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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Redwater & the SCOC
18/02/2018 Duration: 06minThe Supreme Court of Canada is trying to resolve a dispute that started with a lower court ruling on the now defunct Redwater Energy Corporation.
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Stroke Research
18/02/2018 Duration: 08minDr. Anna Wiersma talks about a new strategy for treating strokes.
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Mayor Don Iveson
18/02/2018 Duration: 10minThe chair of the Big Cities Mayors Caucus discusses preparations for the federal budget due out Feb. 27th and the provincial budget due sometime next month.
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CN Responds
18/02/2018 Duration: 07minDave Przednowek, director of grain sales for CN, addresses the challenges of moving the crop in the midst of a severe winter.
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Grain Farmers' Lament
18/02/2018 Duration: 07minPeace country grain farmer, Warren Sekulic, laments the challenges of moving grain and the frustration of dealing with the railways.
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A Report from Pyeongchang
18/02/2018 Duration: 11minGlobal News reporter, Jeff Semple, reports on Day 9 of the Olympic Winter Games.
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Longest Hockey Game
17/02/2018 Duration: 07minOrganizer and participant, Dr. Brent Saik, has some great news about the world's longest hockey game and the fund raising that is a big part of the story.
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Federal NDP Convention
17/02/2018 Duration: 08minEdmonton Strathcona MP, Linda Duncan, reports from the federal NDP convention underway this weekend in Ottawa.
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Cannabis Retailing
17/02/2018 Duration: 08minGlobal News reporter, John Himpe, with details of how Alberta plans to retail cannabis products once it is legal to do so.
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Metis Novel
17/02/2018 Duration: 08minFirst time author, Maia Caron, has written a historic novel based around the Metis rebellion of the 1870's.
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Canada Games in Red Deer
17/02/2018 Duration: 07minA year to go to the next Canada Winter Games to be held in 2019 in Red Deer. Lyn Radford, chair of the organizing committee, gives us a progress report.
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Protein Supercluster
17/02/2018 Duration: 08minDave Dsiziak, board member for Protein Industries Canada, speaks about the supercluster funding announcement this week.
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Alberta-BC Tiff
17/02/2018 Duration: 08minKen Kobly, Predsident & CEO of the Alberta Chambers of Commerce, speaks to the possible escalation of a trade dispute between Alberta & BC over the Trans Mountain pipeline project.
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Moment or Movement?
11/02/2018 Duration: 09minSachi Kurl, executive director of the Angus Reid Institute, speaks about a comprehensive new survey on attitudes towards the "me too" movement.
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Black History Month
11/02/2018 Duration: 08minRicardo Miranda, Minister of Culture & Tourism for Alberta, reflects on Black History month and on his upcoming trip to the Pyeongchang Olympic Games.
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Haiti Dentistry
11/02/2018 Duration: 06minCalgary dental hygienist, Diane Nguyen, is raising money to help defer the costs of going to Haiti to treat folks with dental challenges in that country.
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Multi-Family Housing
11/02/2018 Duration: 08minAnnalise Boytinck & Kim Poffenroth of Urban Analytics speak about the state of multi-family housing in Edmonton and in Calgary.
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Manning Conference
11/02/2018 Duration: 06minAlberta Conservative MP, Shannon Stubbs, on the Manning Conference, and on various activities of the Prime Minister.
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Canada's Food Guide
11/02/2018 Duration: 09minConservative MP, John Barlow, speaks about the input farm producers are having on Canada's new Food Guide. Surprisingly, it's not very much.
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Cybersecurity
10/02/2018 Duration: 07minTheo van Wyk from Scalar Technologies discusses the latest findings on the ability of Canadian companies to deal with cybersecurity issues.