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A separatist "reckoning" looms for Alberta's premier

October 23, 2026 · 51 min

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Premier Danielle Smith wants to move forward after Alberta's referendum -- but it's not clear whether everyone in the United Conservative Party wants to move forward with her.


A US polling firm that supplied data to a lot of respected news outlets reveals its fake. Our guest explains how her company figured that out -- and why she doesn't buy their excuse that it was all a social experiment.


The Edmonton-based video game studio BioWare is closing down; one of its co-founders tells us that's a devastating loss for the industry in Canada -- and for him personally.


A museum in Switzerland is putting on an exhibit featuring artifacts that were up until recently frozen in glacier ice -- which he says is revealing the impact global warming is having on the country's landscape. 


A Minnesota man heroically leaps aboard a runaway school bus, saving the kids aboard -- and attributes his courage and calm to perhaps one of the most stressful shows in history, "Grey's Anatomy".


And, a researcher -- who also happens to be the only Master of Wine in Denmark -- tells us how certain music can enhance the flavour of food.


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