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0:00Good morning. It is the start for a Thursday. March the 5th. March is already kind of galloping along here, isn't it, Kathy Kennedy? It is. I mean, it February seemed to drag January was a complete drag. But March is galloping and I'm okay with that because it means we're getting closer to spring. Yeah. Well, I think we're craving spring. So many of us. That's Kathy Kennedy in for Brett McGarry until Monday. So just a couple more days with UKK enjoying your week, I hope. Yes. It's been a great week. Well, I hope you say that too. Oh, absolutely. I'll even send you a copy of my diary. I was writing my diary. No, I don't. It's funny. I was

1:01thinking about it the other day. One of our listeners whose name I will keep to myself. He will send in sort of just these short snippets about about the jets and how the jets are doing. And I did have a diary once upon a time. And all it is is jet scores and jets. Oh, yeah, jets beat the arrows. Six to five. Anders had a hat trick or something like that. There's no deep feelings. There's no deep thoughts. No self reflection. All it is is basically a chronology of how the jets were doing in the 1976-77 season. It's kind of pathetic, actually. Wow. No, I think that's awesome. It's much better than my diary from that time where it was like, well, you know, Brad doesn't like me. I don't understand why. See, but at least you were thinking you were there was introspection. There was thought. There was, there was, you know, contemplation, not not for me. All around

2:02the jets, the jets are back in action tonight. The Tampa Bay Lightning come in, fresh off a five one loss in Minnesota, not last night, but the night before they've actually lost three games in a row. And of course, the trade deadline in the National Hockey League goes tomorrow. Some big moves in the NHL yesterday. One pending camp. I just will have that at 625 tomorrow's going to be a big day. Greg, I, you know, it's it's a little bit like Christmas for hockey fans, right? It's a good correlation. I like it a lot. I know there's a lot of handering and going on amongst jets fans about whether or not the jet should be putting their best foot forward to sign Logan Stanley to to a long term contract or to to move him along. I think it's sort of split 50 50 based on what I read and see. I mean, social media isn't the best gauge, but just in general conversation as well with friends of mine. Where do you think they land on that? You know, I don't know. I was interested though. Speaking of big guys, Tyler Myers of course got moved to Dallas yesterday.

3:09I don't know. Here's the thing about Chevy. You just can't predict what the man is going to do. I mean, as every year, I feel bad for him actually because every year, fans are either saying you did too much. You did too little, right? So I don't know what he's going to do with Stanley. Well, we're going to find out in the next 36 hours or so. Trade deadline actually 2 o'clock central. Sometimes trades and transactions happen a little bit afterward, but the strong belief and I think it has to be if the jets don't resign Stanley by noon tomorrow. If he hasn't already been traded, then they're going to have to move him. Lots of conversation around the NHL jets, of course, throughout the day. Last night news that a US federal judge has ordered refunds for companies that paid tariffs the Supreme Court struck down last month. How many people, how many business owners are going to be dancing in the streets about this one? Or are they going

4:12to have your take on a caddy? My take was because I missed that news and you texted me early this morning saying, hey, did you hear? And I said, it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean squat. We already know that President Trump is going to do what he wants to do, regardless of any judge ruling. So the fact that this federal judge has now come down saying, okay, you know, you got to, you have to order, you have to pay the refunds for companies who paid them. It's not going to happen, Greg. It's not going to happen. I'm sorry. And you know, listen, I wish it would, but it's not going to happen. Judge Richard Eaton, who will be the lone judge to hear cases pertaining to the refunds said in his decision yesterday that all importers who paid the duties are entitled to the benefit of the Supreme Court's decision. And a lot of people already have their, you know, have their, well, what about me hats on? Because, of course, the belief is,

5:17and the truth is that the tariffs may be paid by the importer or the manufacturer that gets tagged with these tariffs, but we know that those are getting passed along. I think the last survey that was done indicated that at least 90% of the value of those tariffs have been passed along to the consumer. So the consumers are saying, hold on. So you, you are charged them as a manufacturer, you pass them along to me, you're going to get a refund. And what do I get? And the answer is probably squat. So we'll follow that story throughout the day today. The mayor joins us at 835, just ahead of his state of the city address to the Chamber of Commerce today. So we're going to find out what the mayor sees is what's positive happening in the city right now. And so his, you know, the biggest highlight of what's going on and maybe his largest challenge. And then later on at 935, this morning, KK. The Ben Angel, original dynamic lead difference.

6:19So here's what you need to know. Our guest who is ravine son. So I don't know, ravine 2.0. 1.0 actually hypnotized me. Oh, I can't wait to hear more about this. We're also going to booze your booger for the small town salute. Lots of action coming up there this weekend. Pour the coffee, add your sugar, add your milk. Do you drink coffee at all McCarthy? Oh, yes. I'm just a tea and coffee drinker. All right. Coffee to start for sure. And of course, cans into the coffee. Coffee grinder at home, what do you do?

7:22Yeah, no, I get my own beans. I grind grind my beans. So it's only a weekend thing. I drink the coffee here at work. But it's my little weekend ritual in the morning. I won't ask you to rate the coffee here versus the coffee drink at home. Well, it's better at home. I'll just say that. Yeah. Obviously. And fortune, do you drink coffee? No, not really. Only on the days that I'm extremely tired, but coffee messes me up. This is not my stomach. All right. Well, I have a coffee talking brought you by reliable heating and air conditioning. Family strong, reliable strong, when a peg strong, visit them at reliableheatair.ca. Now, Kathy, if I understand correctly, this topic came from the from the incredible mind of one camp fortress. It did indeed. So Cam, I'm going to let you explain. Okay. So I recently inherited some. Now, I use a safety razor. Thank you very much to Greg McLean's grandfather. I use his his his mug with my soap there. And so

8:24I do that every while I do it twice a week. I shaved twice a week. And I inherited these razors, the Wilkinson sword, but they were made in England. And I've, of course, like the ones that I use now, I think they're like made in various places all over the world. But these ones were specifically made in England. And it's an English company. These ones from England, you know, they're old like, I don't know what year they're from, but they were sitting in a drawer in a bathroom for a long, long time are a thousand times better than whatever else they're pumping out there and trying to sell me now. So now I'm like looking on eBay. It's like, can I score more of these ones from England? And they're like available. People are like, it's like a known thing. Like there's there's on eBay. People are selling the ones like they're they're hoarding them and selling the good ones. So it's like I kind of was like, what else is there? Out there that you like are now still purchasing is still buying or consuming or whatever.

9:29That was just way better back way back when. For tea, you got something? Well, Catherine might have been the last segment, you know, having to get up early and you know having a little party the night before, hangovers. They are so different now that I'm older. I just, I can't do it anymore, man. It takes, it's like a two-day ordeal. When you were 19, you ate a bacon sandwich. You had a glass of water. You were good. No, I have a cookie before I go to bed and I'm like, oh my stomach when I wake up in the morning. It's just, you know, getting older is just, it's, it's not that, but I'm still young. But no, the hangovers I'm telling you, if I'm down, I'm down for two days at least. Oh, that is great. What about you McCarthy? Well, even just eating before bed, it's like, okay, I have to eat like two hours before bed or I'm not going to sleep well because my tummy will be upset. So yeah, very similar, just things change. But I don't think TV is the same anymore. The seasons of shows so short, I just finished an entire show,

10:33three seasons, about 20 episodes for the three seasons. That would be one season of a show back in the day, back in the day. And so just that aspect of TV, I would just love tuning in live to TV, but now you just record it. You don't have to. And I just remember my family would always gather around me, watch American Idol together. We would just commentate during the entire thing. And you would know that other people and other households were too, depending whatever show you are watching. So I just don't do that anymore. Watch it at separate times throughout your house in various rooms. Yeah, you might be watching the same thing, but you don't watch it together. It's like meals. Everybody eats, but nobody sits around the table and eats together. This is what's wrong. This is why society is breaking apart. You might not be wrong, Cam. What is that called? That called appointments TV, point viewing, yeah, point viewing, which is why the sports properties are so valuable, right, Kathy? Yeah, without a doubt. Listen, Cam, I am so sorry. I have to apologize, because my Papa,

11:37who of course is from England, was just like you, the Wilkinson Blades. And when I moved him into a long-term care home, I wrote his Wilkinson Blades. I'm so sorry. They were the old English ones? Yes. Sarah, what am I going to do with Kathy? I know. You're asking me. You're my Germany cricket. You're my conscience. What should I do about this? There's definitely an angel on your shoulder. All right. You know what that means? It's now up to you. Thanks, Cam. We appreciate the topic suggestions. It's a great one. The things that were just simply better once upon a time. And I miss cranking my high fly, my stereo with the tower speakers and just, you know, lighting up the entire house with my music as opposed to, you know, wearing it in my ears.

12:38Thursday morning, it's time for our small town salute brought you by Travel Manitoba. Does your heart need travel visit travelmanitoba.com Kathy? Our small town salute today is Boziger. And Mayor Ray Sheryl is joining us. Good morning, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for taking the time. Good morning, Kathy and Greg. Let's talk about, first and foremost, one of the big winter events that happens in Boziger, every year at this time. Well, actually happens twice a year, but the big race is this weekend. The Canadian Power to Bog and Championships. Tell us about it. Yeah. So I mean, racing while hot laps will start and testing will start on Friday, when drivers will start pulling in today, from all over North America. Last night, I was talking to some of the volunteers over at the racetrack and we're just over 120 racers this year. So they'll be on the average over 50 racers each day. It's an international event. I mean,

13:40we have people clearly from all over North America come up to Boziger twice a year. This is the finals, the last race of the season kind of a thing, but it's an amazing event for people bringing out their families, their kids, everything. It's absolutely amazing to watch the fast speed of these sleds on the track. And it's 64 years of this happening here in Boziger this year. Now, Kathy used to have a pretty unique perch, a unique point of view to watch these races, didn't you? I did indeed. Tell us. I was the announcer for the races as Mr. Mayor knows for, I guess, about 20 years. And I think I was the only female announcer on the circuit. So that was a lot of fun, Mr. Mayor. And I know that thousands come out each and every year to enjoy these races. And for those who don't understand, okay, wait a second, a toboggan race, can you explain what this is? Well, it's the fastest, fastest thing you never get on ice.

