Show Segments

8:30 – Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab joins Gormley to discuss Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 testing program and the latest on the provincial fight against the pandemic.

LIVE: Dr. Saqib Shahab, Chief Medical Health Officer for Saskatchewan.

9:00 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address Canadians on the COVID-19 situation and take questions from the media. [LIVE COVERAGE]

9:45 – The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities sent a letter to the Municipalities of Saskatchewan protesting the group’s name change away from its former moniker “Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association.” SARM says the new name is misleading as the group doesn’t represent all municipalities in the province, and can create confusion. SARM’s letter called for the Municipalities of Saskatchewan to cease and desist its use of the new name, and threatened legal proceedings if they continue to use the name. Municipalities of Saskatchewan President Gordon Barnhart joins Gormley to respond.

LIVE: Dr. Gordon Barnhart, President of the Municipalities of Saskatchewan (formerly SUMA).

10:00 – Mark Humphries, history professor and author of “The Last Plague: Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada,” has been a strong advocate for antibody testing in Canada, saying it would allow us to return to normal sooner and avoid some of the negative impacts social isolation has on child development, mental health, nutrition, education, domestic violence and more. Humphries joins Gormley to continue their conversation on the lessons Canada can learn from 1918’s Spanish Flu pandemic.

LIVE: Mark Humphries, Associate Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University

11:00 – It’s time for Saskatchewan’s Smartest Radio Listener! Powered by Urban Cellars. Your chance for fame, acclaim and to prove just how smart you are. Not only do you get bragging rights, you’ll win a $50 gift card for Urban Cellars.

11:30 – The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on the pork industry, especially due to the closure of some US processing plants. Canadian pork farmers expect to lose between $20 and $50 on every hog sold in 2020, costing farmers as much as $675M nationwide. Mark Ferguson, GM of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board, joins Gormley to explain why COVID-19 has hit the industry so hard.

LIVE: Mark Ferguson, Saskatchewan Pork Development Board General Manager.

12:00 – It’s a girl! A baby bison was born at Wanuskewin Heritage Park last Wednesday, a first in about 150 years. The last time a bison was born on Wanuskewin land was before 1876. Dr. Ernie Walker, Co-Founder of Wanuskewin, joins Gormley to talk about the newest edition to the herd.

LIVE: Dr. Ernie Walker, distinguished prof at U of S, Archaeologist, Co-Founder of Wanuskewin, Honourary Chief, & RCMP Special Constable.