Ashley Messier builds hockey legacy with sights on PWHL, Olympics
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Mark Messier is her distant cousin, but this Sask. hockey product is carving her own path.
8:30 – Wearing a non-medical mask as a precaution against COVID-19 became an official recommendation from Dr. Theresa Tam and the federal government of Canada on Wednesday, but a poll conducted in April showed just 30% of people in Saskatchewan and Manitoba were wearing masks in public spaces. Whenever public opinion is divided, we turn to one of Gormley’s patented Reality Checks: Do you wear a mask in public? Call 1-877-332-8255 and add your voice to our poll!
REALITY CHECK: Do you wear a mask in public?
9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session
10:00 – Should Trudeau do more to stand up against China? Columnist and author Jonathan Manthorpe says Trudeau is tiptoeing around China and doesn’t want to offend the Asian superpower because of the Canadians held hostage there and due to pressure from business groups. Manthorpe says Trudeau’s approach won’t improve our relationship with China, because it’s entirely tied to the eventual fate of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou who is awaiting extradition in Vancouver. What Canada should be doing, Manthorpe says, is having an important conversation about Canada’s strategic economic interests and reducing our reliance on China.
LIVE: Jonathan Manthorpe, columnist and author of “Claws of the Panda: Beijing’s Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada.”
11:00 – With most students not resuming classes until September at the earliest, what kind of position will students – and teachers – be in when classes eventually resume? Michael Zwaagstra, a teacher and author of several books on educational theory, says there will certainly be some loss of learning but the important thing is to hit the ground running in the fall if at all possible. Zwaagstra says education is much less effective with an online-only model or if schools require draconian social distancing measures, but it’s important to keep students and teachers safe at the same time.
LIVE: Michael Zwaagstra, teacher and author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”