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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.

High-level trade talks between Canada and U.S. resume as united front among provinces unravels

14 mins; October 17, 2025

Carney reveals details of bail reform and crime crackdown plans, promises to hire more police

10 mins; October 17, 2025

Bail Reform, Trade Talks, Election Day

46 mins; October 17, 2025

Cross Talk 10-17-2025

40 mins; October 17, 2025

Ukraine Russia, Jasper, Pre-Clearance

72 hours 18 mins; October 16, 2025

Marmot Basin Gears up for it’s 2025/26 season

5 mins; October 16, 2025

Tourism Jasper - A recap of Summer 2025, and what's in store for the winter season.

8 mins; October 16, 2025

Scammers targeting Alberta parent portal during teachers’ strike

11 mins; October 16, 2025

Is the end looming for Canada’s border pre-clearance program with the United States?

12 mins; October 16, 2025

Canada's plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine appears to be on the scrap heap

10 mins; October 16, 2025

Bargaining, Rental Prices, Housing

58 mins; October 15, 2025

Canada announces opening of 91 rental homes in Edmonton.

6 mins; October 15, 2025

'Capital Conversations' with Melissa Caouette and Colin Aitchison

19 mins; October 15, 2025

Alberta Teachers' Association to return to bargaining table

10 mins; October 15, 2025

Rental prices falling in Calgary and across Canada

7 mins; October 15, 2025

Pipeline Push, Nuclear Reactors, Israel & Gaza

57 mins; October 14, 2025

Canada eyes putting nuclear reactors on the moon

7 mins; October 14, 2025

Students push to get fellow young voters involved in election

10 mins; October 14, 2025

Alberta’s pipeline push is supported by a Majority of Canadians

9 mins; October 14, 2025

Teachers Strike, Israel and Gaza, Modular Housing

67 hours 41 mins; October 10, 2025

Crosstalk - October 10th, 2025

43 mins; October 10, 2025

Canada is new to large-scale modular housing

8 mins; October 10, 2025

Cautious hope in Israel and Gaza as two sides agree to first phase of ceasefire plan

9 mins; October 10, 2025

Private Schools, Housing, AI literacy

55 mins; October 09, 2025

Joel Blit is a professor of economics at the University of Waterloo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and co-founder of the Canadian AI Adoption Initiative

9 mins; October 09, 2025

Kalen Anderson is the CEO of BILD Edmonton Metro and Brian Hahn is the CEO of the BILD Calgary region

9 mins; October 09, 2025

John Jagersma is the executive director of the Association of Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta

9 mins; October 09, 2025

Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes

11 mins; October 09, 2025

Eugene Lang is an assistant professor in the school of policy studies at Queen's University

8 mins; October 09, 2025

Julia Kelly is VP of Small Business Banking at TD

6 mins; October 09, 2025

Childcare , Trump meeting, Teachers strikes

56 mins; October 08, 2025

Dr. Keith Cozine is an Associate Professor of Homeland Security at St. John’s University in Queens, New York

7 mins; October 08, 2025

Keltie Marshall, co-founder of Hold My Hand Alberta, a group that advocates for children with disabilities and their families

8 mins; October 08, 2025

Tracy Warren is the director of education with Child Safe Canada

8 mins; October 08, 2025

Childcare, Alberta Next, Municipal Election

52 mins; October 07, 2025

Sarah Hamilton, outgoing city councillor for Ward Sipiwiyiniwak in Edmonton

11 mins; October 07, 2025

Krystal Churcher, chair of the Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs

10 mins; October 07, 2025

Jake Fuss is director of fiscal studies at the Fraser Institute

7 mins; October 07, 2025

Steven McLelan is vice president of Western Canada at Enterprise Canada. He previously served as the director of research for the UCP government caucus

9 mins; October 07, 2025

Teachers Strike, Downtowns, Costco

66 hours 44 mins; October 06, 2025

Bruce Winder is a retail analyst and author

5 mins; October 06, 2025

Dr. Hans Herchen is president of the Alberta Dental Association

4 mins; October 06, 2025

Puneeta McBryan is the executive director of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association and Mark Garner is the executive director of the Calgary Downtown Association

16 mins; October 06, 2025

Dan Jones, retired EPS member (spent time with the gang’s unit and homicide team), chair of justice studies, NorQuest College

20 mins; October 06, 2025

Cross Talk 10-03-25

40 mins; October 03, 2025

Municipal Elections, Oil Pipelines, Life of a Show Girl

65 hours 47 mins; October 03, 2025

Municipal Election: City hall reporter roundtable

18 mins; October 03, 2025

Alberta gets oil pipeline politics bouncing again

10 mins; October 03, 2025

What happens if Canada and the U.S. can't come to an agreement on CUSMA?

