We go behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics with photojournalists Leah Hennel and Candice Ward! 

2:15 | Leah's still in Paris. Candice just returned home to Las Vegas. The award-winning photographers tell us what it was like to shoot the world's best athletes on the world's biggest stage. 

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46:15 | Displaced Jasper residents begin returning home this weekend. Ryan shares a few thoughts, and an email from Real Talker Jonny about the future of forest fires.  

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54:00 | Merrick's miffed about paying too much for gas, Wendy's not sure about Adler's take on science, Gerald says Pierre Poilievre is hardly a genius on Bitcoin, and Jill doesn't GAF if you don't like her store's Pride display. They've all fired up The Flamethrower presented by our friends at the DQs in Northwest Edmonton and Sherwood Park! 

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