14:42I mean, we have race sleds that are on an oval track. It's a half mile track. We can get anywhere's up to our finals. We will have 15 to 20 sleds in a race. And they all heat and run for them to get the top championship. This year is the 440 class. And they do an excellent job. The speeds are absolutely amazing. It's, you just clenching your seat as you watch all these sleds pile into a corner and how they make it through the other side. And snow dust is absolutely amazing. Now I, oh, sorry, Kathy. No, go ahead. I just wanted to say like these power toboggan championships have hosted some of the largest meters of speed on the planet. I think there's a Villanue for two that has shown up over the distinguished time that these races been around, Mr. Mayor. Yeah, we have no Villanue's have been in our race track multiple times. And Jock now is retired or semi-retired. I think he's still in the game trying to teach young people how to race sleds. But we have world-class people here on our track over the years. It's been absolutely

15:43amazing to watch them. And you can get tickets at the gate, right? And there's a wonderful grandstand area. There's warm-up shacks. It's, it's a whole experience. So if people are worried about, hey, hang on. I'm going to be a little chilly. You can park alongside the track, right? Mr. Mayor? Yeah, there's trackside parking, free parking by the grandstand trackside parking. There's a fee of that or $25. But it's also now we've entered. We have a kids zone now. We've made it a really family atmosphere for the whole day. So you can come out with your kids. This fire pit's going for the kids and weiner roasts and the fire department coming. It does as a display. You can get into the our Bozier handy van is also part of it where we actually take you out onto the track. You can actually drive on the surface with the kids and see where the racers are actually going in between the heats. There's all kind of stuff going on all both days. And then there's also now the racing under the lights. So Saturday night we actually go into the nighttime and we have surrounded the whole facility with lighting. This is going to be our third year running racing under the lights.

16:44So yeah, absolutely amazing entertainment for the whole weekend. I love that. It feels so progressive, so modern and a modern spin on such a classic absolutely incredible event. Mr. Mayor, by the way, if you're just tuning in small town salute this morning, we're in Bozier with me. Mayor Ray Cheryl. And I've been through Bozier and two year beautiful community quite a few times over the years and many times to to watch my my fake niece play ring at. You have a great recreation complex, but I've noticed the development in your community over the last several years. Mr. Mayor, is Bozier sure one of those growing communities in our province? Yeah, I know Bozier is growing at a great speed, but a manageable speed. One thing that Bozier really boasts is our quality of life. And when you, as you say, our rec facilities are in the eastern Maddover next to the, and you can't get any better. And we are really pushing that quality of life in our community, but yet you're close enough to the city, but you're still

17:45close enough to play. And we're taking advantage of that now when it comes to development. What makes Bozier a great place to live? I mean, you just touched on it. You know, you have wonderful facilities, but what else makes the town of Bozier a great place to live? It's the people. You know, I can honestly say as a mayor, I tour around so many communities, but when I have to be proud of my community, when I come back home, our volunteers are community is absolutely next to none. Like, I know even when we did a thing with Travel Manitoba while back, and it was about our boldest of our community. And when we sat down and started looking at a Bozier host, at least one major event every month on top of all the other things that are going in our community. And it's all due to the people and the quality of people in our town and the volunteers. It's just like the races coming up. I mean, we're going to put 300 volunteers together to put on an event year after year after year. And we have that every month happening. It doesn't matter if it's our car show to where we get four or five thousand people coming through the community to our rodeo in the fall time. We have a major event every year,

18:50every month, pardon me. And it's something we're very proud of. And the people in our community love it and they see that quality of life. Well, I have seen that volunteerism first hand over the years. And it is a wonderful community. The town of Bozier, really appreciate you taking the time. Mr. Mayor, Ray Sheryl, joining us to speak about the wonderfulness of the town of Bozier. Thank you, Kathy. You appreciate you coordinating that. And the unofficial mayor of Bozier, of course, is our own Bradenewasco, who's not around this morning. I think you'll see him a little bit later. Find out if he's planning to head to the to the races this weekend. By the way, small town salute brought to you by travel Manitoba. Does your heart need need a travel visit travel Manitoba.com. And oh, I want to tell you about our question other day at cjob.com.

19:50Brought to you by Mr. Furnest. Don't call them first. You'll see why call Mr. Furnest 204-832-62-43. Some restaurants are eliminating lunch service to save money. Have you noticed reduced hours at your favorite places to eat? Listeners are saying no. Almost two-thirds say no. One-third say yes. We do have the mayor of Winnipeg in the studio. It's Mackling and McGarry. Kathy Kennedy is in for Brett McGarry today. Brett returns on Monday and Kathy, I think you've stirred some passion in our listener base with your rant about the Wellington crescent bike path. Well, I just think we've gotten into this pattern and I know I'm making a big assumption

20:52about a lot of things, but we get into this pattern of being reactionary. You know, when something bad happens, oh, let's swing completely in the opposite direction. And I think that's what has happened when it comes to building bike lanes on Wellington crescent. As someone who has lived on the crescent now for 14 years, I just think you are going to cause so many problems if you do that. We will get to that point of conversation with the mayor, Scott Gillingham, who did not want to put his headphones on, didn't want to mess up his hair apparently. I took time with, you know, state of the city address. I took time to do my hair today. Well, looking great. Thank you. Appreciate that. Looks fantastic. The mayor is struggling with his voice a tiny bit, but that doesn't mean we're going to be any easier on you, Mr. Mayor. Sorry about that. So as you mentioned, state of the city address coming up around noon today, RBC convention center, large crowd, I think about 1100 people there for such such address. Last one before seeking re-election

