As dictator Nicolás Maduro appears before a New York judge, the international community is debating American military intervention in Venezuela, and what it could mean for other countries including Canada. Former PMO senior advisor Supriya Dwivedi gives us her take (6:00) in our first feature interview of 2026, presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. 

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39:00 | Alberta separatist Jeff Rath figures Jespo should be added to the United States' No Fly List. As you can imagine, we've got thoughts. 

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51:00 | Tragedy struck an Edmonton family on December 22, when 44-year-old father Prasant Sreekumar died after waiting eight hours for urgent care. Alberta Medical Association president Dr. Brian Wirzba was at the Grey Nuns Hospital that day. He tells us how deadly incidents like this can be avoided in future.

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