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Drex joins Angela Kokott to chat about his new late-night show, "The Shift."

A new study shows that women who live in neighborhoods that have higher levels of outdoor light during the night have a greater risk of getting breast cancer. Richard Stevens, Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, joins the show to explain.   

Angela Kokott asked Premier Rachel Notley some tough questions during her visit to the 770 CHQR studios. 

A decade ago, city leaders and anti-poverty advocates started a plan to eliminate homelessness in our city. While the 10-year dream of ending homelessness is unfulfilled, the fight continues. Angela Kokott speaks with Cheryl Hamelin, RESOLVE Campaign’s Executive Director, about how much they accomplished in the past ten years and their plans moving forward.

Driverless cars might follow to rules of the road, but how will they interact with the social signals, rage and unspoken rules humans have? Abdesalam Soudi, Sociolinguist with the University of Pittsburgh Linguistics department, joins the show to explain. 

People should not be able to discriminate against the poor. Elizabeth McIsaac is the President of Maytree which exploring solutions to poverty using a human rights approach. She joins the show to speak deeper into discimination. 

Listeners shared their thoughts on Calgary Today about the cities decision to cancel the nude swim at the Southland Leisure Centre this weekend. What are your thoughts?   

While on location Angela was joined by the CEO of the YMCA, Shannon Doram, to chat about the largest YMCA in the world. This brand new Rocky Ridge YMCA is set to open on Monday and will provide several amenities for the community. This includes several employment opportunities and is changing face of recreation.    

The amount of opioid related deaths continues to rise and we should treat these deaths as a public health issue. Gabriela Novotna, Researcher with the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, joined the show to share her thoughts.   

Stephen Mandel joins Angela Kokott to talk about his reasons for running for the leadership of the Alberta Party.

The new heat device called IQOS, or I Quit Ordinary Smoking, is the new craze that could be safer than smoking real cigarettes. Laurent Huber, Executive Director at ASH- Action on Smoking & Health joins Angela Kokott on Calgary Today.

It's important your kids learn the confidence they need to voice their opinion. Calgary Today is joined by Alyson Schafer, Parenting Expert.  

The GTA Skinny Dippers are a group of Naturist/Nudist that skinny dip at public pools in the Greater Toronto Area. They have been renting out public pools for over 20 years without an incident. Angela is joined by Ron Schout, President of the GTA Skinny Dippers.  

Joshua Boyle remains in police custody after making another brief court appearance this morning. Angela is joined by Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa correspondent, for all the details.   

Once-In-A-Generation tax reform is not an effective path to fairness. It would be better to invest in ongoing, regular analysis of all major tax provisions. Michael Wolfson Canada Research Chair in population health modeling/populomics, University of Ottawa, joins Calgary Today to share more.   

The Midfield residents finally learned their fate- The judge decided that there isn’t sufficient evidence that the City of Calgary acted in bad faith and the residents have to be out by February 19th. Midfield resident, Calan Lovstrom, joins the show.    

Over half a million property and business tax assessments have been mailed out today. These assessments are an estimate of the market value of your home or rental value of your business and will determine your property/ business taxes. Global News reporter Aurelio Perri joins Angela Kokott.

We have all set New Year's resolutions, but how long will these stick? Research shows how self-control can help you keep the resolutions alive. Angela is joined by Marco A. Palma, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director Human Behavior Laboratory, Texas A&M University.  

Steve Bannon’s quotes in a new book and the relationship between Trump and Bannon. Thoughts from Stephen Farnsworth, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington.  

Technology will make today’s government obsolete. Sunil Johal, policy director at The Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto, says that this is a good thing.     

The High Performance Rodeo is an annual festival that fills the city in January with a variety of live performances from around the world. The Festival Producer, Kelly Reay, joins Calgary Today!

A baby giraffe has died at the Calgary Zoo, only 48 hours after it was born.  Colleen Baird, General Curator at the Calgary Zoo explains what happened.  

The new mortgage rules are now in effect in Canada. What does this mean for buyers and sellers? David Dale-Johnson, Executive Professor and the Stan Melton Chair in Real Estate at the Alberta School of Business at U of A, joins the show. 

Trevor Tombe, associate professor of Economics University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy starts the conversation around equalization. Is it to blame for Alberta's fiscal mess? How does is work exactly?      

Boys need more emotional support that girls- here's why. Alyson Schafer, Parenting Expert, joins Jodi Hughes on Calgary Today!