Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not?
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
8:30 – Dozens of people filled the parking lot outside of Gord Wyant’s MLA office in Saskatoon Friday as part of province-wide demonstrations pleading the government to beef up its return to school plan. Saskatchewan’s education minister was there to defend the plan. Do you think Saskatchewan is failing at a back to school plan?
9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session
10:00 – Thousands have signed an online petition saying “Saskatchewan Needs a Better Back-To-School Plan,” after the provincial government released its guidelines last week. Charles Smith posted the petition along with his colleague Kirsten Fisher, and he joins Gormley to outline his issues with the plan and the changes he’d like to see implemented. Did you sign the petition, or do you believe the plan was adequate to keep students safe? Give us a call at 1-877-332-8255 and join the conversation!
LIVE: Charles Smith, Associate Professor of Political Studies at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, petitioning for “a better back-to-school plan.”
11:00 – When people think of “magic mushrooms,” they typically picture hippies, not cancer patients, but that may change now that four Canadians have received an exemption from the law prohibiting the psychedelic fungus psilocybin as part of their treatment. Saskatoon’s Thomas Hartle was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016, and is one of the patients who received the exemption. He’s going to take his first “trip” once he grows his own batch of the mushrooms, and he joins Gormley to tell us more. Do you think it’s time we studied the potential benefits of psychedelic drugs, or should they stay illegal? Give us a call at 1-877-332-8255!
LIVE: Thomas Hartle, Saskatoon resident with Stage 4 cancer; one of four applicants granted a medical exemption for psilocybin.
12:00 – Karen Patterson fought hard after her Chinese husband Wu Yuren was detained without charge, beaten by police and held for nearly a year in 2010, but after a long campaign of public pressure he was eventually released. Patterson, who says she was left with PTSD from the experience, has penned a book about her fight against the communist power, and she joins Gormley to discuss her book “Taking on China: How I Freed My Husband from Jail.”
LIVE: Karen Patterson, author of “Taking on China: How I Freed My Husband from Jail.”
