Alberta at Noon

Author and sociologist Mark Rank joins to talk about how random chance can influence our lives.

With the Edmonton Oilers facing a do-or-die long weekend in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we talk about Oilers fandom and the lengths you've gone to to cheer on the team.

What are you doing to save money when you fill up your vehicle? Patrick De Haan from GasBuddy and Lorraine Sommerfeld from driving.ca join us to take your calls.

1000's of people told to leave, smoke in the air. Clogged highways. Another fire season has started in the Fort McMurray area. How are you affected by these fires and what are you thinking as we head into another season of fire and smoke?

At the end of the show, we speak with Alberta Leadership candidate Jodi Callahoo Stonehouse.

Unlike other universities, Alberta encampments are brought down quickly. At the U of C, it lasted less than 24 hours. A similar encampment was removed at the University of Alberta. Was this the right strategy? When protesters set up encampments on campus, what should happen?

4 candidates are vying for your votes in the Alberta NDP leadership race. Three of those candidates, Kathleen Ganley, Naheed Nenshi and Sarah Hoffman, are here today to answer your questions

Canada Post is in big financial trouble. It lost almost 750 million dollars last year and says it could run out of money within a year. The Crown Corporation wants to rethink how it works and what it does. One option is to stop daily mail delivery. Would you care if that happened?

There's a beekeeping boom in this country. Stats Canada reported earlier this year that there were more than 15 thousand beekeepers in Canada, the highest in almost 40 years. It's a growing hobby that comes with some big challenges for first-timers. We want to know why you got into beekeeping.

BC's short lived experiment with allowing hard drug use in public places is over. Oregon has also reversed course on decriminalization? What happened and what's to be learned?

There's a wide variety of approaches to cell phones in Alberta schools. Some have strict restrictions, others not so much. Is it time for a province wide ban?