Danielle Smith

Women Building Futures are encouraging women to enter the trades. At around 5 percent of field-level trades professions, WBF is hoping a new ad campaign entitled 'You Got This' will help change minds about women in trades. Jacqueline Andersen of Women Building Futures joins Danielle Smith to discuss why women should get into trades.

Residents of the Midfield Mobile Home Park will have to wait until December 8 to find out if the city's eviction notice was valid. Lawyer Mathew Farrell, representing the residents of Midfield, argues the city's reasons for the eviction go against the Mobile Homes Sites Tenancy Act and joins Danielle Smith.

The fifth round of NAFTA talks came to a close on Tuesday in Mexico City. While progress was made on low-key matters like telecommunications and customs enforcement, none of the big issues like auto manufacturing saw any movement. Dr Eugene Beaulieu, Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary, joins Danielle Smith.

Topics include the new Conference Board of Canada report, #RoastMe, Net neutrality, the Uber hack, Tesla getting into big rigs, annual doctor checkups, and the Phoenix pay system.

Yesterday Canada's auditor general said fixing the Phoenix pay system will take years and more than the $540 million the Liberal government expected to resolve the problem. Marianne Hladun, the Regional Executive Vice-President – Prairies of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, joins Danielle to explain how both the former and current federal governments have a hand in the current debacle.

Danielle discusses the Uber accounts hack, Tesla entering the big rigs market, artificial intelligence, and more with Tom Keenan, Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design at University of Calgary, Author of the best-selling book 'Technocreep', and Research Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Getting an annual checkup with your family doctor is the long-held ideal to keep you at your best health. Dr. James Dickinson, a Calgary doctor, is challenging that axiom and joins the show.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai wants to repeal existing Net Neutrality laws, allowing American internet service providers to have control over what Americans see and do online. How could that affect web surfers north of the border? Laura Tribe of Open Media joins the show.

"Roast Me" is one of the latest internet trends that is rocking the internet. "Roasting" is where a person will put the hashtag #RoastMe on some form of social media, which then gives people a free pass to bash them ruthlessly. Director for Education at Media Smarts, Matthew Johnson joins Danielle to talk on when roasting can become cyberbullying.

The Conference Board of Canada says Alberta and BC will lead the provinces in economic growth this year, with Alberta set to grow by 6.7% this year. We hear from Marie-Christine Bernard about the Conference Board's latest Provincial Outlook.