Shaye Ganam

A place to talk. To come together. To be heard. Shaye Ganam is taking the conversation province-wide on 880 CHED in Edmonton and QR Calgary - 770 AM, creating a collective town square to rehash the old and imagine the new for every part of this province. Tune in Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon to join the conversation. Follow Shaye Ganam on Twitter to keep up with your host wherever he goes.

News
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Lawyers advise Canadians working in U.S. to avo...
Jonathan Grode, a managing partner at immigration law firm Green and Spiegel
9 min
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It’s time for Canada to get building
Paul de Jong is president and CEO of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, which specializes in construction sector public policy advocacy
9 min
103
Thanks to Elon Musk, EV virtue signaling is dis...
David Berman, investment reporter, The Globe and Mail
5 min
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Security Clearance, Healthcare, Trade War
Poilievre and his security clearance are back in the spotlight after leadership meddling accusations. Are the two front-running parties putting healthcare on the back burner? And with 23andMe filing for bankruptcy. IS your genetic data safe?
65 min
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21 min
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23andMe bankruptcy: Is your genetic DNA data safe?
Katie Hammond is an associate professor of law at Toronto Metropolitan University. She focuses on medical technology-related issues like genetic testing
5 min
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Will healthcare get much attention this electio...
Dr. Ivy Bourgeault is a professor in the school of sociological and anthropological studies at the University of Ottawa and leads the Canadian Health Workforce Network
7 min
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Foreign interference and security clearance tak...
Phil Gurski, president and CEO, Borealis Threat and Risk Consultants and former strategic analyst with CSIS
7 min
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Tax Cuts, War Plan , Housing
The Liberals and Conservatives are both promising big tax cuts if elected. Will the Housing Crisis play a roll in the election? And a U.S. war plan was exposed in a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist.
81 min
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but...
Martin Connors, Professor of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics, Athabasca University
6 min
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Will the housing issue get much attention this ...
Dr. Carolyn Whitzman, senior researcher at the University of Toronto School of Cities and author of the recently published book Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis
7 min
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U.S. war plan exposed in group chat that mistak...
Ret. Major-General Denis Thompson, fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute
7 min
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Liberals and Conservatives promising big tax cu...
Sahir Khan, executive vice-president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at University of Ottawa
8 min
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2025 Election, Tariffs, Polling
Mark Carney has called the 45th Federal Election. How will the election effect us is Alberta? According to a new Abacus Data Poll, the Conservatives lead the Liberals by 3 as the NDP sinks further. And Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faces backlash for asking America to pause tariffs until after election.
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The Social Fray - Understanding Crime and Socia...
Dan Jones, retired EPS member (spent time with the gang’s unit and homicide team), chair of justice studies, NorQuest College
18 min
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It’s the first official day of campaigning
Eddie Sheppard, Vice President, insights at Abacus Data
6 min
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The federal election is a two-horse race
Ian Skipworth, consultant with Summa Strategies
11 min
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How will the federal election impact us here in...
Dr. Lisa Young, professor of political science, University of Calgary
8 min
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Guest Host Courtney Theriault: Election, World ...
Federal Election Call is expected on Sunday; is there anything the Liberals can do to get Albertans to trust them? Canada drops to 18th in the 2025 Happiness Report. Courtney goes through the many conflicts happening around the world, and at home. first-of-its-kind association for dietitians in Alberta. And a preliminary report has been released into Delta air crash at Toronto airport.
60 min
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Guest Host Courtney Theriault: Preliminary repo...
Duncan Dee in an aviation consultant and former COO of Air Canada.
11 min
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Guest Host Courtney Theriault: A first-of-its-k...
Mandy Megan Conyers-Smith is a fellow dietitian and Chair of the RDAA's Communications and Public Relations Committee.
12 min
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Guest Host Courtney Theriault: The many conflic...
Christian Leuprecht is co-editor of Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada, professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
13 min
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Guest Host Courtney Theriault: Canada plummets...
Felix Cheung is a Canada Research Chair in population well-being and assistant professor in the department of psychology at the University of Toronto.
9 min
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Federal Election, Auto Insurance, More Tariffs
Mark Carney is expected to call a Federal Election on Sunday. We have less then two weeks until the US slaps more tariffs on Canada. Ceasefire chats show no initial signs of bringing peace to Ukraine. Getting Alberta's auto insurance right means no lawsuits, rate cap.
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Getting Alberta’s auto insurance right means no...
Aaron Sutherland, vice president, Pacific and Western, Insurance Bureau of Canada
8 min