Alberta at Noon

How are the roads and highways where you live? Is it time for the province to start spending more money to repair and replace them?

We want you to share your experiences as a foster caregiver or someone who has been in care. What do you want others to know about fostering, and if you are considering becoming a caregiver, we'd like to know what's holding you back?

Four provinces have upped their minimum wage this week. Here in Alberta, it hasn't been raised since 2019 and is now the lowest in the country, tied with Saskatchewan at $15 an hour. The question on the show today is if it's time for Alberta to up its minimum wage.

The cost of cleaning up orphan wells in this province might have just doubled. As a result of a recent court case, the number of orphan wells in this province has just exploded. This news comes just a couple of weeks after the province had to repay over 130 million dollars to the federal government. That money was supposed to go toward cleaning up abandoned wells but it wasn't spent quickly enough. Today we ask, Are we doing enough to deal with abandoned oil and gas wells?

Is there a time when you took a chance and just said yes? Bob McDonald, the host of CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks joins us to talk about his new memoir: Just Say Yes.

Municipal leaders are holding their fall convention. Many say their communities are seeing a rise in the number of people living rough and they're looking for help from the province. We asked what Albertans are seeing in their communities.

Are you at war with a picky eater in your family? A new study has found if you're finicky about your food, it's largely genetic. While that's good information to have, it might not make meal time easier.

The province banned the machines last Spring, saying moving to hand counted votes boost trust in election results, but municipalities are fighting back, saying it will be costly and time consuming. What are your thoughts?

Can you talk politics with someone you disagree with? If you can, what are those conversations like? Do you avoid political conversations?

Horticulturist and arborist, Jim Hole, joins us to answer all of your gardening questions.