Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: a pilot has died fighting a wildfire in Northern Alberta. We hear what can be done to support frontline crews that are being pushed to the limit; have you noticed more pink in your life lately? We find out how Barbie-mania has taken over Calgary; we tell you about a bullriding event happening tonight on the shores of Chestermere Lake.

On today's show: are you making money or losing money because of the federal carbon tax? Our Data Journalist, Robson Fletcher, created a calculator to help you find out; the reintroduction of fluoride into Calgary's drinking water is going to cost more than originally thought. We find out why; what's cooking in Calgary parks. We hear about a Tunisian feast our Nathan Godfrey happened upon.

On today's show: Is beef getting a bad rap? The industry thinks so and it's hoping to change that; reaction to an insurance company leaving Alberta, blaming our current vehicle rate freeze; and for more than a century, an unknown Canadian soldier has laid in an anonymous grave in France. Now, he's been identified as a sergeant from Calgary.

On today's show: more on a Calgary couple searching for their missing gargoyle; we hear about the turnaround in condo prices in Calgary; Calgary has been getting pelted with hail over the last few days. We hear about the efforts to manage these storms from above.

On today's show: a wrap of this year's Calgary Stampede, with the rodeo's lead announcer; how the Hollywood actors' strike is impacting Alberta's film industry; what low creeks and rivers around Calgary mean for our watersheds.

On today's show: a father-son team who are racing chuckwagons at the Stampede and set a track record; Punjabi hip hop artist "Ikky" joins us live in studio ahead of his Stampede concert appearance; women are competing in the Indigenous relay at the Stampede for the first time this year. We chat with a rider.

On today's show: the Last of Us has been nominated for two dozen Emmys, including in the hair department. We talk to a local nominee; the 2023 Council of the Federation meeting wrapped yesterday in Winnipeg, and we get a look into the discussions and demands made by Canada's premiers with CBC senior reporter Janyce McGregor; we take you down to Elbow River Camp and hear from this year's First Nations Princess, and the Princess from 1970!

On today's show: layoffs at the Centre for Newcomers. We find out what that means for immigrants and refugees in Calgary; an Alberta chief economist weighs in on the Bank of Canada's interest rate decision; a chat with small-town Alberta musician Drew Gregory before he kicks off five late shows in a row at the Calgary Stampede.

On today's show: the Federal Public Safety Minister is in town. Marco Mendicino joins us; politics and pancakes. We talk Stampede strategy; what did cowboys really eat in the old West? Not as many pancakes as we do during Stampede. We talk about the history of cowboy cuisine.

On today's show: we speak with Alberta's Agriculture Minister about drought, irrigation, and keeping the family farm together; it’s known as the half mile of hell, and it's been a Calgary Stampede tradition for a century. We mark the 100 years of the chuckwagon race; the first weekend of the Stampede Rodeo is under our belts. We get a round-up of the show so far and a look ahead at the rest of the week.