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.
8:30 – Up until recently, the Saskatchewan School Boards Association has stayed quiet as negotiations between the Ministry of Education and the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation unfold. On Friday they broke their silence, issuing a statement to clarify their stance on a number of issues. Jaimie Smith-Windsor, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association, joins Evan.
9:00 – The ArriveCan app continues to be under intense scrutiny following a damning report from the auditor general. Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklock’s Reporter, joins Evan.
9:30 – Premier Scott Moe is currently in India to help maintain and promote trade opportunities and attract new investments. The Saskatchewan NDP says this trip is costly and unnecessary. Official Opposition Trade Critic Aleana Young believes the Premier should be focusing on issues on the home front instead of flying away from his problems. She joins Evan.
10:00 – Do you feel the timing is bad for the Premier’s trip to India? Join the conversation – call 1-877-332-8255
10:30 – In recent days and weeks we’ve been talking a lot about the capacity issues that the Saskatchewan Health Authority is currently grappling with. Michael Fougere, CEO of the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan, joins Evan to discuss the services that pharmacists in this province are able to provide and how the healthcare crisis we are hearing about has been affecting them.
11:00 – A new survey shows that when it comes to grocery shopping, Canadians love a good bargain. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, a food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab, joins Evan to discuss the results of a recent survey that indicates that we are changing our habits in pursuit of cheaper food.
11:30 – Jeremy Hansen is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency and he will also become the first Canadian astronaut to journey to the moon when Artemis II takes off next year. He joins Evan to discuss his career up until this point and his upcoming mission that will take him all the way to the moon.
12:00 – We revisit Evan’s discussion with Jaimie Smith-Windsor, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association.