8:30 – When we started the summer grilling season we were paying more for burgers and steaks. Now that barbecue season is ending, is the price of beef cooling off? Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab, is here to help us understand recent beef prices and why Australian steak sells for less in Canada than Canadian steak does.
LISTENER QUESTION: How does the price of beef affect your family?
LIVE: 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.
9:00 – OPEN LINES Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – New research shows that serious injuries from police use of force are much rarer than most people think, yet negative media coverage can affect officers’ mental health and public trust. Evan is joined by Dr. Nick Carleton, professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Regina and lead author of the study and Tom Stamatakis, president of the Canadian Police Association.
LIVE: Dr. Nick Carleton, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Regina and lead author of the study.
LIVE: Tom Stamatakis, president of the Canadian Police Association.
LQ: What are your concerns about police use of force? And would you feel if the focus shifted more on officers’ mental health rather than on public transparency?
10:30 – Canadians around the country are on a hunt for a million dollars worth of gold, and it could be closer than you think. Anthony Vaccaro, president of The Northern Miner Group, joins Evan to talk about the Great Canadian Treasure Hunt, what prizes are up for grabs and how you can get started on your search for the treasure!
LIVE: Anthony Vaccaro, president of The Northern Miner Group.
LQ: Would you go searching for the treasure?
11:00 – Typewriters seem to be making a comeback through a bit of a renaissance, thanks to young people excited about the machines and nostalgia bringing people back to a simpler time before computers. Local expert, Thom Cholowski, Saskatoon historian, author and administrator of the Historic Saskatchewan Facebook group, joins Evan to break down the trend and share some of his present projects from the past.
LIVE: Thom Cholowski, Saskatoon historian, author and administrator of the ‘Historic Saskatchewan’ Facebook group.
LQ: What’s your favourite thing to collect?
11:30 – What is the item from your childhood (or maybe more recently) that you thought would never come back in style? What is it about the nostalgia of these items that keeps them in vogue? Call Evan to share at 1-877-332-8255.
12:00 – Evan revisits his conversation with Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University.
REPLAY: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University.