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  • Parent speaks up about classrooms becoming too hot and smokey for students

    Parent speaks up about classrooms becoming too hot and smokey for students
    2025/06/20
    Parents say some Alberta classrooms are too hot and smoky for students to study safely and they say that minister of education Demetrios Nicolaides has dismissed their concerns. Nicolaides has said it’s up to school boards to fix the problem. Parent Claire Kraatz, whose 12-year-old son attends an older school in northwest Calgary, had a science class that had to move recently because the classroom was too hot.
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    14 分
  • We paid $65,000 to phone the Bow River - and Sarah's OK with that

    We paid $65,000 to phone the Bow River - and Sarah's OK with that
    2025/06/20
    'Reconnecting to the Bow' was a art project that allowed people to call the Box River in Calgary to listen to the sounds of the water. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the City of Calgary to scrap the Calgary Arts Development Authority after it spent $65,000 on a telephone line to the Bow River. Sarah discusses with Kris Sims, Canada Taxpayer Federation Alberta Director.
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    7 分
  • G7 Leaders commit to co-operate on managing fire impacts on Canada through sustainable forest management and Indigenous land management techniques

    G7 Leaders commit to co-operate on managing fire impacts on Canada through sustainable forest management and Indigenous land management techniques
    2025/06/19
    The G7 leaders have agreed upon a charter involving the wildfires that have been impacting Canada nation wide, that lays out steps all G7 countries and five non-member countries will take to prevent fires, collaborate on research, improve community rebuilding efforts and mention using Indigenous land management techniques. How do these methods help maintain the land? What is ‘good fire’? Dr. Amy Cardinal Christian is a wildfire scientist who works across Canada and internationally to promote Indigenous-led approaches to wildfire, land stewardship, and emergency response. She is Metis, lives in Treaty 6 near Rocky Mountain House Alberta, and is the senior wildfire policy advisor with Indigenous Leadership Initiative.
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    18 分
  • The effects of the Canada World Juniors sex assault trial on how young men navigate intimacy

    The effects of the Canada World Juniors sex assault trial on how young men navigate intimacy
    2025/06/18
    The Canada World Juniors sex assault trial made waves when it comes to discussions about consent and intimacy across the world. How has it affected young men and how they navigate intimacy? How are they accessing information surrounding these topics? Sarah talk with Jonathon Reed, Director of Programs at Next Gen Men, a non-profit focused on teaching young men about healthy masculinity.
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    14 分
  • Quiet Cities: How Soundscapes Can Transform Public Health

    Quiet Cities: How Soundscapes Can Transform Public Health
    2025/06/17
    What if city noise wasn’t just a nuisance—but a measurable health threat? And what if urban planners could redesign sound itself to promote wellness? In Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World—and How We Can Take It Back (W. W. Norton, May 20, 2025), award-winning science journalist Chris Berdik dives deep into the growing movement to rethink sound in urban spaces.
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    14 分
  • Health-care workers should be included in free Covid shots

    Health-care workers should be included in free Covid shots
    2025/06/17
    Dr. Lynora Saxinger, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta, discusses Alberta forcing most people to pay out of pocket for covid vaccinations, a shift that Premier Danielle Smith says is necessary to cut waste. Smith claims the province lost more than $100 million on unused doses last year because Albertans are not getting covid shots. Is the province heading toward a scheme in which all vaccinations are pay as you go for everyone except those most at risk?
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    10 分
  • Marcela Ezeta: Lost her son, dad, husband. But found life at Tu Taco

    Marcela Ezeta: Lost her son, dad, husband. But found life at Tu Taco
    2025/06/17
    Marcela and Guillermo Ezeta moved to Canada from Mexico in 1993 in search of a better life and more opportunities for their young son Mariano. They welcomed a daughter, Alex, and dreamed of one day opening a Mexican restaurant but tragedy struck the family. Mariano died from leukemia in 2017 and, a year later, Guillermo died from cancer. Marcela and Alex ended up in Calgary, where Marcela eventually fulfilled that dream, opening Tu Taco Mexican restaurant in Kensington in 2021. She just won best taco during Calgary's Taco Week.
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    11 分
  • Is Premier Danielle Smith spreading disinformation with her weekend claim that a covid vaccine “doesn’t work particularly well.”?

    Is Premier Danielle Smith spreading disinformation with her weekend claim that a covid vaccine “doesn’t work particularly well.”?
    2025/06/16
    Is Premier Danielle Smith spreading disinformation with her weekend claim that a covid vaccine “doesn’t work particularly well.”? Why would she seemingly undermine vaccine science at a time when the province is battling an infectious disease outbreak - measles - that requires strong uptake? Sarah speaks with Prof. Tim Caulfield, a professor in the Faculty of Law and School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, an author and an expert on disinformation around public health
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    15 分