Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: Two students, now grown men, have been caught in a legal battle with a Calgary private school for 11 years about whether or not they should have been allowed to pray on campus. We speak with with one of those students; How Artificial Intelligence is helping build homes in Calgary; The next verse in an old barn's life is as a recording studio near Nanton. We take you there.

On today's show: NDP leader Rachel Notley joins us live; Calgary Flames legend Mike Vernon is heading to the Hockey Hall of Fame! He joins us to talk about the honour; Taylor Swift isn't coming to Canada. Local Swifties react.

On today's show: the impacts of transitioning to net-zero, and how global action on climate change will tank the production of oil and gas; Canada has its first psychedelics research chair, and she's at the University of Calgary. Leah Mayo joins us; why spruce trees are loaded with pinecones this year.

On today's show: Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal tells us about his government's sustainable jobs plan; some Canadians are now able to legally access MDMA, also known as ecstacy, for mental health illnesses. We hear how, and why, in part two of our series on the psychedelic renaissance; a design created by a Siksika artist has been chosen for Canada's monument to the war in Afghanistan. Adrian Stimson joins us.

On today's show: why a group of Alberta Métis communities are opposing a provincial Métis constitution; we hear about this growing field of research and mental health treatment, and why some are worried about the buzz; and we take a look at a contentious flood solution the province is studying on the Bow River.

On today's show: the Eyeopener political panel on the politics of the so-called Just Transition; we hear about the legacy of an AM station that has served Calgarians for more than 100 years; we talk with the actor who plays Michael Myers in the Halloween movies.

On today's show: we setup today's so-called Just Transition bill, and what may be in it; we talk to a storm chaser who got an up-close look at several tornadoes yesterday in Southern Alberta; we tell you about a huge new mural at the Stampede Grounds, honouring the history of chuckwagon racing.

On today's show: Waterton townsite is open to visitors, despite road and trail closures in the national park due to flooding. We hear from a local business; Premier Danielle Smith says the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires. We talk to an expert in environmental forensics; Angela takes a nature walk with the kids at University Elementary School in the northwest.

On today's show: why the Alberta RCMP wants residents and businesses to register their security cameras; could Highway 3 through Crowsnest Pass become Alberta's next major tourism destination? We hear the pitch; Angela takes a spin around Two Wheel View's bike shop in Inglewood.

On today's show: the fallout of David Johnston's resignation, and the next steps for getting to the bottom of allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections; we speak with two Calgarians whose Mom played a huge part in releasing big pieces of Canadian history to the public; western toads in Alberta are chattier than their western neighbours in B.C. We meet a researcher trying to find out why.