Show segments, Mon. Feb. 28

8:30 – Globe and Mail Reporter Nathan VanderKlippe has been on the ground in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion last week, and he joins Gormley for an update on what he’s been seeing and hearing from the ground over the weekend.
LIVE: Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail reporter in Ukraine.

9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories…. Open session!

10:00 – A Saskatchewan man living in Ukraine says he doesn’t want to leave the country he fell in love with, but that might be necessary as the Russian invasion continues. Bryce Walker has lived in Ukraine with his girlfriend for the past three years, working in photography and video editing and maintaining his own video blog, and he’s been sharing videos of his own experience after waking up last week to the sound of Russian jets roaring overhead. Walker joins Gormley to tell us what things are like for civilians living in Ukraine, and why he says sanctions will not be enough to bring Vladimir Putin’s aggression into check.
LIVE: Bryce Walker, Saskatchewan man living in Ukraine.

11:00 – Vlad Bondarenko has been living in Saskatoon for 13 years, but his father, brother, and sister are still in Ukraine and he’s concerned for their safety in the face of Russia’s invasion. Bondarenko has started a fundraiser on Facebook to try and help get his loved ones out of Ukraine and into Canada to join him or to a safe third country. Bondarenko joins John to tell us about his family’s situation, what he’s hearing from Ukraine, and why he’s asking for help.
LIVE: Vladyslav (Vlad) Bondarenko, Ukrainian living in Saskatoon fundraising to help his family.

11:50 – A scary abduction case in Saskatchewan ended with a mother being reunited with her daughter after months of uncertainty. RCMP caught up with Michael Gordon Jackson, the man accused of abducting his seven-year-old daughter Sarah due to his objections to the COVID-19 vaccine, in Vernon, B.C. late last week and he was arrested without incident. He’ll now face the abduction charge in a Regina court, and Sarah has since been reunited with her mother Mariecar Jackson. Mariecar’s lawyer Jill Drennan joins Gormley to tell us about the end of this scary case.
LIVE: Jill Drennan, lawyer for Mariecar Jackson and director of Regina’s rural Legal Aid office.

12:00 – There are more than 4,000 charities and non-profits active around Saskatchewan, and we’re featuring some of the great people doing great work in this province during our new segment called “The Best of Saskatchewan.” The 40th annual Bed Push for TeleMiracle gets underway this week, with students from the Agriculture Students Association pushing a hospital bed all the way from Saskatoon to Regina on March 3, 4, and 5 to raise funds for the annual telethon. The tradition has been running since the early ’80s, and Kate Sauser with the Ag Students Association joins John to share the details, and how you can help support their fundraiser.
LIVE: Kate Sauser, Public Relations Officer within the Agriculture Students Association.