The Palgary Almanac

We speak with the author of a new Parkland Institute report on the drug toxicity crisis and its impact on frontline health workers.PALGARY ALMANAC #210Playlist: Jessica Moss - Washing MachineWhitney K - HeavenThe Antlers - CarnageNina Nastasia - Old GoatLucrecia Dalt - divinaIn The Well - IngotAysanabee - The Way We're BornLoud in the Pines - WeedsJolie Laide - Honey Don'tElyot - Sour Milk and Sleepy GirlSuper Pyramid - LonerwaveGreat Lake Swimmers - A DIstant StarTOPS - AnnihlationGeese - CobraPatrick Watson - House on FireJohn Maus - Pick It UpNation Of Language - In Another LifeSargeant x Comrade - Not Afraid

Co-founder of Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE) shares about their "Clean up your mess" campaign and grassroots organizing against the Alberta Government's plans to dump the oil and gas industry's environmental clean up liabilities on taxpayers and expand coal mining in Alberta.PALGARY ALMANAC #210Playlist: Jessica Moss - Washing MachineWhitney K - HeavenThe Antlers - CarnageNina Nastasia - Old GoatLucrecia Dalt - divinaIn The Well - IngotAysanabee - The Way We're BornLoud in the Pines - WeedsJolie Laide - Honey Don'tElyot - Sour Milk and Sleepy GirlSuper Pyramid - LonerwaveGreat Lake Swimmers - A DIstant StarTOPS - AnnihlationGeese - CobraPatrick Watson - House on FireJohn Maus - Pick It UpNation Of Language - In Another LifeSargeant x Comrade - Not Afraid

We speak with the author of the personnel perspective on the Canada/US border drama: Crossing the Line: The Alberta-US border in the Trump era.PALGARY ALMANAC #210Playlist: Jessica Moss - Washing MachineWhitney K - HeavenThe Antlers - CarnageNina Nastasia - Old GoatLucrecia Dalt - divinaIn The Well - IngotAysanabee - The Way We're BornLoud in the Pines - WeedsJolie Laide - Honey Don'tElyot - Sour Milk and Sleepy GirlSuper Pyramid - LonerwaveGreat Lake Swimmers - A DIstant StarTOPS - AnnihlationGeese - CobraPatrick Watson - House on FireJohn Maus - Pick It UpNation Of Language - In Another LifeSargeant x Comrade - Not Afraid

Preview of the November issue of Alberta Views magazine with editor Evan Osenton.PALGARY ALMANAC #210Playlist: Jessica Moss - Washing MachineWhitney K - HeavenThe Antlers - CarnageNina Nastasia - Old GoatLucrecia Dalt - divinaIn The Well - IngotAysanabee - The Way We're BornLoud in the Pines - WeedsJolie Laide - Honey Don'tElyot - Sour Milk and Sleepy GirlSuper Pyramid - LonerwaveGreat Lake Swimmers - A DIstant StarTOPS - AnnihlationGeese - CobraPatrick Watson - House on FireJohn Maus - Pick It UpNation Of Language - In Another LifeSargeant x Comrade - Not Afraid

Environmental reporter Bob Weber on the Alberta Government's controversial proposals to transfer oil and gas industry environmental clean up liabilities to taxpayers.PALGARY ALMANAC #210Playlist: Jessica Moss - Washing MachineWhitney K - HeavenThe Antlers - CarnageNina Nastasia - Old GoatLucrecia Dalt - divinaIn The Well - IngotAysanabee - The Way We're BornLoud in the Pines - WeedsJolie Laide - Honey Don'tElyot - Sour Milk and Sleepy GirlSuper Pyramid - LonerwaveGreat Lake Swimmers - A DIstant StarTOPS - AnnihlationGeese - CobraPatrick Watson - House on FireJohn Maus - Pick It UpNation Of Language - In Another LifeSargeant x Comrade - Not Afraid

PALGARY ALMANAC #210Playlist: Jessica Moss - Washing MachineWhitney K - HeavenThe Antlers - CarnageNina Nastasia - Old GoatLucrecia Dalt - divinaIn The Well - IngotAysanabee - The Way We're BornLoud in the Pines - WeedsJolie Laide - Honey Don'tElyot - Sour Milk and Sleepy GirlSuper Pyramid - LonerwaveGreat Lake Swimmers - A DIstant StarTOPS - AnnihlationGeese - CobraPatrick Watson - House on FireJohn Maus - Pick It UpNation Of Language - In Another LifeSargeant x Comrade - Not Afraid

