Show Segments

8:30 – Schools across Saskatchewan released their school-specific action plans Wednesday, aiming to keep everyone safe when classes begin Sept. 8. The province also received almost $75M in federal funding, which may go towards reducing class sizes. Education Minister Gordon Wyant joins Gormley for an update on how the plans for the semester are shaping up, and what challenges are still ahead.

LIVE: Gordon Wyant, Saskatchewan Education Minister.

9:00 – Bug’s Day… The Hour of Rage!

9:30 – Shawn Davidson, head of the provincial school boards association, joins Gormley for a quick update on how school boards are feeling about the plans for resuming classes.

LIVE: Shawn Davidson, President of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association.

10:00 – A fast, $5 at-home test for COVID-19 has been granted emergency authorization for use in the USA, but north of the border Health Canada is dragging its feet. Dr. David Juncker, chair of biomedical engineering at McGill, says there are many reasons for Health Canada to approve at-home tests, which could potentially allow for daily testing of a large portion of the population. He says Canada has already been funding the research, but the high barrier to entry is discouraging innovation, meaning the tests won’t be available when they’re needed. Juncker says normal approval rules need not apply during a pandemic, and he joins Gormley to tell us more.

LIVE: Dr. David Juncker, departmental chair of Biomedical Engineering and Principal Investigator with the McGill University & Genome Quebec Innovation Centre.

11:00 – This morning the Fraser Institute released a new study analyzing the federal government’s COVID-19 spending and determining how much of the billions in federal aid was going to the intended destinations. According to Jason Clemens, who co-authored the report, as much as $22B of the $81.6B federal aid funding may have gone to high-income Canadians or been otherwise wasted, largely because their targets for assistance were too broad.

LIVE: Jason Clemens, economist and executive vice-president with the Fraser Institute.

12:00 – Many teachers are struggling with stress as they prepare to return to classrooms in Saskatchewan, and STA President John McGettigan says it’s important that teachers not pass that stress on to their students. McGettigan joins Gormley to discuss the issue in advance of the Saskatchewan Teachers Association’s virtual conference, taking place Friday, which will feature some valuable information for teachers who may be struggling.

LIVE: John McGettigan, president of the Saskatoon Teachers’ Association.