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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Pain Medications
10/02/2018 Duration: 08minCalgary physician, Dr. Jim Silvius, discusses a national conference called to address the growing problem of over-prescribing pain medication and the challenges that seniors face as a result.
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Int'l Students
10/02/2018 Duration: 07minMark Butler, head of International Education at Bow Valley College, speaks about a foreign internship program now available to Canadian students.
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CPP Investment Board
10/02/2018 Duration: 07minMark Machin, President and CEO of the CPP Investment Board, brings us up to date on what the Board is up to in terms of building Canada's pension investments.
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Energy Drinks
10/02/2018 Duration: 08minUniversity of Calgary researcher, Jane Shearer, has some important news about energy drinks and sports drinks, particularly for parents of teenage children.
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Pyeongchang Trip
10/02/2018 Duration: 09minAlberta's deputy premier, Sarah Hoffman, is in Pyeongchang to supprt Olympians and learn more about what it takes to host a Games.
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Pyeongchang 2018
04/02/2018 Duration: 08minThree time Olympian, Nathalie Lambert, knows what Team Canada can expect as it arrives in Pyeongchang South Korea for the Olympic Winter Games.
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CMHC Study on Home Buyers
04/02/2018 Duration: 08minPichu Kalyniuk from Canada Mortgage & Housing, speaks about a new study on home buying habits of Canadians.
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Vacation Vaccines
04/02/2018 Duration: 08minUniversity of Alberta pharmacy professor, Christine Hughes, talks about the need to properly prepare for holidays and travel from a health perspective.
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Obesity and Cancers
04/02/2018 Duration: 07minUniversity of Calgary researcher, Darren Brenner, speaks about new work on the question of the relationship between obesity and cancer.
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Sensing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
04/02/2018 Duration: 08minChris Hugenholtz from the University of Calgary taks about a new centre for technologies that deal with greenhouse gas emissions
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Curriculum Review
03/02/2018 Duration: 08minGreg Jeffrey, head of the Alberta Teachers Association comments on a progress of a new curriculum, currently in development for Alberta schools.
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Grey Cup 2018
03/02/2018 Duration: 08minDuane Vienneau, executive director of the 2018 Grey Cup Festival, unveils details of the event to be held Nov. 21st-25th in Edmonton.
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20th Field Artillery
03/02/2018 Duration: 06minLt. Col. Jeff Wilson highlights the start of a two year celebration of the centennial of the 20th field regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.
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Body Break
03/02/2018 Duration: 08minBody Break's Hal Johnson & Joanne McLeod help celebrate the centennial of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Nursing
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The Ferrier Gift
03/02/2018 Duration: 07minCarys Richards from the Nature Conservancy of Canada speaks about a gift of nearly 1,500 acres of land in central Alberta that is especially valuable because of its wetlands.
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Access & Privacy
03/02/2018 Duration: 08minSharon Polsky, president of the Access & Privacy Council of Canada speaks about how vulnerable we are to the unsolicited use of personal data acquired from our digital devices.
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Wheat & Barley
03/02/2018 Duration: 07minTom Steve, executive director of Alberta Barley, speaks about the administrative marriage of the wheat and barley associations in the province.
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Golf Canada President
28/01/2018 Duration: 07minLeslie Dunning, incoming President of Golf Canada, speaks about a newly announced philosophy about diversity in the game.
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Eating Disorders
28/01/2018 Duration: 08minSue Huff from the Eating Disorder Network of Alberta, speaks about activities that begin on Thursday to mark Eating Disorder Week.
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Lunar Eclipse
28/01/2018 Duration: 08minFrank Florien from the Telus World of Science in Edmonton speaks about Wednesday's upcoming lunar eclipse.