Danielle Smith

Today's full show includes interviews about the German election, the NFL anthem protest, Alberta oil, Winnipeg's downtown, High River's balloon festival and Ward Sutherland on council. 

Ward Sutherland, Councilor for Ward 1, joins the show to talk about City of Calgary Council and its inner-workings. 

Western Canada's largest hot air balloon festival, the Heritage Inn International Balloon Festival is in High River. Jamie Kinghorn, event committee chair and pilot, joins the show to talk about the event. 

Ward 7 City Council candidate Dean Brawn was in court this morning. He joins the show to talk about the resolution for the remaining residents of Midfield Mobile Home Park. 

Nathan Cooper, interim United Conservative Party Leader and MLA for Olds – Didsbury – Three Hills, joins the show to talk about "nobody produc(ing) better oil and gas products than Alberta." 

Hear some audio and listeners calls and texts on this topic. Donald Trump’s words on NFL anthem protest cut deep. 

Jeremy Hexham, is a PhD candidate in the Department of Communications, Media and Film at the University of Calgary, studding Political Communication. He says it was an interesting evening. He got an invite to the AfD party and had to go through three police checks to get in, due to the 800 to 1000 protesters.

Dave Popowich and Faisal Karmali, portfolio managers at the Popowich Karmali Advisory Group, CIBC Wood Gundy, join the show to talk about if now is a good time to get into the U.S. with your portfolio. 

Jason Gariepy, is a graduate at the University of Victoria's School of Public Administration. He joins the show to talk about the first study of its kind. A study where they looked at what happens to traffic safety after removal of mobile photo radar. 

Policing, photo radar, Calgary Transit and excessive pan-handling. Marcel Latouche, president and CEO The Institute for Public Sector Accountability, joins the show to offer insight on all of these topics.