Sask. hockey player resting at home after neck slashed by skate
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'Considering the circumstances ... this is best-case scenario,' Cole Cusitar said.
8:30 – Globe and Mail Reporter Nathan VanderKlippe was on the ground in Ukraine for weeks after Russia unleashed a war with Ukraine. He just arrived home and he joins Gormley to tell us about what he was seeing on the days before his departure and how much the situation evolved since he first arrived in Ukraine in February.
LIVE: Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail foreign correspondent
9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session.
10:00 – According to Brian Lee Crowley, managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Saskatchewan politics may hold the secret to unseating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Writing in the National Post, Crowley argues that the Sask Party found the wining formula not by shifting from socialist to conservative values, but rather by presenting a populist government in which people can see themselves reflected. Crowley joins John for a conversation on why he says “understanding and caring about voters beats ideological purity any day.”
LIVE: Dr. Brian Lee Crowley, managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
11:00 – There is a shortage of Canadians who want to work. Last week, we learned the hospitality sector in Saskatchewan was short about 4,000 people. And now with the jobless rate hitting record lows, a new survey from Deloitte Canada found employers could be fighting to keep their best employees. What are the main things employers should do to get and retain good employees? What makes employees leave? Let us know your thoughts by calling or texting 1-877-332-8255.
12:00 – The business of destruction is taking off in Saskatoon. Megan Mercer opened YXE Smash Therapy back in 2020, and since then people have been lining up to swing a sledgehammer into all manner of breakable items including dishes, electronics, and even car windshields. Despite starting her business at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Smash Therapy is still going strong, and Mercer joins Gormley to tell us why she thinks her business has seen so much success since its opening.
LIVE: Magen Mercer, Owner and President of YXE Smash Therapy Inc.