A chance to provide a bit of clarification about the government standards and how the new standards and the ability to test owner handlers is showing positive effects. Alberta Service Dog Community is an organization originally founded by owner handlers.

GUEST: Melanie Hansen, advocate, Alberta Service Dog Community

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the Alberta government to cut its carbon tax and should delay introduction of other tax increases, saying bringing in the tax increases during a recession is “particularly troubling”.

GUEST: Colin Craig, interim Alberta Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Overview of provincial politics in 2017

GUEST: Duane Bratt, Professor (Political Science) and Chair, Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies, at Mount Royal University

Blanchard’s Yann Haute Patisserie introduced French macarons to Calgary and is the only Canadian company to have been awarded the Relais Dessert Distinction, an international mark of excellence for patisseries.

GUEST: Yann Blanchard, Co-founder and Executive Chef, Yann Haute Patisserie

A flight bound for Tokyo from Los Angeles returned to LAX after 8 hours in the air, all because a passenger boarded the wrong flight. Model Chrissy Teigen was also on the flight, and live-tweeted the entire ordeal.

GUEST:  Jacob Charbonneau, Flight Claim

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has filed a court application on behalf of Cornerstone Christian Society of Camrose and three parents of children who attend Cornerstone Christian Academy, against the Battle River School Division No. 31.  The court application seeks to overturn BRSD’s decision to terminate its agreement with the Society, after the Society refused a demand to censor Biblical references in its curriculum.

GUEST: John Carpay, president, Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Marcel Latouche, president and CEO of The Institute for Public Sector Accountability.