Murray Wood: Saskatchewan NDP might be better off with a new name
While Carla Beck has been trying to bring the Saskatchewan NDP closer to the centre, Murray Wood says the federal NDP ha...
WITH GUEST HOST JUSTIN BLACKWELL
8:30 – 2025 was another big year in the newsroom, from wildfires to sports, pop culture moments, trials and murders, the newsroom covered it all. Sarah Mills, 980 CJME & 650 CKOM news director, joins guest host Justin Blackwell to recap the year and look ahead to 2026.
Listener Question: What was the biggest news story for you in 2025?
9:00 – From nail-biting endings, injuries, big trades and hoisting the Grey Cup, there was no shortage of sports stories making headlines in 2025. Jamie Nye, co-host of The Green Zone, joins guest host Justin Blackwell to recap the year and look ahead to what sports fans should be watching next.
LQ: What was your favourite sports story of 2025?
9:30 – If you heard an AI-generated song, do you think you’d be able to tell? Last month, an AI-generated song called “Walk My Walk” made its way to the #1 spot on Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart. Amanda Hoover, senior correspondent at Business Insider, joins guest host Justin Blackwell to explain what impacts AI-generated music could have on the music industry.
LQ: Would you listen to AI-generated music?
10:00 – Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and author of Axing the Tax: the Rise and Fall of Canada’s Carbon Tax, joins Justin Blackwell to discuss what changes taxpayers should keep an eye on in the new year.
LQ: What politician is on your naughty or nice list this year?
10:30 – Guest host Justin Blackwell revisits the year-end conversations Evan had with police leaders in the province: Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) Chief Cam McBride, Regina Police Service (RPS) Chief Lorilee Davies and Assistant Commissioner Commanding Officer Robin McNeil, Saskatchewan RCMP.
11:00 – Guest host Justin Blackwell revisits Evan’s earlier conversation with Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklock’s Reporter.
11:30 – A new children’s book by a Saskatchewan author is looking to keep both kids and their parents reading to them entertained. Aaron Wignes, Saskatchewan author of The Sleepover, joins guest host Justin Blackwell to discuss this project, why he put pen to paper and why parents will love it just as much as their children at bedtime.
LQ: Do you find humour in children’s entertainment also appealing to adults?
12:00 – Justin Blackwell revisits his conversation with 980 CJME & 650 CKOM news director, Sarah Mills.
