Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: we hear about a new roadmap to prosperity for our province from the Business Council of Alberta; we speak with the organization that will soon be teaching Calgary high school students how to prevent overdoses using naloxone; the history and mystery of the bicycle; and how a kind of poultry and a country wound up sharing a name.

On today's show: We speak with the Mayor of Calgary about the past three days of heavy rainfall, and whether we're past the peak. We also speak to Canmore's mayor, where heavy rainfall has been swelling creeks and the bow river; we hear from the president of the United Conservative Party on the ongoing leadership race; and employees at the Drop-In Centre are trying to form a union.

On today's show: how the city of Calgary is preparing for heavy rainfall, even a possible flood, during a state of local emergency; we check in with a restaurant on princess island preparing for flooding; a school principal in east-central Alberta is working to revitalize two rural, remote schools by using agriculture and baseball; and why local animal rescue organizations are teaming up to put out an urgent call for pet adoptions.

On today's show: Alberta's Health Minister says we're past the 6th wave of covid so we ask him what that means for the summer ahead; as Calgary’s C-train become an ‘unsupervised consumption site'; why a Calgary family traveled to England to honour the legacy of an Oxford Nobel Prize winner; and how grade 4 students at Connaught School looked to the Netherlands for inspiration in redesigning a street in the Beltline.

On today's show: we speak with a woman taking part in the Over diagnosis Conference at the U of C, sharing her journey with antidepressants, and how she got off them; how small Alberta towns with dwindling populations and aging residents can stay vibrant; we speak with the Albertan who's competing at the World Livestock Auctioneer Championships; why your peony buds are crawling with ants, and why you should just leave them be.

On today's show: the CBC's Meghan Grant joins us for a look at the uptick in gun violence in Calgary; how the city of Lethbridge is trying to avoid a repeat of last year's grasshopper invasion; and the story of the world's first synthesizer, the Electronic Sackbut, and its Canadian inventor, Hugh Le Caine.

On today's show: what Calgary can do to deal with higher than average violent crimes and ongoing concerns about social disorder downtown. Mayor Jyoti Gondek joins us; why Winnipeg's city council recently voted to keep its 30-year ban on pit bulls; to tip or not to tip? We tell you about a brewery in the southeast where no tips are expected; and the Canadian rockband Loverboy is getting a bump from the new Top Gun movie. We speak with the band's lead singer.

On today's show: more on the fatal dog attack on an elderly Calgary woman; what's going very right and very wrong for Canada's national men's soccer team; retired at 26, former Calgary Stampeder's lineman Connor McGough tells us about his ongoing battle with myocarditis; and time to rewind and look back at the history of the VCR with Calgary video expert, Ty Reynolds.

On today's show: Calgary Chamber President & CEO - Deborah Yedlin - tees up the Global Energy Show that kicks off at Stampede Park; why Canadian first responders and veterans are sharing their stories of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; why this summer is expected to be the toughest ever for food banks in Canada; and a conversation with a one-of-a-kind musician performing in Calgary, experimental electronic artist Olafur Arnalds from Iceland.

On today's show: as pop punk music has another moment and marks a milestone, we check in with a local band who's been at it since before pop punk was cool; is the high price of gasoline putting the brakes on RV travel in Alberta; and Canada's dual identity when it comes to measurements and why we won't go the full metric.