Western Standard - June 07, 2022


'If Trudeau hates guns so much, he should make his bodyguards use karate'

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Corey Dave David Creighton Justin Trudeau Jason Kenney Mel Rizdin Lila Ahir Derek
Prison guards speak out against overdose prevention sites in federal prisons Triggered： AHS mismanagement of emergency services led to the death of a senior

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Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

167.65

Word count

852

Sentence count

69

Harmful content

Toxicity

1

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Summary

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On today's show, we have the tragic news of a pit bull attack on a woman in Alberta, the details of what happened, and the reaction from the paramedics and the health care system. We also have a story on the pit bull tragedy, and a story about bug recipes being served to kids in British schools.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hey Dave, how's it going?
00:00:01.560 You know what, Corey, I'm as infuriated as you are.
00:00:04.060 There seems to be no reason that this poor woman had to die.
00:00:08.080 AHS knew this has been coming.
00:00:10.580 Everybody's been warning about it for months and months, and it's finally happened.
00:00:15.820 Absolutely disgraceful.
00:00:17.960 We've got an early story up there now as our Mel Risden is trying to find out what the hell happened.
00:00:24.960 She's talking to Alberta, trying to talk to Alberta Health Services, trying to talk to Alberta Health, trying to talk to the paramedics union.
00:00:33.380 Everybody so far, especially Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services, head in the sands, Corey.
00:00:40.020 They know this is a big blunder, and they're trying to get their story straight, or they're just not going to say anything at all.
00:00:46.260 But absolutely, absolutely unforgivable that this woman had to die.
00:00:51.320 And I'm as pissed off about it, as you are.
00:00:55.240 Of course, this will now spark the old debate about whether pit bulls should be allowed in cities.
00:01:02.400 They're currently banned in Ontario cities.
00:01:04.980 And no doubt this tragedy will spark that conversation to be held once again.
00:01:11.880 And our Mel will be on top of that, too, trying to get both sides of the story there.
00:01:16.680 Other stuff we've got on the go right now.
00:01:19.880 Lila Ahir has joined the UCP leadership race.
00:01:25.100 Another former Jason Kenney cabinet minister basically coming out and saying we need to admit to our mistakes and try and move on.
00:01:36.180 The boss, Derek, has got a good column about Justin Trudeau.
00:01:39.520 You know, he's taking everybody's guns away from them across the country.
00:01:43.000 Perhaps he should take his bodyguard's guns away and have them just rely on karate if the prime minister is ever attacked.
00:01:51.440 We've got a story from Arthur Green on the Conservatives saying many Canadians aren't getting enough to eat because they can't afford it.
00:01:59.580 And I certainly went grocery shopping on the weekend, Corey, and I was a bit shocked at the bill.
00:02:04.840 And we've got a story out of Ottawa, all these airport delays.
00:02:09.300 You want to fly anywhere, you've got to get there three hours in advance.
00:02:12.280 And, you know, the Fed knew this was coming.
00:02:15.420 All the traveller data shows that this was going to be booming.
00:02:19.200 And they seem to have taken no steps to try and get ahead of the game and address it.
00:02:24.960 And we've got what looks to be a Toronto-area boy charged with threatening to shoot up a Florida Gay Pride Week event down there.
00:02:35.300 So cross-border police cooperation led to his arrest in Ontario yesterday.
00:02:41.160 And he's being charged with all that sort of stuff in Florida.
00:02:45.400 So that's what we've got at the moment.
00:02:48.360 As mentioned, Mel will be digging hard on the pit bull tragedy.
00:02:53.560 And our Amanda Brown's got an interesting story on what's being served for children at some British schools.
00:03:00.700 And it'll make your skin crawl, Corey.
00:03:04.580 And it may have – what were those bugs that you had on at the start?
00:03:08.900 June bugs?
00:03:10.400 Yes.
00:03:11.720 Sorry.
00:03:12.240 Sorry, I caught you right in the middle of some technical work there.
00:03:17.120 But, yes, June bugs could be on the kids' menu at some schools in England.
00:03:22.620 So that's what we've got going at the moment, Corey.
00:03:27.920 Great.
00:03:28.420 Well, thank you very much, Dave.
00:03:30.940 Sorry for being distracted for a moment.
00:03:33.280 We had some guest confusion pop up during the conversation.
00:03:37.060 So take advantage of the keyboard while you informed our listeners on what's going on over there at the newsroom.
00:03:42.240 No problem.
00:03:42.940 I'm always here to cover for you, Corey.
00:03:44.900 Yeah.
00:03:45.340 No, it's appreciated.
00:03:46.600 And it's important to know where those bug recipes are coming from.
00:03:49.360 Well, thanks for the check-in, Dave.
00:03:51.560 And we'll see you after the show.
00:03:54.540 Thanks, Corey.
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