Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Join host, Rob Breakenridge, as he offers his unique perspective on the most talked-about stories of the day every weekday afternoon.

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Media Bailout, RCMP Fires Disabled Officers, Ba...
Media Bailout Guest: Andrew Potter, Author, journalist / Former editor - Ottawa Citizen RCMP Fires Disabled Officers Guest: Jane Gerster, Global News features reporter Bartenders Liable Guest: Ari Goldkind, Lawyer Guy Gavriel Kay International best-selling author, Latest book - A Brightness Long Ago
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Is Vegan Food a Right?, Transit Pay Pilot, Fort...
Is Vegan Food a Right? Guest: Camille Labchuk, Executive Director, Animal Justice Transit Pay Pilot Guest: Aurelio Perri, Global News Fort Calgary Beer Guest: Adriano Di Marino, Commander in Cheif, Elite brewing & Cidery Emergency Preparedness Guest: Jack Rozdilsky, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies, York University
39 min
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The fight over Fort Calgary Beer
Adriano Di Marino with Elite Brewery & Eatery joins Rob to discuss the legal battle his group is facing with the City of Calgary.
12 min
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Hockey Calgary Decision, Steel Tariffs, and Spo...
Hockey Calgary Decision Guest: Danielle Melnuk – Spokesperson Steel Tariffs Guest: Dan Ciuriak, Fellow-in-Residence with the C.D. Howe Institute, Senior Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Director and Principal, Ciuriak Consulting Inc. Spoilers Guest: Andy Prest, North Shore news sports editor and lifestyle columnist
32 min
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Bill C-48 Voted Down, Mobile Phone Competition,...
Bill C-48 Voted Down Guest: Senator Paula Simons Mobile Phone Competition Guest: Laura Sonley, Senior Competition Law Officer Replacing Phoenix Pay System Guest: Marianne Hladun, PSAC Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairie Region
33 min
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Doctors' Rights vs. Patients' Rights, AI in the...
Doctors' Rights vs. Patients' Rights Guest: Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Director, Equality Program - Canadian Civil Liberties Association AI in the Real World Guest: Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath Calgary Plastics Ban Guest: Druh Farrell, Councilor Ward 7
34 min
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Trump's China Tariffs, Amber Alert Complaints, ...
Trump's China Tariffs Guest: Dan Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel - Center for Trade Policy Studies (Cato Institute) Amber Alert Complaints Guest: Karen Chymy, Director of Operations, Canadian Centre for Child Protection Kids in Hot Cars Guest: Amber Rollins, Director - KidsandCars.org Peter MacKay on Mark Norman Case Guest: Peter MacKay, Former Conservative Cabinet Minster
48 min
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Canada Chamber Election Demands, Weinstein Lawy...
Canada Chamber Election Demands Guest: Phil Taylor, Senior Director of Public Affairs - Canadian Chamber of Commerce Weinstein Lawyer/Professor's Job Saved Guest: Robby Soave, Associate Editor at Reason.com Author of "Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump" Kenney Punts Carbon Levy Guest: Andrew Leach, Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business
34 min
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Fake News, Importing Talent, Contraceptives, an...
Canadians and Fake News Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice President, Ipsos Talent Importing to Canada Guest: Irfhan Rawji, CEO MobSquad Contraceptives for Kids Guest: Dr. Giosi Di Meglio, Adolescent health specialist in Montreal and the author of the Canadian Paediatric Society’s position statement on universal access to no-cost contraception for youth in Canada. Canadians are Gas Guzzlers Guest: Blake Shaffer, Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Calgary’s Department of Economics
40 min
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Liberals Dodge Norman Bullet, Charity Security,...
Liberals Dodge Norman Bullet Guest: Matt Gurney, National Post Columnist, Charites Security Funding Issues Guest: Stewart Bell, Investigative Journalist - Global News Should Facebook be Broken Up? Guest: Jennifer Huddleston, Research Fellow, Mercatus Centre, George Mason University
36 min
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Notorious far-right figure on City of Hamilton'...
We spoke with Mack Lamoureux, senior reporter with Vice Canada
12 min
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Mark Norman Case Dropped, NW Passage Dispute, S...
The newly exonerated Vice-Admiral Mark Norman says he was alarmed by the persistent belief among senior government officials that he was guilty, and that their false assumptions took a significant financial and emotional toll on him and on his family.
44 min
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Bill C-69, Blue Ribbon Panel, and Money Laundering
Taken together, the 70 proposed amendments to C-69, obtained by the National Post, would represent a deep and structural reconfiguration of a bill that has been met with scorn by the oil and gas sector
42 min
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Oilsands Rewrite, Free Speech, CF-18 Replacemen...
This month's edition of National Geographic magazine has an article about the Alberta Oilsands, published April 11th.
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Carbon Tax Ruling, Terrorism Wording, and Chall...
Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has ruled in a split decision that a federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional. Guest: Martin Olszynski, Associate Professor at University of Calgary's Faculty of Law Terrorism wording - don't water it down! Guest: Phil Gurski, President & CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Woman challenges mandatory roadside testing Guest: Jennifer Teryn, Attorney representing Norma McLeod
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Bill C-69 Report, Concussions, and Asteroids
Canada West Foundation out with another report into Bill C-69 and the concerns for the energy industry.
42 min
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Turning Taps, New Economy?, and China vs. Canada
Jason Kenney has officially proclaimed the Notley legislation to Turn off the Taps. What does this mean? Is this even legal?
34 min
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Alberta beer company to be bought by Sleeman
Wild Rose Brewery, a cornerstone of Alberta's craft beer business, could soon be snapped up by Sleeman Breweries, the third-largest brewing company in Canada. Both brewers confirmed to CBC. Don Tse - Beer Writer and Consultant joins the show.
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Social media avatars - what they say
If you could make your online avatar as attractive as you wanted, would you? It turns out that for most, some minor tweaks will do, according to a new study. Eleni Stroulia, professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta joins the show.
7 min
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“Save Me the Plums”
This new book promises to be the start of a revolution in the way we think about food. Ruth Reichl – author of “Save Me the Plums”; best-selling author of “Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise”; former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine joins the show.
16 min
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Whittingham resigns
The controversial appointee by the Notley gov’t, Ed Whittingham (AB Energy Advisor) has resigned-saying he cannot support the direction the Kenney governmt is going. Cody Battershill – founder of Canada Action, a pro-oilsands advocacy group joins the show.
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BC Gas prices are too high, and it’s AB’s fault...
BCs premier thinks AB oil companies are gouging BC Drivers & that AB should put in more refineries. Which would be great-if we had a way to get them the gas. Blair King – BC-based Environmental Scientist (with an interest in energy policy) joins the show.
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Not a “beef-liever”
A new column attempts to explain why the fake meat phenom. IS such a phenom. (Rob is not buying in BTW). Sylvain Charlebois - Senior Director, Agrifood Analytics Lab; Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University joins the show.
12 min
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Dosing your way to bliss
Two students have been studying the benefits of micro-dosing LSD and mushrooms; trying to see whether psychedelics could be beneficial to mental health. Thomas Anderson - PhD Student, Cognitive Neuroscience, Dept of Psychology, U of T; Research Director, Center for Psychedelic Studies and Rotem Petranker - Associate Director, Center for Psychedelic Studies, U of T; PhD Student, Clinical Psychology, York University join the show.
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Canada vs. Facebook
Despite being told to clean up their act, Facebook is NOT respecting privacy rules-according to a new report by the BC and federal privacy commissioners. Michael McEvoy – Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. joins the show.
10 min