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India and Pakistan flirt with war (oh no!) while Western Canadian cope dictates they blame their own Canadian kin for their problems as Indians colonize Alberta faster than every other province but Ontario. They're actually giving out a Hanuman monkey statue trophy at the conclusion of the NHL playoffs this year and retiring the Stanley Cup due to diversity and inclusion requirements.

n Season 5 of The Food Professor Podcast, Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois take listeners inside the bustling SIAL Food Innovation Show in Toronto, bringing fresh insights on global food trends and the shifting dynamics of agri-food trade. The episode kicks off with their live reflections on the show floor, surrounded by global exhibitors from Brazil, Peru, Jamaica, and Italy. They note a growing demand for diverse flavors and ethnic cuisines, as well as a strategic pivot by companies to balance foodservice and retail sales post-pandemic.Sylvain highlights how COVID reshaped supply chains, pushing businesses to avoid overreliance on single sectors and prompting innovations that blur lines between restaurant and retail offerings. They discuss ongoing tariff challenges, food inflation stabilizing, and the complex impact of retaliatory tariffs on Canadian importers and exporters.Shifting gears, the duo analyze Canada's post-election political landscape, unpacking what Mark Carney's new government could mean for agri-food policy, carbon taxation, and Canada's trade relationships with the U.S. and Mexico. They speculate about potential reforms to supply management and agri-stability programs, while exploring Western Canadian frustrations over political representation and federal agricultural policy.The second half features an exclusive interview with Martin Lavoie, President & CEO of Groupe Export Agroalimentaire Québec-Canada, Canada's largest agri-food export association. Martin shares how his organization supports over 450 Quebec food exporters through trade shows, market intelligence, and export services. He explains how diversification strategies are evolving amid global tariff volatility, why intra-Canada trade holds untapped potential, and how government procurement could boost domestic food producers.Martin also addresses the challenges of breaking into international markets like Europe, where food economies remain hyper-local, while noting rising demand in Asia and Mexico. He underscores the importance of reducing interprovincial trade barriers to unlock growth and reveals the criteria behind Group Export's annual Export Gala awards.Wrapping up, Michael and Sylvain reflect on Michael Medline's upcoming retirement from Sobeys, discussing his leadership legacy and impact on the grocer's national growth and industry advocacy. They also celebrate T&T's continued U.S. expansion and the launch of Loblaws' Maxi stores outside Quebec.Tune in for expert insights on the evolving agri-food export landscape, retail's competitive shifts, and the policies shaping Canada's food industry future. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fourth year in a row, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.

Send us a text21  April 2025 US INVASION PLANS FOR CANADA  My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald. Today's podcast is a departure from my usual Saturday dividend podcasts. It explores the conflict currently going on between Canada and the United States. A few days ago a podcast listener was excited to discover in my novel, “USING DROUGHT USA” that I had predicted a situation where the president of the United States would initiate a plan to invade Canada to acquire its natural resources That novel was released in 2019.  While it is a fictional work, the story is based on long simmering issues within Canada that many Americans may not be aware of.  Releasing Chapter 13 of USING DROUGHT USA in this Podcast is a quick way, especially for Americans, to understand why references to Canada becoming a fifty-first state is not viewed by Canadians as a joke. It ignited their suppressed patriotic emotions. Those interested in the action before and after Chapter 13 can go to amazon.com. Using new technology Amazon recently made this novel and my other two novels immediately available as inexpensive audio books. The novels are also available as e-books or a print books. You may be interested in my earlier novel "Duel" which deals with an action packed confrontation between the USA and China for world dominance. To set the scene in Chapter 13 of "Using Drought USA": Dr. Rob Lyons, a US State Department analyst, has journeyed to Calgary to meet with Western Canadian separatists a few days after meeting with Eastern Canadian Separatists. The President had sent him to Canada undercover to investigate how the United States could invade the country and take what they want. The State Department has embedded a communication device in Rob's body to monitor the situation and silently assist him.. Book : USING DROUGHT USA  Author: Ian MacDonald Narrator: Ian MacDonald CHAPTER THIRTEEN – THE WEST  If you are interested in receiving more podcast containing extracts from my novels send an email to imacd@informus.ca.Ian Duncan MacDonaldAuthor, Artist, Commercial Risk Consultant,President of Informus Inc 2 Vista Humber Drive Toronto, Ontario Canada, M9P 3R7 Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994 New York Telephone - 929-800-2397 imacd@informus.ca

In this episode of Dialogue over Division, Alise Mills, a seasoned political strategist and media commentator, joins us to pull back the curtain on Canadian politics and media. We explore her journey through Ottawa's political corridors, the challenges faced by Western Canadians, and the growing exclusion of competence in leadership roles. We explore the exclusion of competence in modern political leadership, the marginalization of voices outside of Ottawa, and the growing disconnection between everyday Canadians and those in power. Alise reflects on the toxic evolution of legacy media, where partisan spin often replaces honest dialogue, and how political commentary has become more performative than principled. From the uneven media opportunities across the country to the rise of alternative outlets challenging establishment narratives, we unpack the shifting landscape of how Canadians consume and understand politics. We also discuss the personal toll this environment takes on those who work within it—especially women—and the broader implications for our democracy. Alise makes the case for respect in leadership, informed citizen engagement, and the critical need for a new generation of Canadians to step forward with courage, clarity, and purpose. If you're looking to better understand the dysfunction, malaise, and media fog clouding our national conversation, this is a powerful and revealing episode you won't want to miss. This conversation doesn't shy away from the tough questions: Why does Ottawa feel so out of touch? What happened to informed political commentary? And most of all—how do we move forward? If you've been feeling the weight of Canada's current political climate, tune in to this episode!Connect with Alise on X: @DiaryofaFixerConnect with Eva Chipiuk:Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.chipiuk.ca⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X/Rumble/YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠@echipiuk⁠⁠⁠

One issue of the upcoming federal election that holds significance for Saskatchewan and Western Canadian provinces is what the ultimate fate will be for the federal emissions cap. Tim McMillan, co-founder and partner at Garrison Strategy, former president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and former Saskatchewan MLA, joins Evan to speak to what the election could bring in terms of outcomes for that limit, also referred to as a production cap.

The Rebel News podcasts features free audio-only versions of select RebelNews+ content and other Rebel News long-form videos, livestreams, and interviews. Monday to Friday enjoy the audio version of Ezra Levant's daily TV-style show, The Ezra Levant Show, where Ezra gives you his contrarian and conservative take on free speech, politics, and foreign policy through in-depth commentary and interviews. Wednesday evenings you can listen to the audio version of The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid the Chief Reporter of Rebel News. Sheila brings a western sensibility to Canadian news. With one foot in the oil patch and one foot in agriculture, Sheila challenges mainstream media narratives and stands up for Albertans. If you want to watch the video versions of these podcasts, make sure to begin your free RebelNewsPlus trial by subscribing at http://www.RebelNewsPlus.com

In this digital interactive event hosted by Dan Aberhart brought to you by Growing the Future Productions and Global Ag Risk Solutions, farming experts dive deep into the challenges Western Canadian farmers face amidst market volatility and climate unpredictability. The webinar features key speakers including Dave Sullivan from Global Ag Risk, Dean Klippenstein and Tyson Kenneth from MNP, and Carl DeConnick Smith, who is known for his contrarian yet effective farming strategies. The discussion covers crucial topics such as effective risk management, insurance options, agri-stability, forward pricing strategies, and the importance of having a well-thought-out plan. With live questions from an engaged audience, there are lots of actionable insights to fellow farmers striving for resilience and success. 00:00 Welcome and Introduction 00:46 Engaging the Audience 01:15 Panelist Introductions 03:15 Technical Difficulties and Chat Interaction05:48 Starting the Discussion: State of the Union 06:14 Insurance Options and Strategies 17:39 Q&A Session 19:06 New Farmer Challenges and Solutions 28:46 Halfway Mark: Transition to Farmer's Perspective 33:06 Forward Pricing and Crop Insurance 34:37 Real-Life Examples and Benefits 35:29 Multi-Layer Tools and Strategies 36:31 Insurance in Action: Case Studies 39:58 Understanding AgriStability and GARS 42:24 Scenario Analysis and Decision Making 52:21 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