21:54this October. Can you give us a sneak peek at what you're going to share? Have you got something that feels working best in the city of Winnipeg? Yeah, it's going to be about 20 minutes or so of address. I really appreciate the opportunity. The first portion of the speech will be about what we've accomplished. I think it's time after three and a half years to look back at what council has accomplished. And I really believe this council. We've made some some bold decisions. We've made decisions in some cases that were kicked down the road for a long time. We made the decision. We acted on them. So we're going to highlight some of the things that are working. I'm going to be honest about some of the things that we need to continue to, you know, continue to improve upon. But then the second part of the address today, we'll be to talk about the big opportunity that I see Winnipeg has right now that we need to seize. And it'll be no surprise. It's related to the federal government's move to establish an offense industrial strategy.

22:57I'm going to be talking about the fact that here in Winnipeg, we've got the third largest aerospace sector in Canada. We have a strong aviation economy. And we have got the Royal Canadian Air Force, 17-wing, which employs close to 3,000 people. They have plans to expand, to have another 800 personnel in the coming years at 17-wing. And we should be taking this opportunity to really focus on what I'm calling our sky economy, defense, aviation, aerospace, and build it. It's future jobs, probably more jobs for the future, a stronger economy, more economic impact, more GDP. We have an opportunity right now. And so let's, let's seize it. Let's talk about some of the largest challenges in your first term, Mr. Mayor. Where did you find the battle was the strongest? We, you know, we started the term and you know, one of the biggest challenges that we can, we started to confront in partnership with the province of Antitoba. And I

24:01give them credit is on homelessness. The homelessness numbers have increased over the last several years. And we are not alone in Winnipeg. I was just with my fellow mayor's, a big cities in Canada at the beginning of February. We were together in Ottawa. Mayor after mayor after mayor talked about how the homeless numbers in their city are growing. And so that's a big challenge. We have been tackling. We have, you know, with the partnership of the province of Antitoba and the your way home strategy that they announced. We now have a core data plan. And, you know, just about 200 individuals over the last year or so have been moved from encampments into housing. The city Winnipeg, we've followed that up with our own initiatives and we have decommissioned 17 encampments so far, getting people out into transitional housing or housing. So, you know, Kathy, for sure, that has been one of the biggest challenges. And we continue to work hard on making Winnipeg safer as well. You know, we've got some good signs, some good statistics that show that in some cases some of the crime numbers are dropping or going the way they need to,

25:03but it's still, you know, it's still a stubborn issue that we continue to work on. Yeah, and so much of that also has to do with perception. A lot of people argue that the numbers don't matter. It's how I feel when I am in a certain part of the city or places that I refuse to go because of that perception of safety or lack thereof, Mr. Mayor. A great perception matters because perception is reality. You know, I could I could list off all the crime stats and if they're going in the right direction, I could give you stat after stat, but if you don't perceive, if you don't feel safe in the community, that's what matters. So, we continue to work on it. But there's so much good that's going on in downtown. I'll just give you one stat that's important. In 2025, our city grant issued permits for over a thousand units of housing. Our staff says that there is, you know, when they look at the records, that is the most housing permits ever issued for downtown Winnipeg in our 151 year history. So, a lot of great exciting projects happening in the downtown, a lot of housing being built right now, which will really help to strengthen

26:07the downtown core and and provide better safety. More feet on the street means safety. Let's talk about new flyer if we could, Mr. Mayor. I mean, they opened their finishing line for Canadian orders. Why is that such a big deal? Well, certainly, it's a really exciting, you know, announcement here in the city of Winnipeg. New flyer has been part of Winnipeg for decades, provides thousands of jobs for Winnipeg. As we all know, you know, Kathy, you talk about why is it important right now? Right now, there's trade wars. Right now, there's tariffs. Right now, we have, you know, a president, self of the border, who, you know, makes decisions and, you know, trade policy, maybe, you know, on Twitter or X or whatever it is, we need stability. And so, by establishing at new flyer an all Canadian build, what we're able to do here is have new flyer produce buses that are all Canadian built by Canadians with Canadian, you know, parts built here in

27:10Winnipeg. And certainly, you know, is is will be available for for a lot of a lot of Canadian customers. Winnipeg is a huge customer of new flyer. We were there the other day and excited, you know, for this exciting announcement, Ottawa Transit also orders from new flyer. This new all Canadian build creates 250 new jobs. And I want to take the moment just to congratulate the outgoing president CEO, Paul Subry, a winner-pager who has had the vision for this all Canadian build and to see it become a reality is really exciting. Also, I want to welcome the new CEO, John Sap, who's just taken over the reins of new flyer. So, a really, really great announcement this week. So, also the, I guess it was last week, Mr. Mayor. I'm really want to find some positive things here because we hammer on you on the negative. And it's not to correlate with this state of the city address. It's just, you know, what we need some good news. And the announcement with regard to the Westlands of the airport, for those that aren't familiar, what is that property

