• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• New money for a hockey arena in Edmonton.
• Provincial Achievement Tests for Alberta students are being replaced by a different type of test at the beginning of the school year.
• Our Edmonton food columnist Mary Bailey lays out all of your delicious new food truck choices in the province. For more on food trucks in Calgary go to YYC Food Trucks, in Edmonton What the Truck, or use the Street Food App. 
• Horticulturist Janet Melrose talks about garden therapy as a stress reliever, and she takes calls from listeners.

• Hockey Alberta has banned bodychecking for Peewee players. Rob Litwinski, executive director of Hockey Alberta, takes calls from listeners.　
• Peter Mansbridge has been asking the questions and bringing you the news for 25 years. He talks about his career and takes calls from listeners.

• The temporary foreign workers program either brings needed workers to Alberta or takes jobs from Albertans, depending on who you believe. Now, the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary has waded in with the release this morning of its own study.
• Seemingly abandoned white bikes at the side of the road are serving as a reminder of the perils cyclists can face, we tell you the story of the Ghost Bikes.
• Wine writer Natalie MacLean talks about the Great Canadian Wine Match, read Natalie's blog here.
• Dallas Harty, president of Southern Alberta Bikers takes calls from listeners about sharing the road.

• We get an update on wild fires in the province. More information is available on the Alberta Wildfire Facebook Page.
• The province is considering offering HPV vaccine to boys.
• Child psychiatrist Dr. Jean Clinton talks about love and family relationships and healthy brain development. The renowned child psychiatrist will be giving a talk "How Love Builds Brains" through the Alberta Teachers' Association, May 7th from 6:30 to 8:00pm, more details are available here.
• Commander Chris Hadfield presents Music Monday from space, we talk to Edmonton music teacher Carla Gust about her school's participation in the sing along.

• Alberta is the only province that does not have a compassionate leave bill, we talk to MLA Matt Jeneroux who wants to change that.
• We check in with Kristian Whillans who spent this past week living on $1.75 a day as part of the Global Poverty Project, Living Below The Line.
• Grant MacEwan University political scientist John Soroski takes calls from listeners about corporate and union donations during political campaigns.

• We look at the impact of cuts to post secondary institutions.
• Our Food Columnist Karen Anderson talks about culinary summer excursions in the Okanagan. For more information go to our recipes page.
• MRU Associate Professor Melanie Peacock takes calls from listeners about the job interview process.

Wine maker Al Fresco dinners by Joy Road Catering, Thursday evenings throughout the summer in Penticton.

Alberta Culinary Tourism Alliance for Alberta food lovers.

Karen Anderson's recipes for May 2 come from Jennifer Schell's new book The
Butcher, The Baker, The Wine and Cheese Maker - an Okanagan Cookbook (Okanagan
Cookbook, 2012)

Mom's Rhubarb Pie (by cookbook author Jennifer Schell's Mother Marian Schell)

Ingredients

4c rhubarb

1t baking powder

2 eggs

1T milk

1 ½ c sugar

1/3 c flour

1T butter, room temperature

1 unbaked pie shell (make enough dough for a lattice topping or go without top

pastry)

Method

Pour hot water over rhubarb in a large bowl, stir in baking soda and let sit.

Beat eggs, milk, flour, sugar and butter in a mixer.

Drain rhubarb and add to the mixer.

Fill the unbaked pie shell and top with lattice if using.

Bake for 1 ½ hours at 350F on oven rack (one below middle)

Let cook and enjoy.

Jennifer Schell's Fresh Peach Pie

Ingredients

Crust

1 ¼ c a.p. flour

1 ½ t salt

6 oz cream cheese, room temp

6T unsalted butter, softened

1 ½ t pure vanilla extract

¼ c sugar

Filling

8 - 9 ripe peaches

½ c sugar (divided)

1c whipping cream

Method

Crust

Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and mix well.

Beat cream cheese and butter in a mixer till blended.

Add vanilla and sugar and blend.

Add flour mixture and mix until dough comes together.

Flour hands and form dough into a flat round, wrap in plastic wrap and

refrigerate for one hour.

Flour a work surface lightly and roll out the dough into a 12-inch round at ¼

to ½ inches thick.

Press dough lightly into pie plate, trim excess dough and crimp the edges

with a fork.

Cover with wrap and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or up to

overnight.

Bake crust at 350F for 30 minutes or until golden and puffy then remove and

cool completely.

Filling

Mix sliced peaches with ¼ cup sugar and pour into crust.

Whip the cream until soft peaks form then add remaining ¼ cup sugar and

beat until stiff.

Cover the peaches with whipped cream and refrigerate for a minimum of 2

hours or maximum of 8 hours. Enjoy.