Synopsis
Every Saturday and Sunday Morning join Peter Watts for the Alberta Morning News. Peter has a look at whats happening in our city, province and country with a variety of guests. Its informative, entertaining and maybe a laugh along the way. The news center helps round out this show with all the news, sports, weather and traffic. The topics are stimulating and will help you get your day started on the weekend.
Episodes
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Farmland to Urban
11/03/2018 Duration: 08minUniversity of Alberta researcher, Brent Swallow, speaks about the continuing loss of farmland to urbanization.
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Tech Investments
11/03/2018 Duration: 08minScott Greenlay from MNP speaks about a growing investment by Alberta companies in their technology futures.
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Story Summit
10/03/2018 Duration: 06minCamera operator and director, Steve Campanelli, speaks about the Canadian Screen Awards being handed out this weekend and about the Story Summit that he is contributing to, at the Banff Centre.
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Para Flag Bearer
10/03/2018 Duration: 08minVisually impaired cross country ski racer, Brian McKeever, talks about leading Team Canada into the Para-Olympic Winter Games opening ceremonies and about his competition challenges in the week to come.
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Orphan Wells
10/03/2018 Duration: 08minLars de Peuw, executive director of the Alberta Orphan Wells Association, brings us up to date on the work that has to be done.
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Crashed Ice Competition
10/03/2018 Duration: 07minEvent producer, Patrice Drouin, speaks about the Red Bull Crashed Ice event taking place Saturday evening in Edmonton.
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Opioids Report
10/03/2018 Duration: 07minDoctors Elaine Hyshka and Kristin Klein, who co-chair the Opioid Emergency Response Commission for Alberta, provide a progress report on addressing the opioid crisis.
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Solar Energy
10/03/2018 Duration: 07minSteve MacDonald, CEO of Emissions Reductions Alberta, speaks about the Brooks Solar Project.
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Rural Crime
10/03/2018 Duration: 08minCor de Wit, President of the Alberta Rural Crime Watch Association, speaks about a new provincial investment to try and bring rural crime under control.
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Mark Arendz
10/03/2018 Duration: 06minPara-Olympic athlete, Mark Arendz, speaks about his silver medal winning performance in biathlon at the Para-Olympics in South Korea.
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Legislature Returns
04/03/2018 Duration: 06minGlobal News reporter, Tom Vernon, previews Thursday's resumption of the Alberta Legislature.
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Privacy Concerns
04/03/2018 Duration: 07minSharon Polsky, head of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada, speaks about the national convention opening Tuesday in Calgary.
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Port of Vancouver
04/03/2018 Duration: 08minRobert Lewis-Manning, President of the Chamber of Shipping which runs the port of Vancouver, speaks about the challenges of running an increasingly important port.
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Youth Debtors
04/03/2018 Duration: 08minMatt Julien of TransUnion Canada, speaks about the growing debt of millennials and Generation Z.
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Fort McKay Story
04/03/2018 Duration: 09minFraser Institute Senior Fellow, Tom Flanagan, speaks about his study of the economic powerhouse that is the Fort McKay First Nation.
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The Oscars
04/03/2018 Duration: 06minToronto camera operator, Gilles Corbeil, speaks about the film The Shape of Water which was shot in southern Ontario and which is nominated for 13 Oscars.
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Recycling Plastic
04/03/2018 Duration: 06minLynn Jacobson of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, talks about the work that needs to be done to properly dispose of plastics used in the agriculture community.
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Organ Donation
03/03/2018 Duration: 08minJoyce van Duerzen from the Kidney Foundation, and transplant patient, Eleanor Hollenbeck, speak about the importance of organ donation.