May 18 Show Segments

8:30 – Step 1 of the province’s “Re-opening Roadmap” will start May 30 and will see restaurants and bars open to a maximum of six people, up from four. Step 2 will allow for no table capacity at bars and restaurants, but physical distancing or barriers must be in place between tables. Regina restaurants re-opened to in person dining Monday after they had closed to in-person dining on March 28. As restaurants begin to re-open slowly to pre-pandemic levels, Restaurants Canada is calling on the federal government to immediately introduce a sector-specific ‘Restaurant Survival Support package.’ Mark von Schellwitz, with Restaurants Canada, joins Gormley to discuss Saskatchewan’s re-opening plan and what it would take to get back to where we were before the pandemic.

LIVE: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice-President for Western Canada, Restaurants Canada

9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session

10:00 – The Saskatchewan NDP think it’s time we talked about allowing alcohol consumption in municipal parks across Saskatchewan. NDP Leader Ryan Meili floated the idea last week, saying outdoor COVID transmission is minimal and residents should have as many opportunities as possible to enjoy the outdoors this summer. Saskatchewan Government Minister Jeremy Harrison said the government would be open to looking at the proposal “as long as people are conducting themselves in a reasonable fashion,” and SLGA Minister Jim Reiter joins Gormley to discuss the proposal. Should drinking be allowed in city parks? Call 1-877-332-8255 and tell us what you think!

LIVE: Jim Reiter, minister responsible for SLGA

11:00 – COVID-19 has brought a pandemic of annoying sayings and phrases along with the disease itself, and it’s got us thinking about the sayings people really need to stop saying. From “front-line workers” to “new normal” to the newer “one dose summer” and “stick it to COVID,” there seems to be a flood of annoying sayings assaulting our ears (and sometimes our intelligence). Is there a saying that gets your blood boiling every time you hear it? Whether it’s COVID-related or not, call 1-877-332-8255 and tell us which saying everyone needs to stop saying.

12:00 – Today has been declared Fred Sasakamoose Day to honour the first treaty-status player in NHL history.  Fred died of COVID-19 last November. Today is also the release date of Fred’s book Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player.  According to Fred’s son Neil, the book details his life in residential schools, to his junior hockey career up to his NHL debut with the Chicago Blackhawks. We hear from Neil about what May 18 means to him, being Fred Sasakamoose Day and the day of his father’s much anticipated book.

PRE-TAPED: Neil Sasakamoose, son of Fred Sasakamoose