
Anis Heydari
Producer
Anis Robert Heydari has worked in jobs ranging from cleaning up oil spills to fixing phone lines, but somehow ended up a jack-of-all-trades at the CBC. He hasn't won any awards, other than a 1996 award for violin at a small town Alberta music festival. He's now working at CBC Radio's The Cost of Living covering business and economics. Reach him at anis@cbc.ca.
Latest from Anis Heydari

Sharing salary information can narrow wage gaps — but studies show more equality can mean less pay
Pay transparency is the practice of making salary information more public in order to try and close wage gaps. But experts say it might not make compensation more equal without negotiating power such as unionization, and can actually lower your pay.
Radio -Cost of Living |

Quebecer whose family is being sued by Hudson's Bay over Zellers brand says he's 'not surrendering'
The battle over who owns the name and brand Zellers is heading to court, but the man whose family is being sued by the Hudson's Bay Company says he intends to continue using the name of the previously defunct Canadian department store.
Radio -Cost of Living |

Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
Zellers returns as a pop-up inside an Ontario Hudson's Bay store, months after parent company HBC saw the discount department store's trademark removed from the government register.
Radio -Cost of Living |

Iran plane crash fundraisers shut down by GoFundMe without explanation
At least two Edmonton-based GoFundMe campaigns were pulled offline, then reinstated without explanation, when they tried to raise money for local families affected by the recent plane crash outside Tehran.
Canada -Calgary |

How fast is your cost of living going up? Play our interactive game
The Cost of Living wants you to learn about your costs of living, by trying its interactive game that tests your knowledge about inflation rates. It's more fun than it sounds.
Radio -Cost of Living |

Experienced gliding instructor and student killed in mid-air collision with tow plane
An experienced gliding instructor and his student were killed in a mid-air collision with a tow plane in southern Alberta on Friday.
Canada -Calgary |

Total of 6 Calgary Stampede chuckwagon horses dead after 3 more put down Sunday
Three more horses had to be euthanized after going down during the final night of the chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede, bringing the total number of horses that died during this year's event to six.
Canada -Calgary |

Female hiker dies after falling 35 metres near Canmore
A female hiker was pronounced dead in the Grassi Lakes rock climbing area, near Spray Lakes in Kananaskis Country, after emergency medical officials were called early on Saturday afternoon.
Canada -Calgary |

Calgary narrowly wins the 2023 World Petroleum Congress after four rounds of voting
Calgary has been selected as host city for the World Petroleum Congress in 2023, beating out Baku, Azerbaijan by just one vote on the final ballot.
Canada -Calgary |

Workshop in High River aims to help with rural mental health
A workshop in High River, Alta., is taking aim at mental health issues in rural areas by helping people such as ranchers or farmers better equip themselves to deal with challenges.
Canada -Calgary |