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Shaye Ganam

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A place to talk. To come together. To be heard. Shaye Ganam is taking the conversation province-wide on 880 CHED in Edmonton and QR Calgary - 770 AM, creating a collective town square to rehash the old and imagine the new for every part of this province. Tune in Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon to join the conversation. Follow Shaye Ganam on Twitter to keep up with your host wherever he goes.

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B.C. becomes first province to remove criminal penalties for possession of some hard drugs 01.06.2022 12:07

Leslie McBain, co-founders of Moms Stop The Harm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate 50 basis points for 2nd time in a row 01.06.2022 11:26

Steve Ambler, a professor of economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy, C.D. Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis Toews steps down as finance minister, throws hat into UCP leadership race 01.06.2022 11:41

Dr. Lisa Young, Political science professor, University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monkeypox should serve as a global health wake-up call about when we act and why 01.06.2022 10:29

Jason Nickerson is the humanitarian representative to Canada for Doctors Without Borders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: Ottawa's new handgun legislation, the trust that binds Canada & superpigs could take over cities 31.05.2022 37:46

On today's show, Ottawa has unveiled its new gun control legislation that focuses primarily on handguns. We hear from Rod Giltaca, the president of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights. Plus we chat with David McLaughlin, the president and CEO of the Institute on Governance on why the trust that binds Canada together is cracking. And without intervention, "superpigs" could take over the provi...

Without intervention, 'superpigs' could soon invade Alberta cities, researcher warns 31.05.2022 13:34

Ryan Brook, an associate professor of agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan and director of the Canada Wild Pig Research Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here’s what it takes to buy a home in Canada’s ‘soul-crushing’ housing market 31.05.2022 11:02

Paul Kershaw, professor at the University of British Columbia and founder of Generation Squeeze, which looks at eroding housing affordability across the country Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year's canola crop is the most expensive ever planted, says Alberta farmers 31.05.2022 8:39

Roger Chevraux, farmer and chair of the Alberta Canola Producers Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trust that binds Canada together is cracking 31.05.2022 12:18

David McLaughlin is President and CEO of the Institute on Governance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ottawa to unveil new handgun restrictions in gun control bill 31.05.2022 14:29

Rod Giltaca, President of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: Lifting the ban on blood donations from sex workers, managing fish stocks & cutting red tape 30.05.2022 24:13

On today's show, the ban has been lifted for men who have sex with men to donate blood in Canada, is it time to lift the lifetime ban on sex workers? We chat with Dr. Cecilia Benoit, a professor in the department of sociology at the University of Victoria. Plus fish stock are always on the move, but with climate change they are ending up in some areas where they never used to be. We chat with Juli...

Barney Bentall 30.05.2022 9:30

Barney Bentall, multi-Platinum selling and JUNO award-winning artist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cutting red tape shouldn't weaken environmental protections 30.05.2022 9:34

Lorne Fitch is a professional biologist, a retired fish and wildlife biologist and a former adjunct professor with the University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Managing fish stocks shared by nations must focus on the impacts of climate change 30.05.2022 9:21

Juliano Palacios Abrantes, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia ‘running out of ideas’ in 3-month-old war. Can Ukraine win? 30.05.2022 10:44

Andrew Rasiulis, a defence expert with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lifetime ban for sex workers donating blood should be scrapped: Canadian Blood Services 30.05.2022 7:53

Dr. Cecilia Benoit, Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: one-year since unmarked graves were found in Kamloops, school safety policies don't do much & the Supreme Court strikes down life without parole for mass murderers 27.05.2022 35:20

On today's show, it's been one year since the discovery of more than 200 unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops. We chat with Kisha Supernant, the director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University of Alberta, on where we've come and where we need to go. Plus despite the push for school safety policies after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, research...

Canada Soccer cancels Iran match following outcry over plane downing 27.05.2022 8:51

Derek van Diest, multimedia sports journalist for the Edmonton Sun and Edmonton Journal and the national soccer columnist for Postmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Supreme Court of Canada unanimously strikes down life without parole for mass murderers 27.05.2022 13:35

Ari Goldkind, criminal defence lawyer and legal commentator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New mothers' hallucinations and paranoia: Postpartum psychosis signs, symptoms and treatment 27.05.2022 8:38

Patricia Tomasi, co-founder of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite push for school safety policies after Texas shooting, research shows they do little 27.05.2022 10:50

David Riedman, lead researcher at the K-12 School Shooting Database at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Every child matters’: 1 year after the unmarked graves of 215 Indigenous children were found in Kamloops 27.05.2022 13:30

Kisha Supernant, Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta legislature wraps up turbulent spring sitting 27.05.2022 9:26

Tom Vernon, Provincial Affairs Reporter, Global Edmonton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show: Ketamine and psilocybin, how can Ukraine win this war, should fossil's never be sold & Alberta businesses looking for staff ahead of tourist season 26.05.2022 38:50

On today's show, ketamine and psilocybin are normally known as party drugs, but we chat with Dr. Roger McIntyre, a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto, about how they're being used to treat depression. Plus what will it take for Ukraine to win the war with Russia? We ask John Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Also a 110-million-year-old raptor skeleton...

Rocky Mountain hotels, restaurants doubt help will arrive in time for summer tourist season 26.05.2022 9:07

Wanda Bogdane, Director, Communications & Stakeholder Engagement, Banff and Lake Louise Hospitality Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices