Gormley Show segments, Thur. Jan. 26, 2023

8:30 – In December over 400 impaired driving offenses were issued according to SGI and SGI’s Manager of Media Relations Communications Tyler McMurchy joins Gormley to discuss if impaired driving is increasing in the province.

LIVE: Tyler McMurchy, Media Relations Manager for SGI.

9:00 – Have you lost your luggage? Saskatoon resident Michelle Linklater is one of thousands who is still looking for their luggage since Christmas and joins Gormley to tell us more and how the number assigned to her luggage has been assigned to another bag.

LIVE: Michelle Linklater, Saskatoon resident

9:30 -Bugs Day…the hour of rage!

10:00 – The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 per cent, which hikes it up to 4.50 per cent. Dr. Jason Childs, Associate Professor of economics at the University of Regina explains what this means for Canadian consumers and businesses and how it will affect inflation.

LIVE: Dr. Jason Childs, Associate Professor of economics at the University of Regina.

11:00 – The University of Saskatchewan is looking into new ways to help young drivers be safer on the road. New data from SGI shows drivers under 20 have a higher risk of crashes, Dr. Alexander Crizzle, Director of the Driving Research & Simulation Laboratory joins Gormley to explain the study.

LIVE: Dr. Alexander Crizzle, Director of the Driving Research & Simulation Laboratory in the U of S.

12:00 – Blood is always in high demand across Canada but one company is a step closer in helping solve this problem. AVIVO in partnership with Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan has found a way to change to modify the chemical structure of a sugar antigen on the surface of blood cells, thereby converting a Type A blood cell to a Type O the universal donor and President and CEO John Coleman joins Gormley to discuss the latest on this.

LIVE: John Coleman, PhD President & CEO of AVIVO