Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Troy Media sydicated columnist and Washington Times contributor Michael Taube joins Rob to chat about the second presidential debate,  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin Morrett woke up last week to find Calgary Parking had ticketed every car in his cul de sac for angle parking- something everyone had been doing for years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News reporter Jill Croteau joins Rob to tell us about vandalism on an Islamic Centre in Queensland SE Calgary today.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ontario Provincial Police have been criticised by a judge for plasing the rights of protestors above average citizens. Postmedia reporter Christie Blatchford joins Rob to chat about it. You can read her newest article on the Caledonia protest here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some kerfuffle in parliament regarding the government's slow progress on bringing home the 4 Canadian Azer children kidnapped by their father to Iran. Middle East Expert Andrew Apostolou joins Rob.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined in Studio today by Ariel Toombs, the daughter of Rowdy Roddy Piper to chat about his life and career, and the biography she has just finished co-authoring about him.  You can check out the book here:  https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/product/9780345816221-item.html?mkwid=sZqQV5rz0_dc&pcrid=79790336342&pkw=&pmt=&s_campaign=goo-Shopping_Books&gclid=CjwKEAjwj92_BRDQ-NuC98SZkWY...

Lawyer Nathan Whitling has brought a case to the Alberta court of appeal that says the current impaired driving laws were passed to save money and not lives and are making criminals out of every day citizens.  He joins Rob to chat about.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Economist and associate professor at the University of Alberta Andrew Leach joins Rob to chat his vies on the Carbon tax, you can read his piece in the Globe and Mail here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com//opinion/the-challenges-ahead-for-liberals-carbon-plan/article32266670/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a study identifying what factors lead to success for First nations.  Joined by Dr Tom Flanagan Chair of the Aboriginal Futures program at Frontier and Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today the RCMP officially apologized to women for bulllying and harrassment of female officers. Joining Rob to chat about it, Angela Workman Stark, retired chief superintendent of the RCMP, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business at Athabasca.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some controversial bus ads in Edmonton highlighting honour killings will not be allowed by courts, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom calls this a ruling against freedom of speech.  With JCCF President John Carpay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maclean's writer Adrian Lee joins Rob to chat about Google's foray into hardware and how google wants to be more involved in people's lives.  You can read his column here: http://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/why-googles-new-pixel-phone-is-a-trojan-horse/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pat Heffernan, the father of Anthony Heffernan who was shot by CPS resulting in his death in 2015, phoned in to the Breakenridge show today to share his thoughts and concerns on the charges now levied against CPS officers.  You can read the most recent Newstalk 770 story on the case here: http://www.newstalk770.com/2016/10/05/3-officers-charged-following-violent-arrest-in-july/ Learn more about yo...

More smart toys are on the list for this Christmas, are they a dangerous threat to imagination and privacy? Aviva Rutkin Reporter at New Scientist joins Rob to chat about it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author of Secret Life Kevin Donovan joins Rob to chat about the investigation and case. https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Jian-Ghomeshi-Investigation/dp/0864929641   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queen's University just wrapped up a summit calling for nicotine use to be reduced to only 5% by 2035. Joining Rob to chat about it is  Chris Simpson, Chief of Cardiology at Queen's.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

40 or so anti islam posters were posted at the U of C this morning- joining Rob to brief us is Reid Fiest, Global National.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob welcomes Ewa Demianowicz, campaign manager of Humane Society International/Canada to the show to chat about Montreal's breed selective legislation and what difference such laws have made in Canadian municipalities in the past Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle Rempel, MP for Calgary Nose Hill connects with Rob to chat about federal carbon pricing and the jobs situation in Alberta.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making sense of the plan unveiled todat by PM Trudeau, Trevor Tombe- Assistant Prof of economics joins Rob on air.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob welcomes two guests from innocence Canada, Win Wahrer director of Client Services and Ron Dalton, exoneree. Ron was a bank manager whose wife, in 1988, choked to death. The local hospital pathologist had no forensic experience andruled her death a homicide. Ron was arrested the next day andcharged with murder. His daughter was just 6 years old. After12 years fighting for his freedom, he got a...

Rob is joined by Vincent Larouche, Investigative Journalist from Montreal's La Presse. You can read his article here: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/29/canadian-suspect-in-terror-probe-took-selfie-with-justin-trudeau.html     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by Derek From of the Canadian Constitution Foundation to chat about regulations that may be coming from the feds regarding vaping.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could being married affect your ability to fight cancer and other ailments? Rob is joined by Andrea Mrozek – Cardus Family Program Director Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ronald Robichaud, teacher at Bishop Grandin High School is facing a fine after threatening to knock a student out on video.  Our producer Andrea Montgomery is a former student of his, she joins Rob on air to shed light on what kind of teacher he is. Rob then takes calls from listeners on the matter.  You can read Michael Platt's column on it here: http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/09/28/teacher-fined...