NICHE ALMANAC #3

A look at "hostile architecture" in Calgary and EdmontonPALGARY ALMANAC #209Playlist: Joanne Robertson - Always WereAfternoon Bike Ride - OtherworldRBB Music - new dayBuildings & Food - Stargazingleon todd johnson - wa (instrumental)Folk Bitch Trio - Cathode RayAda Lea - there is only one thing on my mindCumulus - StereoDorio - Stereo WorldSarah Houston - Whispers of SunlightMac DeMarco - ShiningBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Ringing OceanGeese - 100 HorsesCate Le Bon - Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?Viagra Boys - Pyramid of HealthDestroyer - Bologna (feat. Fiver)Jeff Tweedy - Out in the DarkLucrecia Dalt - no death no dangerMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingMadeline Kenney - All I NeedM83 - Atlas ImperialJohn Maus - I Hate AntichristThe Golden Age of Wrestling - baptized in lavaVox Rea - ElectricFoxwarren - Listen2mePeel Dream Magazine - Venus in NadirCid Rim - Aurora ProspectsNation Of Language - Inept ApolloBrainwasher - Burning Cars

PALGARY ALMANAC #209Playlist: Joanne Robertson - Always WereAfternoon Bike Ride - OtherworldRBB Music - new dayBuildings & Food - Stargazingleon todd johnson - wa (instrumental)Folk Bitch Trio - Cathode RayAda Lea - there is only one thing on my mindCumulus - StereoDorio - Stereo WorldSarah Houston - Whispers of SunlightMac DeMarco - ShiningBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Ringing OceanGeese - 100 HorsesCate Le Bon - Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?Viagra Boys - Pyramid of HealthDestroyer - Bologna (feat. Fiver)Jeff Tweedy - Out in the DarkLucrecia Dalt - no death no dangerMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingMadeline Kenney - All I NeedM83 - Atlas ImperialJohn Maus - I Hate AntichristThe Golden Age of Wrestling - baptized in lavaVox Rea - ElectricFoxwarren - Listen2mePeel Dream Magazine - Venus in NadirCid Rim - Aurora ProspectsNation Of Language - Inept ApolloBrainwasher - Burning Cars

A look at the Alberta Government's imposition of municipal political parties on Calgary and Edmonton with Alberta Views editor Evan OsentonPALGARY ALMANAC #209Playlist: Joanne Robertson - Always WereAfternoon Bike Ride - OtherworldRBB Music - new dayBuildings & Food - Stargazingleon todd johnson - wa (instrumental)Folk Bitch Trio - Cathode RayAda Lea - there is only one thing on my mindCumulus - StereoDorio - Stereo WorldSarah Houston - Whispers of SunlightMac DeMarco - ShiningBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Ringing OceanGeese - 100 HorsesCate Le Bon - Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?Viagra Boys - Pyramid of HealthDestroyer - Bologna (feat. Fiver)Jeff Tweedy - Out in the DarkLucrecia Dalt - no death no dangerMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingMadeline Kenney - All I NeedM83 - Atlas ImperialJohn Maus - I Hate AntichristThe Golden Age of Wrestling - baptized in lavaVox Rea - ElectricFoxwarren - Listen2mePeel Dream Magazine - Venus in NadirCid Rim - Aurora ProspectsNation Of Language - Inept ApolloBrainwasher - Burning Cars

Preview of the upcoming major Jana Sterbak retrospective show at the Esker Foundation with Esker Director/Curator Naomi PotterPALGARY ALMANAC #208Playlist: Sarah Houston - SecretsBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Ringing OceanC.R. Gillespie - IdioglossiaAndrew Staniland - The Laws of NatureApacalda - HindsightJamie Lidell - How do I LandHangman Pencil Co. - sweatshirt from biwayGeorgia Harmer - Can We Be StillFolk Bitch Trio - God's A Different SwordMaiya Blaney - LeftNiloo - Evil EyeViagra Boys - Pyramid of HealthBad Luck Pearl - UriahRBB Music - Garden StrollMadeline Kenney - SemitonesThe Golden Age of Wrestling - stanley park raversleon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)Dorio - 7th MoonWestern Bloc - I'm Only WaitingM83 - Artificial InfinityFoxwarren - DeadheadMelody Doctrine - Soyonaram, Aurora!John Maus - Pick It UpBC Camplight - Two Legged Dog (feat. Abigail Morris)Nation Of Language - In Your HeadPatrick Watson & Charlotte Cardin - Gordon in the WindowsCid Rim - Fire (Can You See It)

