Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS
8:30 – All eyes remain on the Battle River-Crowfoot in Alberta as the byelection intended for Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s election gets underway today. More than 14,000 people voted in advance polls on the ballot, which has a remarkable 214 candidates running to represent the rural riding. Alex Banks, candidate for Battle River-Crowfoot riding in Alberta and part of the Longest Ballot Committee, joins guest host Brent Loucks to discuss the byelection and his part in it.
Listener Question: Should it be harder for someone to get their name on an electoral ballot?
9:00 – More than half of Americans are saying they’re stressed about the cost of food. People across Canada and the U.S. seem to be responding to high food prices with changes in their purchasing and consumption habits. Brent Loucks welcomes Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University and senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast, to discuss the current trends in the grocery economy.
LQ: How have you been cutting corners to save costs at the grocery store?
9:30 – Understanding the history between Ukraine and Russia goes a lot deeper than reading a few history novels. There are real human stories at the root of this long conflict. Dale Eisler, honourary lifetime policy fellow, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and author of the book Anton, A young boy, his friend and the Russian Revolution, joins Brent Loucks to explain what his book is about and his thoughts on the war between the two countries.
LQ: What do you make of Canada’s position in the Ukraine-Russia war?
10:00 – As the byelection in Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot riding continues today, Brent Loucks welcomes the former Member of Parliament originally elected to lead that area earlier this year, Damien Kurek, to share his thoughts on the byelection and its lengthy ballot.
10:30 – The Saskatchewan debt loads continue to be higher than average, showing household financial strain for people in the province, according to the most recent quarterly credit trend report from Equifax Canada. Rebecca Oakes, vice president of advanced analytics at Equifax Canad, joins Brent Loucks to take a look at the market and dissect what the latest trends mean for people in Saskatchewan.
LQ: Do these market findings describe your household financial strain?
11:00 – Wildfire smoke isn’t just impacting the air we breathe; it’s also causing problems for long-term water security. That’s according to new research from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. John Pomeroy, hydrologist, director of the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Centre for hydrology, member of the Global Institute for Water Security, UNESCO Chair in Mountain Water Sustainability and distinguished professor in the department of geography and planning in USask’s College of Arts and Science, joins Evan to discuss his research found and what this means for the future of our ecosystems.
LQ: How concerned are you about water shortages in the Prairies in the coming decades?
11:30 – What could honey bees mean for learning more about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)? That’s what Dr. Sarah Wood, Research Chair in Pollinator Health and Associate Professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, is trying to figure out. She shares with Brent Loucks that, thanks to the social and biological similarities between bees and humans, there might be a chance to learn more about this disease.
12:00 – Guest host Brent Loucks welcomes 18-year-old professional Saskatchewan fisherman, Winston Stockdale, to discuss his work as a young professional and how fishing caught his attention.
LQ: What hobby do you wish could be your job?
