Mornings with Simi

Why is NASA’s Starliner crew stuck in space until 2025? Guest: Christian Davenport, Covers NASA and The Space Industry for The Washington Post and Author of "The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How BC violated its own privacy laws during the Wet’suwet’en conflict Guest: Amanda Follett Hosgood, Northern BC Reporter for The Tyee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can BC train and retain more certified teachers? Guest: Rachna Singh, BC’s Minister of Education and Child Care Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are the province’s financial statements misleading? Guest: Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at Concordia University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why have less than 1% of immigrants learned a trade? Guest: Kiernan Green, Data Reporter for The Hub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Skytrain costs not the Federal Government's problem 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

How to crack a 500-year-old cipher? Guest: Dr. Lisa Faygin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Why did researchers make a love potion for frogs? Guest: Vance Trudeau, University of Ottawa Research Chair in Neuroendocrinology Seg 2: View From Victoria: BC Hydro says Fill’er Up! We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: First Nation and the Federal Government hatch plans to save sockeye salmon Guest: Adam Silverstein, regional manager of hatchery reform and modernization with the Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) Seg 4: Monday Morning Quarterbacks for Aug 26, 2024 Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions Seg 5: What to expect from the Liberal Cabinet retreat Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Reporter with Global National Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberal Cabinet Retreat Guest: Mackenzie Gray, Reporter with Global National Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monday Morning Quarterbacks for Aug 26, 2024 Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First Nation and the Federal government hatch plans to save sockeye Salmon Guest: Adam Silverstein, regional manager of hatchery reform and modernization with the Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: BC Hydro says Fill’er Up! 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

Why did researchers make a love potion for frogs? Guest: Vance Trudeau, University of Ottawa Research Chair in Neuroendocrinology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Can lucid dreaming help you in the real world? Guest: Michael Raduga, Founder and CEO of REMspace Inc. Seg 2: View From Victoria: We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: Why did First Nations life expectancy drop in BC? Guest: Dr. Nel Wieman, Chief Medical Health Officer at the First Nations Health Authority Seg 4: The Weekly Cecchini Check-in for Aug 23, 2024 Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Seg 5: Does our metabolism impact how we age? Guest: Dr. Melanie McReynolds, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Penn State Seg 6: What will it take to protect workers from increasing violence? Guest: Clint Mahlman, President and COO of London Drugs and Founder and Chair of the Save our Streets Coalition Seg 7: Kickin’ it with the Caps for Aug 23, 2024 Guest: Vanni Sartini, Coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps Seg 8: Inside the mission to find Fred Lee Guest: Jack Gin, Director of “Finding Fred Lee” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside the mission to find Fred Lee Guest: Jack Gin, Director of “Finding Fred Lee” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kickin’ it with the Caps for Aug 23, 2024 Guest: Vanni Sartini, Coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What will it take to protect workers from increasing violence? Guest: Clint Mahlman, President and COO of London Drugs and Founder and Chair of the Save our Streets Coalition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does our metabolism impact how we age? Guest: Dr. Melanie McReynolds, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Penn State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Weekly Cecchini Check-in for Aug 23, 2024 Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: 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

Why did First Nations life expectancy drop in BC? Guest: Dr. Nel Wieman, Chief Medical Health Officer at the First Nations Health Authority Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can lucid dreaming help you in the real world? Guest: Michael Raduga, Founder and CEO of REMspace Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: What are the two ages your body has a ‘mid-life crisis’? Guest: Dr. Michael Snyder, Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University Seg 2: View From Victoria: More ER closures haunt the NDP We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: A new method to understand the sex of whales Guest: Dr. Chloe Robinson, Director of the Ocean Wise Whales Initiative. Seg 4: Federal government awarding contracts to non-indigenous businesses Guest: Patti Sonntag, Investigative Journalist for Global News Seg 5: Canada’s biggest railway is locking out workers Guest: John Corey, President of the Freight Management Association of Canada Seg 6: How much money goes into funding private schools in the province? Guest: Michael Zwaagstra, Co-Author of the Study with The Fraser Institute Seg 7: Home Ownership as investment, despite affordability challenges. Guest: Adil Dinani, Founder, Dinani Group of Real Estate Advisors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home Ownership as investment, despite affordability challenges. Guest: Adil Dinani, Founder, Dinani Group of Real Estate Advisors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much money goes into funding private schools in the province? Guest: Michael Zwaagstra, Co-Author of the Study with The Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s biggest railway is locking out workers Guest: John Corey, President of the Freight Management Association of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal government awarding contracts to non-indigenous businesses Guest: Patti Sonntag, Investigative Journalist for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new method to understand the sex of whales Guest: Dr. Chloe Robinson, Director of the Ocean Wise Whales Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: More ER closures haunt the NDP 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 are the two ages your body has a ‘mid-life crisis’? Guest: Dr. Michael Snyder, Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine at Stanford University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: View From Victoria: We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 2: How much money can LNG Fracking bring to the BC Economy? Guest: Teresa Waddington, VP Corporate Relations LNG Canada Seg 3: Is brain activity still present in non-responsive patients Guest: Nicholas Schiff, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College Seg 4: Why surnames won’t be used for missing persons Guest: Michael Harvey, BC's Information and Privacy Commissioner. Seg 5: How the Rail Strike Could Impact our Supply Chain Guest: Chris Carter, Vice President, National Institute of Supply Chain Leaders BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

