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Focuses on homeless people in Alberta as of June 14, 1999. Task force recommendation that the government should build 2,500 social housing units for the homeless; Opposition to this plan from Reform MP Peter Goldring, who suggests relaxed zoning regulations could solve the problem; Question of the accuracy of the statistics regarding the number of homeless people.

Reports on the use of cameras that automatically photograph and record red-light violators by the Edmonton Police Service (EPS). How the system works; Results of testing; The announcement of the purchase of another nineteen cameras to rotate through another 60 intersections; Debates on the use of video surveillance as invasion of privacy.

Reports on the passage of Canada's Bill C-78 which extends survivor benefits to homosexual partners of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, Canadian Armed Forces members and unionized federal employees. Opposition to the vote in the House of Commons; Comments by the political parties; Seizure of surplus pension funds to finance extension of these benefits; Efforts of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to pass the bill.

Comments on the high costs of the gun registry in Canada. Report by Reform MP Garry Breitkreuz; Provincial agencies that register weapons not cooperating with the national registry; Estimated implementation cost of the registry; The low number of guns registered by the Canadian Firearms Centre (CFC); How the CFC has benefitted local law enforcement including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Deficits in law enforcement budgets.

Reports on the investigation of Edmonton Police Service Chief John Lindsay by a team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, appointed by Alberta Justice Minister Jon Havelock. Allegations of leaking intelligence to outlaw bikers, tipping off criminals, and covering up links between senior police officials and underworld figures; Complaints of veteran officers, Ron Robertson and Ken Montgomery.

Presents the results of an Angus Reid survey released on May 18, 1999 in light of the Alberta election. Suggested impact of United Alternative (UA) on the voters; Preference to the Reform and the Progressive Conservatives; Comments by Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day; Endorsement by Liberal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Stephane Dion of the UA; Rejection of UA by Reformers.

Reports on elections for public office that are either underway or imminent in Canada. How deficit elimination tops the political agenda in these races; Tax cut issues in Saskatchewan; Fiscal issues in Manitoba's elections.

Discusses how the issue of Canada's failure to maintain productivity growth has split the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chretien and has led him to publicly repudiate a call for lower taxes. How growth in productivity statistics are used by economists; A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development that criticized Canada's stagnant productivity; The schism in the cabinet that has resulted.

Reveals that Jim Dinning, Alberta's treasurer from 1993 to 1997, will become chairman of the Calgary Regional Health Authority (CRHA) on April 13, 1999. His approach to cost-cutting; The deficit that the CRHA faces; Reaction from CRHA board members to the appointment of Dinning.

Focuses on reports by social agencies in Calgary and Edmonton concerning the number of children who are threatened by hunger in Alberta's two major cities. How income level statistics were used in the study; The view of Brian Bechtel, executive director of the Edmonton Social Planning Council, on the so-called public health crisis.

Discusses the reputation of the Edmonton, Alberta police department. Allegations by two veteran detectives that organized crime is associated with the department; Details of Ken Montgomery and Ron Robertson's complaints; Response of Police Chief John Lindsay; Unrelated investigation of Montgomery.

Discusses Canada's disease-screening rules for immigrants. How Dr. Maria Hugi contracted tuberculosis, which is an airborne disease, in Vancouver, British Columbia; Rules for immigrants selected abroad and those who claim refugee status after arriving in Canada; Black market in the sale of healthy chest X-rays; Comment of Dr. Neil Heywood, the Immigration Department's director of health policy.

Focuses on legislation that would allow Alberta's health minister to regulate private medicine in the province. Opposition to Bill 37 by politicians and lobby groups; Concern about universal access to health care.

Reports that a dissident group, Grassroots United Against Reform's Demise (GUARD) is organizing to stop the United Alternative (UA) from overpowering the Reform party in Canada. The plan to transform Reform into a part of the National UA coalition; The launch of a website by GUARD; Commitment to a Triple-E Senate; Comment of GUARD organizer, Bruce Stubbs.

Focuses on Georges Laraque of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team in Alberta. His longtime, unspoken dream of playing for the Oilers; Why he decided to play hockey; Comments by Marty McSorley, a veteran defenceman with the Oilers, on Laraque.

Reports on two First Nations Accountability Coalition women informing Parliament that most of Canada's 600 reserves are not prepared for self-government. Leona Freed, member of the Dakota Plains First Nation in Manitoba; Rita Galloway who started the coalition in 1989 to investigate the financial affairs of the Pelican Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan; Ombudsman proposal; Claims of mismanagement challenged by Phil Fontaine, grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

States that Roman Catholic and Anglican residential schools closed on the Blood and Peigan reserves in Canada are being sued by survivors. Allegations of emotional and physical abuse at St. Mary's, St. Paul's, Sacred Heart, and St. Cyprian's schools; Suggestion that the government had an assimilation conspiracy designed to erase the Blackfoot culture; Number of lawsuits across Canada that allege abuse at residential schools.

States that Chris Price will become the new warden of Edmonton Institution in Alberta in February 1999. The labor unrest at the maximum security prison; How the guard, represented by the Union of Solicitor General Employees, are seeking a pay increase; Price's reputation and background.

Looks at political issues in Alberta. The possible privatization of the Alberta Treasury Branches (ATB); The Auditor-General (AG) Peter Valentine's verdict on the ATB loan scandal in refinancing the West Edmonton Mall; The AG report mentioning Conservative Premier Ralph Klein; View of Liberal finance critic Howard Sapers on government survey of public attitudes.

Probes allegations that documents exist authorizing the Canadian National Archives to buy former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's letters, memos and notes for $1.3 million. Frenzied hunt for the alleged documents; Denial from government officials of an agreement to buy the Mulroney papers; Report by Arthur Drache, publisher of `Canadian Taxpayer'; His comments on the story.

Reports that Grant Bristow, the Canada Security Intelligence Service mole who eavesdropped on the white supremacist Heritage Front, had installed a black ironwork fence around his house. Avoidance of media; Resumption of quiet, middle-class life; Obsession with security and privacy.