Sarah Mills: Speeding tickets three months after the fact are no deterrent
Sarah Mills says photo radar tickets that come from Calgary months after the offence is not going to teach anyone a less...
8:30 – Monday Morning Coffee – Joe Carnahan, Saskatoon Berries Head Coach, joins Evan to discuss the biggest stories making headlines this morning.
9:00 – Open phones – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – The Round Table of Justice – Each and every Monday we invite experts in the law to pull up a seat and discuss the week’s biggest crime and justice stories. In today’s Round Table of Justice Evan is joined by Kelsie Fraser, manager of Public Relations and Strategic Communications with the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS), and Keely Grasser, team lead for Saskatchewan RCMP media relations, and Lindsey Hoemsen, manager of public Information and strategic communication at Regina Police Service (RPS), to discuss how police manage and share media and information.
11:00 – Firearm policies continue to be a major point of debate, but the province has taken a firm stand: it will not participate in the federal government’s buy-back program. Robert Freberg, Saskatchewan Firearms Commissioner and former Chief Firearms Officer for Saskatchewan, joins Evan to explain where the province stands with the changing policy and what it all means for gun owners in the province.
Listener Question: Do you think the federal government’s focus on banning certain firearms improves public safety—or misses the mark?
11:30 – Batteries power so much of our lives, but for some people, they power something far more personal: their heartbeat. Research through the University of Saskatchewan’s Canadian Light Source has found a way to boost battery life, without sacrificing safety. Dr. Eric McCalla, associate professor in McGill University’s Department of Chemistry and lead researcher of study, joins Evan to discuss how the team did it and what this could mean for the future of healthcare.
LQ: What everyday device in your life do you wish had a better battery?
12:00 – Every summer, hundreds of kids pack their bags and head off to summer camp. But one camp in particular is helping kids who share something deeply personal, a congenital or acquired heart condition. Lynne Telfer, founder of CHAMPS camp, Marta Erlandson, associate professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan and Charissa Pockett, Pediatric Cardiologist and the division head for Pediatric Cardiology at the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital, join Evan to chat about the importance of the camp and what it means to kids.
