The Evan Bray Show - Susan Barber - August 27th, 2024

New wastewater data is giving police and communities another look at the level of drug use across Saskatchewan. The testing found particularly high levels of methamphetamine and cocaine in Prince Albert. Patrick Nogier, Prince Albert Chief of Police and President of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police, joins the…

Regina-based Prairie Clean Enterprises is turning agricultural waste into products like cat litter, animal bedding and fuel pellets, manufactured at its facility in Weyburn. They have deals with huge companies like Co-op and Walmart. Prairie Clean Energy CEO Mark Cooper joins Evan to talk about taking this Saskatchewan innovation to…

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The Avenue K encampment in Saskatoon has been dismantled, but the larger issue of homelessness remains. With Indigenous people making up more than 80 per cent of Saskatoon's unhoused population, Tribal Chief Mark Arcand joins Evan to discuss why Indigenous people are so disproportionately affected, how First Nations support members…

Saskatoon's homeless encampment is no more, and the NDP are demanding the province take action to help those left with nowhere to go. It's proposing to reverse changes to income support which would see utilities and rent paid directly to landlords and providers. April ChiefCalf, Saskatchewan NDP's housing critic and…