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Sarah Crosbie has been telling stories in Calgary for years. Now she's connecting with you. Connect with Sarah Crosbie can be heard on QR Calgary weekdays 3-6pm.

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Sarah Crosbie has been telling stories in Calgary for years. Now she's connecting with you. Connect with Sarah Crosbie can be heard on QR Calgary weekdays 3-6pm.

    New building blocks warmth and sunlight from gardener's backyard: "Every time I go outside, I'm heartbroken."

    New building blocks warmth and sunlight from gardener's backyard: "Every time I go outside, I'm heartbroken."

    Bowness "monstrosity" and housing rezoning will drive Sarah Popowich and her family out of Calgary and possibly to Texas. New building blocks warmth and sunlight from gardener's backyard: "Every time I go outside, I'm heartbroken." 
    "Taking from one person the reason they bought their house and the joy of their property to make room for these giant buildings doesn't seem like maybe the complete answer."

    • 7 min
    Sociologist Andrew Chalfoun says they also discovered children and adults use "please" equally

    Sociologist Andrew Chalfoun says they also discovered children and adults use "please" equally

    Is the word "please" going extinct? UCLA researchers discover we say it only THIS much. Sociologist Andrew Chalfoun says they also discovered children and adults use "please" equally. 

    • 9 min
    Professor David Uttal, world's leading scholar on maps, space and place from Northwestern University, says it's both

    Professor David Uttal, world's leading scholar on maps, space and place from Northwestern University, says it's both

    Do you always get lost? Investigating whether we're born with a sense of direction - or it's a skill we can learn. Professor David Uttal, world's leading scholar on maps, space and place from Northwestern University, says it's both.

    • 10 min
    "If we don't leverage immigration in the right way, we will have a looming crisis with the services we expect and need."

    "If we don't leverage immigration in the right way, we will have a looming crisis with the services we expect and need."

    Immigration minister Marc Miller on welcoming immigrants into Canada during a housing crisis: "If we don't leverage immigration in the right way, we will have a looming crisis with the services we expect and need."

    • 10 min
    Runner and writer for Canadian Running Magazine Katrianna DeSante on how we're using cemeteries for personal recreation

    Runner and writer for Canadian Running Magazine Katrianna DeSante on how we're using cemeteries for personal recreation

    Is running in a cemetery disrespectful? Runner and writer for Canadian Running Magazine Katrianna DeSante on how we're using cemeteries for personal recreation

    • 5 min
    "We are allowed to come in with ideas. What's really important as council is that we listen to all the arguments"

    "We are allowed to come in with ideas. What's really important as council is that we listen to all the arguments"

    Why Calgary city councillor Kourtney Penner voted "YES" to citywide housing rezoning. "We are allowed to come in with ideas. What's really important as council is that we listen to all the arguments." 

    • 8 min

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