What an NCAA rule change might mean for junior hockey in Sask.
Nov 18, 2024
Previously, WHL players were declared ineligible to play NCAA hockey in the U.S.
8:30 – Late last week, news organizations began to report that a former Canadian Forces soldier, who was responsible for helping about 100 people flee Afghanistan after Kabul was captured by the Taliban in August 2021, had been captured. Dave Lavery, known as “Canadian Dave” is missing, reportedly taken by the Taliban. Phil Gurski, former senior strategic analyst at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) specializing in Al Qaeda and Islamic State-inspired terrorism, joins Evan to discuss the alleged kidnapping.
Listener Question: What should the Canadian government be doing to respond to the disappearance of Canadian Dave?
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 – The Canada Post strike is making a local non-profit extremely concerned for the people it cares for. Joe Miller, executive director for Soul’s Harbour in Regina, share with Evan what sort of impact this strike could have on the work it does in Regina.
10:30 – The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is gearing up to hold its midterm convention later this week in Saskatoon. The convention will focus on education, debate and resolutions put forward by various communities in the province. Evan welcomes SARM president, Bill Huber, back to the show to get a sense of what will come from the convention.
LQ: What issues are you seeing in rural municipalities concerning you right now?
11:00 – Do you remember the feeling of walking into Blockbuster and seeing the latest releases? Of rushing out on a specific release day to be the first to rent the latest big-screen film you didn’t catch in theatre? The thrill of watching your DVD machine heat up before you popped a disc into it to sit back and get lost in a movie? Craig Siliphant, The Movie Geek and pop culture critic, sure does! He joins Evan to reminisce.
11:30 – What was the movie you can still remember rushing over to Blockbuster to rent? Do you still watch DVDs? Call Evan to chat movie nostalgia at 1-877-332-8255!
12:00 – New research on gut bacteria produced in the bodies of people eating a plant-rich diet could lead to developing new probiotics. Evan speaks with Dr. Harry Brumer, lead researcher on this at the University of British Columbia, to understand how this research could enrich human health.