Blue Sky
with Garth Materie

Is it possible that if farmers started drying grain in a new way after a soggy growing season, farmers would make way more money? One researchers says yes.

The story of gunslinger Maggie Liggett and others who helped keep the original Humboldt telegraph line alive many years ago. This is a chat worth listening to.

After some time away, Garth is back. We start the show with a heroic tale from the province's east, and then we head to Saskatoon for new details about an alleged diamond theft. In our last half hour, we continue our series on historical stories you've never heard before!

The debate about whether to spank children continues. We speak with a researcher who says it should be illegal, and open up the phone lines to you.

We continue our Blue Sky series of historical stories you haven't heard before. This time, it's the tale of an extremely versatile man from Prince Albert.

Fiction is stranger than truth:

A story about a swashbuckling mayor made a great family legend until John O'Brien from the Saskatoon Archives was asked to check it out.

Listeners had lots to say about Saskatchewan's essential services legislation being found unconstitutional. Sean Tucker from the University of Regina's Faculty of Business Administration joined guest host Dan Kerslake for the discussion.

The principal at the Waterhen Lake school says if the federal government wants to improve education for students on First Nations it can start by providing enough money to pay their teachers a competitive wage.  John Walter talks about his concerns with guest host Dan Kerslake, 

A professor at the University of Saskatchewan is teaching a class on Aboriginal street gangs. He offers his insight to Blue Sky.