28:13sort of where is it located and the announcement and what might it bring to Winnipeg? What does it have the possibility to generate? Anyone who's familiar with, you know, the property, the big area west of the airport and north of Saskatchewan Avenue knows it's open fields right now. Well, that's all city of Winnipeg and that is called center port south. Center port is a big section of land. In the north, it's the arm of Rosser. In the south, it's Winnipeg. Right now, the exciting thing is this has been personal for me for a while because we have not, we hadn't until recently put the water and sewer servicing in those properties. And so we hadn't opened up those lands. Now we've done it. It became, you know, it was a priority for me as a city council for St. James worked with then Mayor Bowman and, you know, we got the servicing in there. Now that water and sewer is in there, that opens up thousands of acres of industrial property. The first that has

29:16opened up is 127 acres at the airport west lands. What that'll do, you know, I was with the province and the federal government and the Winnipeg Airport Authority on Friday announcing this first 127 acres. Winnipeg Airport Authority has plans now to develop those lands for companies that need your runway side or air side access. We have a large air cargo, you know, economy here in Winnipeg. What this will do is it'll allow that economy to grow. So companies that need to be close to the airport, they produce whatever they produce and they need to get it on a plane and, you know, get it to market right away, they will open up here. And so Winnipeg Airport Authority already has, you know, some companies that are in the queue really wanting to establish here. Again, more jobs, stronger economy, more opportunity in our in our sky economy. Hey Kathy, last one do you, Kathy? All right. I have to ask about this Mr. Mayor.

30:18Transcona City Councilor Russ White spoke yesterday at the Public Works Committee meeting and, in fact, he'll be joining Hal in his first hour against this, you know, $5.5 million set aside for the Wellington Crescent bike path. He says it's time to stand up to the noisy bike lobby. You know my thoughts on this. My suggestion would be that you, for me and council come and spend an afternoon and sit on Wellington Crescent and see the amount of vehicle traffic that goes down the Crescent. If we bring that down to a single lane in each direction, never mind the worry about cyclists. I worry about, you know, vehicle collisions. Wellington is a very busy stretch of roadway. And so I'm wondering, you know, how, how we can quit being so reactionary. I understand we lost an individual a couple of years ago, and it was a very tragic circumstance, but there has to be some sort of happy medium.

31:20Yeah, I appreciate that, Kathy. I would say that, you know, respectfully, it's not reactionary in this sense. We have a plan at the City of Winnipeg to add more bike lanes. We have millions of dollars set aside for future years so that we can obviously promote people cycling, but protect cyclists and protect motorists as well. So the plan for this work was in a future year budget. You're right. The individual who has tragically lost his life, you know, a couple of years ago at that location, it was a really unique circumstance. It was early the morning, the individual, a young man was driving his vehicle over 100 and whatever kilometers an hour, going way, way too fast. So this is not, I would say, you know, it's really not reactionary. There has been a plan to add permanent lanes on this section for, I think it's in the budget for future

32:20years. What this would allow us to do as a city is to have our engineers design a roadway that can accommodate all and make sure that traffic flow is optimized is, you know, and the turny lanes that are required are there so the traffic flow goes well and then goes safely. And at the same time, accommodate sidewalk for those who are pedestrians and protect it's cycling lanes as well. So there's a long way to go here yet because this is really about taking to the next step to say, okay, are we going to, you know, how can we design the infrastructure required to meet everybody's needs? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I know that you'd love to go back and forth on this, Kathy. The clock is against us as it always is in this business. We'll wish you well at your state of the city address today, Mr. Mayor. We always appreciate you making time for us the first Thursday of every month. Thank you, sir. Thanks, Greg. Thanks, Kathy.

33:28So let's go back in time a little bit. Tell us about something that was way better than, than it is now. And I can tell you that life is so much better now because our next guest is still with us. And that leads us into the St. Bonneville Hospital Foundation mega million choices lottery. The early bird deadline is midnight tonight. It's your last chance to get in on this early winning. Now with no more winners than ever, $280,000 in additional pricing. 27 winners will be drawn this month. And of course, as always, every winner has a cash option. Don't forget to get in on the 50 50 jackpot. That is now at almost $1.1 million. Say yes to St. Bonneville's hospital and help save lives in Manitoba. You can get your tickets online at St. B mega million choices.ca. While you're there, you can see five of the sixth grand prize home packages visualize what it might be like to live there. And of course, that that sixth option or sixth choice is $1.25 million

34:34dollars tax free cash. Get your tickets by phone at 204 2567 203 Kathy Kennedy. Who's on the line? Well, our dear friend, but someone who has been a grateful patient at St. Bonneville's hospital and has now become a spokesperson. The one and only Bob Irving is joining us now. Good morning, Bob. Good morning, Kathy and Greg. How are you guys? We are good. Thank you for taking some time this morning. Bob, tell us about your relationship with St. B. Well, it was last fall, Kathy, that I ran into Todd McNeil at a blue bomber game. Greg knows very well who that is. He works for the St. B lottery. And he asked me if I'd be interested in getting involved and becoming a spokesperson for the St. Bonneville's mega million choices lottery. And it didn't take me long to think about it. I think I'm sort of a reliable witness for what goes on at St. B in the cardiac care area.

