8:30 – Both Saskatoon and Regina’s city councils gathered to make major decisions on homeless shelter options in their respective cities this week. Lara Fominoff, senior reporter for 650 CKOM and Daniel Reech, city council reporter for 980 CJME, join Evan to share what happened in each of those council chambers and how these decisions will affect Saskatoon and Regina.
Listener Question: Do you think Regina and Saskatoon’s city councils made the right choices?
9:00 – Open phones – Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – It’s not quite yet election season, but despite the writ having not been dropped by the premier just yet, Saskatchewan political candidates and party leaders are already hot on the campaign trail. Daniel Westlake, assistant professor in the department of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan, joins Evan to discuss the ambitious election season upon us.
LQ: Are you hearing anything so far that is making YOU think you might change YOUR vote?
10:30 – Should police be playing a greater role in investigating when serious injuries and deaths happen in the workplace? Sean Tucker with the University of Regina and Rob Stewart, expert with enforcement of the Criminal Code for workplace serious injuries and death with John Petropolous Memorial Fund, join Evan to discuss an expanded police role in these investigations.
LQ: Do you think this is a problem that police should take a greater role in dealing with? Should police be involved in these investigations at all?
11:00 – Has it hit you yet that summer is over? It always goes by in a blink of an eye … What summer plans did you mean to make that never happened? Tell Evan what you missed out on at 1-877-332-8255.
11:30 – The St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation is hosting an event, an evening with the Oucharek Quartet. Jesse Greenwood, annual giving officer, and Walter Oucharek, quartet member, for the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, joins Evan to discuss the upcoming fundraiser.
12:00 – A Saskatchewan author is releasing his second title in the triolgy, “Rock Paper Scissors.” Montgomery Colt, author of ROCK and PAPER, joins Evan ahead of his launch event tonight for his second published novel in the series.