Drivers ed shouldn't just be for high schoolers
A soon-to-be learner drive in Sarah Mills's house is pause for thought about the bad habits drivers had and what they ar...
8:30 – Is the UN Charter governing war too rigid? It treats very different conflicts the same under a simple legal-or-illegal standard. Does it fail to account for the real moral and strategic differences between wars? To talk about this Evan is joined by Nathan Greenfield, author, North American correspondent for University World News, visiting professor of history at the Kyiv School of Economics in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Listener Question: Do the rules of war need to change? In the age of nuclear arms should countries be allowed to strike first to stop nuclear war!?!?!
9:00 – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255
10:00 – There is a new children’s book out from a Saskatchewan author, Adventures of Boo and the Boy: The Coyote Encounter. The timing of this release is perfect because March is Agriculture Literacy Month, where students across the province learn about the role agriculture plays in their daily lives and Boo is a little boy growing up on a farm. Evan welcomes Author Rob Swallow to talk about his latest book.
LQ: What was your scariest wild animal encounter?
10:30 – This past weekend was spring forward almost everywhere else in the world but Saskatchewan has avoided the twice-a-year clock change for nearly 60 years. BC is now joining us on year long daylight time but was that the right call? Evan is joined by Dr. Patricia Lakin-Thomas, Professor, Department of Biology York University.
LQ: Should the rest of Canada follow our lead and move to year round daylight saving time?
11:00 – Beyond the headlines of the Epstein files, experts are taking note of “toxic gifts and favours” exchanged between the elites. Hugh Gusterson, professor of anthropology and public policy at the University of British Columbia, joins the show to explain how elite circles operate and what institutions can learn from it.
11:30 – Recently we saw a cartel war break out in Puerto Vallarta, Cuba has a fuel shortage, a lot of people are choosing not to travel to the USA so Hawaii and Florida are out. Where can you safely plan a hot holiday with so much political unrest and violence in the world? Evan is speaking with Terry Kaszas, general manager of travel services with CAA Saskatchewan about vacation destinations that are sunny and SAFE.
LQ: Would you feel safe booking a holiday to Puerto Vallarta now?
12:00 – The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have each agreed to settlements in the Île-à-la-Crosse School class action. The school operated from the 1820s until 1976. Approximately 1,500 students attended, mostly Métis children from northern Saskatchewan. The settlements remain subject to court approval, and that hearing will take place on March 30–31. For more on this Evan is joined by Tina Yang, class counsel for Île-à-la-Crosse School class action.