35:34And I agreed to do it. You know, as I said to Todd, if I can help in any small way, raise funds that will go toward St. Bonneville's hospital in the great cardiac program that is there, then that's the very least I can do. So here I am being a spokesperson for the lottery in particular. And all the monies that are raised, as everybody knows, go to St. B. and the great work that goes on there, the doctors, the researchers, the technologists, you know, keeping them here, bringing in new people, cutting edge research that's done there. All of this requires funding, as we all know. And that's what this lottery is all about. So I'm happy to be a very small part of it. Bob, I think you like I realize that, you know, when you get tapped and asked to do something like this, you reflect upon your relationship and the experiences you've had at the hospital. And, you know, my boys were born there. They spent a month in the NICU. My grandfather spent the last

36:35week and a half of his life at St. Bonneville's hospital. He had open heart surgery at 92 years old because they wanted to give him every chance to live a better life in his last years. And it just didn't work out. But I'm forever grateful for the care that I received. And I think you and myself and anyone who speaks up and puts themselves forward like this is representative of the rest of the province because almost all of us have some sort of story like that. Well, I think that's true, Greg, for sure. You know, I've been there many times, probably more times than I'd want to be because when I go there as a patient, I'm having issues. But the one thing I know when I'm at it there is that I will be well looked after. I will have the best care possible. St. Bonneville is our heart hospital. And my experience is there again. It's funny to say that my experiences there have all been so positive. And yet I'd rather not have had them because it means I'm having

37:38issues with my ticker. But, you know, it's the place to go. I have a pacemaker and a defibrillator. Dr. Alex Toshenko installed those. And I still remember when I was diagnosed with ARVC, which is Herethmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Is that a mouthful or not? Dr. Toshenko sat down with me and explained in detail why this pacemaker and defibrillator were required to be installed. And there, so I've got two wires hooked up to my heart that keep my heart pacing properly. And then the defibrillator because I'm subject to sudden cardiac arrest will bring me back to life if that occurs. But again, he went through it step by step and I could still recall sitting in the room with him. I'm kind of, you know, he's telling me all this and I'm thinking, I want to do this. Well, it's not a matter of choice. You know, you don't have to do it. But it's probably in your best interest. And so I felt so much better about that after, you know,

38:38him explaining it all to me. And I think that's key. What they do there, the doctors are so good and the nurses too. And I've been in different areas of procedures where the nurses are so good and so positive and so comforting to you. They make you feel very relaxed or as relaxed as you can be because it's a bit nerve wracking when you're going through a hard procedure. But anyway, everybody there is fantastic. And so yeah, I have a real affinity and a positive feelings about St. B. It's sort of like a second home. I don't want to be overly dramatic here, but it feels like a bit of a second home to me because I've had so many things done there. And I expect I'll be there a few more times in the future. But when I go there, I know it's going to be good and it's going to be, you know, I'm going to be looked after and I'm going to get the treatment that I require. And everybody who has a cardiac issue in our province has access to St. Boniface in the great cardiac program. And the funds we raise through the lottery,

39:40the St. Boniface mega million choices lottery, help keep the standard as high as it is and make it even better by keeping the doctors, the researchers, the technologists bringing in, you know, more people to run the program. So, you know, that's why I'm involved. Again, if I can play some small part in helping this lottery be successful, then what goes on at St. B in the cardiac care unit gets stronger. Bob, we are so thankful that you've got those wires. Because we still need you, my friend. You know, and I'll just all add to that. I was in heart failure, what they call heart failure. And it's more dramatic than it is, I guess. But last spring, I was in heart failure. And they were talking about doing a cardiac resynchronization, which would add a third wire. And of course, I joked about that with everybody I know that I'm really going to be wired up here. But I went on some meds during the course of the spring and summer and they

40:42have improved my condition to the point where I don't need the cardiac resynchronization. At least, I don't need it now. I may down the road. But again, you know, these are the things that occur when you're being treated over there is you can expect things to be handled and as positively and the results as positive as possible. And that's, I think, what's happened with me. And, you know, I'm 75 years old. I can still play golf. I go for a 40-minute walk every morning. You know, and I can plan on doing that for another 10 years. How is that for positivity? Love it, Bob. Love you, like a brother, Bob. Thank you for everything you do in our community. And thanks for sharing your story. So gracefully and freely. Thank you, my friend. And get those St. B. Megamillion choices lottery tickets. You're supporting an awesome cause. St. B. MegamillionChoices.ca or if you'd prefer by phone 204256 7203.

41:49Future Mayor Kathy Kennedy in for Brett McGarry today. This is the start. This hour brought to you by Winnipeg Shudders. Protect your storefront with professionally installed. Rolling security shudders visit Winnipegshudders.ca three prizes to give away. Brenda is our first. I guess she's our second runner up. Yeah. She says, I used the TV. My folks gave me when I moved out at 19 for 45 years. It was a Hitachi underbait crests name. I kept it because, although the colors were a bit blurry, the square top is where I kept my plants. And listen, those, you know, the new TVs. I don't really have a top you can put plants on. She says, I finally changed it when I found a rectangular table for my plants to put behind the TV in front of my window. I love how people made fun of me. Okay, Brenda. Congratulations. You will be receiving a prize. Darryl. Good

42:49morning, Greg and KK. The thing that doesn't work like it used to is marriage. My wife and I have been married 44 years. Mom and dad 66 years. Most marriages don't last more than 10 years these days, including my kids. And I say, come on, Darryl. Don't be a Debbie downer. Sorry to all the Debbie's out there. Darryl says the bright side of the story is we get to go to more socials and wedding. So there you go. And our winner this morning is Lori. Very well. And listen, Greg, you and I would agree with Lori. She says concerts hands down back then the excitement started. The moment the band was announced and the tickets were going on sale. Then the night before camping out with friends in front of ticket master or selective seat outlets to get those tickets, right? You meet the best people in those lines. The energy was electric. Happy, happy people sharing and caring for each other. Now she says, I sit on my phone on ticket master at my desk, have my friends in a chat to discuss seats and cost. I also miss breezing right into the venue. Not thinking about what's in my pocket or purse.

