Show Segments

8:45 – Dr. Volker Gerdts with VIDO-InterVac joins Gormley for an update on the vaccine research happening inside the cutting-edge labs at the University of Saskatchewan. We’ll also find out more about Canada’s first COVID-19 vaccine to reach human trials, and what Dr. Gerdts and his team are learning about this deadly virus.

LIVE: Volker Gerdts, VIDO-InterVac director/CEO

9:30 – The World-Spectator in Moosomin has been reporting on the sad state of Saskatchewan’s provincial entrance from Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway, which was suffering under a lack of upkeep. According to the World-Spectator, a number of different ministries were confused about who was responsible for the site, but action has now been promised. Publisher Kevin Weedmark joins us with an update on the story.

LIVE: Kevin Weedmark, editor/publisher of the World-Spectator

10:00 – According to Dr. Harvey Schipper, a professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, pandemic models that triggered worldwide lockdowns seem to have missed the mark when it comes to predicting the actual spread of the virus and informing policy-makers. Dr. Schipper has written a number of suggestions to improve pandemic modeling, and he joins Gormley to tell us more.

LIVE: Dr. Harvey Schipper, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Toronto

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11:30 – Calls for western separation from confederation have slowed since Trudeau won his second term in office, but dissatisfaction with Ottawa is still boiling. The Buffalo Project, a group of citizens fighting for a new deal for Alberta and Saskatchewan, released an open letter today calling on Premiers Scott Moe and Jason Kenney to take “increased and accelerated action to forge a new deal with Canada and to take concerted steps to increase exert sovereignty over provincial affairs like immigration, trade, transportation corridors, and taxation.” Derek Robinson, spokesperson for the Buffalo Project, joins Gormley to tell us more about the letter.

LIVE: Derek Robinson, spokesperson for the Buffalo Project