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On Friday's podcast

• Former Lethbridge resident, Kelly Damphousse tells his harrowing story about being caught in the tornado in Oklahoma.
• Calgary beekeeper Stacey Cedergren talks about raising bees in the city. Beehives are being distributed in Calgary tis Sunday and more information is on the Apiaries and Bees for Communities website.
• Fort Edmonton has an event called Rebellion? Resistance! this weekend and the Festival of Quilts is at Heritage Park in Calgary.
• Horticulturist Donna Balzer offers up gardening advice to our listeners.

On Thursday's podcast

• We bring you the latest on the flood watch in Alberta.
• Victor Walks are taking place across Canada to raise awareness for victims of sexual abuse, we talk to the Grande Prairie Coordinator.
• Zebra mussels are a serious concern in the province.
• Jennifer Cowie Bonne, CEO of Active Healthy Kids Canada, talks about kids and physical activity and takes calls from listeners.
• We get an update on the wildfire situation in Central Alberta.

On Wednesday's podcast

• Mount Norquay in Banff National Park would like to open for summer activities, we look at both sides of the issue and take calls from listeners.
• Dog bites can range from a nip to a serious wound. Two animal behaviour specialists from the Edmonton and Calgary Humane Societies talk about preventing dog bites and take calls from listeners.

On Tuesday's podcast,

• Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel has announced he will not run again in the next election.
• The BSE that hit Alberta a decade ago led to leading edge research done here into Mad Cow disease. We hear about the instutute that does that work.
• Brooks celebrates its championship hockey team
• The Wildfire Hazard for the Nordegg area is very high to extreme, we get the latest.
• Leanne Shirtliffe author of "Don't Lick the Minivan" and the blog Ironic Mom takes calls from listeners.

• The controversy continues over the expense claims of Senator Mike Duffy.
• Tyler Trafford has written the true story of his mother's romance with a soldier during the second World War. It's called "Almost a Great Escape" and it's published by Goose Lane Editions. Tyler Trafford is at The Owl's Nest Books and Gifts in Calgary from 1-3 today, with copies of the original letters and photographs on display.
• Jim Hole returns to take calls from listeners about gardening.
• Dr. Martin Lavoie, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health with Alberta Health Services, talks about how to avoid ticks.

On Thursday's podcast

• The City of Edmonton has given a green light to a new arena in the downtown.
• Pop culture columnist Ruth Myles talks about the end of The Office.
• The question of what is art has been raised after a student at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary killed a chicken as performance art. We take calls from listeners with guest Peter Such, President of the Victoria College of Art.

On Wednesday's podcast

• Some Albertans are heading home now that forest fires are no longer out of control, but a state of emergency remains. We hear what that means to residents in Brazeau County.
• A protest in Edmonton against funding cuts to disability programs.
• Julie Freedman Smith of Parenting Power talks about self esteem in children.
• The City of Grande Prairie deals with an invasion of forest tent caterpillars.
• Sid Andrews with the City of Calgary Parks Department takes calls from listeners about birds.

　

On Tuesday's podcast

• A resident affected by the wildfires in west-central Alberta talks about what it's like to be forced to leave her home.
• Proposed new legislation aimed at improving organ and tissue donation rates is closer to becoming law.
• Canmore Mayor John Borrowman talks about the development proposals for the Three Sisters area.
• Author and environmentalist Karsten Hauer takes calls from listeners about development in wildlife corridors.

On Monday's podcast

• Residents of Nordegg and Lodgepole have been forced from their homes because of wildfires, we get an update.
• Jacquie Hansen, president of the Alberta School Boards Association, talks about negotiations between alberta school boards and the province.
• Three Japanese masks have been re-dedicated at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge.
• Robert Herjavec talks about his new book "The Will To Win" and takes calls from listeners.

On Friday's podcast　

• The hamlet of Nordegg is on a one hour evacuation notice as a wildfire is burning nearby.
• Alberta's Rocky Mountain Legacy Trail.will be extended.
• A relative of World War One hero Private Pete Robertson of Medicine Hat was given the honour of christening a ship in his name recently.
• Our Grammar Gals take calls from listeners.