The boys are back with another episode of Hello Hockey! Tom and Bellezy recap the latest headlines this week and look ahead towards the NHL Trade Deadline. Elliotte Friedman joins the show then has to leave for a portion of his segment to break a trade!! He comes back to talk about the rest of the NHL and what the Western Canadian teams are looking at for their deadline pickups. Later on in the show David Pagnotta joins us to talk about more trade speculation and possible expansion. All of this and so much more on this weeks episode of Hello Hockey!   Todays Guests: Elliotte Friedman - Sportsnet Hockey Insider David Pagnotta - The Fourth Period

We commemorate Black History Month by paying tribute to two Western Canadian teams known for their skill, style and swagger. The Indian Head Rockets and Amber Valley Baseball Team entertained thousands of fans every time they hit the field. We'll hear from Home Runs and Dirt Roads author, and Indian Head Museum's Robyn Jensen about the Rockets' legacy, as well as author Chris L. Butler about his love of Negro Leagues history and fascination with Amber Valley. 6:21 - Robyn Jensen 38:41 - Chris L. Butler

Greetings! We recorded this episode as part of the sauna building seminar at the West Coast Sauna Summit, January, 2025, Loon Lake Resort outside Vancouver, BC Canada. Let's Sauna Talk: building saunas! Sauna Talk podcast all about building saunas I moderate a panel discussion with, on my left, Andrew from Saunabuilder and on my right, Josh from Theraluxe. These two are Western Canadian sauna builders who left their finish nailer behind in order to come to the West Coast Sauna Summit this past month just outside Vancouver, BC Canada. I really enjoyed our time together. You'll hear my kind of sauna building thinking. From bench heights to wall cladding. Wood stoves to electric. Mobile to fixed backyard, we cover a lot of topics in an open and collaborative spirit. There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.” ― Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

