Murray Wood: Reporting live from beneath mounds of data
You can't say Saskatchewan isn't releasing annual reports on the Crown corporations, but Murray Wood says it's being don...
8:30 – Monday Morning Coffee – Dr. Michael Boda joins Evan to discuss the biggest stories making headlines this morning — namely, the Saskatchewan provincial election and polls closing this evening.
Listener Question: Did you save your voting for today or did you already cast your ballot?
8:45 – 650 CKOM & 980 CJME news director, Sarah Mills, joins Evan ahead of hosting tonight’s election night coverage to discuss the last day of voting and what results tonight might look like.
9:00 – Green & Orange Prognostications – This is it! Tonight, the polls close in the provincial election. What’s your final seat count? Tally up the votes and call Evan with your final number at 1-877-332-8255 for the chance to claim bragging rights in this election!
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 byLisanne Roy Beauchamp, Acting Call Centre Operations Manager for the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, and Cst. Derek Stroh and Cst. Kristy Fines with the Saskatchewan RCMP General Investigation Section to discuss scams and fraudulent activities.
11:00 – A health policy analyst and health researcher who used to live in Saskatchewan is critiquing promises to fix the province’s broken health system. Steven Lewis, adjunct professor of health policy at Simon Fraser University, joins Evan to share his thoughts ahead of tonight’s election.
LQ: Do you think the NDP’s promises to fix health care in the province are sound or do you see concerns?
11:30 – The Canadian Cancer Society is voicing its disapproval of the proposed settlement of tobacco lawsuits. Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst for the Canadian Cancer Society, joins Evan to share why the society is calling the settlement inadequate.
LQ: Do you think the CCS’s disapproval is warranted? Or are they turning a case about compensating victims into social activism?
12:00 – New insight into farming practices to help mitigate the effects of climate change and improve carbon retention in soil is coming from Kansas State University researchers through the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Ganga Hettiarachichi joins Evan to share what his team is unearthing to continue to feed the world from Saskatchewan.
