Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
8:30 – On Saturday, the world learned about the U.S. striking several key Iranian nuclear locations. As Prime Minister Mark Carney urges peace and calm from the U.S., we await the next developments in this conflict. Evan welcomes General Rick Hillier, former Canadian Chief of the defence staff, to discuss further retaliation by either the U.S. or Iran in the escalating conflict.
Listener Question: Will this ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran last?
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 – Following the COVID-19 pandemic, wait times for critical surgeries continue to rise. And Saskatchewan continues to rank near the bottom nationally when it comes to joint replacement surgeries. Anne Atkinson, project lead in health system analytics for the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), joins Evan to break down the data and how this impacts how you receive health care.
LQ: Do you think Canada should start exploring more private health-care options?
10:30 – Internet privacy is as important as ever with so much of our personal information available and stored online. Recently, data breaches of login credentials from popular platforms like Apple, Facebook and Google, as well as failure to protect customer data by the genetic testing company, 23andMe, have raised online user concerns once again. Evan connects with Scott Schober, cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, to learn more about these privacy breaches and how you can protect your data online.
11:00 – Does news of various major privacy breaches and information leaks online worry you? Does this make you want to withdraw from sharing information online? Or is that just the price we pay? Call Evan to share at 1-877-332-8255.
11:30 – What if we could “close the door” on cold and flu season? We’re hearing of research that is one step closer to this discovery! Bryan Fraser, researcher at the University of Toronto and lead author of the Structural basis of TMPRSS11D specificity and autocleavage activation study, joins Evan to break down the study and explain how this can help researchers develop better ways to stop infections in their tracks.
LQ: If scientists could develop a medicine to block viruses before they even enter your body, would you take it?
12:00 – As we continue to see some major weather events and wildfires continue to burn in Saskatchewan, we’re learning that just because our air quality levels may have improved does not mean there aren’t concerning effects to our environment. Evan welcomes Matt Makens, founder of Makens Weather, to learn more about how smoke this season is affecting our crops, plants and maybe more.
