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The Eyeopener
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& Angela Knight

Eyeopener Podcast for Februrary 9th

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On today's edition of the Calgary Eyeopener Podcast: The mayor of Chestermere talks about her town's explosive growth in the past few years; we learn about the city's urban lighting strategy; and we discuss the census results - and their political implications - with political science professor Peter McCormick.

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New fashion trend - fancy socks?

The CBC's Adrienne Lamb takes a look at the newest trend in men's fashion - fancy, expensive socks.





After we aired the piece, we received this tweet from our Mayor:

 

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which prompted our reply...

 

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and sure enough:

 

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Update from Killam

killam.jpgRCMP officers are looking for a "person of interest" after two officers were shot and wounded near Killam on Tuesday afternoon. The CBC's Erin Collins brings us the latest from the scene.

 





CdT's Vintage Vinyl for February 9th

220px-The_Way_I_Feel_%28Leonard_Nimoy_album%29.jpgThis week, Chris digs deep into the CBC record library and finds an album from a famous Vulcan singer.















Calgarian alleges comic art theft

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Calgary comic book author and illustrator Chris Peterson says someone else is using his artwork to promote their own book.

 

On Thursday's Eyeopener, we spoke with Peterson about the issue.

 





Alberta budget preview with Paul McLoughlin

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This year's provincial budget will be delivered in the Legislature later this afternoon. Our Eye on the Legislature, Paul McLoughlin, joins us with a preview.

LINK: Alberta budget coming Thursday | CBC News

Where's Paul?

422311_332423036796136_249256378446136_936796_473355216_n.jpgThe Eyeopener's Paul Karchut is currently on a ski adventure in Russia's Caucasus mountains. His first blog post is after the jump - keep checking back throughout the month for more updates from Paul's Russian adventure!

(and make sure to check our Facebook page for Paul's photos!)
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Eyeopener Podcast for February 8th

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On the Wednesday edition of the Calgary Eyeopener Podcast:
  • Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi discusses the city's plan to build four new recreation centres;
  • Deb Yedlin brings us more on the power struggle at CP;
  • and our Unconventional Panel looks at the monarchy - and whether Elizabeth II should be our last Queen.

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