Gormley Show Segments — Thursday, Oct. 12

Gormley, Thursday, October 12th, 2023

8:30 – Ottawa is extending the firearms amnesty by two years to October 30, 2025. Some people were concerned that the prohibiting of the assault-style firearms by the federal Liberal government might make them criminals once it took effect. Saskatchewan Chief Firearms Officer, Robert Freberg, joins Gormley to discuss what the extension means.

LIVE: Robert Freberg, Saskatchewan Chief Firearms Officer.

9:00 – The Saskatchewan Legislature resumed its spring sitting in an effort to pass the hotly-disputed provincial school pronoun policy into law. We check in with our education critic, Saskatchewan NDP MLA Matt Love about how the sitting is going.

LIVE: Matt Love, education critic, Saskatchewan NDP MLA.

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10:00 – On Friday, the Government of Saskatchewan announced a major funding plan to address concerns of homelessness, mental health and addictions in the province. Dr. Dean Vause, executive director of the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre, joins Gormley to further delve into what this plan and funding will mean for Saskatchewan.

LIVE: Dr. Dean Vause, executive director of the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre (AARC).

11:00 – The Broadway Theatre is celebrating 30 years of being completely community-owned. The milestone got us thinking about the special place those small, community cinemas occupy in our hearts. Gormley goes to the phones to hear your special memories.

12:00 – While parents, school professionals and educators continue to rally about Saskatchewan’s pronoun policy, a literacy consultant is raising the alarm about students’ reading abilities in the province. Deanna Mirva joins Gormley to share the concerning statistics about kids’ illiteracy in Saskatchewan and why its an issue that deserves more attention.

LIVE: Deanna Mirva, literacy consultant, A Step Ahead Literacy.