Rent reduced for Riders, early budget items approved by Regina Council
5h ago
Council retroactively slashed $1.33 million in rent owed by the Roughriders.
Gormley, Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
8:30 – Yesterday was the first day of the Saskatchewan spring legislative sitting. Premier Scott Moe joins Gormley.
9:00 – Hour of the Big Stories…open lines
10:00 – Yesterday the Governments of Saskatchewan and Canada announced that parent fees for regulated child care in the province will be reduced to $10 a day starting April 1, 2023. This fee reduction will benefit families whose children are under the age of six and attend regulated child care on a full-time basis. A total of 19,790 regulated child care spaces are operational in Saskatchewan across 144 communities as of December 31, 2022. Many of those regulated child care spaces are at capacity and families are now on waiting lists hoping to be able to access more affordable child care. Gormley wants to hear about your experience with child care in Saskatchewan – call 1-877-332-8255
11:00 – According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2021 was the highest year on record for documented reports of harassment, vandalism and violence directed against Jews. Philip Slayton is a lawyer, former Dean of law, & best-selling author of “Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession”, and “Mighty Judgment: How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life” among other books. Phillip is a Jew, a Rhodes Scholar, and during the pandemic wrote Antisemitism: An Ancient Hatred in the Age of Identity Politics.
12:00 – A grey area still seems to exist when it comes to drug use and driving. What techniques are used to determine whether someone is under the influence of drugs? Is there any way to be 100% certain what drug someone is under the influence of and how much they have taken? Criminal Defense Lawyer Brian Pfefferle joins Gormley.