This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. I wanted to end the week on a happy note after seeing people just being good humans Thursday. I was heading down Circle Drive around 9 in the morning - in fact - had just turned right off Airport Drive when I see both vehicles - one right in front of me and one in the left lane...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. I never thought I'd ever see fuel for our vehicles essentially becoming targeted with a SIN tax. I think in the future the taxes on gas, ostensibly intended to help maintain roads, will be taxed to the point it is punishing enough people might change modes of transportation. ...

Good morning, this is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. Our news poll question asks whether you have ever signed a petition. It's running about half and half. The two prominent petitions I know are circling right now include the NDP wanting the government to prohibit the selling of American booze and the other is the u...

The scourge of social media. A local and longtime Saskatoon business owner is closing down. There is a Facebook group which gives a platform for residents to boot or salute restaurants in Saskatchewan. And this particular restaurant was continuously criticized after an incident with an insect. But I understood they ...

I had a little adventure on the weekend when I took my mom and two great nephews as well as my great niece to a couple of small towns in the south. Its an annual trek to put flowers on the graves of family members in Crane Valley and Mossbank. The last time the kids came with us we got horribly lost when I attempted a ...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. If you are thinking about doing something good in your community that also contributes to your own fitness - consider officiating for sports. The Wall Street Journal recently had an article on sports officials that regardless of which sport there is a shortage of officials - y...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. Ahead of the Council of the Federation meetings BC's Premier said it best that no deal is better than a bad deal. This of course in reference to renegotiating CUSMA - the Canada-U.S. -Mexico agreement. Our Premier Scot Moe was also spot on, which is why it is so disheartening t...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across northern Ontario has blanketed large parts of Canada and drifted deep into the United States this week, triggering air-quality warnings from the Midwest to the East Coast and threats of tariffs from the U.S. President, who argues ...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. Tipping has become an irritant at times for me when using my credit card or debit card. The places you go that the tipping starts at 18 per cent is really irksome. Years ago, I had a restaurant owner tell me that I should never tip the taxed amount but the amount before tax....

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. The CTF says it obtained menus detailing the food served on the Prime Minister's one week-long trip to Athens, Abu Dhabi, Johannesburg and the Canary Islands in November 2025. There was a 55-person entourage. To say they didn't have the average airplane food is a gross understa...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. Well, if ever there was a time to be convinced having an emergency kit in your home was necessary, this past weekend would do it. The Canadian Red Cross recommends keeping a disaster preparedness kit in your home with enough supplies to meet your household's needs for at least ...

I'm Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. So apparently the ne'er-do-wells are at it again. This time using chatbots to impact AI responses when someone is looking for information about a flight status. Instead of correctly reflecting the status of flights as posted by the airport in question, in many cases, suggests syste...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. A new Fraser Institute study has provided some recommendations that it suggests could restore public trust and faith in politics. The main pillars include introducing a 12-year cumulative term limits for federal politicians. Have parliamentarians who leave their party sit as in...

This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. The food professor Sylvain Charlebois senior director for the Agri Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University suggests that retailers are buying enough inventory to cover several months of sales but negotiate a discount with the manufacturer. It only offers said product to cust...