Rent reduced for riders, early budget items approved by Regina Council
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Regina's city council covered a lot of ground in a three-hour meeting on Wednesday. With all members in attendance, coun...
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9:00 a.m. The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session
10:00 a.m. University of Saskatchewan law professor Dwight Newman is here to talk about a case that is before the Supreme Court of Canada that could give First Nations a new role in drafting legislation.
11:00 a.m. KFC Canada was accepting Bitcoin for a bucket of chicken for a limited time last week… and they sold out! What is Bitcoin and how does it work? Andreas Park is a professor of finance at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and he joins John now to discuss.
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