10/02/2025
That Evan Bray is one smart cookie. One of our coldest days and he's nowhere to be found!!
I'm happy to be filling in for him on the show today....Call or text to be part of the show. 1-877-332-8255
The Evan Bray Show, Monday, February 10th, 2025
WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS
8:30 – As Canadians catch their breath from the threat of tariffs and now 30-day delay, Jeff Mahon, director of geopolitical and international business advisory at StrategyCorp and an executive-in-residence at the Canada West Foundation, joins Evan to bring us the latest on U.S. President Donald Trump's plans.
9:00 – We learned last week that Saskatoon Public Schools is facing funding concerns that had forced the division to lay off 80 educational assistants. Joining Brent Loucks to discuss that financial concern, the division between federal and provincial responsibilities and how it affects our schools is Shawn Davidson, president of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA).
9:30 – Will we have only six weeks more of winter? Canada's famous groundhogs, Willie and Sam, were at odds about their shadow predictions for the length of the season remaining this year. Brent Loucks turns to David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, to give us a better sense of the rest of the winter season.
10:00 – A clock with a mysterious past is now ticking again, thanks to the work of amateur provincial historian, Thom Cholowski. Known as the "typewriter guy" in Saskatoon, Cholowski believes he's restored a (time)piece of Saskatchewan's history. He joins Brent Loucks to discuss the find.
10:30 – Cheryl Olson has survived - and thrived - after not one heart transplant, but two. This Heart Health Month (and days before Valentines Day), she joins Brent Loucks to talk about the importance of remembering to take care of our hearts.
11:00 – Travel woes are a tale as old as time, but that doesn't make them less inconvenient when they happen to you. WestJet passengers are frustrated once again by cancellations while Canadians generally reconsider whether they want to include the United States as a travel destination at all. Brent Loucks welcomes Terry Kaszas, general manager of travel services with CAA Saskatchewan, to discuss the difficulties passengers are facing and what CAA is seeing in terms of U.S.-Canadian travel.
11:30 – On average, people check their phones up to 221 times a day. While cell phones are helpful, they can also be addicting. Charlotte Lloyd, co-creator of Phone Free February, joins Brent Loucks to discuss how we can improve our phone habits and become more mindful of our screen time.
12:00 – The Water Security Agency has announced a finalized agricultural water stewardship policy to benefit and take care fo Saskatchewan's 4.6 million acres of wetlands. Dr. Peter Leavitt, professor in the department of biology at the University of Regina, co-director for the Institute of Environmental Change and Society and visiting scholar at Queen's University Belfast, joins Brent to explain what the policy is and what the benefit will be for the province's wetlands.
He's not on the air every day but you can still reach Brent via his email. 
