Sarah Mills: A respectful way to highlight a life well lived
Sarah Mills says funerals often now include video montages of the person's life. These are heartfelt ways to acknowledge...
8:30 – Saskatoon’s homeless encampment is no more, and the NDP are demanding the province take action to help those left with nowhere to go. It’s proposing to reverse changes to income support which would see utilities and rent paid directly to landlords and providers. April ChiefCalf, Saskatchewan NDP’s housing critic and a member of the Standing Committee on Human Services, joins the show to share what other changes the NDP wants to see happen when it comes to homelessness in the province.
Listener Question: Would you support bringing back direct rent payments for people receiving income assistance? Why or why not?
9:00 – The Avenue K encampment in Saskatoon has been dismantled, but the larger issue of homelessness remains. With Indigenous people making up more than 80 per cent of Saskatoon’s unhoused population, Tribal Chief Mark Arcand joins Evan to discuss why Indigenous people are so disproportionately affected, how First Nations support members experiencing homelessness in urban centres and what needs to change.
LQ: What could we do better to help people experiencing homelessness?
9:30 – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – Regina-based Prairie Clean Enterprises is turning agricultural waste into products like cat litter, animal bedding and fuel pellets, manufactured at its facility in Weyburn. They have deals with huge companies like Co-op and Walmart. Prairie Clean Energy CEO Mark Cooper joins Evan to talk about taking this Saskatchewan innovation to markets across Canada and into the U.S.
10:30 – New wastewater data is giving police and communities another look at the level of drug use across Saskatchewan. The testing found particularly high levels of methamphetamine and cocaine in Prince Albert. Patrick Nogier, Prince Albert Chief of Police and President of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, joins the show to talk about what this data tells police and how they’re responding.
LQ: Do you think enough is being done to deal with illegal drugs in Saskatchewan?
11:00 – A new Fraser Institute report finds that inflation-adjusted spending per public school student in Saskatchewan has declined over the past decade, even as enrolment has grown. Paige MacPherson, Senior Fellow in Education Policy at the Fraser Institute, joins Evan to discuss the findings and weigh in on Saskatchewan’s latest student test scores and the debate over standardized testing.
LQ: Do you support standardized testing in Saskatchewan schools as a way to measure how well students are learning?
11:30 – Fall is one of those seasons people seem to have very strong feelings about. Some people love everything about it — the changing leaves, the cozy sweaters, the pumpkin spice everything. But what if you think pumpkin spice is overrated? Maybe you can’t stand Halloween, or you think fall is just a depressing reminder that a Saskatchewan winter is around the corner.
LQ: We want to hear your unpopular fall opinions! Not into pumpkin pie, think raking leaves is unnecessary, Halloween should only be a day not a season, give us a call 1-877-332-8255.
