Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: how Calgary's Catholic School District is planning their school re-entry this fall. We speak with their Chief Superintendent; back to school this fall has parents frantically googling the word "homeschooling". If you're thinking of doing it, we tell you what you need to know; hear why the group Masks 4 Canada thinks a safe return to school plan this fall should include masks for students; Crown land campers are leaving behind heaps of junk. We talk to the clean-up crew.

On today's show: we hear from two parents about what they think about sending their kids back to school this September; we hear from an infectious disease expert about the city's decision to make masks mandatory on transit and in public buildings, as well as the announcement from the province that school will return in September; back to school really will mean back to school in September. We talk to Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange about what that will look like; we hear from our gardening expert for a mid-season check in.

On today's show: we hear from an expert on bus safety as the investigation into the Columbia Icefield tragedy continues; our health contributor, Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, spoke to Calgary City council yesterday about mandatory masks. We find out what he told them; Bowness residents are decorating their lawns with signs that say Slow the Bow. We find out what that's all about; the story behind a missing Birks watch with an unusual inscription on the back from the Mayor of Toronto to a Calgary surgeon.

On today's show: we hear from a city councillor about where and when face masks could be made mandatory in Calgary; a look at how some of Calgary’s popular attractions are doing this summer with fewer tourists and big changes in how they do business; we speak with a Calgary man who was at the Columbia Icefield on Saturday and witnessed the bus rollover that claimed 3 lives and left 24 people injured; we hear about a portly pooch named Woody who is carrying about 100 extra pounds.

On today's show: we talk to Calgary's medical officer of health about challenges with the COVID-19 tracing app; Lethbridge's only safe consumption site has had its provincial funding pulled. We talk to a Lethbridge City Councillor who has had a problem with the site for years; we talk to an Alberta man who holds the Guinness World Record for "most Marvel comic tattoos"; why the town of Olds is trying a different approach to curbside recycling.

On today's show: our Eye on the Legislature, Paul McLoughlin, talks about the escalating war between the doctors and the provincial government; we hear why Alberta is looking across the Atlantic for ideas on how to treat addiction; why Canada's airline industry wants the Trudeau government to ease quarantine restrictions for European travellers; why the burger chain "Wendy's" is only using Alberta-grown lettuce.

On today's show: the province is seeing a spike in new covid cases especially among younger people under the age of 40. We speak with an immunologist about this latest trend; we speak with city councillor Gian-Carlo Carra on Inglewood's fight to keep tall buildings out of the historic neighbourhood; we speak with a filmmaker who's hiked, paddled, skied and snowshoed her way from Newfoundland to the Arctic to Calgary; a new study on hummingbirds shows that these tiny birds, with even tinier brains, can learn to count. We speak with one of the researchers from the University of Lethbridge.

On today's show: we speak with NDP MLA for Lethbridge-West, Shannon Phillips about being the target of unauthorized surveillance by two Lethbridge police officers; the fight to keep tall buildings out of historic Inglewood; it's been 20 years since the Pine Lake tornado. We talk to the director of a kids camp that narrowly missed the twister; we continue our series "Know Your Bow" and learn about the history of flooding along Calgary's rivers.

On today's show: a look ahead at what life in a University residence could be like once school starts up again in the fall; how Calgary's Women in Need Society is getting creative with its online sales; we kick off a week-long series all about the Bow River by looking at how it would've historically been used by Indigenous people.

On today's show: we speak with addiction and public health specialist Dr. Hakique Virani about the Police Chiefs of Canada calling for the decriminalization of drug possession; how a massive collection of centuries-old photos is helping scientists track changes in the Rockies; Canada's divorce rate is lower than other countries but according to marriage counsellor and lawyers, that may be about to change; pack your bags, we're going on a roadtrip to Nanton!