Yesterday we heard from Susan Ewart the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association and listeners about the non-exist rest areas for truckers in the province. It's been almost 4 years since it was promised and

Jeremy Cockrill, Saskatchewan Minister of Highways joins Gormley to discuss why truckers are waiting for these designated rest areas.

The federal budget gets released today and it looks like targeted relief for some Canadians seem to be the focus on this years budget. Dr. Jason Childs  Associate Professor of economics at the University of Regina joins Gormley to preview you what to expect for the budget.

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The Carbon Tax is set to increasing to 14 cents per liter of gas on April 1st. This could cost the average household between $400-$800 in 2023. Dan McTeague gas price analyst and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy joins Gormley to discuss how everyone is going to handle the increase.

There are more than 4,000 charities and non-profits active around Saskatchewan, and we're featuring some of the great people doing great work in this province during our new segment called "The Best of Saskatchewan." In this week's feature, we'll check in with Nest Saskatoon.

It's been almost 4 years since the province promised to build rest areas for truckers. The advisory committee promised these rest areas but nothing has happened about them yet. Susan Ewart, executive director of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association joins Gormley to explain why nothing has been done with these rest areas yet.

The restaurant industry is bracing for the biggest jump in the country's alcohol excise duty in more than 40 years. As of April 1st alcohol duty is set to increase 6.3% which is just one more thing the hospitality sector has to deal with. Jim Bence CEO of Hospitality Saskatchewan joins Gormley to explain the impact this is going to have on the sector and your wallets.

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Joe Biden made his long-awaited visit to Canada speaking at parliament meeting with Justin Trudeau but what does this mean for our relationship with the U.S.? John Parisella, Senior Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and former Quebec Delegate General in NYC and Washington joins Gormley for his take on the visit.

Today is World Tuberculosis Day which is still the second leading cause of death in the world. Even with multi-drug treatment programs available it is complex with unpleasant side-effects and many patients don’t adhere to treatment. Dr. Jeffrey Chen is a Research Scientists at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan and joins Gormley to discuss his work on developing a new Tuberculosis vaccine to help with treatments.