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“We had to peel away everything a One-Call does, and bare bones it.”

 In this episode Sher Kirk shares the experience of Alberta One-Call completely re-envisioning how the notification system operates. The shift to more remote operations has proven extremely successful but the road to that adaptation was anything but easy.

 Today the software is better and more flexible, there are more channels of communication to reach more users in more places, and the ability to adapt further has never been better. 

 Guest: Sher Kirk, Operations Director Alberta One-Call

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In this episode Glen Cook joins Mike from Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. “Cookie” leads powerline safety throughout the State, has won national awards for his behavioural changing concepts and programs, and has even written a few songs about them. The Look up and Live mobile application he developed gets thousands of clicks and it’s saving lives.

Guest: Glen Cookie Cook, Principal Safety Specialist, Queensland, AU

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A tough job where safety is paramount. That’s CFL football. In this episode, the Keeper of the Cup, Jeff McWhinney shares his experiences in Canadian Football, sharing the Grey Cup, and how it’s all inspired him to write a Children’s Book about the positive life lessons we can take from the game.

Guest: Jeff McWhinney
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Terry Emslie has spent a career focused on safety. Over his 35+ years working in multiple aspects of gas line construction, operations, and excavation - safe practices have always been at the forefront. In this episode Terry shares his experiences and what the acronym "Cut the C.R.A.P." really means.

Guest: Terry Emslie, Community Awareness Ambassador 
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It’s Alberta ONE-CALL… but the most effective and safest way to begin the process of marking a dig is to click, not call. Utility damages are higher when requests are made by phone. In this episode, Josef Rosenberg shares his study findings.

 Guest: Josef Rosenberg, Alberta One-Call Contact Centre Manager [email protected]

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Not all owners of buried facilities are members of Alberta One-Call. Despite the clear safety and societal benefits to people, some refuse to join and there is no legislation in place… YET! 
In this episode Mike speaks with Ian La Couvée of Concentric Public Affairs on steps being taken to make sure everyone has the opportunity to know what’s below with just one click.

Guest: Ian La Couvée, [email protected]  

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1984. That was the year Wayne Gretzky hoisted his first Stanley Cup and a hockey dynasty was born. 

Just a little further down the figurative maternity hallway that same year, Alberta One-Call was born, taking our first locate request. 

Millions of locate requests later, the service has shifted to “Click” Before you Dig and now in 2021 we’re introducing the Prairie Podcast by Alberta One-Call.

 Because safety is always a good conversation.

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