Show Segments

8:30 – Until the federal election Oct. 21, we’ll be holding weekly panel discussions with representatives for the three largest political parties joining John. They’ll discuss the issues of the day, the parties’ platforms, and what’s likely to happen in Saskatchewan and across the nation come election day. This week our topics are the leader’s debate, Andrew Scheer’s dual citizenship, Justin Trudeau’s use of two campaign planes, and whether the issue of abortion will be an important one at the ballot box. We’ll find out what our panelists think, then give us a call at 1-877-332-8255 and join the conversation!

LIVE: Sally Housser, PR consultant and political commentator, former press secretary to NDP leaders Jack Layton and Rachel Notley

LIVE: Evatt Merchant, Saskatchewan lawyer and long-time member of the Liberal Party

LIVE: Fred DeLorey, strategist for the Conservative Party of Canada

9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session

10:00 – Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper joins John to discuss local policing issues in Saskatoon, including the reinstatement of a previously-fired officer and the enaction of an emergency clause to help staff manage the high volume of calls the police service is fielding.

LIVE: Troy Cooper, Saskatoon police chief

11:00 – “Armchair atheist” Richard Kelly Kemick joined the 100+ cast of “The Canadian Badlands Passion Play,” a huge tourist attraction in Drumheller, Alberta. Kemick, who played Herod the Great, wrote a book about his fish-out-of-water experience, examining everything from the bizarre rehearsals, to the illicit backstage one-man shows put on by Jesus’ understudy, to religion’s role in contemporary life, “I am Herod” offers a glimpse behind the curtain of a spectacular stage production.

LIVE: Richard Kelly Kemick, author of “I Am Herod”

12:00 – Candace Savage, author of more than two dozen books, explored the history of her Saskatoon home’s first occupant in her new book “Strangers in the House: A Prairie Story of Bigotry and Belonging.” The home was built in the 1920s by Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin, in an era when French speakers were considered “undesirable,” leading Napoléon and his family to anglicize their names and work to disguise their French-Canadian heritage. Savage scoured public records and historical accounts to assemble the book, and the launch event held last Thursday at the home in question included about a dozen of Blondin’s grandchildren. Savage joins Gormley now to discuss the book and the history she uncovered in its writing.

LIVE: Candace Savage, author of Strangers in the House