Show Segments

8:30 – Teachers across Saskatchewan are planning to withdraw all voluntary and extracurricular services starting tomorrow, as they continue to negotiate their contract with the provincial government. After reaching an impasse due to the teachers’ requirement that a new contract include stipulations on class size and composition, the teachers voted in favour of sanctions and on Thursday will begin reporting to school and leaving just 15 minutes before and after classes. The move jeopardizes a number of planned events, including the Hoopla basketball tournament. We want to know what you think about the dispute, and that means it’s time for one of Gormley’s patented Reality Checks: Are teachers doing the right thing by imposing their work-to-rule job action? Call 1-877-332-8255 and add your voice to our poll.

REALITY CHECK: Are teachers doing the right thing?

9:00 –  The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session

10:00 – Declining income and rising costs are putting a serious pinch on the wallets of Saskatchewan’s farmers. APAS President Todd Lewis says the carbon tax, weather, federal election, trade disruptions, and other factors have created “a perfect storm” amounting to “a recipe for financial disaster at the Saskatchewan farmgate.” Lewis joins Gormley to discuss the challenges producers are facing, and look ahead to the 2020 growing season.

LIVE: Todd Lewis, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.

11:00 – It’s time for Saskatchewan’s Smartest Radio Listener! Powered by Urban Cellars. Your chance for fame, acclaim and to prove just how smart you are. Not only do you get bragging rights, you’ll win a $50 gift card for Urban Cellars.

12:00 – Researchers from the University of Regina and the Royal Tyrrell Museum are using the Canadian Light Source at the U of S to analyze fossilized dinosaur tissue. The research, being led by U of R Professor Mauricio Barbi, could identify preserved cell layers and structures that might indicate the dinosaurs’ skin colour and may lead to a breakthrough in how we understand extinct animals. Barbi’s research had already discovered dinosaur skin cell layers for the first time, and he believes the sample of hadrosaur skin he’s brought to the CLS may contain pigments as well. Barbi joins Gormley now to discuss the research and what they’re hoping to learn about dinosaurs.

LIVE: Mauricio Barbi, U of R physics professor.