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Alberta This Week features the best stories from the past seven days from Edmonton to Lethbridge to Fort McMurray. Expect to hear all kinds of great features from shows like the Calgary Eyeopener and Radio Active and many others. Primary Format : Public Broadcasting Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of CBC Radio: Alberta This Week Podcasts Methings.com listings of CBC Radio: Alberta This Week Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Best of Alberta-June 14/08 This week..James Hees reports on a new anti-union law quickly passed by the Alberta legislature. Critics call is restrictive, but supporters say it's about time. The Federal Fisheries Department has re-instated for a major oilsands project. We'll hear from concerned environmentalists. We'll tell you about a new program at the U of A aimed at getting more med students to consider practising in rural areas. And we'll speak with Jennifer Brash, wife of Everest conqueror Andrew Brash. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-June 7/08 This week...new research from the University of Calgary about Sudden Infant Death Symndrome and what new parents need to know. Also, we'll find out why Edmonton is considered a North American leader in dealing with its' trash. We'll hear from a marine biologist on what might have killed more than 30 stingrays at the Calgary Zoo. And reporter Dan Reindeau introduces us to three generations of the Mah Family...long-time proprietors of the Blue Willow Restaurant. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-May 31/08 This week...we'll find out why Calgary-Lougheed M-L-A Dave Rodney wants to give Albertans a tax incentive to stay fit. We'll find out about some of the money-saving gasoline myths making the rounds on the internet. New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather has donated a house he owns to the Banff Centre. Sather will give us some of the history of the Painter Residence. And reporter James Hees tells us about a horse rescue that has now turned into horse adoption. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-May 24/08 This week...Phil Durnford wanted to find out what makes Calgarians tick, so he set up a "Let's Chat" sign in the downtown. We'll find out what Phil has learned. New shops and grocery stores are popping up in downtown Edmonton. We'll talk with the man whose been the driving force behind downtown revitalization. And Janice Johnson tells us about the emotional court battle over a mountie's remains. And former casino owner Frank Sisson tours us through some of his recently auctioned collectible ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-May 17/08 This week...we'll meet an Edmonton brother and sister team who finished fourth in a national bio-technology competition. They're project...finding a way to prevent cancer cells from spreading. Also...we'll hear a Calgary musicians theory about the connection between Martial Arts and jazz improvisation. We'll hear about new travel trend...destination marathons. And reporter Jennifer Keene will tell us how marketers are using smells to get us to spend our money. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-May 10/08 This week....we bring you a two-part interview with Canada's Olympic gold medal gymnast Kyle Shewfelt. He'll talk about recovering from an injury, and preparing for Beijing. He'll also talk about the politics of the Olympics. Also, we'll hear from an environmental expert about the tailing ponds near Fort McMurray and the 500 migrating birds that died there a few weeks ago. And Canadian music legend Ian Tyson turns 75 later this year, and he's still performing. We'll hear what Ian is up to. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-May 3/08 This week...we meet Lucky Diamond Rich, the most tattooed man in the world. Calgary Flames are out of the NHL Playoffs. We'll hear the thoughts of Flames President Ken King. Reporter Gareth Hampshire with the latest on text messaging. Now social workers and youth workers are joining the trend. And a Chinese dance troupe won't be getting a warm welcome in Calgary after all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-April 26/08 This week...we'll tell you about two violent incidents...one in Calgary where a woman was attacked in a parkade in broad daylight. We'll hear from the victim. The other involved the shooting of a two-year-old girl on the Samson Reserve south of Edmonton. Also, we'll tell you about a special school that trains women for jobs in the construction trades. And Edmonton's annual Grand Prix race has finally made it onto the Indy Racing League schedule. We'll hear from General Manager Jim Haskins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-April 19/08 This week...reporter Gareth Hampshire takes us to a minimum-security Edmonton prison where inmates are learning hi-tech skills for life after jail. We'll hear some home safety tips after a little Calgary girl dies from strangulation in some window blinds. A Calgary psychiatrist says over-crowding at Foothills Hospital is a powderkeg waiting to explode. And reporter Jacqueline Janelle drops by a Walker-a-thon where some seniors are raising money for a service they can't live without. