Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: we speak with Canada's Public Safety Minister, Bill Blair, about the Liberal's new gun control legislation; CBC's Meghan Grant tells us more about the former head of a victims' advocacy group in Lethbridge; our business commentator Deborah Yedlin on natural gas prices; we speak with the skip of Team Alberta heading into the Scotties curling bubble.

On today's show: we take you inside a Red Deer meat plant with a COVID-19 outbreak; how Alberta's COVID-19 Border Testing Pilot Program is working on both sides of the border now that the feds have introduced tougher travel restrictions; Health Canada is about to review strychnine and whether it should be used to kill wolves in an attempt to save caribou herds; our food guide Julie van Rosendaal breaks down the hard story about not-so-soft butter.

The first cancer patient in Alberta to receive psychedelic mushroom therapy has died. We speak to his partner about how it helped him in his final weeks.

On today's podcast: This time last year, Canadians were being evacuated from Wuhan, China. One year into the pandemic, one evacuee shares his experience; with the freezing cold weather this week how are the birds surviving? We talk to a naturalist; our Word Nerd explores the word couch; we talk about the cheesy new way Kraft Dinner is connecting us to Valentine's Day.

On today's podcast: An Alberta municipality says it will defy Alberta Health Services and no longer transfer 911 calls to the provincial dispatch centre. We talk to Wood Buffalo mayor Don Scott, who says he's willing to lose his job over the issue; preparing new Calgarians for the winter experience is all part of the settlement process at the Calgary Centre for Newcomers; in-person dining is happening again but are people actually eating out? We check in with two Calgary restaurateurs.

On today's show: new research on the impacts of Alberta's injectable opioid program. We speak with the Calgary nurse leading the study; we hear from a Calgary woman who has been waiting years to be reunited with her Cuban husband. Now she's banding together with other women in the same situation; we hear all about the Crescent Moon Festival.

On today's show: we hear some complaints from inside Calgary's COVID-19 isolation hotel; we speak with Alberta's Energy Minister about the decision to reinstate Alberta's longstanding coal policy; we talk to a Calgarian playing this week in the World’s Longest Hockey Game; dumpling season is around the corner with the upcoming Lunar New Year. How to wrap 'em and stuff 'em with Julie van Rosendaal.

On today's podcast: There's another COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill meat packing plant. We speak with the Union representing workers there; on this weeks Karchut on Cars, Paul looks into whether the modern day car really needs a block heater; with temperatures dropping well below freezing this weekend we decided to check in with the Downtown Outreach Addictions Partnerships or DOAP team; and some rhyme n' time with a cowboy poet from Coalhurst, Noel Burles.

On today's podcast: Why Calgarians just can't make up their minds about fluoride; rapid care counselling for Calgary's homeless; why a home builders' association is pushing for a renovation tax credit in Alberta;

and we speak with a local writer, about being black in Alberta.

On today's show: Lethbridge MLA Shannon Phillips talks about her recent legal win and why she still believes two Lethbridge police officers need to lose their jobs; as variants of the COVID-19 virus continue to spread in Canada, what lessons can be learned from the United Kingdom and their efforts to stop the spread?; we speak to Hockey Calgary about the early end to the minor hockey season in Alberta; are plebiscites useful or just a waste of taxpayers' time and money? Our Unconventional panel weighs in.