43:50Now it takes at my headspace to make sure that I'm not the person pulled aside after the full body scan. I miss the days when you could just show up. And the only thing people were recording was a memory being in the moment and not on the phone recording. Oh, amen, Lori. Thank you, Lori. You get the choice of our three prizes, Darryl. And also we'll say congratulations to Brenda. Greg McQueen. Coffee, Kennedy. Hi, KK. Hi. We're just working out some logistical issues with our next guest in the studio. I think he's got them figured out. He needs to have some headphones on so he can hear you. This is the KK. I know. This is the KK. You know, right? Oh, KK. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty face. We're going to jump. I guess we're jumping right into this. It is the start. Kathy, Kennedy, Greg McQueen, KK, in for Brett, Brett returns on Monday. And why don't we just

44:53start with this? Because you know what? I said the name. Kathy and you broke into this. The most popular family entertainment show in the history of Canadian theatre is back. The legend of ravine continues in the form of his son. Amazing. I didn't think he could do his father, but he's done his father proud. I brought back all the memories that growing up. I've been to ravine number of times and as a kid it was fantastic. Went from an A to an A plus. But in coming since the last generation and we'll be coming for the next generation. That's all I've ever seen. Excellent. Really enjoyed. He is an impossible list. The next generation magician, hypnotist of the ravine dynasty follows in his father's footsteps as you heard in that clip with a new super conscientious journey into the marvels of the human mind with ravine. The legend continues joining us in studio now. We welcome back to Winnipeg tie ravine tie. Great to see you again,

45:56man. Great to see you, brother, man. It's really good to see your face at KKU2, but I'm not seeing your face. Where are you? You'll see my face Saturday night tie. Oh, cool. Hey, listen, I have to quickly tell you tie that your father saw my face and utilized my face many years ago. I was one of the participants in your father's show. It was in Brandon at the Greg Yolk appreciate the Westman Centennial Auditorium. I think it was 84, 85, maybe 86. I was touring with him back then. Okay. Well, I was on stage with him. It made such an impact on my father who was there with me that night that at the end of the show, and I mean, this tells you how long ago this was, he went and purchased every record your dad had for sale. Yes, that's a common occurrence. We get people coming back after the show with their family members that were on stage and they

46:59said, I can't believe that my daughter, my brother, my sister, my son, my, you know, had that kind of talent. We've never seen that personality in them. And it's amazing what you can do when you just relax people's minds and put them into super conscious state, bring forth latent talents, powers and creative abilities that we all have that nobody knew existed. We always talk about at least, you know, I tried to project the fact that we are the conduit for the conversation hour in our community. These things that are happening, whether they're down the street or across the world, we try and localize them and we try and bring them to our listeners. It feels like you're a conduit to our inner conscience tie. Yes, I'm a conduit of the super conscious. How did you develop this skill? How did you develop this? I mean, and working alongside your dad, I mean, what was that like? I used to work with my dad. It's not always the easiest

48:00thing to do. No, but I was taught by the grand master himself, you know, and I understood it by being around it, by being experienced, by everything that happened night after night for thousands of shows. So it makes sense to me. But it's amazing what you can do when you put your conscious mind to rest because it's the conscious mind that really holds us back from achieving many of your most of the things we want to achieve in life. And once you get past the negative conditioning of the conscious mind, you're dealing directly with this super conscious mind, the part of your brain that's capable of achieving anything in life you want to achieve. And it's just amazing how much your conscious mind interferes with your ability to achieve things. Why does the world do that to us? Why are we more focused on the obstacles versus the achievable goal? I think a lot of its intentional conditioning. First, the conscious mind is the part of the mind

49:00that holds us back from doing stuff that's going to hurt us. It holds us back from letting our self-confidence override our common sense and get hurt. But then there's negative conditioning in society. You see commercials that say you're too fat, you're too skinny, you're not smart enough. It's just constant bombardment trying to sell something else by putting you down. And it accumulates in our brains is the year we were born, really. It's something that just happens over years and people become very self-conscious about what they do, especially when they're in public and they're afraid of making a fool of themselves. And once you let go of that, my father once said, if you want to be successful in show business, you can't be afraid of making a fool of yourself. I practice making a fool of myself. I get off an escalator and pretend I've tripped or never used one before. My kids who get embarrassed about it, you're like, that's stopped doing that. But I like being a clown because it just to practice by making a

50:05fool of myself so I don't, you know, I uncondition myself from the negative conditioning of making a fool of yourself. So, Ty, for those who are not familiar, and I can't believe there is nobody who is not familiar, but if they are not familiar with what the show is all about, I mean, you know, you talk about the powers of the human mind, what transpires at a ravine show? Well, typically we do, or my father and I do a high-speed memory demonstration at the beginning of the show, not always, but which is not a trick. It's something that takes a lot of work and, you know, to convince people that when you're in a super conscious state or you train yourself not to be afraid of what you're doing in front of people, and then you take on one of the most complex memory demonstrations that anybody will ever see. It kind of, it rubs off on the audience to

