Wood file: Canada can lose occasionally and still be No. 1
Canada was snakebit in the gold medal hockey game, and sometimes, even when you dominate the other team, you come up sho...
WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS
8:30 – Monday Morning Coffee – Saskatchewan chef, Dan Clapson, joins Evan and guest host Brent Loucks to discuss the biggest stories making headlines this morning.
9:00 – After a week full of deliberations with Regina’s city council, we finally have some answers from city hall. Brent welcomes Geoff Smith, 980 CJME reporter, to the show to talk about what cuts were made and how the mill rate will impact your taxes.
Listener Question: How do you feel about the city’s proposed mill rate after budget deliberations?
9:15 – Open phones – Guest host Brent Loucks goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
9:45 – After reports over the weekend that someone fell through the ice up at Emma Lake, Brent Loucks welcomes Shawn Jacques, president of the Water Security Agency, to talk about ice thickness guidelines on bodies of water in Saskatchewan this time of year.
LIVE: Shawn Jaques, president of the Water Security Agency.
10:00 – The Round Table of Justice – Each and every Monday we invite experts in the law to pull up a seat and discuss the week’s biggest crime and justice stories. In today’s Round Table of Justice, Brent Loucks is joined by Michael Spratt, Ontario criminal defence lawyer, podcaster and legal commentator, Prof. Brandon Trask, former prosecutor, associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba and adjunct fellow at St. John’s College, and Brian Pfefferle, Saskatoon criminal defence lawyer, to discuss the Jordan ruling.
11:00 – It’s almost the end of the year! Brent Loucks welcomes Chris Guérette, Saskatchewan Realtors Association CEO, to discuss the Saskatchewan housing market‘s year-in-review as we wrap 2025, and what trends she might predict for 2026 homebuying in the province.
LQ: Is 2026 the year you’ll be a home buyer or seller?
11:30 – As families gather over the holidays, many Canadians will be spending a lot of time with their parents and grandparents, sometimes for the only time all year. Dr. Howard Chertkow, Canadian research scientist at Baycrest and scientific director of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA), joins Brent Loucks to talk about what signs you can look for and how families can approach the sensitive conversation.
LQ: How important is family time for you over the holidays?
12:00 – Canadians felt the pinch at the grocery store all year long, and according to Canada’s Food Price Report for 2026, that won’t change. We take a look back at food prices and consumer habits in 2025 with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab and visiting scholar in food distribution and policy at McGill University. He joins Brent Loucks to share major trends of 2025 and what’s to come in 2026.
LQ: How do you feel about food prices, as 2025 wraps up?
