With guest host Taylor MacPherson
8:30 – Monday Morning Coffee – CKOM Senior Reporter Lara Fominoff joins Taylor to talk about the biggest stories making headlines this morning.
9:00 – The Regina Police Service is launching a new initiative this month that will require drivers to take a mandatory breath test when they are pulled over for any reason. Do they really have the right to do that? SGI says yes. Tyler McMurchy, SGI spokesperson, joins Taylor.
9:30 – OPEN LINES – Taylor opens up the phone lines and takes your calls on anything and everything making headlines this morning. Call 1-877-332-8255!
10:00 – Wendy’s is facing some backlash after making a statement that led consumers to believe that they planned to have the prices of menu items fluctuate throughout the day based on demand. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, a food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab, joins Taylor to discuss the sensitivities surrounding dynamic pricing in the food industry.
10:30 – Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklock’s Reporter, joins Taylor for a discussion about all of the latest going ons in Ottawa. From the federal government’s reaction to Saskatchewan’s carbon tax strike, the increase in annual funding to the CBC, and the introduction of the long-promised pharmacare bill – there’s a lot to talk about!
12:00 – You don’t have to travel all the way to the U.S.A. to try American snacks! A Watrous business selling American goods and ice cream has expanded to Saskatoon. Kelvin Fellner, the co-owner of Kelvin’s Perk, joins Taylor.