51:07to understand that what they may achieve on stages greater than their expectations. But once we get them down into a relaxed state, we override their conscious thinking. What happens is we progressively get them doing different things, and subconsciously they're building up the confidence, and then we get to the point of the show that we just put them in a spotlight, and, you know, suggest they do something that they've never done, and they fearlessly go forward and do it, and it's just unbelievable what people can achieve. Is there a residual impact from participating in this fashion, do you think? Yeah, I think it happens throughout the show. They become more self-confident as it goes by, but, you know, the state of hypnosis is just the greatest tool that you can ever come across, we're getting rid of nervous tension disorders. Forget the pills. Just talk to

52:10yourself, have somebody that knows how to talk to you, and just, and just overcome these things, and then once you do that your brain will react as if, you know, it's set back to zero, you know, the way we were designed to, to act, with great self-confidence, with a pep in our step, but it's the conditioning of conscious conditioning from everything around us that really kind of holds us back a lot. With over three thousand shows, Ty, you know, you and your dad must have seen a thing or two during those shows, is there a person or something that happened that really kind of blew you away? Yeah, I saw these two guys that are competing for a tap dance competition. That one thought they were Fred Astaire, the other thought they were Jean Kelly, and the spotlight's going back and forth, and these guys never tap dance, and they're like, but they're pretending they know how to tap dance, and the spotlight's going back and forth to see

53:12which one gets the bigger applause, and all of a sudden this guy does a standing backflip, and I just couldn't believe it. I just darted forward as I saw him doing it, thinking that he's going to break his neck, and he landed perfectly, and then the other guy looked at him, and the spotlight came over to him, and he kind of shrugged his shoulders, like, why not? And I thought, okay, this is not going to be good, and I was darting towards him, and he did the standing backflip. He almost did make it, but he landed on the balls of his feet and corrected himself, and I was like, just blown away, because standing backflips, like maybe one at 10,000 or 100,000 people could actually do that. So I had to chase him down after the show. This is in Provo, Utah, and I stopped them both, and I said, do you realize that you just did a standing backflip on stage, and that guy was like, what? I said, if you ever done something like that, and he said, I was a cheerleader in school, but I haven't done that for like eight or 10 years, and I talked to the other guy, and he said,

54:14no, I've never been involved in sports or anything. I can't believe I did that. He doesn't remember doing it, but he actually did it. But subconsciously, his brain thought, I think you're healthy enough to do this, but it's something just crazy. And another thing, I mean, there's been plenty of things that my father discovered in his journey, because he did, you know, he worked at it for 53 years, and I kind of just tailed along with him for until I was 14. I became a permanent part of the show. But he was hypnotizing this young man in Fiji, and this young man started talking a dialect that he wasn't taught, and it was not the Hindu language. His father was from India. He never taught his son Hindu, because he wanted him to have a better life. He just taught him English. He never met his grandfather, but his grandfather taught an older language that a few people talk in India,

55:15but it was one of the oldest languages, and he said, I never even understood it, but I remember my parents talking in that language. And all of a sudden, his son starts talking in that language that was the older language that he'd never even heard. And the father was sitting right there, and he said, that's my papa, papa, and my father's holding him back, like, you know, back off, just let him talk. And he was fluent in it. And he thought, my father's thought he discovered reincarnation. And he was really convinced, it must be reincarnation, what else could it be. But then he met another Indian doctor that said, no, Peter, what you discovered was genetic memory, that everything that happens in our past lives through other people building up over a DNA that got passed on to us is stored in the DNA itself. And that's why you can practice like mathematics or music and all of a sudden you, you seem to bloom out of nowhere and surpass people around you

56:16with those kind of skills because you're tapping into genetic memory. People like, can naturally paint or people are really good at doing woodwork or making furniture and things like that. All these traits are built up from previous ancestors, even characteristics. I remember seeing my three-year-old grandson come out and he put his hands on his hips and he had this attitude, and I'm thinking, there's no way that he saw that from, because none of us behave like that. This has got to be a genetic inherited language. You know, amazing tie. Absolutely. My jaw is on the floor about a couple of things that you've shared this morning. If you'd like to see it live in person seven o'clock at the club region event center, you can get your tickets on ticket master. Super easy. There are some tickets available. If you've never seen this show, do yourself a favor and you can do it. Get out and see it.

57:16Tie, ravine, what an honor, what wonderful opportunity to speak with you one more time. Thanks again for coming back and visiting me with us. Excellent. Thanks guys. Can't wait to see you again. That's a wrap on the start on demand. The very best of the start right here on the start podcast. Greg Macling on behalf of Britt McGarry thanking you so much for spending some time with us in this format. If you like what you hear, why don't you join us Monday through Friday 6 a.m till 10 a.m. live on AM radio 680 in Winnipeg or anywhere around the world. If you're away on vacation, or perhaps you're a former Winnipeg living elsewhere, you can catch up with us and tune in live on Radio Player Canada app or iHeart Radio. Catch us Monday through Friday 6 a.m till 10 a.m. on 680 C.J.O.B and if you like the podcast, let your friends know, subscribe. I really appreciate it.

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