Continuity at the core of Riders' 2025 roster-building approach
Feb 12, 2025
All nine of the Saskatchewan Roughrider's West All-CFL players were re-signed.
8:30 – As Canadians catch their breath from the threat of tariffs and now 30-day delay (but prepare for potential aluminum-and-steel tariffs now being announced today), Jeff Mahon, director of geopolitical and international business advisory at StrategyCorp and an executive-in-residence at the Canada West Foundation, joins Evan to bring us the latest on U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans.
Listener Question: What do you think President Trump’s endgame is with Canada and these tariffs?
9:00 – We learned last week that Saskatoon Public Schools is facing funding concerns that had forced the division to lay off 80 educational assistants. Joining Brent Loucks to discuss that financial concern, the division between federal and provincial responsibilities and how it affects our schools is Shawn Davidson, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA).
LQ: Should any funding going towards education be guaranteed to prevent mid-academic year layoffs affecting students?
9:30 – Will we have only six weeks more of winter? Canada’s famous groundhogs, Willie and Sam, were at odds about their shadow predictions for the length of the season remaining this year. Brent Loucks turns to David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, to give us a better sense of the rest of the winter season.
LQ: Do you want to see winter end soon? Or do you like a later spring?
10:00 – A clock with a mysterious past is now ticking again, thanks to the work of Saskatoon historian, author and administrator of the ‘Historic Saskatchewan’ Facebook group , Thom Cholowski. Known as the “typewriter guy” in Saskatoon, Cholowski believes he’s restored a (time)piece of Saskatchewan’s history. He joins Brent Loucks to discuss the find.
LQ: What unique treasurer have you thrifted or found somehow that ended up having some sort of greater meaning?
10:30 – Cheryl Olson has survived – and thrived – after not one heart transplant, but two. This Heart Health Month (and days before Valentines Day), she joins Brent Loucks to talk about the importance of remembering to take care of our hearts.
11:00 – Travel woes are a tale as old as time, but that doesn’t make them less inconvenient when they happen to you. WestJet passengers are frustrated once again by cancellations while Canadians generally reconsider whether they want to include the United States as a travel destination at all. Brent Loucks welcomes Terry Kaszas, general manager of travel services with CAA Saskatchewan, to discuss the difficulties passengers are facing and what CAA is seeing in terms of U.S.-Canadian travel.
LQ: Are you planning to avoid U.S. travel for the foreseeable future?
11:30 – On average, people check their phones up to 221 times a day. While cell phones are helpful, they can also be addicting. Charlotte Lloyd, co-creator of Phone Free February, joins Brent Loucks to discuss how we can improve our phone habits and become more mindful of our screen time.
LQ: Do you like or participate in monthly trends like “Dry January” or “Phone-Free February”?
12:00 – The Water Security Agency has announced a finalized agricultural water stewardship policy to benefit and take care fo Saskatchewan’s 4.6 million acres of wetlands. Dr. Peter Leavitt, professor in the department of biology at the University of Regina, co-director for the Institute of Environmental Change and Society and visiting scholar at Queen’s University Belfast, joins Evan to explain what the policy is and what the benefit will be for the province’s wetlands.