8 mins; October 03, 2025

Guest Host Angela Kokott: Municipal Parties, Premier Smith, Teachers Strike

66 hours 4 mins; October 02, 2025

Alberta Teachers Strike, Infill Housing, Major Projects

66 hours 52 mins; October 01, 2025

Melissa Caouette, principal at MC Consulting and Founder of Pocket Lobbyist & Colin Aitchison, director, Western Canada with Enterprise Canada and formerly a staff member with the Kenney and Smith governments

17 mins; October 01, 2025

Richard White has written about art, architecture and urban culture for more than 20 years

10 mins; October 01, 2025

Les Cross, President of Pacific Western Transportation, Student Line

5 mins; October 01, 2025

Charles St. Arnaud is chief economist with Alberta Central

5 mins; October 01, 2025

Teachers Strike, ATA, Alberta Next

57 mins; September 30, 2025

Dan Jones, retired EPS member (spent time with the gang’s unit and homicide team), chair of justice studies, NorQuest College

39 mins; September 30, 2025

Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

14 mins; September 30, 2025

Canada Post, Alberta Teachers, Strikes

64 hours 33 mins; September 29, 2025

Dr. Brendan Boyd, assistant professor in the faculty of arts and science in the Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science McEwan University

9 mins; September 29, 2025

Bradlee Whidden is a senior policy analyst for Western Canada for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)

7 mins; September 29, 2025

Ken Glazebrook, president, Alberta School Councils' Association

7 mins; September 29, 2025

Transit Safety, Teachers Strike, First Time Home Buyers

76 hours 58 mins; September 26, 2025

Cross Talk (09-26-25)

40 mins; September 26, 2025

More first-time homebuyers entering housing market but delay purchases as prices dwindle

10 mins; September 26, 2025

What to do if the looming Alberta teacher strike actually happens

11 mins; September 26, 2025

Transit safety is a ballot box issue for many Calgarians. Here's how mayoral candidates want to tackle it

9 mins; September 26, 2025

Teachers Strike, Major Projects, Mental Health

55 mins; September 25, 2025

Provinces unite to seek federal funds for mental health and addiction

10 mins; September 25, 2025

Trust, not speed—If Ottawa wants major projects built, it must let Indigenous leaders and industry set the terms

11 mins; September 25, 2025

Alberta's legal pathway to greater power within Canada

12 mins; September 25, 2025

One Vote, Buyback, ATA

69 hours 16 mins; September 24, 2025

Truth & Reconciliation - How Food and Community is Weaving Reconciliation into a Public Experience

6 mins; September 24, 2025

Canadian Chamber of Commerce calls for ‘meticulous’ temporary worker review

10 mins; September 24, 2025

Ottawa urged to ban semi-automatic SKS rifles as assault-style firearm buyback ramps up

12 mins; September 24, 2025

With only 1 vote on council, what power will Edmonton's next mayor actually have?

9 mins; September 24, 2025

Trump says Ukraine can win back all land from Russia, shifting war stance

10 mins; September 24, 2025

How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real

12 mins; September 23, 2025

ER Wait Times, Jimmy Kimmel, Wine Wars

64 hours 31 mins; September 23, 2025

The Wine Wars Are Back – and Alberta’s Playing Dirty

11 mins; September 23, 2025

More young offenders in Alberta could skip court — if they own up and make things right

10 mins; September 23, 2025

Nearly 200,000 Albertans left emergency rooms before completing treatment in 2024

8 mins; September 23, 2025

CFL Announcement, Civic Election, Crime and Safety

67 hours 59 mins; September 22, 2025

Mark Carney's move to limit notwithstanding clause threatens national unity

10 mins; September 22, 2025

The Social Fray - Understanding Crime and Social Disorder in Alberta

20 mins; September 22, 2025

Carney in Mexico, Housing, Firearms

56 mins; September 19, 2025

Mike Smyth, Shaye Ganam, Lauren McNabb and Alex Pierson

40 mins; September 19, 2025

Matt Karpiak, artistic director

6 mins; September 19, 2025

Tasha Kheiriddin is a writer, commentator, speaker and strategic advisor

10 mins; September 19, 2025

Carlo Dade, director of international policy at the school of public policy, University of Calgary

11 mins; September 19, 2025

Wes Winkel is the president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association

8 mins; September 19, 2025

Cancel Culture, Free Speech, F-35

71 hours 18 mins; September 18, 2025

Rebecca Bligh is the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities

10 mins; September 18, 2025

Christopher Worswick is a professor of economics at Carleton University and external fellow of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London

8 mins; September 18, 2025

Peter Jones is a professor in the graduate school of public and international affairs at the University of Ottawa

10 mins; September 18, 2025

Alasdair Roberts is a professor of public policy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He is the author of Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the 21st Century, which is a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing

9 mins; September 18, 2025

Rate Cut, Alberta Sovereignty, Smarter Funding

68 hours 52 mins; September 17, 2025

Dennis MacNeil is president of the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta

12 mins; September 17, 2025

20 mins; September 17, 2025

Drew Anderson, prairies reporter, The Narwhal

11 mins; September 17, 2025

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