In this inspiring episode, Karen Dommett, Manager of Games and Competition at Special Olympics Canada, joins the podcast to share her journey from rural Saskatchewan to her impactful role in inclusive sports. Karen shares with Tim and listeners how her love for boxing not only shaped her sense of community and resilience but also empowered her to compete and win the Western Canadian championships. She highlights the transformative power of sports in fostering belonging, building confidence, and creating opportunities for connection.Karen delves into her work at Special Olympics Canada, emphasizing the social impact of major sporting events and the importance of creating environments of psychological safety and inclusivity. She shares her leadership philosophy, which is grounded in guiding principles, human connection, and fostering a culture where everyone feels they truly belong. Karen also discusses how Special Olympics is changing perceptions of people with disabilities and calls for community involvement ahead of the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat, Alberta.Tune in to hear Karen's unique insights on the long-term cultural benefits of inclusive sports, the challenges of leadership, and how we can all make a difference by fostering authenticity and inclusion in our own communities. About Karen DommettFrom the rural landscapes of Saskatchewan to the national stage of Special Olympics Canada, Karen Dommett has built a career grounded in resilience, passion, and the transformative power of sport. As the Manager of Games and Competition for Special Olympics Canada, Karen brings a wealth of experience in fostering inclusion and creating life-changing opportunities through sport.Karen's journey began as a determined young athlete convincing her farming parents to let her take up boxing—a path that not only taught her grit but also revealed her ability to adapt and excel. Her tenacity led her to a Western Canadian Championship title, where she mastered the art of turning challenges into advantages.With a degree in kinesiology and a love for the collective energy of major sporting events, Karen found her calling in sports administration. From contributing to the World Juniors in Saskatoon to leading national-level competitions, Karen has dedicated her career to creating moments that inspire athletes, build communities, and develop future leaderResources discussed in this episode:Special Olympics CanadaSport for Life—Contact Tim Sweet | Team Work Excellence: WebsiteLinkedIn: Tim SweetInstagramLinkedin: Team Work ExcellenceContact Karen Dommett | Special Olympics: Linkedin: Karen Dommett--TranscriptKaren 00:01I think everything I've ever learned or felt like the outcome always landed back to in an inclusion moment or social impact or any deep achievement, it's always rooted back to people first and true connection. And whenever there has been that upfront investment in that time, and building that psychological safety, building that connection, and always peeling back that like just people are people are people, man, the efficiency, the return on investment, on human connection, it makes those hard, difficult situations so much easier. Tim  00:40I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you consider yourself the kind of person that gets things done? Are you able to take a vision and transform that into action? Are you able to align others towards that vision and get them moving to create something truly remarkable? If any of these describe you, then you, my friend, are a leader, and this show is all about and all for you. I'm Tim Sweet, and I'd like to welcome you to Episode 49 of the Sweet on Leadership podcast. Tim 1:12Welcome to Sweet on leadership. Thanks again for joining me today. I am thrilled to welcome a truly inspiring leader in the world of inclusive sports. Karen Dommett. Karen, thanks for being here. I really appreciate it. Karen 1:23Yeah. Thanks so much for having me. Tim 1:25From your roots in rural Saskatchewan in your early days as a boxer, which, that's one of the connections that you and I have, because boxing is something that has been a very special part of my life. To your current role of Manager of Games and Competition at Special Olympics Canada. You know, I look at your journey, and it's one of resilience, it's one of passion. It's one of driving social change. And I can't wait till we can dive into it, because I think people are going to get a lot out of it. Karen 1:51Well, thanks so much. Tim 1:52Can you tell me and tell us a little bit about your history, and where do you find yourself now, and what would we see you doing day in and day out.  Karen 02:02Yeah, so I guess sport has always played a part in my life. I was always a kid who was begging her farming parents to put her into sports, and somehow convinced them boxing was a sport they should say yes to. And yeah, sport has just always been where I found connection. It's always felt home to me where I have felt sense of community. I wasn't necessarily ever really clear what I wanted to do when I when I grew up. So I went in kinesiology, knowing that was kind of the foundational work for sport, and went into my degree not knowing where I would land, whether it was like a phys ed teacher or physiotherapist or what would happen. And partway through my bachelor's degree, I got introduced to the administrative side of sport, major sporting events, and we had some really cool stuff come through Saskatoon that I got to be a part of, like the World Juniors were there while I was in university, and got to work on some cool student-led projects, and, yeah, I just really saw that, like collective effervescence that happens in a major sporting event, and just how the ripple effects have on community and how you're creating that best moment in someone's life, and how that sticks with them and creates a pathway and motivation for them to give back and do more in community, and how, how you are part of developing other leaders through creating those opportunities. So yeah, then that's really where my career has taken me. It's kind of just been chasing major sporting events. Tim  03:41And furnishing others with those best moments, as you say, right when you think back, if I take you back into the boxing ring, many of us have that transitional, transformational moment in sports when you understand what just happened. You may have to think back on it, but you were a different person a moment ago, right? Do you remember an instant when you were boxing where you reflected back on about or some training and you felt like a different person? Karen 04:13I mean, we were a really rural Boxing Club of just like a bunch of farm kids that this was probably the only access to opportunity that we had. So we never took ourselves too seriously. We'd go to big tournaments and cards. And you know, you're up against these, like, inner city kids from Edmonton that are, like, 16 years old, covered in tattoos, and like, we're knocking off, like the horse poop off our boots to get in, and you always feel a little bit out of place. And then, you know, maybe viewing yourself as lesser than or not quite fitting in, in those big tournaments. Tim  04:48Did rocky ride a horse? Karen 04:52I had, I had had, like, a really tough couple seasons where I was, I was really underweight, so I would always have to try to bulk up. And you know, they're just not that many female boxers at, certainly at that time. And so in order to get a sanctioned fight, I'd often be fighting girls a weight class or two above me. So that didn't come with a lot of wins. And then I had a season where things kind of just really turned around. Found the way to to use my shorter stature and shorter reach to my advantage, and got really good at like, ducking and slipping and working around someone's reach advantage and how to really work the body, and won the Western Canadian Championships. And, yeah, just had that moment of like, Oh, wow. Like, success is something that is actually attainable. To me. It's weird to think that you know, you train and compete in something, and you've just accepted, like you're just actually there for fun and, like, the social part of it, and this is cool, but then, yeah, you actually find your loophole and what works for you and the tools that you have, and how that drove to success that was, yeah, like, a really different moment of like, oh, I don't actually have to accept that the bar is down here. I can use what I have and find a different pathway. Tim  06:09I love that it's kind of like you've decoded something for yourself, and you've found how you fit. And that it doesn't have to be everybody else's journey. It doesn't have to be everybody else's style, you figured out your own. And to me, that creates such a different level of possibility for oneself, such a different level of confidence for oneself. And then when you fast forward to what you're doing now, and you describe that effervescence that you create, that bubbling, that buoying up of the entire field, it's giving you know that's seeing a bunch of people on mass have this opportunity to decode themselves and suddenly have this feeling of belonging and this feeling of potential. Does that describe that effervescence as part of it? Karen 06:58Yeah, you experience energies and moments that really just like, stick with you and change you when you're part of that collective effervescence, right? Tim  07:08Yeah. And those moments, it's so cool, because, would you agree? In my life, I found that those moments, the ones that really matter, it's like a ratcheting up. It's once you've ratched it up, it's very hard to lose that. You know it, it's something that lasts. It's something that sticks with you. It's not like it's fleeting, like it was it. You know that moment of clarity, that realization that you can design yourself to fit a certain competition and to excel that sticks with us. It's not like we lose that and it's so that's to me. It's yeah, anyway, that's what it is to me. Is it is very ratcheting. So it sticks with a person. Karen 07:53I think it's that like, what is that quote that Brene Brown has, where the opposite of loneliness is not fitting in, but it's belonging. And like, I think it's that, it's that, that moment where you've stopped trying to fit in and find a way to fit in, but you actually have that true sense of belonging. That's that unlocking of that like, as you put it like that, ratcheting that, you know, you're not trying and and it's not grabbing on. That's what fitting in is, right, that you keep trying it on for size, and it's not working. It's that when you really found your, your authentic way to do it, sticks. Tim  08:35I like using the word arrive. I always feel like those people, they arrive at a you know, I remember that feeling when I was, when I was in my first, I would say, major international professional role. There was a moment where I was like, I knew I belonged. I knew I had something to offer. I knew that I could, I could not compete, but I could operate at the same level as everybody around me, regardless of what their specialty was, or how senior they were. And that knowledge that I belonged in that room at that table, was really empowering. Cool. Okay, well, so tell us a little bit more about, you know, the role and what it involves, and what does it take to actually create this effervescence. What is the nuts and bolts of it look like? What are the what are the challenges lend? Karen 09:33Yeah, so hosting a multi sport games, I think you know what people are most familiar with would be an Olympic Games. It is a massive logistical, strategic plan that you're starting from, something, from nothing. So we always use the analogy you're building the plane as you fly it, and you're trying to fasten all the pieces, and you really hope everyone's on board. How. Uh, when, and everything's tightened where it's supposed to be when you go to land the plane, and that's the event day. So it is a lot of logistical things, of, you know, beds, adding beds in and meal plans and bus schedules and all those things. But what I think the real opportunity is with major sporting events is the social impacts that it has. So there's so many things that always seem like the nice to haves on the shelf when we talk about legacy that's left behind a major sporting event, and what is most I think, often viewed as facility enhancements. When we talk about an Olympic Games and talk about, you know, the infrastructure that comes as the legacy with a major game standing. We're both based out of Calgary that, you know, we know that