July 8 Show Segments

8:30 – Health Minister Paul Merriman joins Gormley to discuss the latest COVID-19 numbers for Saskatchewan, what you need to know before the big reopening, and how he’s feeling as the province gets ready to drop all of the public health measures this Sunday.

LIVE: Paul Merriman, Saskatchewan Health Minister

9:00 – Bugsday: The Hour of Rage

10:00 – The discoveries of unmarked graves at residential school sites in Canada has led to a rash of vandalism and arson, with a number of churches being burned while others have been vandalized, and several statues toppled, beheaded, or otherwise defaced. According to Melissa Mbarki, a policy analyst at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and member of the Treaty 4 nation in Saskatchewan, the destruction jeopardizes true efforts at reconciliation. Writing in the National Post, Mbarki said arson does nothing to honour the children who died at residential schools, and she joins Gormley to for a discussion on reconciliation in Canada.

LIVE: Melissa Mbarki, policy analyst and outreach coordinator for the Indigenous Policy Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, member of Treaty 4 nation in Sask

11:00 – The Saskatchewan Trucking Association is calling on the provincial government to make electronic logging devices (ELDs) mandatory for provincially-regulated carriers, which would bring the province into line with the current federal regulations that came into effect last month. The STA says electronic logbooks cannot be forged, save drivers paperwork, increase compliance with hours-of-service regulations, and provide better accountability. STA Executive Director Susan Ewart joins Gormley to explain why she’d like to see all carriers, not just the federally-regulated ones, mandated to use ELDs.

LIVE: Susan Ewart, executive director of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association.

11:15 – Saskatchewan Highways Minister Fred Bradshaw joins Gormley to respond to the Saskatchewan Trucking Association’s calls to make electronic logging devices mandatory for provincially-regulated truckers.

LIVE: Fred Bradshaw, Minister for Highways and MLA for Carrot River Valley.

12:00 – A man in Warman making progress on his goal of trading a deck of cards for a new Tesla Cybertruck by adding value over a number of trades. When we last caught up with Tyler in February, he had traded up from a deck of cards to two PlayStation 5 consoles. By trading them individually he’s moved on to a quad bike and a 1974 aluminum motorboat, putting him a lot closer to his goal. Golding joins Gormley to tell us more about his interesting project!

LIVE: Tyler Golding, Warman teacher and magician aiming to trade a deck of cards for a Tesla Cybertruck