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Since last year, a mysterious humming sound has annoyed and perplexed residents of the community of ranchlands in the north west of the city. Professor Marcia Epstein, an acoustic ecologist at the University of Calgary, is investigating. CJSW news spoke with the professor to get an update on the hunt for the origins of this noise.
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In 2003, Private First Class Joshua Key left his post and eventually fled to Canada. Last week the United States Army deserter came to Calgary to give a lecture on his new book, “The Deserter’s Tale”. CJSW’s Alexis Anselmo sat-down with Mr. Key for an exclusive one on one interview. The two discussed Mr. Key’s time in Iraq, and his current fight for refugee status in Canada.
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CJSW News presents University of Calgary Dino’s sports updates every week. For this weeks scores and upcoming games, listen here.
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The FM airwaves off the southern coast of British Columbia are a hot commodity. Two groups are vying for the last available FM channel near Gabriola Island, BC. The Ocean is a Victoria-based light rock station owned by Rogers Broadcasting Limited. The company has submitted an application to the CRTC to strengthen the station’s signal in the Gabriola Island region. The strengthening of the station’s signal would take the last available FM channel in the area, a channel that a local radio society has been working-towards for seven years. CJSW spoke with the president of Gabriola Radio and a representative from Rogers Radio.
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Syphilis is making a comeback. Rates of transmission of syphilis in Alberta had fallen so low that this easily preventable infection almost dropped off the radar. Now Syphilis is back and since 2002 the number of cases in our province has been increasing dramatically and consistently. In 2008 alone, over 200 cases of infectious Syphilis were confirmed in Alberta. Some of the highest rates of infection are occurring right here in Calgary.
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Paul Hinman, Interim leader of the Wild rose alliance party, was interviewed on CJSW’s “Monday Morning Comedown” Here, he discusses health care, the tar sands, and “send Ed a message”
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Recently, the international activist group Greenpeace, held a “climate action camp” in Edmonton. CJSW News volunteer Steve Loo took a road trip to find out more.
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This summer, the issue of student unemployment came to the forefront as stats Canada announced a jobless rate of 20.9 percent. The highest figure on record. CJSW’s Joe Burima spoke to Ardee Sharma, national director of the Canadian Alliance Of Student Associations, as well as Kay She, VP external of the University of Calgary Students Union.
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This year, Calgarians will see a new bylaw put into place with regards to the use of pesticides. Public meetings will be held towards the end of the month to receive input from industry stakeholders and the public. CJSW news spoke to Robin McLeod, chair of the Coalition For A Healthy Calgary to find out what concerns Calgarians should be aware of during this period of public consultation. The locations and times for the public forums are listed below.
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Jeremy Fox, associate Prof at the UofC’s biological sciences dept. has recently published a paper which delves into the unusual synchrony of population between predator and prey species throughout large areas. Using single cell creatures, the experiment explores just how connected far-flung populations of animals can be.
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