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Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

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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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CHQR / Curiouscast

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News

Podcast website

www.newstalk770.com

Latest episode

Nov 19, 2024

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Episodes

Election Issues: Flouride in the water supply 26.09.2017

Family Dentist Dr. June Dabbagh is standing alongside pediatricians, dentists, orthodontists, and parents who are calling for Calgarians to vote for pro-flouridation candidates this election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should you lie about smoking pot at the border? 26.09.2017

With Rosanna Berardi, Immigration Lawyer and founder of Berardi Immigration Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edibles are coming- when will they be properly regulated? 26.09.2017

With Sylvain Charlebois, the Dean of The Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, also a Professor in Food Management.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marijuana poll results- Canadians might try it when it's legal 26.09.2017

IPSOS President and CEO of Ipsos Darrell Bricker.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark's call- Freedom of Expression, time and a place? 25.09.2017

Caller Mark called in to share his opinion of athletes of kneeling during the national anthem.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Issues: Council infighting 25.09.2017

Outgoing Councillor for Ward 3 Jim Stevenson joins Rob to chat about how well council has "gotten along" and how much it's efficacy has been affected by the relationships between councillors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump vs the NFL 25.09.2017

National Post reporter Scott Stinson discusses the ramifications of President Trump's suggestion that athletes who kneel for the anthem should be fired.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CPC Finance Critic Pierre Poilievre 25.09.2017

The Federal Finance CCritic PIerre Poilievre is in town to speak out against the Liberal Tax Changes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blood Transfusions vs religious freedom 22.09.2017

A 14 year old girl in Quebec has been court ordered to receive blood transfusions as part of cancer treatment- against her wishes. Joining Rob to chat about this issue is Juliet Guichon, Assistant professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No rewards for prescriptions 22.09.2017

With Greg Eberhart, the Alberta College of Pharmacists Registrar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

oh I know Katie... mhmm 22.09.2017

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Instagram woes 22.09.2017

Producer Andrea has encountered an account on Instagram using one of her photos as a profile picture- but has been unable to get Instagram's attention to report it. How would that make you feel if someone on the other side of the world used your photos? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Issues: Homelessness 22.09.2017

Calgary's homeless population has actually decreased according to a study from the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. With Ron Kneebone, director of economic & social policy at the School of Public Policy, and professor of economics at the University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Issues: Secondary Suites 21.09.2017

Do houses with secondary suites turn over faster on the market? Do Calgarians care if they are illegal? With the Owner of Maxwell South Star Realty in Calgary Tracy Carson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to town 21.09.2017

Globetrotter Handles Franklin joins Rob in studio, you can catch them in action on September 28.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maximum Canada- there should be more of us 21.09.2017

Author of Maximum Canada- why 35 million of us are not enough Doug Saunders joins Rob in studio.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tangled arena web grows as the Flames release what they were proposing.... 21.09.2017

With Kent Wilson who writes about the Calgary Flames for The Athletic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Issues: downtown vacancies 20.09.2017

How can municipal governance influence the increasingly vacant downtown core? With Geoffrey Morgan Energy Reporter, Financial Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pay to pump. Should Alberta require gasoline pre purchases always? 20.09.2017

With Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump's comments play right into North Korean propaganda 20.09.2017

North Korea has always told their people that the United States is out to get them and is on the verge of war with them. Well, now the President of the United States seems to be saying it too. With Marcus Noland of the Peterson Institute for International Economics who co-authors the blog “North Korea: Witness to Transformation”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do the Roughriders have an advantage with the new Mosaic Stadium 19.09.2017

Mark Stephen, play-by-play broadcaster with the Calgary Stampeders, explains why the Stamps are already trailing the Saskatchewan Roughriders when it comes to their stadium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cancer faker given 2-year suspended sentence 18.09.2017

35-year old Calgarian Jennifer Halford pleaded guilty last year on seven counts of fraud. She claimed to have aggresive breast cancer and said she and her family lost everything in the For MacMurray wildfire. Rob gets an update from Global Calgary reporter Tracy Nagai on what happened in court.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the benefits to professional sports facilities? 18.09.2017

Calgary next has now made itself a big topic going into the civic election. What kinds of benefits would a new arena bring to the city? Professor of Sports Managment at the University of Alberta, Dan Mason shares his thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election kick-off 18.09.2017

Rick Bell chats with Rob about what to expect with the municipal election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ranchers angered over grass fire 15.09.2017

Grass fire caused by an unexploded artillery shell has left a community furious. Farmers want answers from Canadian Armed Forces. They have been battling with CFB Suffield for a while now and the damage from the fire may be the last straw. Rob talks to Laurel Schlaht who lost 2 sections of their native grasslands about what happens now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

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