Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not?
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
8:30 – In Saskatchewan, about 20 percent of new cases and hospitalization are in break through cases – people who are fully-vaccinated. Microbiologist Dr. Joseph Blondeau joins Gormley to discuss breakthrough infections and why fully-vaxxed people are ending up in hospital. Blondeau is here to tell us what the latest science says regarding severe infections among the fully-vaccinated.
LIVE: Dr. Joseph Blondeau, clinical microbiologist and head of clinical microbiology at RUH and U of S
9:00 – A report uncovered by David Pugliese at the Ottawa Citizen shows the Canadian Joint Operations Command treated the pandemic as a chance to test propaganda techniques on Canadians, despite the federal government never asking for an information campaign from the military. The military plan, put in place in April of 2020, replied on techniques similar to those used during Canada’s time in Afghanistan to “shape” and “exploit” information. Prof. Gordon Pennycook studies behavioural science at the University of Regina, and he joins Gormley to share his thoughts on the report.
LIVE: Gordon Pennycook, Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at the Hill/Levene Schools of Business, U of R
9:00 – Hour of the Big Stories
10:00 – Robert Freberg, the province’s new Chief Firearms Officer joins Gormley to tell us more about his new role and to discuss firearms laws in Saskatchewan.
LIVE: Robert Freberg, Chief Firearms Officer, Saskatchewan Firearms Program
11:00 – OpenMedia, a non-profit group working to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free, is speaking out against the Trudeau Liberals and their plan “to make Canada’s Internet one of the most censored and surveilled in the democratic world.” Campaigns director Matt Hatfield says Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s web regulations, including the controversial Bill C-10, would have a dramatic and negative impact on our online lives, and Hatfield joins Gormley to explain more.
LIVE: Matt Hatfield, Campaigns Director, OpenMedia
12:00 – In his new book for Alliance Health, Dr. Mark Lemstra argues we need a different way of thinking about healthcare. Lemstra says income and education are major determinants of health, and makes a proposal to help ensure income and education are not a barrier to the health of children by expanding the Healthy Weights and Healthy Kids initiatives to new communities with additional services, and allow teachers to write referrals for their students to gain access – at no cost – to equipment and instruction in fitness, sport, music, arts, academics, and technology. Lemstra joins Gormley to discuss his proposals, and why he thinks we can do more to ensure all kids grow up healthy.
LIVE: Dr. Mark Lemstra, owner of Alliance Health and author of ‘Equal Opportunity Until 18.’
