Murray Wood: The Saskatchewan farmer who heard a cry and reacted heroically
Murray wood says Cody Glenn came upon a horrific crash on a Saskatchewan highway and had to make a split-second decision...
8:30 – Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We check in with Brian Lilley, political columnist for the Toronto Sun, on this order and other political news making headlines in Ottawa.
Listener Question: Are you in favour of bringing federal workers back to the office, or should remote work stay?
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 – This week is Saskatchewan Missing Persons Week, a time to raise awareness about people missing across the province. Our next guest has spent more than a decade studying this issue. Lorna Ferguson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice Studies at the University of Regina, founder of Canada’s National Missing Persons Research Hub, and author of Missing Persons: Beyond Serial Killers and Unexplained Disappearances. She joins Evan to talk about her book and what we get wrong about missing persons cases.
LQ: Do you think the media makes us more afraid of kidnapping and murder than we need to be?
10:30 – Many drivers have been feeling the pinch when it comes to filling up on gas. But some EV drivers, like Tyler Krause, founder and president of the Tesla Owners Club of Saskatchewan and board member of SaskEV, can’t relate. Tyler joins the show ahead of the Drive Electric Earth Day in Saskatoon to talk all things EV, including the mandate, challenges facing the industry and the benefits to going green with an EV.
LQ: Do you support the EV mandate?
11:00 – TEDx Regina 2026 is coming up on May 29. The theme is Once Upon Our Future—a call to imagine what tomorrow could look like when bold ideas and action to shape Regina’s path forward. The event features speakers exploring topics from artificial intelligence and space research to food security, Indigenous leadership, and the future of work. To talk about this event, Evan has Moses Anjorin, Organizer & Curator, TEDx Regina and Jada Yee, one of the speakers at TEDx Regina.
11:30 – A Saskatchewan show is wrapping up after six successful seasons. Flat Out Food is a documentary series that takes viewers on a journey about unique Saskatchewan ingredients as they travel from the field to the plate. Jenn Sharp, journalist and writer for Flat Out Food, joins the show to talk about the final season and what new project she might get up to next.
12:00 – Saskatchewan currently has the highest food inflation in the country, at 4.9 per cent. Prices for items like produce, meat, and especially chicken are being driven by supply issues and higher transportation costs. With that in mind, Evan is joined by couponing expert extraordinaire Raiza Ocampo, whose handle is Couponbae on social media.
LQ: Have rising grocery prices changed the way you shop? Buying less, switching to generic brands, or hunting for deals you never used to need?
