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Week on the Calgary Eyeopener
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Overdue child support payments a $2.5-billion problem 
Nov 20: Statistics Canada says the amount of debt owed by parents in this country continues to grow. Kirk speaks with the Executive Director of Alberta's Maintenance Enforcement Program about getting parents to pay up.
Calgary Transit on peace officer altercation
Nov 20: Hear the concerns from Calgary Transit about a youtube video circulating which shows a confrontation with transit peace officers.
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Alberta Teachers' Association responds to no homework debate
Nov 19: Kirk speaks with the local chapter president of the Alberta Teachers Association about the issue of some families objecting to their kids doing homework.
McLoughlin gives us a bill 50 update
Nov 19: The Stelmach government continues to defend Bill 50 - its proposed legislation on transmission lines. Our eye on the Legislature, Paul McLoughlin, discusses the impact this is having on the premier and his party.
Increasing visitors to Banff National Park
Nov 19: If you can't be bothered to go for a hike, come anyway. Parks Canada is trying to make Banff more appealling to everyone, not just those who feel at home in the wilderness.
Parents strike no homework deal with school
Nov 18: Kirk speaks with a Calgary parent who took a stand against the amount of homework his kids were doing and won. Find out how.
Alberta's living wage crisis
Nov 18: More Albertans are going to food banks and it might not all be due to the economic slowdown.
Alberta cow sells for $1.2-million
Nov 18: Missy The Cow fetched $1.2-million at an auction in Toronto last week. She's headed home to Ponoka tonight and Kirk speaks with her handler.
Dealing with hate crime in Alberta
Nov 17: After vandals targetted Calgary's Jewish community over the weekend, we look at the challenges of confronting hate crime by speaking with the author of the Alberta Hate Crime Committee's Annual Report for 2008.
Tired doctors affecting medical efficieny
Nov 17: A new study from the University of Calgary says burnt-out doctors are one of the main problems with our health care system. Kirk speaks with the researcher behind the paper.
ERCB ruling reaction
Nov 17: Alberta's energy regulator, the Energy Resource Conservation Board, has now revised its own rules to comply with a court decision on sour oil and gas projects. Kirk speaks with the lawyer who took that case to court for her reaction to the ruling.
Aldermen bring different viewpoints to Calgary budget
Nov 16: Calgary's property taxes are likely going up but not without some serious debate in City Council. Kirk speaks with Ward 7 Alderman Druh Farrell and Ward 12 Alderman Ric McIver about the proposed City budget.
Sour oil and gas application process reopens
Nov 16: The process for sour oil and gas project applications is running again following a ruling against the Energy Resource Conversation Board. Fill-in host, Kirk Heuser, speaks with a spokesperson from the ERCB for a response.
All ages venue has unsure future
Nov 16: NIMBY-ism is something we usually associate with methadone clinics and massage parlours, but if you ask the owner of a recently-shut down music venue, it applies to him as well. Kirk speaks with him.
Good neighbours
Nov 16: Thorncliffe - Greenview residents are getting along better with a rehab facility in their neighbourhood thanks to a new program called the Good Neighbour Initiative. Hear about how this program works and what it could mean for other communities in Calgary.
Wild Rose Alliance forms energy task force
Nov 13: With building support for the Wildrose Alliance, Judy speaks with one of the people on the party's new energy task force.
Raising property taxes not the only option
Nov 13: Thursday night's municipal budget proposes a 4.8% property tax increase for Calgarians. Fill-in host Judy Aldous talks with a Calgary-based researcher who says property tax hikes shouldn't be the only option for city council.
Calgary professor says 2012 prophecy unfounded
Nov 13: If you believe the Maya calendar, we have three years and 38 days until doomsday. Judy talks with a University of Calgary archeologist about the end-of-world-prophecy for December 2012 - and why Hollywood has got it all wrong.
McLoughlin on Stelmach's future
Nov 12: Ed Stelmach isn't going anywhere at the moment and neither are any of his cabinet ministers. But that situation may change before the autumn is over. Our eye on the legislature, Paul McLoughlin, has his take on whose head will roll.
Guerilla giving
Nov 12: A novel "act of kindess" has recently appeared in Calgary. But you won't find any big media blitz attached to this effort. Angela tells us more about "guerilla giving".
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