Show Segments

8:30 – Wednesday saw some big developments in the labour dispute at Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex, as the province appointed special mediator Vince Ready to help resolve the dispute. Ready’s appointment was welcomed by both locked-out Unifor members and Co-op management, and he will start a 20-day mediation period on Feb. 18. The other major development saw Unifor fined a quarter-million dollars for contempt of court, after ignoring a prior injunction limiting the picketers’ ability to hold up trucks entering and exiting the refinery. Scott Doherty is Unifor’s lead negotiator on the file, and he joins Gormley to discuss the latest developments and how the union is feeling heading into mediation.

LIVE: Scott Doherty, Unifor Lead Negotiator.

9:00 – Hug’s Day… The Hour of Praise!

10:00 – Many Canadians are mourning the death of Christie Blatchford, one of the nation’s best-known and most-admired columnists. Blatchford passed away at 68 due to cancer, and many are sharing memories of her long and storied career. But if you asked Christie what she’s most proud of, she’d likely tell you about her time with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, spanning four trips in 2006 and 2007. Blatchford’s book “Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army” won the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award. Jim Sinclair and William McDonald both spent time with Blatchford while serving in Afghanistan with the Canadian Forces, and they join Gormley to share their memories.

LIVE: Cpl. Jim Sinclair, 32-year veteran of the Canadian Forces.

LIVE: Master Warrant Officer (Ret.) William “Willie” McDonald, Canadian Forces veteran.

11:00 – High school students in Saskatchewan have a chance to get a leg up on previous generations, with financial literacy courses now available in all of the province’s high schools. With Financial Literacy 20 and 30, students will learn a lot about earning, saving, spending, borrowing, investing, and protecting their money. Susan Nedelcov-Anderson is assistant deputy minister of education, and she joins Gormely to discuss the course material and why it’s so important for young people to start thinking about money even before they start at their first jobs. What do you wish you had learned in high school? Give us a call at 1-877-332-8255 and join the conversation!

LIVE: Susan Nedelcov-Anderson, assistant deputy minister of education.

12:00 – Thirteen-year-old Carter Brown, from Milestone Sask., has been a patient at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children Canada in Montreal for much of his life, after he was diagnosed with Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) at just three weeks old after experiencing 12 fractures. His quality of life greatly improved after treatments and surgeries at the Shriners Hospital and he is now doing so many things his family never dreamed possible following his diagnosis. Carter has also given back to his hospital as an ambassador, fundraiser, and creator of at-home splint kits that have now been provided to all OI patients at his hospital. Brown will be speaking at the sold-out Shrine Mason Gala on Saturday in Saskatoon, but first he joins Gormley to share his story

LIVE: Carter Brown, speaker at Saskatoon’s Shrine Mason Gala.