Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
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Berkly Catton, Brayden Yager, Caden Price and Tanner Howe were all named.
8:30 – The Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Scott Livingstone told Gormley last week the province’s health-care system is facing “a dire situation” due to the virus. As of Monday, there are 187 COVID patients in hospital; 142 people are receiving inpatient care and 45 people are in intensive care (north west 2, north central 2, Saskatoon 11, central east 3 and Regina 27). Dr. Susan Shaw, the SHA’s chief medical officer, joins Gormley to discuss hospitalizations, and how bad things are getting with ICU numbers climbing.
LIVE: Dr. Susan Shaw, SHA Chief Medical Officer.
9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session
10:00 – The federal Liberals are reportedly planning to soon table a new internet censorship law. According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault told a podcast affiliated with the Liberal Party that the government believes federal regulators should have the authority to temporarily block or even shut down websites that say hurtful things about politicians and public servants. Tom Korski, managing editor for Blacklock’s, joins Gormley to discuss the proposed new law.
LIVE: Tom Korski, managing editor for Blacklock’s Reporter.
11:00 – Chambers of commerce in Saskatchewan are pushing for a rapid testing pilot, which would see governments supply more than 1-million rapid tests to businesses, which could allow businesses to stay open longer and more safely even if there is a possible COVID-19 exposure. Steve McLellan with the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has led talks with the SHA on the pilot proposal, and he joins Gormley to tell us more.
LIVE: Steve McLellan, CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce.
12:00 – A group at the University of Saskatchewan has passed a major milestone in construction of Saskatchewan’s first satellite. The team recently completed a design review with the Canadian Space Agency, and constructed a “satellite-grade clean room” in the College of Engineering building. The student group behind the project is aiming to put their cube-shaped satellite into orbit late next year, making it this province’s first satellite. Once in orbit, the satellite will test a new type of radiation sensor and radiation blocking compound, both developed in Saskatchewan. Dustin Preece is the system team lead on the project, and he joins Gormley to tell us more.
LIVE: Dustin Preece, Systems Team Lead with RADSAT-SK CubeSat Project at USask.