Discussion with renowned Canadian Director Alan Zweig on his new documentary film LOVE, HAROLD seeks understanding from more than 20 individuals grieving losses of family and friends to suicidePALGARY ALMANAC #208Playlist: Sarah Houston - SecretsBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Ringing OceanC.R. Gillespie - IdioglossiaAndrew Staniland - The Laws of NatureApacalda - HindsightJamie Lidell - How do I LandHangman Pencil Co. - sweatshirt from biwayGeorgia Harmer - Can We Be StillFolk Bitch Trio - God's A Different SwordMaiya Blaney - LeftNiloo - Evil EyeViagra Boys - Pyramid of HealthBad Luck Pearl - UriahRBB Music - Garden StrollMadeline Kenney - SemitonesThe Golden Age of Wrestling - stanley park raversleon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)Dorio - 7th MoonWestern Bloc - I'm Only WaitingM83 - Artificial InfinityFoxwarren - DeadheadMelody Doctrine - Soyonaram, Aurora!John Maus - Pick It UpBC Camplight - Two Legged Dog (feat. Abigail Morris)Nation Of Language - In Your HeadPatrick Watson & Charlotte Cardin - Gordon in the WindowsCid Rim - Fire (Can You See It)

PALGARY ALMANAC #208Playlist: Sarah Houston - SecretsBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - Ringing OceanC.R. Gillespie - IdioglossiaAndrew Staniland - The Laws of NatureApacalda - HindsightJamie Lidell - How do I LandHangman Pencil Co. - sweatshirt from biwayGeorgia Harmer - Can We Be StillFolk Bitch Trio - God's A Different SwordMaiya Blaney - LeftNiloo - Evil EyeViagra Boys - Pyramid of HealthBad Luck Pearl - UriahRBB Music - Garden StrollMadeline Kenney - SemitonesThe Golden Age of Wrestling - stanley park raversleon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)Dorio - 7th MoonWestern Bloc - I'm Only WaitingM83 - Artificial InfinityFoxwarren - DeadheadMelody Doctrine - Soyonaram, Aurora!John Maus - Pick It UpBC Camplight - Two Legged Dog (feat. Abigail Morris)Nation Of Language - In Your HeadPatrick Watson & Charlotte Cardin - Gordon in the WindowsCid Rim - Fire (Can You See It)

Conservation Policy Analyst for CPAWS Northern Alberta Wesley Bell discusses the controversial decision by the Alberta Energy Regulator's CEO to cancel public hearings on proposed the Mine 14 coal project near Grand Cache ABPALGARY ALMANAC #207Playlist: leon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)M83 - Artificial InfinityJamie Lidell - The CentreJessica Moss - untile all are freeAndrew Staniland - Dancer Portraits: Dance No. 2Apacalda - DarknessVox Rea - Oh MamaDorio - Make My WorldBluerock Junction - Junction BluesWestern Bloc - A Man Left BehindBC Camplight - The TentNation Of Language - Under the WaterHangman Pencil Co. - the kids from the powerlinesFoxwarren - WingsMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingJohn Maus - Came & GotCID RIM - Yes

Alberta Views Editor Evan Osenton previews the September issue of Alberta Views magazine (and Jen Gerson's next kitchen reno)PALGARY ALMANAC #207Playlist: leon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)M83 - Artificial InfinityJamie Lidell - The CentreJessica Moss - untile all are freeAndrew Staniland - Dancer Portraits: Dance No. 2Apacalda - DarknessVox Rea - Oh MamaDorio - Make My WorldBluerock Junction - Junction BluesWestern Bloc - A Man Left BehindBC Camplight - The TentNation Of Language - Under the WaterHangman Pencil Co. - the kids from the powerlinesFoxwarren - WingsMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingJohn Maus - Came & GotCID RIM - Yes

