Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: we speak with federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair, on new funding for search and rescue in Alberta; Alberta is Calling ... again. Will Newfoundland answer; and we eat our own portraits. Yeah, you heard us.

On today's show: a closer look at why Ottawa's federal gun legislation fell with such a thud in Alberta; why a Calgary geothermal company is celebrating a big win for it's business in Germany; and we hear from Nickleback ahead of their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame tonight at the Junos.

On today's show: we fire up the Eyeopener political panel. Jeromy Farkas and Naheed Nenshi join us; a look ahead at the biggest weekend in Canadian men's curling with an all-time great, Kevin Martin; why folks in High River want to paint a mural of a guitar-slinging Texan with a parrot on his shoulder.

On today's show: the CERAWeek energy conference is underway in Houston. We hear how representatives from Alberta are promoting the industry; we look at the argument being made in the first big legal challenge on the ban of single use plastics; we speak with a Medicine Hat-born author whose hit memoir has been turned into a play showing in Calgary. Mark Sakamoto joins us.

On today's show: we hear about the 268 million dollars in property taxes rural municipalities say have gone unpaid by oil and gas companies; while Canadians are travelling to Cuba for holidays once again, Cubans are leaving the country in mass numbers. We hear more on that; we tell you about a special market celebrating International Women's Day.

Richard Phillips, the manager of the Bow River Irrigation District, explains why it's tricky for growing towns to get a greater share of Bow River water in their taps.

On today's show: NDP MP Heather McPherson on calls for an inquiry into Chinese election interference; how water rights work in southern Alberta; and we introduce you to a virtual craft market for local makers and artisans.

On today's show: It's been almost a year since a mother of 5 was killed in a crash. Joel Dryden brings us an update on the investigation and her family; we get an update from the Calgary Zoo on their pregnant gorilla; and we talk to Quentin Pipestem, a hoop dancer from the Tsuut'ina Nation who performed at the Calgary Flames game on Saturday night.

On today's show: we speak with a Calgary woman who has won the right to continue taking strong opioids three times per day; two Battles of Alberta are happening in Calgary this weekend in university sports. We hear from two of the athletes participating; we hear about the fierce competition at the 6th annual Ms. Pacman tournament.

On today's show: what 3 million dollars in planning might mean for healthcare in Airdrie and North Calgary; we head to the village of Barons, Alberta, which hasn't had its own fire department in nearly a year; and we talk to Alberta's parliamentary secretary on EMS reform about how to help rural fire departments.