Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: just a few hours until England and Germany will face-off in the UEFA European Championship. We talk to two mega fans watching the game in Calgary; why would a coyote bite people in Northwest Calgary; and we speak to the author of a new report detailing the experiences of 25 immigrant women health-care aides working in long-term care homes during the pandemic. What they believe needs to change.

On today's show: We speak with Alberta's Minister of Community and Social Services about the racist attack on her daughter on 17th Avenue; you thought YOU were hot, but try being a glass blower, a baker, or a firefighter in a heatwave. We find out how folks with hot jobs keep cool; and on Friday night, she walked across the stage for graduation. On Saturday night, she walked into a hospital after being bitten by a coyote. We speak with a Calgary teenager about the attack.

On today's show: Vegas weather is coming to Calgary next week, and it could be a one in one hundred year heatwave; we talk to a woman from the Blood Reserve about the challenges of finding out what happened to students who never came home; Bragg Creek is crawling with budworms, and it has locals worried about their spruce trees; why Parks Canada workers in Banff are cutting down trees and catching bears.

On today's show: we hear what the Chief of Chiniki First Nation thinks of the province's plan to fund the search for unmarked burial sites near residential schools; we hear from a pediatrician on when kids under 12 might be able to get the vaccine and how to keep younger children safe over the summer; we tell you about a new Alberta-based group that wants to transform the way we train Canadian police officers; we hear about the life of the legendary local slide guitarist Ellen McIlwaine who passed away this week at the age of 75.

On today's show: how the pandemic has shifted the outlook for grade 12 students; how the Calgary Board of Education plans to deal with renaming schools from now on; how higher oil prices are impacting Alberta's oilpatch and Albertans; the Summer Olympics kick off in Tokyo a month from today. We speak with a Calgary long distance runner who is ready to race.

On today's show: we tell you when you'll no longer have to wear a mask in Calgary; we speak with the head of the Banff Centre about its reopening plans; a Calgary appraiser tells us about some of the wild things he's found hidden in people's homes; on this week's Karchut on Cars, we talk about the so-called "midlife crisis car" and whether the convertibles you see this time of year really are a last grasp at youth.

On today's show: a look at what Canadians plan to do with the extra money they managed to save during the pandemic; when masks are no longer mandatory, will you still wear one? We hear what some Calgarians are planning; we speak with Calgary's mayor about when the city might lift its mandatory mask bylaw, now that Alberta fully reopens on July 1st; the man behind some of Canada's most iconic buildings is with us on this National Indigenous Peoples Day. Douglas Cardinal joins us.

On today's show: We hear from a landowner near the site of the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal mine, which is now dead in the water; We speak with a parks ecologist about how wardens in K Country keep bears and motorists apart; and we hear how people feel about getting busy as Alberta opens up and personal calendars start to fill up a bit more.

On today's show: We hear from Canada's Minister of Environment about why Ottawa is willing to get involved in reviewing new coal mines in Alberta; how a village of medical professionals worked together to get a potentially life-saving medication to an Alberta toddler who ate raccoon feces; and why you need to declare you've cleaned your water shoes and fishing rods before going in the water in Banff National Park.

On today's show: We talk to grade 12 students about how the see-saw of in-person and online learning has affected their studies; we learn why lumber prices are coming down; and we hear stories from two Calgarians going to the Olympics - a paddler, and the first transgender official at the games.