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-April 12/08 This week...we'll talk with Calgary climber Andrew Brash via satellite phone as he begins his quest to climb Mount Everest. Ten years ago he was front and centre in the battle for gay and lesbian rights in Alberta. Delwin Vriend will reflect on the fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Speaking of the High Court, it has tossed out a land claim. We'll talk to the Chief of the Papaschase First Nation. And we'll hear about a group in Calgary raising money to help struggling artists ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-April 5/08 This week...The Edmonton Oilers needs a new home. We'll talk to the head of a committee that says the new rink should be built downtown. Also, we'll meet Canada's Pizza Chef of the year..from Lethbridge. Mark Harvey looks at the geology degree. Thanks to the Alberta boom now it's actually worth something. And we'll meet Calgary film-maker Dominique Keller and learn about her new documentary "Brothel Justice" looking at the lives of sex workers in Bangladesh. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-March 29/08 This week...we'll hear from the daughter of a Saskatchewan man who died after being denied treatment at a Calgary hospital. The Mayor of Windsor Ontario thinks workers in his city should be commuting...to Edmonton. We'll meet Mayor Eddie Francis. Crooks in Calgary are trying some new tricks with debit and credit card skimming. And we'll hear the heart-warming story of a Edmonton area woman who took in some malnourished horses...and now other horse-lovers are chipping in to help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Mar 22/08 This week, we'll meet Bill Way from Calgary. He has climbed back from the brink and now shares hope with others who suffer from bipolar disorder. Residents of Fort McMurray may complain about traffic troubles. Reporter Adrienne Lamb does a ride-along with the man in charge. Edmonton has a poet laureate, Calgary does not. But that may be changing if Sherry D. Williams gets her way. Edmonton philanthropist Harriet Winspear died recently at the age of 103. Deb Grey reflects on a life well live ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-March 15/08 This week, we'll meet the founder of a website that allows women to raise funds for their breast implant surgery. We'll find out what makes Edmonton's first Net-Zero home so enviro-friendly. Thanks to Radio-Canada International the world has been learning about Edmonton. And we'll meet a Calgary couple who donated one million dollars to kidney research...after an experimental procedure saved one of their lives about twenty years ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-March 8/08 This week...safety is a key issue in both Calgary and Edmonton. We'll have reaction to the privacy commissioners ruling that a Calgary nightclub cannot keep scanning the I-D of patrons. And Edmontonians aren't feeling safe standing outside the downtown library. We'll find out what the city is doing about it. The Calgary Board is Education is luring substitute teachers from Ontario. We'll find out why they're coming. And Peter Brown speaks with one-half of the 70's comedy duo Cheech & Chong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta - March 1/08 This week, the venues left over from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary are twenty years-old. We'll find out how are they're holding up. Speaking of old structures, Edmonton's Quesnel Bridge is about to geta facelift. We'll tell commuters how long they'll be inconvenienced. There's new hope for young cancer survivors who want a post-secondary education. And we'll talk to two members of the U of A chapter of "Engineers Without Borders"...recently voted the best chapter in Canada. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta - Feb 23/08 This week...As part of the CBC Edmonton series "Urban Spirits" we'll look at an issue that's still haunting aboriginal youth...street gangs. Also..the election campaign is in full swing. We'll hear from some first time Alberta voters who recently moved to the province. After some attacks near C-train stations Calgarians are wondering..is transit safe? We'll try to answer that question. And James Hees looks into the parole application of convicted murderer and author Yvonne Johnson. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Feb 16/08 This week....we bring you two of the stories from the CBC Edmonton's radio series "Urban Spirits". The series looked into aboriginal youth who are making their way in urban society. Also this week we meet Larry Kwing. Sixty years ago he became the first Chinese-Canadian to play in the NHL. And Marian and Wade Liknes will tell their scary story of the chunk of frozen waste from a passing airplane that came crashing through the roof of their Calgary home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Feb 9/08 This week...we bring you both parts of two-part interview with two men from Nigeria...one Muslim, one Christian. In fact they once tried to have each other killed. What started as a dialogue between then became friendship...and a documentary film..."The Imam and the Pastor". Also residents in Edmonton's Glenora neighbourhood are concerned about a condo complex that's been approved. And the Dell call-centre in Edmonton is closing, leaving nine hundred people without jobs. We'll find out why. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta - Feb 2/08 This week...We'll meet Calgary businessman Bill Bell who wants to bring back Stampede Wrestling. Reporter Jacqueline Janelle takes us to a new seniors home in Edmonton built for francophones. The belief is seniors are healthier when they stay within their own community. We'll meet a Calgary man who lost 20 thousand dollars trying to buy a car on the E-Bay auction website. And Reporter Adrienne Lamb tells us about the newest place to unload your junk, Edmonton's Re-Use Centre. