Impact of Social Media Addiction, Price Tag of Alberta's Bid for the Commonwealth Games, and "Crime Beat's" Nancy Hixt

How concerned should parents be about the amount of time kids are spending on online and what are the potential health consequences of social media addiction? We explore new research on the topic from the University of Montreal with PhD Candidate at the School of Psychoeducation at UofM, Kianoush Harandian. Calgary and Edmonton have joined forces to explore a bid to bring the Commonwealth Games to Alberta. Is this a worthwhile investment for the province and what would be the cost to Albertans? We posed those questions to sports economist and Economics Professor at Concordia University, Moshe Lander. This is not the first time Calgarians have been concerned about gun violence. Today on the show we chatted with Global’s senior crime reporter and host of the Crime Beat podcast and tv show, Nancy Hixt. Nancy told us about the latest 2-part episode of Crime Beat season 5 just released, featuring the gang war and senseless violence that terrified the city back in 2009.