Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
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Berkly Catton, Brayden Yager, Caden Price and Tanner Howe were all named.
8:30 – Families in Saskatchewan are frustrated as work-to-rule continues by teachers in the province indefinitely. Until those stalled negotiations between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation resume, school divisions are attempting to navigate questions from parents and frustrated students. Twylla West, communications and media coordinator for Regina Catholic Schools, joins Evan to detail how their division is responding.
9:00 – Evan goes to the phones to hear from parents about how their families are being affected after months of job action by teachers. Share how your family has been affected at 1-877-332-8255.
9:30 – A Moose Jaw cardiologist opted out of provincial medicare about six months ago. Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson‘s clinic was the first to do this since 1962 and many have expressed skepticism about this business model. Dr. Wilkinson joins Evan to give an update on how his clinic is faring after making this decision in Saskatchewan.
10:00 – Inflation has been hurting everyone’s wallets at the grocery store check out and when they get their restaurant tab at the end of the night. But research from food expert and professor, Sylvain Charlebois, is saying food sales are also showing that Canada is getting poorer — at an alarming rate. He joins Evan to discuss this research, and touch on how Ozempic is harming the junk food industry.
10:30 – The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network Ltd. is a not-for-profit company that’s funding a lot of Saskatchewan work. Evan is joined by CAAIN CEO, Darrell Petras, to walk through some of those projects being funded to the tune of $18.3 million — about a third of which comes from CAAIN.
11:00 – Starting this weekend is the annual convention for the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association. Randy Goulden, SUMA president, joins Evan to share some details about the conference and what the most crucial areas of concern are for urban municipalities this year.
11:30 – Did Mary Poppins have it right? Can a spoonful of sugar actually help your day? Harvey Schachter, a Kingston-based writer specializing in management issues, explores whether that spoonful could actually make you more productive. He joins Evan to address that topic and other timely management areas.
12:00 – Rebecca Strong wowed the Canada’s Got Talent judges and audience late last month with her rendition of Demi Lovato’s ‘Stone Cold’ during her audition — earning herself a Golden Buzzer and some serious prize money. The Prince Albert singer joins Evan to talk about representing her Denesuline culture and what that experience was like.