How the Rail Strike Could Impact our Supply Chain Guest: Chris Carter, Vice President, National Institute of Supply Chain Leaders BC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why surnames won’t be used for missing persons Guest: Michael Harvey, BC's Information and Privacy Commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is brain activity still present in non-responsive patients Guest: Nicholas Schiff, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How much money can LNG Fracking bring to the BC Economy? Guest: Teresa Waddington, VP Corporate Relations LNG Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: 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

Seg 1: Should we be genetically modifying fruit to survive rising temperatures ? Guest: Awais Khan, Professor of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University. Seg 2: View From Victoria: We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: What makes the moon a blue supermoon? Guest: Paul Delaney, Director of the York University Observatory Seg 4: Celebrating ‘World Mosquito Day’...but why? Guest: Gabriel Sylvestre, Operations Leader at World Mosquito Program - Brazil Seg 5: The why and how BC quietly pushed up the cost of milk. Guest: Andrew Macleod, Legislative Bureau Chief, The Tyee Seg 6: What is the impact of heat and wildfire smoke on Okanagan apples? Guest: Tom Davison, Owner, Davison Orchards in Vernon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the impact of heat and wildfire smoke on Okanagan apples? Guest: Tom Davison, Owner, Davison Orchards in Vernon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The why and how BC quietly pushed up the cost of milk. Guest: Andrew Macleod, Legislative Bureau Chief, The Tyee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrating ‘World Mosquito Day’...but why? Guest: Gabriel Sylvestre, Operations Leader at World Mosquito Program - Brazil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes the moon a blue supermoon? Guest: Paul Delaney, Director of the York University Observatory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: Is there a disturbance in the NDP family? 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

Should we be genetically modifying fruit to survive rising temperatures ? Guest: Awais Khan, Professor of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Do dinosaurs still exist? Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, leading to one of the most devastating extinction events in the planet’s history. Guest: Dr. Hans Sues, Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Seg 2: View From Victoria: The Good News Bad News cycle The BC Conservatives are doing the back and forth between good news and bad news. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: What can we expect from the 2024 Democratic Convention? Vice President Kamala Harris has gained significant voter enthusiasm as she heads into the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, which runs from Monday through Thursday. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Seg 4: Can we save bananas from going extinct? Did you know the bananas we eat today aren’t the same as the ones people enjoyed a few generations ago? These days, most of us eat Cavendish bananas, but up until the 1950s, the go-to banana was the Gros Michel. Guest: Dr. Li-Jun Ma, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMass Amherst Seg 5: Is BC’s transit system broken? The recent revelation that the cost of the Surrey-to-Langley SkyTrain extension has increased by 50% highlights a broader trend of cost overruns in large infrastructure projects across Canada. A new analysis warns that Canada’s major cities are facing significant financial challenges in maintaining their public transit systems. Guest: David Cooper, Principal at Leading Mobility Seg 6: Monday Morning Quarterbacks for Aug 19, 2024 It was a 20-11 loss to Winnipeg that extended the Lions losing streak to four games. Nathan Rourke owned his mistakes in the loss and apologized to fans/teammates. Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions Seg 7: Should BC be allowed to keep seized gang money? The B.C. government has initiated a legal action through a civil forfeiture lawsuit aimed at seizing more than $150,000 from a group of individuals alleged to be drug traffickers operating in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Guest: Kim Bolan, Crime Reporter for the Vancouver Sun Seg 8: How should you prepare your garden for fall? As the temperature starts to cool, what is the best way to keep your garden looking great and prepare it for the winter? Guest: Brian Minter, Minter Country Garden Store in Chilliwack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the temperature starts to cool, what is the best way to keep your garden looking great and prepare it for the winter? Guest: Brian Minter, Minter Country Garden Store in Chilliwack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The B.C. government has initiated a legal action through a civil forfeiture lawsuit aimed at seizing more than $150,000 from a group of individuals alleged to be drug traffickers operating in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Guest: Kim Bolan, Crime Reporter for the Vancouver Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a 20-11 loss to Winnipeg that extended the Lions losing streak to four games. Nathan Rourke owned his mistakes in the loss and apologized to fans/teammates. Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The recent revelation that the cost of the Surrey-to-Langley SkyTrain extension has increased by 50% highlights a broader trend of cost overruns in large infrastructure projects across Canada. A new analysis warns that Canada’s major cities are facing significant financial challenges in maintaining their public transit systems. Guest: David Cooper, Principal at Leading Mobility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know the bananas we eat today aren’t the same as the ones people enjoyed a few generations ago? These days, most of us eat Cavendish bananas, but up until the 1950s, the go-to banana was the Gros Michel. Guest: Dr. Li-Jun Ma, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMass Amherst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices