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 – Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump are both in Asia, meeting leaders in hopes of strengthening trade relations in the region. But, it’s being reported that the two leaders haven’t officially spoken since Trump called off trade talks last week. Tasha Kheiriddin, National PostMedia political columnist, joins Evan to share the latest update on Canada’s relationship with our neighbours to the south.
Listener Question: Are you worried about Canada’s relationship with the United States?
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 – Now almost eight months after tariffs were first put on Canada by the United States — and after China responded with its own tariffs on canola in the summer — Evan welcomes a panel of experts to discuss what the impacts of tariffs have been, where the situation stands today and to take questions from listeners. Evan welcomes Ian Lee, Carleton University business associate professor, Prabha Ramaswamy, CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, and Bill Huber, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), for the discussion and to answer your tariff-related questions.
LQ: Got any tariff-related questions? Call our experts with all your inquiries at 1-877-332-8255!
11:00 – Time for your regular deep-dive into the world of tech! Chad Jones, CEO of Push Interactions and a former Apple engineer, joins Evan to break down the latest in AI and what happened with the recent Amazon outage.
LQ: Have tech-related questions? Call in to ask Chad at 1-877-332-8255.
11:30 – A 3D-printed model of the human lung has been created by researchers with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask). Dr. Nuraina Dahlan and her supervisor, Dr. Neeraj Dhar, VIDO researchers, join Evan to share the importance of their current research.
LQ: Would you be willing to support or participate in research that uses 3D-printed human tissues?
12:00 – A Regina author and University of Regina professor has chronicled his experience walking alongside the Regina bypass — a highway not meant for pedestrians — and noting how this experience can impact how we see a city like Regina. Ken Wilson, author of Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road, joins Evan ahead of sharing his work at the Regina Public Library to discuss what this experience taught him and how it led him to put pen to paper.
LQ: What experience in your life would be worthy of writing a book about?
12:15 – Just over 10 years ago, the Spicer Scarehouse began thanks to a young Riley Spicer not wanting to trick-or-treat on Halloween and instead hoping to build a haunted house to scare — and entrance — his neighbourhood. A decade later, that haunted house is in its final season and Evan welcomes Riley Spencer to the show to talk about the final season of the Spicer Scarehouse.
LQ: If you had to choose, would you trick-or-treat, or visit a haunted house on Halloween night for fun?
