The Evan Bray Show - Open Phones - October 9th, 2025

Evan goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what's on their minds today.

Continuing our discussion on the independent review of Saskatchewan's 2025 wildfire response. While the province has accepted all 11 recommendations, many in the forestry sector are now looking at what lessons can be learned to better prevent, detect, and respond to major wildfires in the future. Forest Saskatchewan CEO Carl…

The independent review of Saskatchewan's 2025 wildfire response found the SPSA was not fully prepared for a wildfire season of that scale. The report identified significant gaps in preparedness, emergency management, evacuations, and communication. To talk about what was found and what the province is going to do about it…

Canadians across the country continue to feel the pinch at the grocery store. To address this, the federal government announced its $3B food security strategy. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab and visiting scholar in food distribution and policy at McGill University,…

As Alberta grapples with renewed separatist sentiment and questions about its future, Tyler Dawson's new book, The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away, explores why these tensions keep returning. He traces the movement's roots back more than a century and argues today's debate is part of a…