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9/1/2010
3:00 If you were The Gap or Levi –Strauss how do you repair the damage done by Forest Ethics to your reputation and how do you make sure it doesn’t happen again
3:30 Will the UK’s Prime Minister start a new trend of men taking paternity leave
4:15 Who’s getting refunds, how much, and why from Canada’s largest phone companies
4:45 Will the “don’t be an idiot” campaign bring in more voters?
5:15 Why aren’t gold medals a ticket to fame and fortune for Canada’s Olympic athletes?
5:45 Why doesn’t Edmonton have a sense of humor when it comes to Lady Gaga?
6:15 Film Funding comes under fire after an anti-oilsands gets 54 thousand dollars from Alberta.
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8/31/2010
3:05 Is it time to look more closely at the different users of Calgary's pathway system and how best to ensure that everyone can use the system safely?
3:30 Yet another look at the controversy over the Airport Tunnel. Build now on the cheap or build later at considerably greater cost? Is it needed at all?
4:15 Beans are more expensive. Will your favourite coffee cost more soon? 4:45 Google's priority inbox aims to conquer e-mail overload - or perhaps just spread it out over more files
5:15 Mortgage rates may be key to avoiding a burst of the housing bubble in cities like Calgary
5:45 Old people love negative news about young people
6:15 What does a 142 day-old Happy Meal look like?
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8/31/2010
August 31, 2010
3:05 Harold Tinel, division superintendant for the City of Calgary Parks Dept., talks about the growing demands on the system from
different users and how conflicts among users are becoming more of a problem
3:30 Mac Logan, General Manager of Transportation for the City, talks about the latest on the proposed Airport Tunnel
4:15 Russ Prefontaine from Fratello Coffee Roasters, talks about the increasing price of coffee beans and whether that will son be
reflected in the price of your favourite brew
4:45 Vancouver Sun technical reporter, Gillian Shaw, talks about a new feature from Google: a priority inbox, which is designed to
conquer e-mail overload - which might mean you'll soon have at least two e-mail files to check regularly
5:15 Globe & Mail real estate reporter, Steve Ladurantaye, talks about the housing bubble in several cities across Canada, including
Calgary, and the prospect of changing mortgage rates affecting the bubble
5:45 Calgary blogger, D.J. Kelly, joins Mike to talk about whether older people prefer negative news about young people
6:15 New York artist, Sally Davies, brought her McDonald's Happy Meal home and started taking pictures of it - ...
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8/30/2010
Monday. August 30, 2010
3:00 -A provincial business lobby group is working on a campaign to educate the four most recent American retailers who have boycotted the Alberta oil sands.
3:30- Potentially dangerous pollutants found in the Athabasca River have been linked to oilsands development, new research finds.What kinds effects can be expected from this kind of trauma, and can they be helped?
4:15 -Physical and mental ordeal will continue to haunt the trapped Chilean miners, and it’s been estimated that it could take until Christmas to get them out of there. What kinds of psychological effects can be expected from this kind of trauma, and can they be helped?
5:15 -For chronic pain sufferers, a new study shows that smoking pot can make the pain go away without the patient getting high.
5:45 -We’ll talk about why, from an insurance perspective, it pays to fight traffic tickets when you can.
6:15 -Athabasca River (Cont)
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8/4/2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
3:00 - Just legalize it, already! A new poll finds that most Canadians want laxer pot laws.
3:30 - BBQ Guru Ron Shewchuk is in town and ready to take calls. What's your BBQ question?
4:15 - It’ll
be a cold one…but it’s still going to be packed…we’ll get all the details on
the Flames outdoor game at McMahon in February.
4:45 - Canada’s
biggest doctor group has a plan to make health care more patient- centred and
efficient. They admit that in the past, similar promises have fallen short… so
what’s the difference this time?
5:15 - William
Shatner’s new show has come under fire from a parenting group, angry about the
show’s name and asking advertisers to boycott the program. How big of a deal is
the word “shit”?
5:45 - A piece of history has touched down here in our
city. A WW2 Landcaster Bomber will be at the Aerospace Museum for the next
week. Rides are $4,000 dollars.
6:15 - Some
of the richest Americans have promised to give away half their wealth as part
of a campaign led by Warren Buffett and Bill Bates.
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8/3/2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
3:00 - In their latest stunt to draw attention to their problems with the oil
industry, members of Greenpeace rappelled off the Calgary Tower earlier today,
hanging a banner that read “Separate Oil and State.” Once again, is the group promoting
their green cause in a positive way, or just annoying Calgarians?
3:30 - The CPS rolled out a program targeting
impaired drivers back in the fall. They say the program works well, and in the
first six months there was a huge spike in reports of impaired drivers. Do
people always bother to dial 911 when they spot a drunk driver?
4:45 - We’ll
talk about the new Blackberry – can it compete with the iPhone?
5:15 - Citing
economic issues, Chocolatier Bernard Callebaut has gone into receivership. What
will this mean for the future of the company?
5:45 - Canadians will have a good chance of seeing the
northern lights over the next two days, even in lower altitudes than they’re
usually spotted.
6:15 - It’s
not always going to be “happily ever after” - why romantic comedies can be hazardous
for young girls.
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