Western Standard - June 07, 2022


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


Episode Stats

Length

5 minutes

Words per Minute

167.65053

Word Count

852

Sentence Count

66


Summary

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

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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