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The Richard Brown Show

Host : Richard Brown
Call-in : 1-877-332-8255 | Weekdays - 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Show Notes

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 2012

3:00 p.m. Elderly residents of St. Mary's Villa in Humboldt have been evicted in the name of safety. Their rooms are being used for people who require a higher level of care. The Saskatoon Health Region's vice-president acute care, Jackie Mann, joins Richard.

3:30 p.m. While it might come down to a question of safety versus housing for the health region, Jim Ramsey, the son of resident Alice Ramsey is angry about the way the announcement and the upcoming move of residents has been handled. He joins Richard.

4:00 p.m. It's a bird, it's a plane, no it was a meteorite that flashed across the sky over B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan last night. Amateur astronomer Richard Huziak joins Richard to talk about where this piece of space rock came from, and where it likely landed

4:30 p.m. Sarah Mills and Sabeen Ahmed join Richard on the roundtable.

5:00 p.m. Graham James was in court today for the first day of sentencing for sexual assault charges. This morning former NHL player Theo Fleury read his victim impact statement about the affect his junior hockey coach, James, had on him.

5:30 p.m. The question around who deserves more money in the rural-urban divide is being discussed in government again. People in the city say there are more people, so they need more money. Rural municipalities say they need funds for infrastructure.

About the show

Richard Brown has a guest list as big as the province. Each weekday between 3 and 6 p.m., Richard is joined by newsmakers, reporters and his listeners as they analyze the news of the day.

Richard talks about what we are all talking about. He offers smart talk and varying opinions. Listeners know that Richard will listen to what they have to say about the important stories of the day, whether those stories are developing on the other side of the globe or are closer to home.

Richard himself has come home after travelling the world, covering stories and recording history as it was being made. Richard began his journalism career in Prince Albert at CKBI, a Rawlco Radio station. He has anchored and reported for TV networks in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and was part of the original anchor team in Atlanta that put CNN Headline News on the air in 1982.  He has covered history in the making for more than 30 years in Canada, the United States and around the world.