Neck guard sales jump after Sask. hockey player slashed by skate
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More adult players are now investing in the protective equipment.
8:30 – The government of Saskatchewan announced an enhancement to the Rural Physician Incentive Program (RPIP) offering up to $200,000 over five years to attract family physicians to rural areas of the province. Everett Hindley, Rural and Remote Health Minister joins Gormley to discuss how important this incentive is for the areas that need family doctors.
LIVE: Everett Hindley, Rural and Remote Health Minister
9:00- Bugs Day…the hour of rage! What is bugging you this week give us a call 1-877-332-8255
10:00 – After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week has many people looking at why this happened and could this happen in Canada. Philip Cross, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former economist with Statistics Canada joins Gormley to explain the increase of the interest rate led to the inevitable fall of SVB.
LIVE: Philip Cross, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and former economist with Statistics Canada.
11:00 – The Nest organization helps sponsor and settle refugees in Saskatoon and has been doing it since 1997. The organization learned about Afghan journalist Maryam Rajaee looking to leave Kabul with her spouse and two small daughters after it fell to the Taliban in 2021 from a report by Lyse Doucet. We have Maryam Rajaee now works at Saskatoon Open Door Society and joins Gormley to share her story on getting to Saskatchewan and living here with her family
LIVE: Maryam Rajaee, Gender rights advocate, Working at Open Door living in Saskatoon
12:00 – A private member’s bill is seeking to establish a foreign influence registry. Bill S-237 would require anyone with ties to an organization that could be under the direction of foreign governments to register and contact Canadian public officials. Senator Yuen Pau Woo questions whether this registry could become a modern form of Chinese exclusion but that has some activist not impressed with the timing of the Senators comments. David Wong, an architect based in Vancouver and activist for redress joins Gormley to explaining his disappointment in the senator who is using his Chinese ancestry to leverage his political career.
LIVE: David Wong, Vancouver architect and activist for redress