Show Segments

8:30 – Distance and disinfection will be the keys to safely resuming school in the fall according to Education Minister Gordon Wyant. Wyant unveiled the guidelines for schools to keep K-12 students safe from COVID-19 Thursday and, while masks and PPE are optional, the guidelines stressed social distancing and staggering times as much as possible to prevent large gatherings of students. Wyant joins Gormley to discuss the balance between minimizing the risk to students and keeping school as normal as possible under the circumstances.

LIVE: Gordon Wyant, Deputy Premier and Education Minister.

9:00 – WTF

Mike Couros, insurance and benefits broker.

Quick Dick McDick, Saskatchewan farmer and YouTube personality.

11:00 – The University of Victoria’s Gustavson Brand Trust Index is out, and during the pandemic our most-trusted brands included Canada Post, Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix, Costco, and The Weather Network. On the other side, Facebook, Craigslist, and Snapchat were the least-trusted brands, while hard-to-find Lysol and Clorox both went down in the index. Call 1-877-332-8255 and let us know which brands or companies have been great during COVID-19, and which ones let you down!

12:00 – The U of S is establishing itself as Canada’s first state-of-the-art road safety research hub, including a new facility featuring high-tech car and truck simulators to allow for improved research and rehabilitation for high-risk drivers. Dr. Alexander Crizzle is leading the research, and he says their unique truck simulator, which replicates everything in a real vehicle, will be used to study the effects of fatigue and cannabis on drivers and a lot more.

LIVE: Dr. Alexander Crizzle, gerontologist and assistant professor in the U of S School of Public Health.