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This is Calgary episodes

November 13 Why is it so dangerous to be a pedestrian in Calgary?
The year 2025 marked an 11-year high for pedestrian deaths in Calgary. Fifteen people on foot in this city were killed in traffic collisions. And to date this year, ten more Calgarians have lost their lives, including two young children. What's going on? Radio-Canada journalist Laurence Taschereau joins Jenny this week to share her reporting on a complex issue.

This is Calgary is produce by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

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23 min
November 11 Digging through the details of Calgary's preliminary budget
What's in the city's 2027-2030 budget? And (gulp) how much will property taxes go up? Municipal affairs reporter Brendan Coulter walks us through the details. Plus, host Loren McGinnis talks to Mayor Jeromy Farkas about the proposed budget numbers.

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17 min
November 04 Water is about to get more expensive in Calgary. Here's why.
Effective today (Nov. 4, 2026), water restrictions are back in effect for Calgary and area, as crews connect the new Bearspaw South feeder main into the city water system.

But replacing that pipe is just one of many projects Calgary needs to do to update our ageing water infrastructure.

This week, Jenny talks to Michael Thompson, COO of Calgary’s Water Utility, about why water rates in Calgary have been kept low until now, how city administration determined the rate increase, and what the money's being spent on.

This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

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22 min
October 28 Aerosols, chip bags, and more: Calgary’s new recyclables
Calgary just expanded its recycling program... meaning all sorts of stuff that used to go to the landfill can now go in the blue cart. Jenny finds out more from Sharon Howland, program management leader with the city's waste and recycling services.

PLUS, we put Jenny's recycling knowledge to the test with a blue cart QUIZ!

Use the City of Calgary's search tool to find out what you can now recycle: What Goes Where?

This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

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19 min
October 21 Inside Alberta's historic referendum vote
This week, Loren talks about the results and implications of the 2026 Alberta referendum with Calgary pollster and political commentator Janet Brown and professor of political science Jared Wesley, who leads the University of Alberta's Common Ground Initiative.

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28 min
October 16 BONUS political panel: Carney's visit to Alberta
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Calgary ahead of Monday's historic referendum. Loren walks through the significance and implications with Shannon Phillips, a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of Meredith, Boessenkool and Phillips Policy Advisors, and Ian Brodie, a senior advisor at New West Public Affairs who once served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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12 min
October 14 Where does Alberta separatism come from?
The Alberta referendum is just a few days away. How did we get here? Jenny digs into the history of Alberta separatism with CBC referendum unit producer Pippa Reid.

This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

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23 min
October 09 BONUS political panel: The 'other' nine
With a little over a week until Albertans cast their ballots in the provincial referendum, hear what our political panel thinks about the first nine questions being asked. Shannon Phillips is a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of Meredith, Boessenkool and Phillips Policy Advisors, and Ian Brodie is a senior advisor at New West Public Affairs who once served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
11 min
October 07 Let's talk about those 10 referendum questions
Got questions about The Questions?!

Us too. And the Alberta referendum is less than two weeks away!

So we thought a convo about the 10 referendum questions -- including the challenges of understanding them -- was warranted. This week, Jenny sits down for a behind-the-scenes convo with Rukhsar Ali and Joel Dryden, two CBC Calgary reporters who've researched and written extensively about the Qs in the lead up to Voting Day on October 19th.

This is Calgary is produced by CBC and hosted by Jenny Howe.

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20 min
October 02 BONUS political panel: Pacific Link
Canada has just designated the Pacific Link pipeline to the west coast as its first project in the national interest. This week on our political panel, Loren walks through the significance and implications with Shannon Phillips, a former Alberta NDP cabinet minister and founding partner of Meredith, Boessenkool and Phillips Policy Advisors, and Ian Brodie, a senior advisor at New West Public Affairs who once served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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12 min

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What Calgarians are talking about. Every Wednesday, we dive into one story, to keep you up to speed on the biggest issues affecting Alberta's biggest city. Hosted by Jenny Howe, and powered by CBC…