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Full Show: Finding at 8000 year old stilt house, Being ethical in life & The accuracy of Canada's crime stats

Full Show: Finding at 8000 year old stilt house, Being ethical in life & The accuracy of Canada's crime stats

Mornings with Simi

August 15, 20231h 4m

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Show Notes

Seg 1: Archaeologists have identified an 8,000-year-old settlement of stilt houses along the Albanian shore of Lake Ohrid, making it the oldest lakeside village in Europe known to date.

Guest: Dr. Albert Hafner, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Bern

Seg 2: View From Victoria:

The NDP are scrambling to explain why they broke an election promise on widening highway one. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.

Seg 3: In order to steal a car these days, thieves have to also be hackers and up to date on all the technology that it takes to operate vehicles these days.

Guest: Doug Jacobsen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University

Seg 4: Experts are criticizing B.C. for charging low rates for water extraction and not monitoring the amount of water being taken.

Guest: Deborah Curran, Professor and Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria

Seg 5: Why do we rationalize unethical behaviour? Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, discusses how people often engage in unethical behaviour when they believe they won't face consequences.

Guest: Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University

Seg 6: Does the Criminal Severity Index accurately reflect Canada's crime rates? It is designed to measure change in the overall seriousness of crime from one year to the next.

Guest: Dr. Martin Andresen, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University

Seg 7: The BC Aviation Museum fills with volunteers from diverse backgrounds each Thursday morning to restore a Second World War-era Avro Lancaster FM 104 bomber.

Guest: Steve Nichol, President of the B.C. Aviation Museum and Former Canadian Air Force and Commercial Pilot

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