Saskatoon Afternoon

Saskatchewan's budget is looking pretty good compared to the one Alberta tabled yesterday!

The Alberta government introduced the Skin Cancer Prevention Act this week, addressing the use of tanning beds for people under 18. A cancer survivor is urging Saskatchewan to do the same.

Gardenscape is taking place this weekend! David chats with a few avid gardeners.

David read s some of your texts and reactions to the show so far and talks about people in Africa's most populous country who are preparing to to head to the polls tomorrow to decide who will run Nigeria. We also hear from a U of S student whose family still lives in northern Nigeria.

When police raided the home of the co-pilot accused of purposely crashing Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps on Tuesday, the officers found evidence that he suffered from a mental illness, which he may have been hiding from his employers before allegedly taking the lives of 149 passengers and crew along with his own life. How should we talk about mental health?

Police in at least one Canadian city which has legal strip shows says there's been no connection between the stripper bars and human trafficking.

Former Saskatchewan Roughrider Quinn Magnuson joins David to chat about the proposed CFL rule changes.

It's Saskatoon Afternoon with David Kirton!  David starts your Friday drive home with the story of a group of wiener dogs who seem to have beaten the odds and are on their way to finding happy homes!

An online petition is calling for an end to noisy, invasive and expensive police operations. A Saskatoon resident has created an online petition to ground the Saskatoon Police Service’s plane, citing it as a public nuisance and an invasion of people’s privacy.