The Eyeopener sets the agenda for the day, asking the questions that need to be answered and bringing compelling local stories to Calgarians
On today's show: some Calgary elementary schools are giving students a chance to learn about skilled trades. We hear about the new hands-on curriculum that just rolled out in 800 classrooms; it's Grey Cup weekend in Vancouver. Vicki Hall stops by to set up the big game and get us all ready for some football; we hear about this weekend's special screening of a brand new blockbuster hit movie from the Philippines that was partly shot here in Calgary.
On today's show: we speak with a University of Calgary researcher who is in Azerbaijan for the 29th UN Climate Conference, known as COP29; with Innovation Week underway in Calgary, two local startup founders will join us for a look at Calgary's tech landscape; why Calgary football fans will be riding a horse into a Vancouver hotel tonight. We hear about the rowdy days ahead for the Calgary Grey Cup Committee.
On today's show: we're joined by the local president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers; the report into Canada's Olympic soccer-spying incident is out. We break down the findings; a look at half-a-century of backcountry skiing with one of Canada's most accomplished mountaineers, ahead of a talk he's giving in Canmore.
On today's show: we hear how a potential work stoppage at Canada Post could affect businesses here in Calgary; the city is getting ready to plant nearly a million trees. Will they all survive? We hear what a local tree nursery owner thinks about the plan; a new neighbourhood is coming to Calgary, and you might recognize some of the iconic street names that have been proposed. We take a trip around North America and hear from people who live and work on the streets that inspired the names.
On today's show: how a local theatre company is taking the stories of Canadian women who served in the second world war to the stage; how a made-in-Calgary app is changing the way we remember our fallen soldiers and war veterans; the Last Post is a simple melody. But nailing it is harder than it may sound. A trumpet player in the Royal Canadian Artillery Band breaks down what it takes to play it right.
On today's show: the city plans to borrow one billion dollars to fix our ailing water system. The CBC's Scott Dippel gives us the details; we hear about a new podcast launched by an Alberta town created entirely by AI;Â we tell you about a Veteran's bike ride and fundraiser that's become an annual tradition in Calgary.
On today's show: the climate case for an emissions cap on energy companies; what might another Trump Administration mean for trade relations between the US and Alberta; we check in with two Calgarians who are competing for Team Canada at the first ever International Wakesurf Championships in Hong Kong.
On today's show: U of C political scientist Lisa Young has been keeping a close eye on the U.S. election results. She joins us with her take; a Calgary-based oil company's take on Ottawa's plan to cap emissions; how two orphaned bear cubs in Southern Alberta were nursed back to health, just in time to den-up this winter.
On today's show: Alberta's voice at the Federal cabinet table makes his case for an oil and gas emissions cap; we connect with the politics reporter for Montana Public Radio. Our Southern neighbours are wrestling with some BIG ballot questions, and not just Trump-Harris; a discovery in the badlands has made its way to the Royal Tyrrell Museum... by helicopter! We're joined by one of their paleontologists to tell us what they found.
On today's show: Premier Danielle Smith won an overwhelming endorsement at the United Conservative Party's AGM on the weekend. We hear more about what happened, and how some of the controversial policy debates unfolded; we remember long-time Calgary news anchor, Darrel Janz; we check out a rare medieval book from the University of Calgary's collection, which will have its digital version debuted today.
On today's show: Alberta's Education Minister on changes coming to schools around personal identity, and how students get sex ed; the head of the Centre for Sexuality in Calgary gives us her reaction to the province's proposed changes to the way sex ed is delivered in the classroom; the UCP takes over Red Deer this weekend for its annual convention. We talk to two prominent party members about what to expect.
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