our city was built on the legacy of an Olympic Games. What I do in my work with Special Olympics is that we focus less on that physical infrastructure and more on social impacts. So it's not only hosting a really high quality athletic competition in really great venues and logistically really well ran games, but also, how are we changing perceptions of persons with intellectual disabilities. So Special Olympics is designed solely for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to compete in sport, because otherwise, without Special Olympics, that access and opportunity for sport and physical activity would not exist for many people with an intellectual disability. So how do we not only create that access and opportunity and quality sport experience for that athlete, but how do we also get the rest of the community involved and change those perceptions of disability? Disability is often something that is feared or is uncomfortable or awkward, and it's not something that people necessarily feel welcomed to partake in, or there's fear of doing the wrong thing, or just fear and ignorance In general, if it's not something that is part of your nuclear circle of your family, right? It's maybe not something that you you think about getting involved with or thinking that it necessarily matters so hosting these huge, huge events that use, take up an entire city and use hundreds of different contractors and partners and sponsors. Every single one of those partnership deals leads to a conversation about disability inclusion. Tim  12:51Cool. So if I was to think about that more generally, the easy conversation is, what's the short term economic benefit that it brings to the community? What are the rinks that it might create, or, what are the, you know, what? What's the infrastructure that it might leave behind? And if we were to, if we're parallel this to a business, it's like, what's the operational improvements? What are the, what are the nuts and bolts profit margin that that it's bringing in? But the more lasting effect is, how does it shift the culture? How does it shift the way in which we treat one another? How does it leave people feeling, people humans, beyond just having access to more gear or more depreciating assets? You know? I mean, there's, it's, it's like, what are the assets that don't depreciate? What are the assets that that appreciate, I guess, in a sense, and those can be cultural assets that we leave behind. And it reminds me of our guest that is in the episode that we just had right before you, Harold Horsefall. I mean, he is very much coming up against uncomfortable topics around Truth and Reconciliation and how do we how do we discuss those things, and how do we bring up Indigenous issues? And they're in the middle of building a welcoming space, a shared space on an old trade grounds, or, you know, where people would meet at the confluence of the bow in the Elbow River, and it's literally called The Confluence. And we had this great talk about how, even though there was a sign in North America that everybody understood, even if they didn't speak the same languages, that's where we're going to meet this welcoming space, right? And creating that space. That's a big challenge. And so you know, as the person that's the GM for 2024 Special Olympics, you're now Team Manager going into the 2025 Winter Games, right? You have all of these moving parts, and it's a very, very, it sounds like a very complex and a very. Tough role on top of everything else. So I think it's a great time for us to bring in Harold's question for the guests, because I think it applies. And so Harold's question was. Harold  15:12What do you get from your career, and how does your work fill your bucket? What am I doing for this? How does this work for me? Yes, I get to pay the bills, but what does it do for me, personally, like as a person, how does it advance my own journey, my own destination?  Karen 15:26I think what I get out of my career, in the work that I do, is perspective. I am so fortunate to get to work in a space that has the opportunity to include so much inclusion and answer so much social issues that I am constantly learning and being afforded perspective that I didn't necessarily inherit. And I think what fuels me so much, and what that gets to me personally, is the ripple effects that that gets to have in my personal life, that my work gives me so many gifts, that it gets to change and influence the conversations that happen around my dinner table, that happens in the Community Groups I'm involved in that it never just stays in a project.  Tim  16:26Could you share an anecdote? Could you share a story of one of those perspective moments, those things that, like lit you up and you were like, Whoa, life is not going to be the same after this. Karen 16:43I mean, there's like, our kids are our greatest teachers, and so anyways, when you hear an original thought from a five year old, that's a pretty cool moment. So I think for me, you know, we, try to normalize disability so much in the work that I do, and as a result, you know, my husband and kids have got to come along the ride to a lot of really cool initiatives and events. And the hope is that that perspective and normalization of disabilities ingrained in them too. And this sad story, but when my oldest was in kindergarten, in grade three, now, they had their first ever substitute teacher, and there's a little boy in his class that has a lot of sensory processes, processing difficulties, and just very early in that stage of starting to have some of those tools for emotional regulation and sensory regulation in the classroom. And he came home so heartbroken and said at dinner that night that the teacher was really hard on this little boy because she didn't think he was listening. And my son said he's not trying to be bad. He wasn't trying to not follow the rules. That's just how his body works, that he just can't always sit down in his chair all the time, that she just didn't understand that, that different people have different needs, and that's how his body just works. And… Tim  18:19It was misconstrued as a respect issue, or it was misconstrued as not paying attention or not not doing their work. Karen 18:26Yeah, and I was just like, so grateful in that moment that like that everything I think I tried to lead with of, wherever possible, we try to take an individualized approach, and we try to meet people where they're at to the best of our ability, and to see that that's like ingrained in a five year old was pretty cool. Tim  18:52Was it an experience that he had had, or was it a conversation that he had had? If you were to take a guess at some of the pivotal moments, some of those ratcheting moments that he would have had to be able to, you know, stand up for his classmate with with such conviction. What do you think he was exposed to?  Karen 19:14So, in a previous role, I was the Executive Director of a project called Calgary Adapted Hub, powered by Jump Start, where we would create different adaptive sporting opportunities and experiences for children and youth with disabilities. So with that, there'd be a lot of like, try it, days of sledge hockey or wheelchair basketball and things like that. So yeah, he would get pulled along to a lot of these events. And, you know, I think he knew more about wheelchair basketball before he ever knew about generic basketball. And just being in those environments where disability was really normalized led to a lot of those conversations on the way home, and those conversations of you might see something today that you might have questions about, and that is good and okay to have questions about that. And I think this is what I think the power of sport and adaptive and disability inclusive sport has is that I don't think anyone ever meant to not be inclusive to a person with a disability. But when we think about, you know, when we were kids, and you see someone on a street corner using a mobility device or an aid, or behaving in a way that is different from what you've ever seen before, you would have looked up to your big person that you were with and pointed and said, what is that? Why are they doing that? Why are they using that? And what was that met with? It was met with your grown up, then being embarrassed and saying that's inappropriate. Don't look, don't stare, don't point, don't shush, shush, shush. So then what's encoded in your body is like, Oh no, I did something wrong. Whatever that thing is, it's bad and scary, and don't look and acknowledge like we shut off. Tim  21:02Yeah, no kidding. It get, it gets transmuted onto the person with the disability being wrong instead of, you know, not to say it's not right to ask questions or something. But that whole experience as a young, young child being told like, don't, don't talk, don't, you know, it makes it that forbidden thing you can't talk about, that you can't you know, well, then why? Now I've got, is it scary? Like, what am I? What am I up against? Karen 21:29Yeah, and I think, unfortunately, some of that has stayed with us as we become the big people. And we don't necessarily always stop and give that moment of, Oh, wow. That's a really good question. I wonder, like, what do you think? Why do you think that? And if there's a moment where it's appropriate, maybe we go ask. And maybe it's not always appropriate, but you find those sliding door moments. Tim  22:01Well, and it's funny, there's a couple ideas that I rail against constantly. And one is that at adulthood, when you reach adulthood, that suddenly you've got it all sort of figured out, or suddenly these lessons stop that whole “shush, shush, shush, we don't talk about that.” Now, it may not be related to a person you know, walking down the street that is using a cane, and we don't understand why, or whatever. But there's other things in professional environments that people shush each other about, and they don't talk about things. They're these no fly zones. And so they become scary, or they become unknown, and they stay unknown, or they become surrounded by myth adults, reinforce these types of, these types of fears in each other along this very same way, like we don't, you know, that's that's verboten. We don't talk about that. And then the other thing is, I think back to, I was a chef at one point in my life, right? And so I remember when we first had our first child, she's 19 now, and I was learning about, you know, what foods to introduce, and I ran across this developmental article, and it said, when you first introduce a new food to a child, their brain is going to freak out, right? And it's going to not know what broccoli tastes like, you know it's going to panic and so their face is going to squidge up, right? But this isn't that they don't like it. This is that this is a brand new sensation. This is a brand new feeling. The brain is just figuring it out. And often, parents will try a child on broccoli or whatever mash peas or whatever they're giving them, and the child will screw up their face, and then the parent will say, oh, you don't like that. Now, the parent says that with a question mark, you know, Oh, you don't like, Oh, you don't like that—question mark. But the child's brain depending on, you know, if it's just reading the inflection or whatever is is hearing, Oh, you don't like that period. And that goes into programming, and that becomes the, oh, they don't like broccoli. Oh, you don't like broccoli, and it's and we program children unwittingly to believe they like or don't like something. They're scared or not scared about something, and this rather than giving them the chance to be uncomfortable or be, you know, unsure of what something is, and work through that, you know, and then fun, you know, funny enough later in life, if you give it a chance, and you can get past, you know, whatever the myth was around liver or brussel sprouts or whatever it's like. I don't actually mind these things like these are you. You know, the taste was never the problem. It was the idea.Karen 25:04The story I was telling myself. Tim 25:06The story I was telling myself, and the programming that went on. And I think that that's when you say, you know, shush, shush. We don't talk about that. That's rude. That's like programming on a social level, Karen 25:15yeah? And I think you know, to your point, how that exists in team cultures, too, at work, right that? Yeah, I'm a huge believer in the power of what our sporting events can have to the external community, but I think it starts within our team first. And yeah, so I do a few things when I lead