Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, In this podcast bonus we dig a little deeper into some of the key planning areas we think will be amplified over the next year and much more. Please tune in to listen to planning panel members Brenda Wallace, Alan Wallace and Brittany Beckie. Thanks so much Brittan, Brenda and Al for kick-starting the year off.  Much appreciation. Civically speaking, Lenore C...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Well, 2020 has been quite the year! In this show we  reflect on 2020 and what the impact of Covid-19 has had on us  - worldwide, nationally, provincially and in our communities. Wendy Cooper and Eric Westberg, regular contributors to this show, join me in sharing various perspectives and learnings about this and various other related items. Have a listen.  And, in...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, This Part 2 segment picks up where we began last week.   Our Civics Panel, in this second of two parts, reflect on a number of items. This part was edited for time.  Thank you Pat Lorje, Wendy Cooper, Jeff Jackson, Ari Avivi, and James Yachyshen for joining this segment. We focus in on local and provincial this round.  Tune in. Support community radio.  And, suppor...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Indeed 2020 will be a year we all remember. And, we will be that generation who shares this memory together by being able to say:  " remember the before times when we..."  And "remember the covid times when we had to... " And, "remember in the after times when we then ..."  Plenty to reflect on.  Our Civics Panel, in this first of two...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Please have a listen to an informative interview with  Shawna Nelson about the state of our tourism industy in the midst of Covid-19. Shawna Nelson is the Director of Sales at the Sheraton Cavalier and The James Hotel in Saskatoon. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan, and has over 30 years of sales and marketing experienc...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, It was such a treat to do a follow-up story with Uyen about what Sew-gether has been up to since it first came together in March 2020 to address what they knew then, and what we all have come to know now, just how important it is to have and be wearing a mask to help prevent people from getting sick from COVID-19. Tune in. Learn. And share. Thank you Uyen, for shar...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Panel member, Pat Lorje and I, in a focused one-on-one conversation reflect in the past municipal, provincial and American election in light of Covid-19.  Much to ponder. Tune in.  And please remember to support community radio.  Thanks for tuning in. Civially speaking,  Lenore, Host    Civically Speaking- Saskatoon Saskatchewan's #1 show about civic iss...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, In this episode, newest panel member, Winter Fedyk from Regina joins members Janice Braden and Wendy Cooper.  After three election runs - Saskatchewan Provincial Election, Municipal Elections across Saskatchewan, and the American Elections taking place in between, we reflect on the topic of gender, equity and inclusion.  Tune in. Stay engaged. Democracy takes...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Listeners, On Tuesday evening, Wendy Cooper and James Yachyshen, had a lively 60 minute discussion with me unpacking the civic election that was suspended on Monday evening in Saskatoon due to a snow fall that happened on the weekend that left many streets impassible.  The Province provided  early in the morning for municipalities, through the Elections Act, to allow local C...

Send us Fan Mail For posterity, Eric Westberg and Jeff Jackson join me as we tune into the early results of the 2020 American Election. Early numbers suggest things are neck and neck. This podcast was done to mark a point in time historically as we are living most interestingly during an interesting time. During a pandemic named COVID-19,  Donald Trump is vying to be President for a second term ch...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning into Civically Speaking. In this Part 9 of Behind the Carnival Election Campaign Series of Civically Speaking, Registered Professional Planner, Eric Westberg,  former mayoral candidate and Registered Professional Planner, Kelley Moore together with Entrepreneur, Monica Kreuger, and local civics colleague and oft times guest co-host, Jeff Jac...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Civically Speaking Listeners, Thanks for tuning in.  We are living in the most interesting of times.  Pandammit as my cuz shared with me today fits as the feeling that goes with these times. The provincial election happened yesterday in Saskatchewan - but the results are incomplete even with a resounding majority win by the Sask Party. Now we watch for which of the Sask...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you Listeners for tuning in to Civically Speaking,  Thanks Tom Wolf, former 2012  mayoral candidate, for joining the show in the first half to chat about the current mayoral campaigns and share some very interesting observations, perspectives and ideas.   And thanks Tom and regular panel members Pat Lorje, Wendy Cooper and James Yachyshen for weighing in on the latest regard...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, In this episode of Civically Speaking - Behind the Carnival - Part 6 - Jeff Jackson helps  navigate our way through a discussion around the Saskatoon civic campaign leading up to E Day on November 9. Thank you for your wonderful insights by panel members Pat Lorje, Wendy Cooper, Ari Avivi and James Yachyshen.   We talk key issues this week, campaigns of indiv...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, In this episode of Civically Speaking, new guest panel member, former City Councillor, Patricia Roe, along with panel member Janice Braden, well known local urbanist and pundit share perspectives and observations on both the Provincial and civic election campaigns. Thanks Janice and Patricia for your thoughtful insights. And thanks Jeff Jackson for co-hosting...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in to this week's podcast version of Civically Speaking.  Together with panel guests James Yachyshen, Wendy Cooper and Jeff Jackson, we discuss the latest happenings regarding Saskatoon's upcoming civic election set for November 9, 2020.  We touch on voting terms, mail in ballots, signage and much more.  Of note, tomorrow on the show, fo...

Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Phil Tank, Reporter with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and David Kirton, Reporter with Saskatoon's NewsTalk Radio 650, take time out of their busy schedule to discuss the latest goings on in the run up to the Civic Election taking place on November 9, 2020.   We touch base on the latest re some of the mayoral candidates, ward council races, and more. Thanks David...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, In this direct to podcast version, coming just ahead of the live show airing tomorrow with Jeff Jackson where we also bring in local commentators and reporters, David Kirton and Phil Tank, into the discussion. Jeff and I are joined by regular members Wendy Cooper, Ari Avivi, and James Yachyshen. Thanks team. We weigh on the latest issues, some of the mayoral...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in Civically Speaking Listeners, Much appreciation. Important this week is noting this is CFCR's annual fundraiser - FMphasis. Please, to help support shows like Civically Speaking, your contribution to Saskatoon's community radio station CFCR.ca is super important - especially in these COVID times. Go to www.cfcr.ca and make a donation to today in the...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning Civically Speaking Listeners, Please be sure sometime between now and the end of the month you make your way to giving a donation to CFCR.ca in the name of Civically Speaking. As CFCR.ca is the incubator for this companion podcast series.   In this edition of inside the Carnival direct to podcast bonus series - Ari, Wendy, and James get into some of the edges aro...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in Civically Speaking Listeners, In this bonus podcast panel members weigh into what we are calling the Carnival - Saskatoon's Civic Election Campaign Season.  Ari Avivi, James Yachyshen, Jeff Jackson and Wendy Cooper weigh in on some considerations arising this week as we head start looking to October as the intense time of electioneering in Saskatoon and b...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Listeners, Thanks so much for tuning in. Had some glitches with the recording today but all good.  We do a recap of the latest races and candidates who are working hard to be part of Saskatoon's next City Council after the election is held on November 9, 2020. This week's panel weighs in on the races ...Wendy Cooper, James Yachyshen, and Jeff Jackson, thanks so muc...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, In this session of Civically Speaking Jeff Jackson and I give an update on the most recent rumblings regarding the upcoming Municipal Election in Saskatoon including new candidates, issues, considerations.  We also touch base briefly on the provincial election and some recent issues.  Have a listen. Share, and be sure to support CFCR.ca, Saskatoon's comm...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Listeners, In this direct to podcast version of Civically Speaking we pick up where we left off on our first round aired earlier on Civically Speaking. Thanks to Ari Avivi, Wendy Cooper, Pat Lorje and James Yachyshen who dig deeper into some civic issues arising from the upcoming civic election campaigns.  Gender, race, safety, policing, libraries, bus rapid transit, and mor...

Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear listeners, The panel expands this week to add a guest panelist to our regular members Pat Lorje, Wendy Cooper and Ari Avivi. Welcome James Yachyshen, a self-professed conservative leaning, arm chair political pundit, who contributes a variety of views and experiences to various main stream and local media.  Regrets were given by Janice Braden and Jeff Jackson who both h...