Chapter 1

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✅ @SimiSara980’s 🔥 question of the day:

The Whitney Houston hologram tour will begin in January 2020. Would you pay to see a hologram of a famous musician or a band?

Yes, if price is right
No, not the real thing!

Chapter 2

Decision Canada: The winners and losers of the first week of the election campaign

Affordability is the focus as week two of the federal election campaign kicked off this morning.

NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, is promising to extend full public dental coverage to people who earn less than $70,000 a year.

Justin Trudeau says a second-term Liberal government would increase old age security by an extra 10 per cent once seniors reach age 75, which would mean another 729-dollars per year for seniors.

And Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer, says his party would save $1.5 billion per year by eliminating federal programs where the money benefits corporations rather than protecting jobs.

Now that the campaign is a week old, let’s take a look at how things are shaping up so far. Who’s had a good week, and who’s had a bad week?

Guest: Keith Baldrey

Global’s BC Legislative Bureau Chief

Chapter 3

Will other cities have to pay more for RCMP services when Surrey transitions to a municipal police force?

As we know, the province has given the green light to the City of Surrey to go ahead with its ambition to move towards a municipal police force.

Now, other mayors in BC are raising concerns that they're going to have to pick up the tab for any funding shortfalls for the RCMP once that transition takes place.

Municipalities that use RCMP services contribute towards things like administration, and units like the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. But when Surrey stops paying those fees, what will that mean for the bills other municipalities have to pay?

The Mayor of North Cowichan, Al Siebring, is raising concerns about this - and he spoke to me just before we came on-air today.

Guest: Al Siebring

North Cowichan Mayor

Chapter 4

Whitney Houston returns to the stage as a hologram

Months after teasing an ambitious hologram tour, Base Hologram, alongside the Whitney Houston estate, has made its vision become a reality.

The L.A.-based hologram company, with the approval of the singer’s family, will be taking a digital version of the late Whitney Houston across the U.K. and Europe early next year for a 26-date trek — the An Evening With Whitney tour.

It will reportedly feature performances of tracks like “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” and “The Greatest Love of All.” The hologram will be backed by her original band and backup singers—including Whitney’s brother and Pat Houston’s, the executor of Houston’s estate, husband, Gary Houston.

The Houston-inspired hologram concert won’t be the first produced by Base Hologram. The company launched the North American In Dreams tour last October featuring a hologram of the legendary Roy Orbison.

The company was also set to launch an Amy Winehouse hologram tour in mid-2019, but it was delayed in February as it “needed to be worked on delicately and in an extremely respectful manner.”

How it works:

It looks so lifelike because of the angle of the light and the reflective material called mylar that creates the holographic effect.
The mylar screen is semi transparent. The mylar reflects the images where the light falls on it, but where the light doesn't fall on it, the audience can see through it. So it looks like someone is standing on the stage and there is no screen at all.
The projector receives a video signal and projects it down from the ceiling.
The image hits a bounce screen on the floor, which then reflects the light back up into the mylar, which then reflects the image at a 45 degree angle into the audience.

Controversy:

The rise in interest for hologram tours has sparked of controversy among many music lovers, related to issues of consent, ethics and overall quality.

Would Whitney have wanted this? - There was a lot of negative backlash to a hologram of Whitney Houston doing a duet with Christina Aguilera on the Voice. The show ended up nixing the segment.
Is it exploitative?
What will the quality of show be?

Guest: Claire Allen

CKNW Contributor

Chapter 5

Locations of the six new Broadway SkyTrain subway stops have been finalized

The locations have now been confirmed for the six stations along the upcoming Broadway Subway line.

The extension of the Millennium Line begins at VCC-Clark to the east, and ends at Arbutus to the west.

The new stops include locations near Emily Carr University, Main Street, Oak Street, and Granville Street. The line will also connect to the existing Broadway-City Hall station, and the final stop will be at a new bus loop on Arbutus, where the B-Line will connect to UBC.

Guest: Kenneth Chan

Western Canada Editor for the ‘Urbanized’ section of Daily Hive

Chapter 6

Canadian diagnosed with severe respiratory illness related to vaping

That was Dr. Christopher Mackie, Medical Health Officer of the Middlesex-London Health Unit.

In what is likely a Canadian first, health authorities in London, Ontario say a youth has been diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness related to vaping.

Guest: Andrew Graham

Global News Reporter in London, Ontario

Chapter 7

Andrew Berry trial hears closing arguments

It’s the second day of closing arguments from the defence in the trial of Andrew Berry and today the court heard attempts to discredit some of the witnesses. Our Erin Ubels was in court and has more for us.

Guest: Erin Ubels

Global News Reporter

Chapter 8

Where We Live: Billy Bishop Legion

When is the last time you visited your neighbourhood legion? CKNW Contributor Claire Allen takes us on a tour of a legion that is hidden amongst the homes in the beachside community of Kitsilano.

Chapter 9

Auditor General to release report into expenses scandal at BC Legislature tomorrow

BC’s Auditor General, Carol Bellringer will release her latest report on the spending scandal at the BC Legislature tomorrow.

It will be released at 10:30am, and of course we’ll have all the details for you on tomorrow’s Simi Sara Show.

To look ahead to what we can expect, and how we got here, I’m joined by Richard Zussman, online reporter for Global News at the BC Legislature.

Guest: Richard Zussman

Global BC Legislature Online Reporter

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