Calgary Eyeopener

Today on the podcast: a group of prominent Calgarians calls for the city to put the brakes on the Green Line LRT development, we hear about new rentable E-Scooters coming to Calgary streets, and the mangoes that apparently reign supreme over all others are back for another year!

On today's podcast: A CBC investigation. How easy is it for teenagers to buy vape products in this city; is it worth it for the price? A group of prominent Calgary businessmen told City council it needs to re-think plans for the City's Greenline project; Lethbridge overtakes Red Deer as Alberta's third largest city. We check in with the city's mayors; Angela checks in with the Calgary Police Mobile Community Outreach Police Station.

On today's podcast: The Calgary Board of Education is projecting 40 million dollar funding gap. We find out what the Calgary Board of Education has planned for schools this fall; the town of Raymond Alberta is generating all its electricity needs for town facilities from solar power; we have a conversation about the art of conversation in a polarized age; and a Calgary comedian gets a heart, we hear the remarkable story of Adam DeLorey.

Why some Alberta businesses are refusing to lower their minimum wage for minors despite the government Bill allowing it.

On today's podcast: Why some Alberta businesses are refusing to lower their minimum wage for minors despite the government Bill allowing it; the fhe firefighters union is warning cuts to the department will mean cuts to services. We hear from a veteran on the force; our food guide Julie van Rosendaal gets ready for the mac and cheese festival this weekend; what do you get when you cross a narwhal with a beluga? The rare narluga.

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On today's podcast: Are we headed for a summer of labour unrest, we talk to the head of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees; making it easier for new Canadians to get jobs in their own field; how miners in southern Alberta are unintentionally helping the Royal Tyrrell Museum uncover prehistoric fossils; putting vintage C Trains out to pasture.

On today's podcast: The Calgary councillor championing the "Idaho Stop." Gian Carlo Carra joins us to talk about changing rules of the road for cyclists, and preparing for more bike sharing companies to come; then the Unconventional panel will weigh in on bike sharing, and the next wave, electric scooters; a story for chocolate lovers: we'll tell you about a new kind of chocolate, coming to Canada soon;

but first, a season of repeal starting with Alberta's carbon tax. How the federal Liberals plan to respond to the UCP plan to scrap the tax.

We'll hear from an evacuee as fires burn around High Level, Alberta. Our political panel tees up the first sitting of the Kenney Government. Angela finds out about a new fundraiser for city's justice facility dogs. And we'll find out about a new course for road cyclists behaving badly.

On today's podcast: We speak to a longtime massage therapist about how sexual assault charges in the industry tarnish the profession in Calgary; Lois Szabo helped open Calgary's first gay bar, that was 40 years ago. Tonight she'll be honored for it; but first, Alberta is relaxing its public drinking laws. We tell you more about what it could mean for parks and summer festivals.

A massage therapist, Dennis Baltazar, in Calgary is facing a slew of sex charges over alleging of assaulting three men at a downtown sports clinic. Since then, 14 other complainants have come forward. Janine Gotzke, Baltazar's former teacher, spoke with the Calgary Eyeopener.