Alberta at Noon

More and more Albertans are either unemployed or want to work more hours. We take a look the implications of the latest Labour Market Survey and hear your calls on how the tough job market is affecting you.

It's our final gardening show of the season. Horticulturist and Arborist Jim Hole joins us to answer your questions about maintaining your garden, and getting it ready for next year.

Many of us decided to skip a trip south this summer, spending our holidays exploring this great country of ours. We hear about your Canadian travel adventures over the past few months, and your recommendations for places to visit here in Alberta, and across the country. 

Thousands of young Albertans are attending their first ever classes at the post-secondary level this week across the province. It's an exciting, and sometimes overwhelming transition from high school to a college or university. We want to know what it was like for you to make that educational leap, and share some of your advice to make that transition a little easier for this year's crop of post-secondary newbies.

Today's show is for commuters. If you drive, bike, walk. What do you want other people on the road to know? If they could just start or stop doing one thing, what would you like it to be? 

If you're thinking about planting a new tree, this could be a good time to do it. We're joined by our tree care expert, Gerard Fournier, to answer your questions about trees.

When you want to figure out how to do something fast, do you head straight to YouTube or tiktok? Has a 'how to' video ever saved your day? Or taught you something unexpected? What have you learned thanks to YouTube?

Will you roll up your sleeve for a Covid-19 shot? Most Albertans will need to pull out their wallets and pay. To control costs, the province is only supplying it free to the most vulnerable. What do you think the policy should be?

Why mess with a good thing? The trend toward movie re-boots shows that filmmakers see dollar signs redoing the same story for a new audience. Do you love or loath the re-makes you're seeing? Di Golding, a film and TV columnist here at CBC Radio joins us.

As we enter the final days of August, thoughts are starting to turn to the return to the classroom and the potential for a teachers' strike could delay that return. What are you thinking about as kids get ready to return to class?