Western Standard - June 09, 2022


The NewsRoom： Canada's top doc warns of impending COVID wave


Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

159.27252

Word count

578

Sentence count

43

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

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Summary

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The Stampeders are back in action, the Bank of Canada has a new board of directors and Health Canada wants to put warnings on the front of ground beef labels in Canada because it's got some saturated fats and other bad things in there for you.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hey Dave, how's it going?
00:00:01.160 It's going well, Corey. Do you know why I'm wearing red today?
00:00:04.520 No, I don't. For the rhubarb, maybe?
00:00:07.280 Maybe, but it's more for the Stampeders kicking off their season tonight in CFL action.
00:00:13.480 They're going to destroy the hapless Montreal team.
00:00:17.560 So yeah, it's good. It's a good day when CFL kicks off.
00:00:20.460 And another opportunity to mock our friends in Edmonton, the home of the Edmonton Elks.
00:00:26.620 And it's not even grammarly correct, Corey.
00:00:28.660 How can you have a team that's not even grammarly correct?
00:00:31.960 Well, that's true. And that's where the Battle of Alberta can pick up.
00:00:34.600 And at least Calgary can retain some pride and knock down those nasty Edmontonians in the football field, at least, if not in the hockey arenas.
00:00:42.580 Yeah, if Bo Levi stays healthy, it's going to be a good year, I think.
00:00:46.580 We've got some interesting stuff on the site, Corey.
00:00:49.140 The feds, in their infinite wisdom, have decided they're going to look at putting Health Canada warnings on the front of ground beef labels in Canada.
00:01:00.120 Because it's, you know, it's got some saturated fats and other bad things in there for you.
00:01:04.920 Obviously, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association has a bit more common sense and they're not too happy with it.
00:01:11.860 So their comments are in the story.
00:01:15.300 We've got Teresa Tam batting down the hatches again. 1.00
00:01:19.260 She says the seventh wave of COVID is on the way and it will hit just after Labor Day.
00:01:24.100 So she's telling Canadians to get to get prepared.
00:01:27.840 So deep sigh on that one.
00:01:30.940 Pierre Polyev has released a statement this morning calling on the Federal Public Safety Minister, Marco Medicino, to resign.
00:01:40.760 He's being caught as Canada's liar in chief over the Freedom Convoy events.
00:01:46.240 He repeatedly said police have asked the government to bring in the Emergencies Act and police force after police force have said no.
00:01:55.320 No, they didn't.
00:01:56.360 So Polyev wants him out, quite rightly.
00:02:00.140 The CTF has done an access to information release on the Board of Directors meetings for the Bank of Canada in 2019.
00:02:11.080 $140,000 for the nine Board of Directors to have five meetings.
00:02:16.240 High cost because they stayed in some of Canada's most luxurious hotels, in their most luxurious suites.
00:02:24.220 So $140,000 they rang up in five meetings.
00:02:29.080 Premier Kenney was on hand this morning at a big announcement at the U of C.
00:02:34.560 The government's chipping in $23 million to build a quantum hub technology that is way too over my head for me to try and explain.
00:02:44.960 But our reporter there, Mel Risdon, did get some face time with the Health Minister, Jason Copping,
00:02:52.380 and has questioned him about the horrible tragedy this week of the elderly woman being mauled to death by the three pit bull type dogs
00:03:02.560 and what the Alberta Health Services are doing about it to try and make sure that there's not another 30-minute wait like she had to suffer through that time. 0.56
00:03:13.740 So that's what we've got on the go this morning, Corey.
00:03:17.340 Lots to come this afternoon.
00:03:18.840 And go, Stamps, go, tonight.
00:03:21.140 Absolutely.
00:03:21.540 Well, you know, I'm going to go out of my way to eat a large steak just in defiance of Health Canada
00:03:26.340 and their latest way of trying to tell me what I'm allowed to eat.
00:03:30.140 It's utterly ridiculous.
00:03:32.060 Oh, man.
00:03:33.420 All right.
00:03:34.620 Steve, I'll talk to you after the show.
00:03:37.220 See you, Corey.