a project in how we change our team culture first, because I can't be the only person championing this. It has to be felt throughout. So we always start a project with defining our guiding principles. What are our top three decision pillars that we make every single decision against typically, first and foremost will always be the athlete experience. Creating the best experience in this person's life. But we do it collectively as our leadership group, and then we pulse check those as people come on the team, and then we do rules of engagement, of how do we operate with one another within our team? And that has to match up with what the social impacts are that we trying to make. Because if we're not doing it inside the house, it's not going to happen outside the house. And then some more, like granular things that we do. So in a sporting event, there's always your staff team, but then there's a much, much, much larger volunteer base, and how you create that culture amongst your volunteers is incredibly challenging. So anyone that's listening to this, that maybe works in nonprofit knows the value and importance of your volunteers and how hard that management dynamic can be, like it's such a different ball game when someone is voluntarily doing something, and you know, you don't, you don't often fire a volunteer. If you do, it's really bad. So how you developed that culture is so important. So one thing that we did on these past games, instead of, you know, in oil and gas you typically will open a meeting with a safety moment. We started every single staff and volunteer team meeting with an inclusion moment, and sets the tone for every meeting. So often we'll do like, a two word check in, that I'm a big believer in you temperature check and pulse check where everybody is at when they're stepping space into the room, so that we can have a productive conversation. And then we go into the inclusion moment. And an inclusion moment sometimes is like a funny YouTube video that maybe addresses a topic, or maybe it's a definition of a word that's important to the work that we're doing, or it's more of a conversation, you know, around, you know, as part of these games, we have a mandate to address Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action 87-91 in any major sporting event, that is your duty. So how does that show up in all of our day to day work, in the language that we're using, not just at what's going to happen at this big opening ceremony, and the blessing that we're going to have and which elder is going to do what, and what that protocol looks like. But how does that reflect in our day to day language that we're using? So what does the term stakeholder really mean, and what are those roots of that word, and how, what language are we going to use instead? And what's the why behind that. We use key contributor. Yeah, so it's, it's those moments of trying to create some more awareness and acknowledgement in those things that maybe were like encoded in us, like that big person shushing you on the corner. It's taking that moment to stop, pause and like completely we're all learning and doing it together. We all can strip off our armor collectively, together as a team, and have that safe and open space of have a conversation about it, and unlearn or challenge our perceptions. Tim  29:18Not having to be right, right now so that we can, we can be humble and take on some new information. And, yeah, it's funny, you talked about pillars. And I mean, pillars are something that you see all the time with organizational dynamics, and it's like, these are the pillars, and this is how we stand up, and this is how we behave. I think it's important to say, if these are our pillars, this is what we value. Those pillars, right, that are really important to us, those things that are that are key to who we are. They should also tell us where questions are allowed and where questions are safe. And if the question is offered in the spirit of standing up one of these, then there is no shushing. There is no. There's no need to feel, you know, embarrassed. You can go ahead and ask your question, and it'll be received with the spirit that it's offered, right? And so it's okay to not know in service of that pillar, not just to go and do something, but actually risk something, to be to be unsafe for a moment, and then that's how we're going to rebuild this trust. That's great. I really like that, that idea of not just safety moments, but inclusion moments. I mean, inclusion is safety, right? When we get down to it, you know? Karen 30:34It is psychological safetyTim 30:35And so that's something that that, once we understand that, you know, it's not hard to justify taking time to do that. It's really important. If we were, to think about what the average leader could take from this, this conversation in terms of a practice that they could bring into their team, or a mindset that they could take into their claims include inclusive moments would be one of them. What else would you like each leader listening here to challenge themselves, to think about?  Karen 31:05I think everything I've ever learned or felt like the outcome always landed back to in an inclusion moment or a social impact or any big achievement. It's always rooted back to people first and true connection. And whenever there has been that upfront investment in that time and building that psychological safety, building that connection, and always peeling back that like just people are people are people, man, the efficiency, the return on investment, on human connection. It makes those hard, difficult situations so much easier. I always kind of lean back to that saying people are hard to hate close up. Tim  31:53Yeah, no kidding. That is a great that belongs a t-shirt. I'm putting that on a t-shirt. How that really resonates with me. You know, often professionally, I found that I could design great processes, I could reduce costs, I could identify risks, I could do all those things professionally that I was designed to do, but if we couldn't get people on side, everything was for not like you could. You could do all that work. You could have all the nuts and bolts, all the complexity that you could mitigate through and in your world. You can have all the right number of porta potties or whatever it is, right? Yeah, but if people aren't on board, if they're not along for the ride, there are so many unknown ways that things can get messed up, and all the planning in the world won't compensate for people when they're hurt, when they're scared, when they're angry, when they're you know, whatever that is, no amount of planning can can help us compensate for that. And the inverse is true, right? As you say, when everybody is safe and open and talking really difficult, complex things can suddenly become a heck of a lot easier to accomplish. Karen 33:09Yeah, I say maybe, like two things in response to that, that then everyone's off the same song sheet, right? Everyone's marching in that same direction that so many things will get solved without even coming up to the senior leadership level. Problems get managed really well at an operational level, that don't always have to come up the chain, because you've got that shared belief and vision. So, yeah, that's where your return on investment also really comes in. And then your point of, like, the processes and systems. There's this quote from, I think it's Michael Babcock, who used to coach the Leafs, that says, you know, I can have all the different technologies and drills and high performance skating programs, but you wouldn't believe how fast I can get a player to skate when I know the name of this dog, there you go. And it just goes to like that power of human connection, right?  Tim  33:57And start where they're at and start with the person. I'd be remiss if I didn't share that when we were having a conversation last week, I was asking a little bit about the appropriate language to use. And I think that that's something just very tactical, besides the great lesson that you dropped here about, you know, hold people first start there. You helped me understand that, legitimately, I wasn't sure, right? You know, it's we used to say that the person was disabled, or we have differently abled, and all these kind of things. And I did some reading about it afterwards and helped myself understand what you had said to me. We now say person with disability, or a person with a disability, or whatever. It doesn't define them. They are a person first and then, like me, I'm a person who's follicularly challenged. I have no hair on the top of my head, but it doesn't define me, right? Well, maybe it does a little bit, but the the point is, you know, people first. In our language, people first in our approach, very hard to hate a person up close. I think that's excellent. I can't wait to use that. I'm gonna pull that out. That's fantastic. Okay, so we heard from Harold Horsefall, and we heard his question. Before we say goodbye here, I want you to have a chance after giving us so much value to lob your question at the next person to visit us, so what would your question be, Karen?  Karen 35:31I hope I articulate this in a way that makes sense. So when you find yourself at a crossroads of conflicting good that conflicts with good, how do you find that moment of clarity or that direction in those conflicting moments? Tim  35:46Right when you're faced with a choice of where you're going to go and what you're going to do, and both options seem like the right thing to do, but they don't work at the same time? Karen 35:55Yeah, yeah. I think it's that you know, you're never going to be amazing at all things. But how do you feel like you're not sucking at everything. Tim  36:06Alright, so how do people find clarity in that moment to proceed? All right, I will carry that question forward. Karen 36:16Okay well thanks so much Tim. Tim 36:17No problem. All right, couple of things to clean up here. What are you most excited about what you've got on the go right now that you want people that are listening to know about and possibly get involved in? Karen 36:27Being that this is Alberta based Special Olympics Canada Summer Games are coming back to Alberta in August of 2026 they will be hosted in the beautiful city of Medicine Hat, which is not far from us. Tim  36:42That's my wife's hometown. Karen 36:44So if you want a glimpse of what it looks like to be involved in something so much bigger than yourself, whether it's as a volunteer or a sponsor or get involved as a partner in some way that you can help with this massive logistical event, do check out the Special Olympics Canada, Summer Games 2026 in Medicine Hat. Tim  37:05All hell for a basement. As I say about Medicine Hat. Karen 37:12Yeah, that's a Hell's Basement Brewery, right? Tim  37:15Yeah, that's right. They've put lots of gas under there, all right. So we'll make sure to include links to the 2026 involvement sites, or anything that you can give us there if people want to get in touch with you. Karen, where can they where can they reach out?  Karen 37:30Probably LinkedIn is my best form of connection, so just Karen Dommett on LinkedIn. You can find me through Special Olympics Canada as well, but we're a Sport for Life in Cochrane is where spend a lot of my volunteer time, or with Team Alberta as well, when generic sport with the Canada Games movement. Tim  37:48Great. And I should mention that we were introduced by way of Erin Ashbacher. So special. Thanks to Aaron, because this has been absolutely fantastic. And thanks so much Karen for taking the time to speak to me today. Karen 38:01Oh, thanks so much, Tim. And thanks to Erin.  Tim  38:05Yeah, have a great day, and we will be following your track forward, and anything we can do here too to help you spread the word, we will do so thank you so much, Karen. Karen 38:14Okay, Thanks, Tim. Tim  38:19Thank you so much for listening to Sweet on Leadership. If you found today's podcast valuable, consider visiting our website and signing up for the companion newsletter. You can find the link in the show notes. If, like us, you think it's important to bring new ideas and skills into the practice of leadership, please give us a positive rating and review on Apple podcasts. This helps us spread the word to other committed leaders, and you can spread the word too by sharing this with your friends, teams and colleagues. Thanks again for listening, and be sure to tune in in two weeks time for another episode of Sweet on Leadership. In the meantime, I'm your host. Tim Sweet, encouraging you to keep on leading.

