alberta@noon from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Diane Jones Konihowski talks about the latest events from The Games in London, Edmonton Food Columnist columnist Mary Bailey has the goods on where to find great sandwiches, and veterinarian Drew van Niekerk takes calls about pets.

There is controversy over cheating in badminton at the games in London, ranchers are losing cattle to wolves in northern Alberta, former Premier Ed Stelmach's family home is being moved to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton, and getting your kids outdoors.

Cardston faces major hail damage after a storm Thursday night, we take a look at Alberta athletes at the Games in London, and Donna Balzer talks about growing fruit in Alberta.

Guest host Holly Preston talks to Medical ethicist, Margaret Somerville, about the right to die, a member of parliament proposes we change our views about the sale of horse meat, and CapitalEx is coming back next summer with a new name, Edmonton's Historian Laureate takes a look at exhibitions past.

Today's podcast: Political scientist Duane Bratt joins us to take your calls on the Northern Gateway pipeline spat between British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

Fort Whoop-up national historic site in Lethbridge has been hit by flooding, Calgarian Bill Borger swam the English Channel, climbed Mount Everest and just last week he and a friend became the first team up a new route on Canada's Mount Thor, and solutions to all your household problems with Reena Nerbas, home economist and author.

Nexen is being sold to CNOOC, China National Offshore Oil Company, we talk about that and other developments in the energy sector with energy business expert, Mike Percy, and a Grande Prairie couple's dream of a Hindu temple for their community is coming true.

The temporary foreign worker program has been expanded to meet a huge demand from employers for skilled trades people, the Mayor of Edmonton, Stephen Mandel, talks about attracting more families to live downtown, gardening expert Jim Hole takes listeners gardening questions.

Tracy Thiessen, Parks Canada's executive director, talks about visiting our National Parks in the summer, Richard Wagamese reacts to the re-election of Shawn Atleo as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and Kevin Callan, the Happy Camper, brings us the latest fads in the world of camping, some of them worth trying, and others worth forgetting.

A drought south of the border means higher feed prices for Alberta producers, ten Albertans from Lethbridge make a trek to small communities in Mexico with a delivery intended to save lives, and JoAnn McCaig, owner of Shelf Life Books in Calgary, talks to listeners about summer reading.

Calgary city council votes to ban shark fin soup, Albertan Katherine Friedly is training to compete in the longest, toughest horse race in the world, the Mongol Derby, and wildflower expert, author and photographer, Neil Jennings takes calls from listeners.

Smoky conditions continue throughout the northern half of Alberta as wildfires rage on. Most of us used to play on playground equipment when we were young, we talk about the merits of continuing to play as we age. The Grammar Gals answer questions about English grammar.

A crash last night at the Calgary Stampede has left 3 horses dead. Shane Carter is president of the Alberta Professional Chuckwagon and Chariot Association. Float Fest in Edmonton will see hundreds of floats and a big waterfight on the North Saskatchewan River Sunday. Mary Beth Laviolette has a new book about wild flowers. Jim Hole offers up gardening advice.

A severe thunderstorm in Edmonton overnight flooded homes and roads. CBC reporter Andrea Huncar has the latest. Calgary's municipal emergency plan has now been de-activated. The plan was put into effect yesterday afternoon, following an electrical explosion at the Shaw building in downtown Calgary. The explosion caused a major telecommunications failure. The CBC's Bal Brach has an update.Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair says the Northern Gateway pipeline should not be built. Joseph Doucet, Interim Dean at the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta, responds. Calgary's first historian laureate Harry Sanders talks about Stampede stories and memories with callers.

Wildfires are burning out of control in Mackenzie County in northwest Alberta, and hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes. John Klassen is Director of Operations for the county, and Janet Hackett is one of the evacuees staying at a hotel in High Level. Health Canada is studying the effect of wind turbines on the health of people who live near wind energy farms in Canada. Tim Weis, the Director of Renewable Energy Policy at the Pembina Institute, takes calls from listeners. Don Campbell, President of the Real Estate Investment Network and author of "Real Estate Investing in Canada" answers questions from listeners about mortgage rules and housing markets.