Rent reduced for Riders, early budget items approved by Regina Council
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Council retroactively slashed $1.33 million in rent owed by the Roughriders.
Gormley, Tuesday, October 24th, 2023
8:30 – With substantial concerns about carbon pricing for farmers, Bill C234 is currently being considered by committee in the Senate. An Act to Amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act would ease some financial burdens on farmers across the country. MP John Barlow with the AGRIStanding Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food joins Gormley to discuss the bill.
LIVE: John Barlow, Member of Parliament for Foothills, Alta. and Vice-Chair, AGRIStanding Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
9:00 – Hour of the Big Stories…open lines
10:00 – A unique pest infestation is driving a Saskatchewan family batty. While Rachelle Swan’s neighbours are decorating their homes with fake bats ahead of Halloween, Swan would like to see her own real ones leave. She joins Gormley to discuss their scary situation.
LIVE: Rachelle Swan, Spiritwood, Sask. mother dealing with bat infestation.
10:20 – Joining Gormley to speak to the difficulties the Swan family is dealing with, Shawn Sherwood with Poulin’s Pest Control has tips and explanations for the bats in that Spiritwood attic.
LIVE: Shawn Sherwood, Poulin’s Pest Control.
11:00 – In the wake of Israel’s declaration of war on Hamas, some students have taken more outspoken positions on which side of the war they support. Some students from Harvard University who professed support from Hamas have faced criticism and consequences as a result of this. Writer Paul de Quenoy asserts in a recent article that this will deservedly erode Harvard’s stature and joins Gormley to discuss.
LIVE: Paul de Quenoy, President of the Palm Beach Freedom Institute.
12:00 – Royal Canadian Mountain Police and North West Mounted Police graves have been moved to a new location in the Battleford cemetery. Some graves date back to the late 1890s and ground penetrating radar has been used to locate and mark unknown graves in the town. Tom McCullagh with the RCMP joins Gormley to share how this will carry the legacy of the police body into the future.
LIVE: Tom McCullagh, Chaplain and Civilian Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police “F” Division.