8:30 – Late Tuesday, RCMP announced that four people on Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation had died. RCMP provided an update about those suspicious deaths Wednesday afternoon. 980 CJME reporter, Gillian Massie, was there. She joins Evan with the latest on the case.
Listener Question: Are you frustrated about how little information has been shared about this incident?
9:00 – What should we know about the ceasefire between Gaza and Israel? And what is the latest in the U.S.-Canada tariff situation? Evan welcomes Ralph Nurnberger, former foreign policy assistant, member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Georgetown University professor and senior fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, to the show to discuss these major news items.
LQ: What do you think Canada actually has to do to avoid tariffs?
9:30 – Open phones – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – Do you identify as right or left on the political scale? What if the answer is more nuanced than that? David Coletto, founder, chair and CEO of Abacus Data, joins Evan to discuss why the political spectrum has more variance and how we can better understand each other this way in 2025.
LQ: Where would you say you land on the political spectrum? Left, right or somewhere in between?
10:30 – Losing a loved one is a pain we’re all familiar with. Dave Wensley‘s daughter Sarah was tragically killed in a car crash. The woman responsible for the crash would later kill another woman six years later. She’s being sentenced today. Dave Wensley joins Evan to discuss this painful journey.
LQ: What sentence do you think Cheyann Crystal Peeteetuce should receive?
11:00 – The Round Table of Justice – Each and every Monday we invite experts in the law to pull up a seat and discuss the week’s biggest crime and justice stories. In today’s deferred Round Table of Justice Evan is joined by Sergeant Ashley McLeod, Saskatoon Police Service recruiting unit, Sergeant Derek Simonson, in charge of the Prince Albert Police Service’s recruiting unit, and Acting Sergeant Kim Gobeil, with the Saskatchewan RCMP’s recruiting unit in Saskatoon to discuss police recruitment.
12:00 – Evan welcomes Randy Bachman, Canadian rock guitarist, singer and songwriter with The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, to the show!