interprovincial trade barriers? Guest: Diana Gibson, BC’s Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How should you prepare for an earthquake? Guest: Naomi Yamamoto, Board Chair of the BC Earthquake Alliance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is BC doing with its wine industry waste? Guest: Kirk Moir, CEO of Crush Dynamics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are Western Canada’s glaciers melting so quickly? Guest: Dr. Brian Menounos, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Northern BC and Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: ER Closures and Government silence Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Canada has designated seven transnational criminal organizations, including multiple drug cartels, as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code. Will this have any impact? Seg 2: How are the odds of an asteroid hitting Earth actually being determined? Seg 3: A massive new community garden, the Blenkinsop Community Agricultural Centre, is set to open in Saanich by March 1. Seg 4: Checking in on US politics with Washington correspondent Reggie Checchini! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada has designated seven transnational criminal organizations, including multiple drug cartels, as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code. This move, part of an agreement with the US to delay tariffs, gives law enforcement expanded powers to track and disrupt cartel finances. Guest: Dr. Michael Kenney - Posvar Chair in International Security Studies and Professor of Public & International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A massive new community garden, the Blenkinsop Community Agricultural Centre, is set to open in Saanich by March 1. Spanning nearly 14 acres, it will offer up to 1,000 small garden plots and larger farming spaces. Leasing a plot will cost just $10 per month—“less than a streaming fee,” according to co-founder John Espley. Guest: John Espley - Founding Partner of the Blenkinsop Community Agricultural Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did last night's hockey game register much in the States? What's the latest on the Trump/Ukraine situation? The ongoing downsizing of the US government is causing a lot of problems. Trump called himself a king... why aren't Democrats doing more?! (Spoiler alert: there's not much they can do) Guest: Reggie Cecchini - Washington Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In what turned out to be one hell of a hockey game, Connor McDavid scored last night's OT winner, securing the 4 Nations Championship for Team Canada! It was a dramatic day at the Victoria legislature yesterday! Conservative MLA Clare Rattee (Skeena) told house that a dozen years ago, she was a homeless drug addict, living on the DTES. What's going on in Fraser Health? The region's CEO unexpectedly resigned from her role. Guest: Vaughn Palmer - Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been identified as the most concerning near-Earth object currently being tracked. NASA initially estimated a 3.1% chance of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in December 2032, while the ESA put it at 2.8%, surpassing Apophis’ 2.7% risk in 2004. However, further observations have lowered NASA’s estimate to 1.5%, highlighting the refinement of risk assessments over time. But how are these risks assessed? Why do the odds keep fluctuating? Let’s find out! Guest: Richard Binzel - Professor of Planetary Sciences at MIT and Inventor of the Torino Scale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Why did BC change its safer supply model? Seg 2: What happens when you put a human language gene into mice? Seg 3: Could new asteroid samples contain the building blocks of life? Seg 4: Canada has a unique opportunity to counteract Donald Trump and his enablers by leveraging its domestic powers and global influence to target corruption. Seg 5: How will $10 million in funding help BC tree fruit growers? Seg 6: How to ACTUALLY win Roll Up The Rim!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Hortons is bringing back its Roll Up the Rim to Win contest on February 24, 2025, and for the first time in several years, customers will once again have the chance to win by physically rolling up the rim of their coffee cups! Guest: Michael Wallace - Associate Professor of Statistics and Actuarial Science at Waterloo University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC’s government has reversed its policy on safer supply opioids, requiring people to take prescription opioids like hydromorphone under pharmacist supervision to prevent drug diversion. Health Minister Josie Osborne cited concerns that these drugs were ending up in the wrong hands, a problem long criticized by B.C. Conservative MLA Elenore Sturko. Guest: Josie Osborne - BC’s Minister of Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After four years of crop losses and market instability, B.C.’s tree fruit farmers are facing significant challenges—even before the added threat of new U.S. tariffs. In response, the province is providing $10 million in funding, allocated based on acreage, to help farmers recover from labour shortages, production losses, and increased competition. Guest: Deep Brar - Vice-President of BC Fruit Growers Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1965, a meteorite fell near Revelstoke, B.C., and was discovered by beaver trappers. Scientists studied its fragments, which provided clues about the early solar system. Decades later, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back samples from the asteroid Bennu, a space rock similar to the Revelstoke meteorite, to learn more about the origins of life on Earth. Guest: Sara Russell - Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Natural History Museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada has a unique opportunity to counteract Donald Trump and his enablers by leveraging its domestic powers and global influence to target corruption. With its global influence, diplomatic power, and economic strength, Canada is well-positioned to use anti-corruption measures as a tool to apply pressure on Trump and his allies, ultimately pushing back against their harmful policies and practices. Guest: Kristopher Harrison - Co-founder and President of the Dekleptocracy Project (a U.S. anti-corruption NGO) and Former Senior Official at the Department of State under President George W. Bush Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another major backdown by the New Democrats on their drug policy. George Abbott finally makes it to the treaty commission. New Democrats appointed the former BC Liberal cabinet minister Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers have identified NOVA1 as a potential human “language gene” that may have played a crucial role in the evolution of spoken language. Unlike other mammals, humans have a unique variant of this gene, which even Neanderthals and Denisovans lacked. This suggests it emerged relatively recently in our evolutionary history. When scientists inserted the human NOVA1 variant into mice, the rodents’ vocalization patterns changed—pups produced higher-frequency squeaks, while adult males developed more complex courtship calls. Guest: Dr. Robert Darnell - Professor and Investigator at The Rockefeller University’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: The evolution of sunglasses! Seg 2: Does Vancouver need supportive housing? (Feat. Mayor Ken Sim) Seg 3: Trump continues to refer to Canada as a ‘very large faucet.’ Why does he want our water so badly? Seg 4: Should Vancouver extend its liquor hours? Seg 5: Why ‘leaky’ plants could be accelerating climate change! Seg 6: Making Cent$ of the market with Marko Ferenc! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We’re making cents of the Markets with Lori Pinkowski, A Senior Portfolio Manager at Canaccord Genuity. - you can contact her team at 604-695-LORI or visit their website at PINKOWSKI.CA” Call Lori and her team today at 604-695-L-O-R-I with any questions you have about investing or retirement! Or visit their website at PINKOWSKI.CA Guest: Marko Ferenc - Analyst for Pinkowski Wealth Management and an Associate Portfolio Manager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vancouver is considering extending liquor-serving hours at bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. The proposal would allow downtown bars, pubs, and nightclubs to serve alcohol until 3 a.m. daily, and restaurants to apply for service until 2 a.m. Guest: Charlie Grahn - Treasurer of MADD Metro Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Canada and the U.S. have long managed water resources through treaties like the Columbia River Treaty and the Boundary Waters Treaty, Trump’s return to power introduces uncertainty. Some fear he may push for access to Canadian water, making it a political issue. Guest: Dr. Tricia Stadnyk - Canada Research Chair in Hydrologic Modelling with the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rising temperatures may disrupt Earth’s climate balance as plants lose more water than previously believed. UBC researcher Dr. Sean Michaletz found that plants leak significant water through their cuticles—a waxy layer on leaves that cannot close—rather than just through their pores. Guest: Dr. Sean Michaletz - Sloan Research Fellow in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Sim toured Naomi Place - a well-run supportive housing unit in Vancouver. This is ahead of the Mayor’s no-net-new supportive housing motion that is coming to council on February 26th. Guest: Ken Sim - Mayor of Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaughn begins the segment reacting to the recent high-speed rail announcement. Why can't we seem to get it right? But the big topic of the day: Breaking down yesterday's throne speech! Plus a quick discussion on the cultural impact of sunglasses. Guest: Vaughn Palmer - Vancouver Sun Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunglasses, an everyday accessory often taken for granted, have a fascinating history that spans centuries. From their earliest forms—Inuit snow goggles designed to prevent snow blindness—to medieval Chinese quartz lenses used to conceal facial expressions, sunglasses have evolved significantly over time. Guest: Vanessa Brown - Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University and author of “Cool Shades: The History and Meaning of Sunglasses” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices