Show Segments

8:30 – Judy Ferguson, Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor, released the second volume of her 2019 report on Thursday. Ferguson identified a number of areas that need attention, particularly when it comes to the training for healthcare workers in areas struggling with high suicide rates. After visits to North Battleford, Lloydminster, Meadow Lake, and La Loche, Ferguson found three cases where ER staff didn’t provide suicidal patients with  a psychiatric consultation before they were discharged, and found that ER staff didn’t refer mental health patients to outpatient follow-up services. The issue has been in the spotlight in Saskatchewan after three young people – including a 10-year-old girl – recently took their own lives on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. Ferguson joins guest-host Mike Couros to discuss her report.

LIVE: Judy Ferguson, provincial auditor.

9:00 – The Ultimate Open Lines…

WTF:

Tenille Lafontaine, Feisty, Frugal & Fabulous.

Sarah Mills, CJME News Director.

11:00 – Justin Trudeau has promised to ban semi-automatic rifles and in yesterday’s Throne Speech the government promised to give municipalities the power to ban or restrict handguns. While many are celebrating the moves – particularly because they would see the weapon used in the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre banned across the country – others are worried about the negative effects of a ban. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights sent a letter to Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair this week opposing the gun control measures. They say gun bans would not reduce crime due to gun smuggling, and warn that bans would cost millions of dollars, thousands of jobs, and close family businesses. Tracey Wilson, who signed the letter on behalf of the CCFR, joins guest host Mike Couros to discuss the proposed bans and whether gun control is a viable way to reduce crime rates.

LIVE: Tracey Wilson, V.P. of Public Relations with the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights.

12:00 – Chris Simair, who co-founded Skip the Dishes along with his brother Josh while living in Saskatchewan, is out with a new venture. Harvest, a Calgary-based not-for-profit, is aiming to help local startups build, develop, and grow. Simair said Skip the Dishes – which now boasts 2,500 employees and was sold for $200 million four years after its founding in 2012 – helped them develop a “playbook for the Prairies” when it comes to starting a business. Now he’s going to share that playbook with new startups. Simair joins guest host Mike to discuss the new venture.

LIVE: Chris Simair, co-founder of Skip the Dishes and founder/managing partner of Harvest.