On the third and final day of the Western Canadian Crop Production Show: -APAS President Bill Prybylski weighed in on the recently approved Bunge-Viterra merger. -A Professor from the University of Saskatchewan talked about getting funding from the federal and provincial governments. -Prairieland Park teamed up with 1886 Beef Jerky to create a Prairie Sweet Heat flavour jerky.

On Day 2 of the Western Canadian Crop Production Show from Saskatoon: -The Saskatchewan Government released the 2024 Clubroot Distribution Map. -The federal and provincial governments announced funding for crop-related research. -Retired Canadian General Rick Hillier spoke at the Sask Crop Forum in Saskatoon, and offered advice on how to respond to the possible 25 per cent tariffs from the U.S. -The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is looking for more crop reporters ahead of the growing season.

On a special edition of SaskAgToday with Ryan Young & Doug Falconer from the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon: -Tuesday was Day 1 of the event. Leigh Ann Hurlburt has the details on what to expect while attending the show. -Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday.com talked to Grant Kosoir, on of the minority owners of Clearcost, about what Clearcost is and when it will launch. -The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is fuming over the CRA using new rules of the Capital Gains Tax, despite it not becoming law yet. -The 2025 Class of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame were announced Tuesday morning at Crop Production Show.

In this episode host Dan Aberhart chats with Warren Bills and his little brother Terry Aberhart ... the Visionary/Integrator and Simplifier/Multiplier team who have transformed the Western Canadian agricultural industry thought their various endeavours together. They talk about their on their collaborative journey, the formation of their numerous agribusiness ventures, and the importance of aligning with values-driven partners. This conversation covers the launch of Convergence Growth, their experience with AgriTrend, insights into the MNP Ag Intellect initiative, and the establishment of Aberhart Group. The episode also previews the upcoming Convergence Conference 2025, aimed at fostering innovation and collaboration in agriculture. Join us for an inspiring dialogue on making a meaningful impact in agriculture while maintaining personal well-being and strong community ties. 00:00 Catalyst for Change: Embracing New Beginnings 00:43 Welcome to Growing the Future Podcast 02:06 Introducing Esteemed Guests: Warren Bills and Terry Aberhart 04:01 The Journey Begins: Warren and Terry's Backstory 12:14 Agritrend and Its Impact 16:46 Convergence Growth: A New Vision27:54 MNP Ag Intellect: A Collaborative Future 35:39 Aberhart Group: Family and Business Synergy 40:25 Convergence Conference: Join the Movement 47:09 Closing Thoughts and Future Plans 

(00:00-16:13) Robert Thomas joins us. Coming back from the Western Canadian swing and getting put to the test at home. Sleep schedule. The team's expectations to win even when playing from behind. Bulletproof mindset. Macklin Celebrini. Chirpin' and chattin' with players on the other teams. Four nights in Edmonton. Tim packing pillows. Our most handsome listeners agree with Tim's pillow take. (16:14-33:56) Electric Avenue. Just about a week away from some hot CFP action. Just 12 hours of football and gambling. Santa Claus came early for Dick Vitale. Best voices in each sport. Garbage Thursday Night Football game last night. 49ers had a guy that declined to go in the game and went to the locker room. (33:57-39:31) Art inspires art. Drops of the Week. How did Bif get Chairman's phone number. Chairman and DC Dime runnin' with the bulls in Spain? Audio of Mike Francesa putting himself on Mt. Rushmore. Jackson's got an edit. Classic Francesa audio on the Kansas City model. (39:32-50:53) How did Bif get Chairman's phone number. Chairman and DC Dime runnin' with the bulls in Spain? Audio of Mike Francesa putting himself on Mt. Rushmore. Jackson's got an edit. Classic Francesa audio on the Kansas City model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-16:13) Robert Thomas joins us. Coming back from the Western Canadian swing and getting put to the test at home. Sleep schedule. The team's expectations to win even when playing from behind. Bulletproof mindset. Macklin Celebrini. Chirpin' and chattin' with players on the other teams. Four nights in Edmonton. Tim packing pillows. Our most handsome listeners agree with Tim's pillow take.(16:14-33:56) Electric Avenue. Just about a week away from some hot CFP action. Just 12 hours of football and gambling. Santa Claus came early for Dick Vitale. Best voices in each sport. Garbage Thursday Night Football game last night. 49ers had a guy that declined to go in the game and went to the locker room.(33:57-39:31) Art inspires art. Drops of the Week. How did Bif get Chairman's phone number. Chairman and DC Dime runnin' with the bulls in Spain? Audio of Mike Francesa putting himself on Mt. Rushmore. Jackson's got an edit. Classic Francesa audio on the Kansas City model.(39:32-50:53) How did Bif get Chairman's phone number. Chairman and DC Dime runnin' with the bulls in Spain? Audio of Mike Francesa putting himself on Mt. Rushmore. Jackson's got an edit. Classic Francesa audio on the Kansas City model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Blues finished their Western-Canadian road trip on a high note, beating the Canucks in overtime 4-3. Hear the highlights, get reaction from Zack Bolduc, Dylan Holloway, Joel Hofer, as well as Head Coach Jim Montgomery. Also hear the game breakdown and analysis from Cam Jansen & Chris Kerber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Blues finished their Western-Canadian road trip on a high note, beating the Canucks in overtime 4-3. Hear the highlights, get reaction from Zack Bolduc, Dylan Holloway, Joel Hofer, as well as Head Coach Jim Montgomery. Also hear the game breakdown and analysis from Cam Jansen & Chris Kerber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Kelly joins the show to talk about the Blues long Western Canadian road trip and what to expect tonight against Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Kelly joins the show to talk about the Blues long Western Canadian road trip and what to expect tonight against Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Blues continued their Western-Canadian road trip taking on the Edmonton Oilers and losing by a score of 4-2. Hear the highlights, get reaction from Dylan Holloway and Jake Neighbours, as well as Head Coach Jim Montgomery. Also hear the game breakdown and analysis from Cam Jansen & Chris Kerber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Blues continued their Western-Canadian road trip taking on the Edmonton Oilers and losing by a score of 4-2. Hear the highlights, get reaction from Dylan Holloway and Jake Neighbours, as well as Head Coach Jim Montgomery. Also hear the game breakdown and analysis from Cam Jansen & Chris Kerber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bernie Federko joins the show to talk about the Blues upcoming matchup with the Flames and his memories of Western Canadian road trips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bernie Federko joins the show to talk about the Blues upcoming matchup with the Flames and his memories of Western Canadian road trips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The boys welcome Tim Wood back to the show. We discuss the Devils successful Western Canadian road swing. A look ahead @ the Devils next 6 opponents. Stamkos or Crosby? & what would you give up to get one?

The Big Show with George Rusic and Matt Rose is on demand! On hour 1, the guys discuss some Flames news as yesterday it was announced that Jon Abbott is the new TV voice of the Flames! Later, the guys get sidetracked as they go down a rabbit hole on Eastern vs Western Canadian slang and George recaps some chaos during his Fantasy Football draft.  (33:05) Later on, Matty gets you up to speed with all the biggest headlines with Today's edition of the Rose Report! Matty recaps the Jasy Double Header, some NFL News and more!The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate. 

Kaia Kater has learned her craft through the influence of a diverse group of musical heroes, ranging from Herbie Hancock to Rhiannon Giddens. She recently turned her lens simultaneously inward and outward, to confront difficult truths and injustices – personally, historically, societally, and made them into album titled Strange Medicine. CKUA's Grant Stovel caught up with Kaia shortly after the album's release, as she was entering the summertime festival season. And she's very much a child of the Western Canadian folk festival experience.   Host: Grant Stovel | Producer: Scott Zielsdorf | Graphics: Craig Taffs | Music: Doug Hoyer The Hidden Track podcast is a CKUA production and made possible by the generosity of our donors. Thank you for your support! Subscribe to the Hidden Track podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.

Episode 46 host Chris Richards sits down with TJ Sanchez from Grand Slam Club- Ovis to learn about a recent species designation shift from their perspective for the eastern & western Canadian moose and the enhanced opportunity this means for people in pursuit of various slams in their hunting career. Once this new update is shared TJ then discusses some of the unique aspects of moose guiding and hunting in Alaska before then sharing one of the most epic stories of moose hunting you'll ever hear. You don't want to miss this one. 

July 15, marks the start of the PBS Short Film Festival. The festival is designed to increase the visibility of independent films, and for the 11th straight year in a row, a film nominated by Louisiana Public Broadcasting has made the list. This year's film, The Ballad of Rose Mae, is a musical drama by Baton Rouge filmmakers Gray Fagan and Bailey Wax. They join us now for more on their filmmaking journey and partnership that began in a high school acting class. If you're a Louisianan spending time in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, you might be surprised to find someone familiar with where you grew up. At least that was the case for three players on the Saskatoon Berries of the Western Canadian baseball league when they discovered they're all from the Bayou State. Ethan Menard of Opelousas, Dominic Archila of Houma, and Bailyn Sorensen of Rayville not only all call Louisiana home, but they all play the same position: catcher. They join us from Canada to tell us more about bringing a taste of Louisiana to Saskatoon.___Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karen Henderson. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell are assistant producers. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12 and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Six independent agronomy companies are joining MNP to launch a new agronomy practice in a major shake-up of the Western Canadian crop advisory market. MNP — one of Canada’s largest professional services firms — is bringing together 4R Agronomy, Annex Agro, Arrow Crop Management, Elite Ag, Max Ag Consulting, and Sure Growth Solutions to launch... Read More

In today's episode, host Tyler Chisholm is joined by Alicia Quesnel, Managing Partner at Burnet Duckworth & Palm'r LLP, to explore the expansive potential of the clean tech space and its critical role beyond energy. Tyler and Alicia tackle key industry dynamics, from energy security and policy-making challenges to the economic and environmental impacts of oil sands. Alicia shares her unique insights on the global complexities of sourcing critical minerals, the necessity of backup systems for renewables, and the persistent hurdles in project development.This episode is brought to you by clearmotive marketing. When it comes to marketing that truly matters to your business, clearmotive is your go-to partner. With a proven track record of more than 15 years, they understand what makes your business tick. Learn more at https://www.clearmotive.ca and discover how clearmotive can help your marketing thrive.We're on social media! Follow us for episodes you might have missed and key insights on Western Canada directly on your feeds.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collisionsyycLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/collisions-yycYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@collisionsyycWebsite: https://www.collisionsyyc.com Thank you for tuning into Collisions YYC!Remember to subscribe and follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts so you never miss an episode.If you loved the episode, please leave us a 5-star review and share the show with your friends! These things really help us reach more potential fans and share everything that's amazing about Western Canada.We sincerely appreciate your support of our local podcast.Host links:Tyler's website: https://www.tylerchisholm.com Tyler's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerchisholmGuest links: Alicia Quesnel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciaquesnelBurnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/burnet-duckworth-&-palmer-llp/Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BDPLawFirmCollisions YYC is a Tyler Chisholm original production // Brought to you by clearmotive marketing

