Show Segments

8:30 – The City of Saskatoon has been hit with a fraud scheme that cost the city more than $1 million. According to the City, fraudsters contacted them posing as the CFO of a construction company and changed their banking information, leading the city to deposit a $1.04 million payment into the fraudster’s account. The city is hopeful they’ll be able to recover the money, and Mayor Charlie Clark says they’ll take steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again. To explain how these scams operate and how fraudsters get the information they need to imitate clients, John is joined by Jeffrey Thomson, a Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst working with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

LIVE: Jeffrey Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

9:00 – The Ultimate Open Lines…

WTF:

Lise Gasmo, Aardvark Outdoor Play

Tenille Lafontaine, Feisty, Frugal & Fabulous.

11:00 – The billboard in Regina calling for long-time MP Ralph Goodale to be voted out has been the subject of some controversy recently. Goodale criticized the ad, calling it an “ugly American way of campaigning,” and the CBC ran a piece connecting the group behind the ads – PAC Canada Growth Council and its campaign WestWatch – to the Saskatchewan Party due to the group’s directors’ previous political involvement. So is the group

LIVE: Derek Robinson, director with Canada Growth Council and spokesperson for WestWatch.

12:00 – Today marks 40 years since the death of John Diefenbaker, and two separate ceremonies are marking the occasion. The first is in Saskatoon at Diefenbaker’s grave site at the U of S, and the second is at Diefenbaker House in Prince Albert, where “The Chief” lived and practiced law. Diefenbaker is often remembered for his unifying policies, which ranged from giving Indigenous Canadians the right to vote to appointing the first Indigenous senator and first female cabinet minister. Helanna Gessner, interim curator of the Diefenbaker Canada Centre, joins John now to discuss Diefenbaker’s life, legacy, and impact on Saskatchewan and Canada.

LIVE: Helanna Gessner, interim curator of the Diefenbaker Canada Centre.