Alberta This Week
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Alberta This Week features the best stories from the past seven days from
Edmonton to Lethbridge to Fort McMurray.
Expect to hear all kinds of great features from shows like the Calgary
Eyeopener and Radio Active and many others.
Best of Alberta-Dec 8/07
This week...we'll meet a Calgary man who wants people to take their road rage online. Just go to Plate Rage dot com. Some elementary school students in Calgary got a close look at homelessness...when they visited a Calgary drop-in centre. We'll hear what they thought. Speaking of school, junk food has been banned at Edmonton Public Schools. We'll find out what's ahead. And we'll hear about some research done by the Alberta Federation of Labour that shows foreign workers are being exploited.
Right click to Download Best of Alberta-Dec 8/07
[mp3 file: runs 27:03]
Best of Alberta-Dec 1/07
This week...Calgarians have found a new way to blow off an unwanted suitor. It's the Rejection Hotline. We'll meet the voice of Commander Sheppard from the new video game "Mass Effect." Edmonton Actor Mark Meer drops by. We'll hear from an Edmonton lawyer who is concerned with the number of inmates in Alberta jails..Inmates who are still waiting for their day in court. And an incredible holocaust story involving two families whose paths have once again crossed....this time in Alberta.
Right click to Download Best of Alberta-Dec 1/07
[mp3 file: runs 34:07]
Best of Alberta-Nov 24/07
This week....reporter Jennifer Keene has part two of her report on disappearing farmland near Alberta's big cities. One of the culprits...acreages! We pay a visit to a virtual reality lab at the University of Alberta called "The Cave". We'll get everything from a trip through the galaxy....to an up-close 3-D look at an e-coli molecule. And we'll hear some of the frustrations of some maritimers who moved to Alberta years ago and are considering heading back east.
Right click to Download Best of Alberta-Nov 24/07
[mp3 file: runs 36:44]
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