Rent reduced for riders, early budget items approved by Regina Council
52m ago
Council retroactively slashed $1.33 million in rent owed by the Roughriders.
8:30 – Monday Morning Coffee – Roberta Engel, acting president and CEO for Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. (REAL), joins Evan to discuss the biggest stories making headlines this morning.
Listener Question: Does hearing from REAL change your perspective on the Brandt ice time situation?
9:00 – Open phones – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – The Round Table of Justice – Each and every Monday we invite experts in the law to pull up a seat and discuss the week’s biggest crime and justice stories. In today’s Round Table of Justice Evan is joined by Merv Nidesh, criminal lawyer in Saskatchewan and Kathy Bueti, associate at Simmonds and Associates in Winnipeg.
11:00 – Back to school is nearing and that means stores are packed with parents clamouring for last-minute school supplies. How have school supply lists changed since you were in school? And how much harder to afford is your child’s list this year because of inflation? Call Evan with your thoughts on back to school shopping at 1-877-332-8255.
11:30 – Saskatchewan is initiating mandatory testing for bovine tuberculosis and is continuing to watch wildlife for chronic wasting disease. What does that mean and what do you need to know for hunting season this fall? Evan finds out from Dr. Iga Stasiak, provincial wildlife health specialist with the Government of Saskatchewan.
LQ: Have you participated in testing for wildlife you’ve hunted?
12:00 – Canadian author, Romie Christie, will be travelling back to Le Touquet in France for a special 80th anniversary celebration of the town’s liberation at the end of the Second World War – during which time her parents had their fateful meeting before moving to Saskatchewan. The celebrations will include a re-enactment of her parents first encounter, told by Christie in See You in Le Touquet: A Memoir of War and Destiny. Christie joins Evan to recall her family’s history and the events coming up this September.