Lucas Banack

CAM Mornings - Lucas Banack
Weekdays 6am - 10pm
Email: lucas@981camfm.com
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  WELCOME ONE AND ALL!

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CAM Mornings will give you a chance to win with Smartest Person On The Planet.  You can win DINNER AT THE RUSTY SPUR BAR & GRILL.  For May, we are giving you a chance to win a night in the jacuzzi suite at the Best Western Hotel at the Camrose Resort Casino.  You can only get in on the Grand Prize draw by becoming the Smartest Person On The Planet one day this month.  Good luck.

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Australian traffic authorities have come up with a new way to prevent truckers from crashing into overpasses with their over-sized loads...Water stop signs.  A sensor indicates if a truck is too big to get through the over pass which kicks in a "sprinkler" system that displays a giant sign informing the trucker to STOP!  Check it out here.

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Mila Kunis is now offically the coolest woman on the planet.  She was out promoting Oz The Great & Powerful when she ran into a very nervous reporter.  What happened next was pure gold.  Click here to check it out.

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Photobombing is a trend that seems like it won't stop with people constantly posting pictures on Twitter & Facebook.  Even former U.S. president Bill Clinton got in on the action while Kelly Clarkson was preforming at Barack Obama's inauguration the other night.  Check it out.

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 As a child I was a fan of both Lego & The A-Team so this is pretty much a dream come true.  A Lego developer has come up with a remote controlled Lego A-Team van.  Sadly it's one of a kind but I know if it was mass marketed I'd be first in line to buy it.

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A waiter at a resturaunt in Houston took a stand against discrimination the other day when a couple eating there began insulting a special needs child eating at the table beside them.  The waiter booted the offenders out of the resturaunt!  I for one applaud this young man.  There is no room for this kind of treatment of a child or an adult.  You can read the full story here.

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Jodie Foster had one of the more memorable speeches from the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.  There are a lot of opinions on the speech and the fact that NBC censored some of it.  I want to know what you thought of it.  If you missed it, click here to listen to the whole thi 

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I had the chance to chat with Glen Power of The Script as they are out promoting thier new album 3.  Click here for the interview.

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Dan Macpherson and myself went head to head on the obstacle course while the Grey Cup Train was in Camrose.  I won, Dan wanted a flag thrown on the play.  We need to go to video replay to know for sure.  Click here to see the evidence.  Should I have been disqualified?

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Carly Rae Jepsen is being sued by a singer named Aza.  Aza is accusing Carly of stealing "Call Me Maybe."  Click here to hear some of both songs and let me know what you think.  Does Aza have a case?

Wet-Nosed Wednesday - Adoptable pet of the week, click here.

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As someone who rode the bus to school everyday, I am an advocate for Bus saftey because there are more of these drivers out there then you think.  Click here to see what I'm talking about.

To quote Helen Lovejoy, won't someone think of the children.

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Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne are engaged!  The 2 hit it off while working on a song for Avril's upcoming album and are now set to tie the knot.  The song they were working on was called "If Everyone Was A Complicated Rockstar."  Click here to hear it, I think it's going to be a hit.

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 A new magazine called TWELV wanted to lauch by doing something bold so they designed a dress made up of 50,000 Gummie Bears.  The dress weighs in at 220lbs, took over 200 hours to make and has over $1500 worth of Gummie Bears on it.  The good news is if you're hungry you won't have to go far for a snack.

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Are you over-worked?  According to new research Canadian's work on average 1702 hours a year, slightly below the world average.  Click here to find out how you stack up against the average Canuck and the world.

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Sometimes chatting on the phone isn't enough.  Sometimes you want to give the person on the other end of the line a big old hug.  Now you can...sort of.  The Hugvie, a pint sized, human looking teddy bear that you can now attach your cell phone to and hug.  It even reacts to the tone of the person on the phone.  Click here to see the Hugvie.  Is this right up there with the Snuggie?  Would you buy one?