Category Archives: Staff Blogs

Edmonton Riverhawks: Raven Morning Show Winners
On the Raven Morning Show this week I gave away tickets to the Edmonton Riverhawks Home Opener, June 3 - and it turns out both of our winners are celebrating something extra special next week! Jaylene...
Hannah Hemphill May 30, 2025

Calgary Folk Music Festival to feature 120 unique artists in 4 days
CJWE, Alberta's Best Country is a proud sponsor of the Calgary Folk Music Festival. For a magical long weekend, the 46th Calgary Folk Music Festival, powered by ATB, hosts original, ground breaking ic...
Digital Editor May 29, 2025

Rick Derringer, 77, Who Sang 'Hang On Sloopy' and 'Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,' Dies
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded "Hang On Sloopy," had a hit with "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and earned a Grammy Award for producing "Wei...
Digital Editor May 27, 2025 FILE - Guitarist Rick Derringer performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York on July 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Lynyrd Skynyrd releases first-ever 'Free Bird' video
The first-ever official music video for "Free Bird" the iconic song from the legendary Florida rock band and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Lynyrd Skynyrd was released on May 23rd. "Free Bird" w...
Digital Editor May 23, 2025

Beaumont Music Festival returns for its 18th year
The Beaumont Music Festival is Canada's Longest Running 100 per cent all-Canadian Music Festival! Founded in 2008 by a passionate group of volunteers with a simple vision, to create a music festival c...
Darrell Stranger May 21, 2025

Moose Hide Campaign Day in Fort Saskatchewan
The Moose Hide Campaign began as a BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children. It has since grown into a nationwide movement of Ind...
Darrell Stranger May 14, 2025

Artificial Intelligence and the Power of Creative Thinking with David Usher (of Moist)
Who knew that David Usher of Moist is involved with AI? Hannah found this out by using ChatGPT to do some reasearch for her morning show and this very cool event with the University of Alberta is happ...
Hannah Hemphill May 12, 2025

How AI is being featured in Edmonton
Hannah (for Tech Tuesday) chatted with Stephanie Enders from AMII (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) located in downtown Edmonton as they are hosting a global conference called Upperbound May 20...
Hannah Hemphill May 12, 2025

Communication Professionals being Celebrated in Edmonton 2025
Hannah spoke with Kara Paul from the 2025 IABC Capital Awards - honouring communication professionals in Edmonton and surrounding areas. They spoke about how to break through the noise, the use of AI ...
Hannah Hemphill May 12, 2025

Women in Leadership in Uncommon Industries
Hannah was able to catch up with Jennifer Herrick of the Acheson Business Association about their event happening May 14: Women in Leadership to find out what's happening and how we can support women ...
Hannah Hemphill May 12, 2025