The Evan Bray Show - Quick Dick - March 22nd, 2024

Canada’s proposed West Coast oil pipeline is now the first project designated in the national interest under the Building Canada Act, fast-tracking the approval process. Heather Exner-Pirot, Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, joins Evan to break down what yesterday’s announcement means and whether Canada…

Trends can be hard to keep up with... and what was once considered grandpa food is now trendy for its affordability and health benefits: canned sardines. Despite the trend, Evan refuses to be influenced, drawing his line in the sand on the tiny fish.

Minimum wage is up today in Saskatchewan, rising to $15.70 an hour — but that still leaves the province with the second-lowest minimum wage in Canada, ahead of only Alberta. A new report says a living wage is considerably higher at $22.50 in Regina and $21.50 in Saskatoon, and report…

Evan catches up with Regina's Chief of Police, Lorilee Davies, to talk about local crime statistics, how the city is doing and what information people in Regina should be aware of.

Alberta is less than three weeks away from a referendum that includes a the question about whether to remain a province and a part of Canada. Tyler Dawson, an Edmonton-based editor with The Globe and Mail and author of The Republic of Alberta, joins Evan to talk about why he…