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Brian Keating in Waterton June17

Brian Meets up with Chris Jobe and her 9 Border Collies.
Chris is the Parks Canada, Hired "Deer Chaser"

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Keating in Haida Gwaii

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This is naturalist Brian Keating. Listen to his latest adventure in Haida Gwaii watching whales.
 
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Mandarin at Dovercourt School

Mandarin-Bilingual.jpgSteve Finkelman takes us to a school where children with no Asian background are learning Mandarin.

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MP Peter Goldring Acquitted

CBC reporter Gareth Hampshire with the latest on Goldring being acquitted today on a charge of failing to provide a breath sample.
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In Crowd Picks - June 6-9

AIMEE:
Pride Week June 8 -16
Winspearation - @ Winspear Centre - Sunday June 9
shout out - Natalie MacMaster Tuesday June 11

JASON:
Thursday - Anna Egge @ Artery
Friday - McGowan Family Band - cd release @ Pawnshop
Shout - Sprouts festival

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Labour unrest at long-term care facilities

Lay off notices. Workers on the picket lines. More strike votes coming. There seems to be plenty of labour unrest in Alberta's long-term care facilities -- and there was more today. The CBC's John Archer joined host Portia Clark with the latest.
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24 New Family Care Clinics Opening in Alberta

The Alberta government is opening these new clinics in the coming months, including three in Edmonton. We get reaction from the head of the Alberta Medical Association.
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Women's Only Fitness

Isabelle Gallant brings us the story of a women's only fitness class at Castledowns YMCA in Edmonton. For more information about the program, take a look through the Castledowns spring program guide here:
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Cirque's Amaluna on Churchill Square

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Edmonton mother worried about possible cuts

A mother's questions and concerns about possible cuts to a program that helps her disabled daughter live a fulfilling life.
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