Investigative reporter Virgil Grandfield on the UCP's deadly decision to ban photo radar and normalize speeding on most Alberta streetsPALGARY ALMANAC #207Playlist: leon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)M83 - Artificial InfinityJamie Lidell - The CentreJessica Moss - untile all are freeAndrew Staniland - Dancer Portraits: Dance No. 2Apacalda - DarknessVox Rea - Oh MamaDorio - Make My WorldBluerock Junction - Junction BluesWestern Bloc - A Man Left BehindBC Camplight - The TentNation Of Language - Under the WaterHangman Pencil Co. - the kids from the powerlinesFoxwarren - WingsMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingJohn Maus - Came & GotCID RIM - Yes

The City of Calgary is closing the Old Y in the Beltline, which has been a community resource for dozens of groups for over a century. Chantal Gagnon with the Arusha Centre shares the latest newsPALGARY ALMANAC #207Playlist: leon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)M83 - Artificial InfinityJamie Lidell - The CentreJessica Moss - untile all are freeAndrew Staniland - Dancer Portraits: Dance No. 2Apacalda - DarknessVox Rea - Oh MamaDorio - Make My WorldBluerock Junction - Junction BluesWestern Bloc - A Man Left BehindBC Camplight - The TentNation Of Language - Under the WaterHangman Pencil Co. - the kids from the powerlinesFoxwarren - WingsMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingJohn Maus - Came & GotCID RIM - Yes

PALGARY ALMANAC #207Playlist: leon todd johnson - jaku (instrumental)M83 - Artificial InfinityJamie Lidell - The CentreJessica Moss - untile all are freeAndrew Staniland - Dancer Portraits: Dance No. 2Apacalda - DarknessVox Rea - Oh MamaDorio - Make My WorldBluerock Junction - Junction BluesWestern Bloc - A Man Left BehindBC Camplight - The TentNation Of Language - Under the WaterHangman Pencil Co. - the kids from the powerlinesFoxwarren - WingsMelody Doctrine - World's CrashingJohn Maus - Came & GotCID RIM - Yes

Playlist: Martin Denny - Incense & PeppermintsHugo Montenegro - Mac Arthur Park Allegro SuiteBadge Époque Ensemble - Milk Spilt On An EternityFloyd Cramer - Good VibrationsNina Simone - SinnermanAladean Kheroufi - Why Do You Call For Rain?Cymande - The MessageEddie Chacon - Holy HellShuggie Otis - Inspiration InformationNed Doheny - Get It Up For LoveDengue Fever - Girl From The NorthRoss Sereysothea - Wait Ten MonthsLos Dug Dugs - Lost In My WorldNeil Merryweather - Step In The Right DirectionMatt Berry - There Are MonstersJay Arner - Don't Remind MeGloria - Sabbat MattersSharp Pins - When You Know You KnowPrism Shores - UnravelThe 6ths - Winter In JulyExtra Happy Ghost!!! - These Are The Facts In An Endless RegressPearly Moon - I've Been Waiting For The DAyMeats Puppets - Maiden's MilkMary Ocher - SympathizeKate Bush - CloudbustingGeneva Jacuzzi - Do I SadDeux - Game & PerformanceJane Inc. - Human BeingAustra - Beat & PulseSimple Minds - ChangelingNaked Roommate - BusGrim Streaker - Mindclipping - Mirrorshades Pt 2MC2 - Blow Me AwayAlternative TV - Cold Rain

PALGARY ALMANAC #205Playlist: Denison Witmer - Slow Motion SnowMaria Somerville - ProjectionsGhost Cartridge - Remembering the CosmosDan Mangan - It Might Be RainingLucy Dacus - Best GuessJenny Hval - Lay DownCuneiform Tabs - AlyoshaBeirut - Forest EncyclopediaSam Lynch - Doing My BestKaitlyn Aurelia Smith - UrgesK.V. RAUCOUS & the Cave Dwellers - Monster in Your MindUnderground Wires - The Luau Beat (Sinister Party Atmosphere)Frog Eyes - I See the Same Thingswihtikow - 9Model/Actriz - AudienceKathryn Joseph - DEER.Tennis - At the WeddingMatt McBane - AddiitionThe Dirty Sample - StayAnika - Into the FirePerfume Genius - Hanging Outcaroline - Total euphoriaJonah Yano - The Language of CoincidenceSamia - CarouselSaffron Robes - Won't Be LongMen I Trust - Ring Of Past (2025)Ada Lea - baby blue frigidaire mini fridgeJoni Void - Story Board (feat. Pink Navel)Stella - CaravanNicolas Jaar - Aqui