Western Standard - July 19, 2022


The Newsroom： University of Sask evacuated for a possible bomb threat


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

147.86253

Word Count

294

Sentence Count

21


Summary

In this week's show, we discuss a bomb threat at the University of Saskatchewan, a police standoff in Regina, the Dutch Freedom Convoy, a public hearing on the Freedom convoy inquiry, and much more!


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Yeah, we've got a few things that we're working on.
00:00:03.120 Brian Jean is lending a hand in getting signings of nominations for fellow candidates.
00:00:10.320 Party leadership candidates can work together, he says.
00:00:14.060 There is a support the Dutch Freedom Convoy being planned in Alberta for this coming weekend.
00:00:20.940 Looks like it's going to be leaving from Calgary Saturday morning.
00:00:24.740 We've got information on that on the website.
00:00:26.940 It's in support of farmers protesting their right to continue to farm in the Netherlands.
00:00:33.000 In Saskatchewan, looks like there was a bomb threat at the University of Saskatchewan.
00:00:38.740 And also two arrests with people with guns in Regina after a standoff with police.
00:00:48.020 I believe that happened last night.
00:00:50.760 Looks like the UK is battling some heavy heat waves.
00:00:54.960 Apparently, temperatures over 40 degrees, which we see here once in a while, but they don't see that very often.
00:01:03.240 So in a lot of cases, they are having a very difficult time dealing with that heat.
00:01:09.520 We also have a think tank that says Ottawa emissions cap on oil and gas sector is targeting one quarter of emissions.
00:01:17.460 So just a small amount there.
00:01:20.420 Public hearing for the Freedom Convoy inquiry will actually be live streamed on the Internet.
00:01:26.860 I suspect there will be quite a few people interested in watching that.
00:01:31.260 It looks like there is a report that says billions of dollars spent on a program that was launched about five years ago from the Liberal government.
00:01:40.060 And it was called the Innovation Supercluster Initiative, and it was set to to sort of garner 50,000 jobs.
00:01:48.960 Looks like that came nowhere near creating that many jobs, perhaps maybe 11,000.
00:01:54.260 And I'm working on a couple of stories, actually, that will be out shortly.