Show Segments

Gormley, Tuesday, August 17, 2021

8:30 – On Monday morning Tahera Haussain was able to breathe a small sigh of relief when the Regina woman received the phone call from her family she had been waiting for. Yesterday, Tahera’s mother, father, aunt and four sisters, made it on a flight to Turkey as they fled Kabul, desperate to escape the Taliban.  Tahera joins John to discuss what is happening in Afghanistan right now and what the next step will be for her family to get to safety.

LIVE: Tahera Haussain, Regina woman whose family is fleeing Afghanistan.

9:00 – Hour of the Big Stories

10:00 – Policymakers around the world are contemplating a wide variety of proposals to address “harmful” online expression. Cory Doctorow, an author and tech privacy specialist, joins Gormley to discuss why he is against the federal government implementing the censorship of online content.

LIVE: Cory Doctorow, Special advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, author, & journalist.

11:00 – KISS has announced they have dropped David Lee Roth for the U.S. leg of their farewell tour, because the band feels he’s past his prime.  The Van Halen front-man opened for Gene Simmons and his bandmates on the February and March, 2020 North American dates on the End Of The Road trek, but the bassist has confirmed he won’t be back when the tour resumes Wednesday in Massachusetts.  This got us thinking about other rock bands that are past their prime. You’ve seen then in concert recently, but they were so much better years ago.  Give us a call at 1-877-332-8255 and share your stories about rock acts past their prime.

12:00 – BHP has approved the $7.5 billion investment in the Jansen Stage 1 potash project in Saskatchewan.  This is a huge milestone for Saskatchewan and Jansen will create thousands of jobs, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in business opportunities.  Rag Udd, BHP’s President of Minerals Americas, joins Gormley to discuss the investment.

LIVE: Rag Udd, BHP’s President of Minerals Americas.