Rick Stavely stands as the most celebrated country music artist to emerge from Prince George. An exceptional songwriter, Rick pens all his own music, showcasing his immense talent. By day, he's a family man, but come evening or weekend, he's often found lighting up the stage with his electrifying performances.Balancing a dynamic lifestyle, Rick navigates his career as a recording artist alongside family commitments. When not headlining his own shows, he's a renowned backup singer and bass player within the Western Canadian music scene.Rick's impressive discography boasts dozens of hit songs, including eight releases that have charted across Canada and four that have gained international acclaim.In addition to his solo work, Rick is a pivotal member of the Tabor Creek Band, a group he formed in Prince George, BC. This ensemble of talented local musicians is dedicated to creating and recording original country music, all produced locally.

Greg Marchildon talks to Murray Knuttila about his book, Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm. An analysis of how neoliberal policies have radically restructured farming in Western Canada. The establishment of a Western Canadian economy dominated by family farming was part of the government's post-Confederation nation building and industrial development strategy. During this era, Western family farms were established and promoted to serve as a market for Canadian industrial goods and a source of export cash crops, which both played essential roles in the national economy. In Eroding a Way of Life, Murray Knuttila shows how decades of neoliberal policies, state austerity, deregulation, and privatization have fragmented agrarian communities across Western Canada, a process hastened by the advent of the capitalization of machinery and high-input industrial farming. As a result, earning a living on the family farm has become increasingly impossible. As farmers sell off their land to larger producers, rural communities are watching their railroads, schools, churches, post offices, and hospitals close, and many villages and small towns are being reduced to plaques on the highway. Analyzing the history of prairie agriculture through the lenses of class, federal policies, and global capitalism, Knuttila describes the physical, social, and political reordering of the countryside and the resulting human costs paid by farmers, labourers, and families. Murray Knuttila is Professor Emeritus at the University of Regina and Brock University. He is the author of several books, including That Man Partridge and Paying for Masculinity. He resides in Regina, Saskatchewan. Image Credit: University of Regina Press If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

Mike Pribozie is joined by Kirt Contois of the Assiniboia Downs broadcast team for a special feature on the Western Canadian racetrack.They dive into key statistics for the meet, from top riders to track configuration, and then go over the Pick Four sequences for Monday and Tuesday. The Pick Four carries a low 15% takeout, $1 minimum, and goes as races 4-7 on those cards.

Mike Pribozie is joined by Kirt Contois of the Assiniboia Downs broadcast team for a special feature on the Western Canadian racetrack.They dive into key statistics for the meet, from top riders to track configuration, and then go over the Pick Four sequences for Monday and Tuesday. The Pick Four carries a low 15% takeout, $1 minimum, and goes as races 4-7 on those cards.

An unlikely cycling revolution is happening in one of the coldest big cities on the planet: Edmonton, Alberta. Despite freezing temps, lots of sprawl, big trucks and an economy built on pulling oil out of the Albertan tar sands, the Western Canadian city is in the midst of a four-year, $100 million CAD investment in active transportation that will connect far-flung neighborhoods with a network of safe, high-quality, protected bike lanes. Many of these bike lanes will even get priority over roads for cars when it comes to snow removal. We traveled to the home of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers to attend the Winter Cycling Congress, where we talked with the people pushing for this transformation, including the city's former mayor, Don Iveson. Plus, hear our appearance on drive-time radio in the heart of oil country. *** Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive access to ad-free versions of all our episodes, exclusive bonus content and stickers. *** This episode was sponsored by Bullmoose Soft Goods and Cleverhood. Listen to the episode for the latest discount codes. LINKS: Tom Babin of Shifter says Edmonton is “the most exciting bike city in North America.” Learn more about Edmonton's former mayor, Don Iveson and City Councillor Michael Janz. Check out The Winter Cycling Federation and listen to Sarah's dispatch from the 2020 Winter Cycling Congress in Finland. Read all about the Edmonton Bike Plan. Learn more about “Oil Country Urbanism” from Oh The Urbanity! and check out About Here on YouTube. Lorne Gunter of the Edmonton Sun thinks charging drivers to park is a “war on cars.” Buy toques, t-shirts, stickers and more in The War on Cars merch store. Save 10% with code BIKEMONTH. Find us on Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram, Facebook and Threads. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps people find us! This episode was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. It was edited by Doug Gordon and Ali Lemer. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. TheWarOnCars.org  

The Edmonton Oilers finally know there round 2 matchup after beating the Los Angeles Kings in Round 1 last week. The Oilers will go head-to-head with their Western Canadian rivals the Vancouver Canucks. It'll be the third time in the Stanley Cup history that the two franchises have battled in the post season. What should the Oilers fans expect from the upcoming seres? Tyler Yaremchuk and Liam Horrobin go live at noon for Oilersnation Everyday over on the Oilersnation YouTube channel. Want your thoughts on the show? Leave your questions, comments and concerns in the Charm Diamond Centres YouTube live chat. Throughout the show Tyler and Liam will bring your comments up on the show. Later in the program, Tyler and Liam will get the Vancouver perspective when David Quadrelli from Canucks Conversation joins them. With David, they'll talk about what happened in the Canucks round 1 series against the Nashville Predators. Additionally, they'll discuss the health of Thatcher Demko, the play of Casey DeSmith and Artur Silovs between the pipes and who the Canucks needed more from. Also, they'll discuss what he thinks the Canucks need to do to advance to the Western Conference Finals. Finally, Jason Gregor from The Jason Gregor Show on Sports 1440 joins the show. With Jason, they'll talk about what to expect from the upcoming series between the Oilers and Canucks and how he thinks everything will go.

Two Ontario byelections this week and in both cases premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won easily over the Liberal and NDP candidates. A precursor to the upcoming federal election?  Will area codes 416 and 905 in the federal go-round, be it later this year or next year not be sending Liberals or NDP candidates in any appreciable numbers to Ottawa? Will 416 and 905 align with Western Canadian voters who often complain Canada's most populous province pushes aside the voting of the West? We asked this question of Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Public Affairs. Then, we take calls from the 905 and 416 area codes in Ontario, who are firm in voting intent in the next federal election. Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On May 1st the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will begin commercial operations. It marks the end of a 12 year saga that included protests, legal challenges and the purchase of the pipeline itself by the federal government. When Ottawa stepped in to buy TMX six years ago, it had an estimated price tag of $7.4 billion dollars. Today the cost has grown to $34 billion dollars. As the polarizing project nears the finish line, CBC producer Allison Dempster visits communities along the pipeline route, from Edson, Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. She meets people who worked on the project, people who campaigned against it and Indigenous leaders who one day hope to own it. In the second half of the show, we join Anna Maria Tremonti on a road trip she took along the route back in 2019. She hears from Western Canadians deeply divided on the pipeline project. As you'll hear, the expansion is almost complete, but the debate over its legacy is far from over.Reported by Allison Dempster. Produced by Jennifer Chevalier.Storylines is part of the CBC Audio Doc Unit 

It's a jam packed second hour of the program, as the guys take a look at the Western Canadian playoff picture, as they talk to Oilers Analyst Bob Stauffer, as well as Matt Sekeres for the view from Vancouver