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Jan 26/08 This week...we'll hear a two-part interview with former Premier and former Calgary mayor Ralph Klein. He'll talk about his the city has changed over the years. Also...an Edmonton women who grew up in New Zealand reflects on the passing of her hero, Sir Edmund Hillary. And we'll learn about a Calgary agency that has created a mentoring program for newcomers who are looking to land jobs in the fields they were trained in back home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Jan 19/08 This week, two differing opinions on whether Albertans should be buying property in the United States. A Canadian selling real estate in Arizona says "YES", but a well-known real estate author says "NO". Also water conservation in Edmonton. A new bylaw is forcing builders to put water efficient fixtures in all new homes. And we'll meet two of the people behind a new war art gallery being built in Calgary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Jan 12/08 This week....Reporter Gareth Hampshire tells us where street gangs are going to recruit new members. Would you believe jail? Also some Calgary casinos are trying to get around tough provincial smoking laws by offering smoking tents. We'll hear why 2007 was such a great year for Jonathan Schaefer, the head of computing sciences at the University ot Alberta. And reporter Jennifer Keene will try to explain why mixed martial arts fighting is so popular with children as young as five years old. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Jan 5/08 This week...we bring you two stories about Canadian immigrants. We'll look at a program that's helping immigrant students make the transition to life in Canada. And Dan Riendeau will look at why high-skilled immigrants can't find work in Alberta. Also...Adrienne Lamb will have a follow-up report on the homeless who lived in Edmonton's Tent City last year. Where are they now? And we'll meet a Calgary researcher who is looking to develop a physical test for a psychological illness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Dec 29/07 This week....a "Best of" the Best of Alberta. We're going to replay a podcast we first aired about a year ago. You'll hear Peter Brown in conversation with Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood. Also we'll hear an Edmonton women who has a practical solution to the volunteer shortage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Dec 22/07 This week...Gifts cards are one of the hot Christmas gifts this year, but reporter Adrienne Lamb says Buyer Beware! We'll meet a Calgary man who has created an MP3 player for toddlers. Also...Calgary police are warning consumers to be careful with their credit and debit cards over the holidays. Thieves have been skimming card information. And we'll hear from the angry parents of a 5 year-old girl who got off a Westjet flight in Montreal with a complete stranger instead of Westjet staff. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Dec15/07 This week...Calgary's Catholic School Board has removed the Golden Compass series of books from it's library shelves. We'll find out why. The Edmonton real estate market is no longer red-hot. We'll talk with a couple of agents about the cooling trend and how long it might last. We meet a Calgary woman who cleans dirty computer keyboards for a living. We'll listen as she searches for filth at CBC Calgary. And we meet an Edmonton man who was the victim of a police taser. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Dec 8/07 This week...we'll meet a Calgary man who wants people to take their road rage online. Just go to Plate Rage dot com. Some elementary school students in Calgary got a close look at homelessness...when they visited a Calgary drop-in centre. We'll hear what they thought. Speaking of school, junk food has been banned at Edmonton Public Schools. We'll find out what's ahead. And we'll hear about some research done by the Alberta Federation of Labour that shows foreign workers are being exploited. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Dec 1/07 This week...Calgarians have found a new way to blow off an unwanted suitor. It's the Rejection Hotline. We'll meet the voice of Commander Sheppard from the new video game "Mass Effect." Edmonton Actor Mark Meer drops by. We'll hear from an Edmonton lawyer who is concerned with the number of inmates in Alberta jails..Inmates who are still waiting for their day in court. And an incredible holocaust story involving two families whose paths have once again crossed....this time in Alberta. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Nov 24/07 This week....reporter Jennifer Keene has part two of her report on disappearing farmland near Alberta's big cities. One of the culprits...acreages! We pay a visit to a virtual reality lab at the University of Alberta called "The Cave". We'll get everything from a trip through the galaxy....to an up-close 3-D look at an e-coli molecule. And we'll hear some of the frustrations of some maritimers who moved to Alberta years ago and are considering heading back east. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Nov 17/07 This week....honouring Canadian soldiers and honouring those who save lives. We'll meet the retired Edmonton soldiers who came up with the "ramp ceremony" for fallen Canadian soldiers. And we'll meet a Calgary woman recently honoured for saving a man's life. Also...Reporter Jennifer Keene looks into Alberta's disappearing farmland. And when will Albertans finally park their cars. We'll look at the "tipping point" at the gas pumps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Best of Alberta-Nov 10/07 This week....be bring you a series of reports on how Edmontonians and Calgarians are attempting to reduce their environmental footprint. We'll look at car-pooling and car-sharing. Also....after a rash of murders last year....teen murders are down this year in Edmonton. But no one is too sure why?? And a Calgary neighbourhood is being overrun by rabbits. We'll meet someone who is doing somthing about it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website