The Edmonton Oilers are back on the ice tonight to take on the Arizona Coyotes at Rogers Place. However, Connor McDavid likely won't play again after missing the game on Wednesday in a 5-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights. Despite possibly missing tonight's game, there is still a chance fans see him on Saturday versus the Vancouver Canucks. Tonights game is the Yotes fourth of a five game round trip around Western Canadian and California. On Wednesday, Dylan Guenther lead the way in a 4-3 overtime for Arizona versus the Canucks. The former Edmonton Oil King finished the night with four points including an assist on Logan Cooley's overtime winner. Later in the program, former Edmonton Oilers forward Luke Gazdic joins the show at 12:20. With Luke, the guys will talk about Wednesday's impressive 5-1 win over Vegas without McDavid and how he thing the team adapted without him. Additionally, the guys will go around the NHL with him talking about the Arizona Coyotes relocation, Mark Stone returning to practice and the Flyers collapse in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Danbury Trashers' A.J. Galante sits down with one of the toughest players to ever lace up skates, Danbury Trashers legend Brad Wingfield. The two speak about how they met, the effects of their Netflix documentary, Brad's involvement in the 'St. Patrick's Day Massacre', his new GM/Coaching venture, and more! Purchase the new 'Diamond Hands' Merch today! https://www.500level.com/search?q=diamond+hands Connect with AJ Galante: Instagram: @official_ajgalante Connect with Daniel Amesbury: Instagram: @ames2bury Connect with Brad Wingfield: Instagram: @officialwingkong42 Connect with artists Danny Granger Instagram:  @dannygrangerart157 @dannygrangerart Chapters: 00:00:00 - Special Guest Brad Wingfield 00:05:35 - The Start of a Journey in Pro Hockey 00:10:52 - The Importance of Stamina in Hockey 00:15:58 - The Battle with Steve Parsons and the St. Patrick's Day Massacre 00:21:29 - Memories of Hockey Fights 00:26:40 - NHL Memories with Steve Parson's Gumball Machine 00:32:01 - A Head Coach and GM in the Pacific Junior Hockey League 00:37:20 - New Angle Hockey Development Company 00:42:45 - Jacob's Success in Hockey 00:48:05 - A Breath of Fresh Air in the Game 00:53:28 - Dealing with Overbearing Parents 00:58:40 - Staying Positive and Mentally Tough in Sports 01:03:51 - Memories of the Danbury Trashers 01:09:17 - Memories with Teammates 01:17:45 - Western Canadians as the toughest hockey players 01:20:37 - A Surprise Gift for Brad Winger 01:26:16 - Updates from Fort Wayne Powered by Creative Evolution Studios https://creativeevolutionstudios.com Produced by: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShaneDanahy https://www.shanedanahy.com

Western Canadian farmers and ranchers have endured several years of drought over the last five seasons. While AgriRecovery and other national drought programming has been triggered in all the Prairie Provinces, there are other provincial insurance products available. Both Saskatchewan and Alberta have modified moisture deficiency insurance products in the last two years, with Alberta... Read More

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The New York Islanders played another sloppy third period and fell to the Boston Bruins 5-2. We discuss the mistakes that led to the loss and the line changes the Isles made. They were without Adam Pelech and made Pierre Engvall a healthy scratch, but the line of Brock Nelson, Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri didn't play well in this game. We have our hero and goat of the game and discuss the few highlights the team had including Simon Holmstrom's shorthanded goal. We also have a full preview of Saturday's game against the Washington Capitals which is the last home game for the Isles before they embark on a Western Canadian road trip next week. All this and more on today's Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! eBay Motors With all the parts you need at the prices you want, it's easy to turn your car into the MVP and bring home that win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Parkview Advance For more than 25 years, Parkview Advance has helped businesses secure working capital. We Invite the many entrepreneurs that are Locked On NHL to learn more by calling us at 203-675-0071 or go to parkviewadvance.com. If your business needs working capital, call Parkview Advance today! Sleeper Download the Sleeper App and use promo code LOCKEDONNHL to get up to a $100 match on your first deposit. Terms and conditions apply. See Sleeper's Terms of Use for details. Gametime Today's episode is brought to you by Gametime.Take the guesswork out of buying tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNHL for $20 off your first purchase. FanDuel Score early this NFL season with FanDuel, America's Number One Sportsbook! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! That's A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – if your team wins! Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Islanders played another sloppy third period and fell to the Boston Bruins 5-2. We discuss the mistakes that led to the loss and the line changes the Isles made. They were without Adam Pelech and made Pierre Engvall a healthy scratch, but the line of Brock Nelson, Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri didn't play well in this game.We have our hero and goat of the game and discuss the few highlights the team had including Simon Holmstrom's shorthanded goal.We also have a full preview of Saturday's game against the Washington Capitals which is the last home game for the Isles before they embark on a Western Canadian road trip next week.All this and more on today's Locked On Islanders Podcast with Gil Martin.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!eBay MotorsWith all the parts you need at the prices you want, it's easy to turn your car into the MVP and bring home that win. Keep your ride-or-die alive at EbayMotors.com. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers.Parkview AdvanceFor more than 25 years, Parkview Advance has helped businesses secure working capital. We Invite the many entrepreneurs that are Locked On NHL to learn more by calling us at 203-675-0071 or go to parkviewadvance.com. If your business needs working capital, call Parkview Advance today!SleeperDownload the Sleeper App and use promo code LOCKEDONNHL to get up to a $100 match on your first deposit. Terms and conditions apply. See Sleeper's Terms of Use for details.GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime.Take the guesswork out of buying tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNHL for $20 off your first purchase.FanDuelScore early this NFL season with FanDuel, America's Number One Sportsbook! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! That's A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – if your team wins! Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strap in hockey heads, the fantasy hockey news reel is buzzin' right now, meaning we have a loaded Thursday's episode of news and fantasy hockey updates that you need to know. Starting off with this mess with Pierre Dorion and the Ottawa Senators who are now in line to lose a first-round draft pick in one of the next three drafts of the deal and no-trade list for Evgeni Dadonov. Dorion is now out as GM.We also discuss two other Canadian teams before getting to the injury update to Washington Capitals long-time star Nicklas Backstrom who will be stepping away from the game in the meantime and suspension update for Boston Bruins star blue-liner Charlie McAvoy. Those two Canadian teams are two currently heading in opposite directions with the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames.The Canucks are on a serious heater to kick-off the season on the back of strong performances from Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko, Elias Peterrsson and others. While their Western Canadian foes in the Flames are looking awful and have even currently suspended contract negotiation talks with Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanafin amid the terrible start.Thanks for making Locked On Fantasy Hockey your 1st listen, every day. We are free and available on all platforms and make sure to subscribe and follow us for the latest episodes every day!Timestamps0:00 Intro2:00 Ottawa Senators Fire Pierre Dorion6:30 Turmoil in Calgary, Contract talk halted12:30 Are the Vancouver Canucks for Real?17:30 Charlie McAvoy 4-game suspension22:25 Nicklas Backstrom stepping away from hockey26:00 Big Time BetsFollow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms…

Strap in hockey heads, the fantasy hockey news reel is buzzin' right now, meaning we have a loaded Thursday's episode of news and fantasy hockey updates that you need to know. Starting off with this mess with Pierre Dorion and the Ottawa Senators who are now in line to lose a first-round draft pick in one of the next three drafts of the deal and no-trade list for Evgeni Dadonov. Dorion is now out as GM. We also discuss two other Canadian teams before getting to the injury update to Washington Capitals long-time star Nicklas Backstrom who will be stepping away from the game in the meantime and suspension update for Boston Bruins star blue-liner Charlie McAvoy. Those two Canadian teams are two currently heading in opposite directions with the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames. The Canucks are on a serious heater to kick-off the season on the back of strong performances from Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko, Elias Peterrsson and others. While their Western Canadian foes in the Flames are looking awful and have even currently suspended contract negotiation talks with Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanafin amid the terrible start. Thanks for making Locked On Fantasy Hockey your 1st listen, every day. We are free and available on all platforms and make sure to subscribe and follow us for the latest episodes every day! Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:00 Ottawa Senators Fire Pierre Dorion 6:30 Turmoil in Calgary, Contract talk halted 12:30 Are the Vancouver Canucks for Real? 17:30 Charlie McAvoy 4-game suspension 22:25 Nicklas Backstrom stepping away from hockey 26:00 Big Time Bets Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms…