Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Peter S Taylor, Editor-at-large of Mclean's Magazine says that if we start judging all our historical figures with modern sensibilities we risk losing part of our history altogether.  His piece here: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-case-for-keeping-langevin-block/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should the taxpayer be on the hook for Omar Khadr's payout from the Canadian government? Rob takes calls on the issue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whitney Deane chats with Calgary Immigration lawyer, Raj Sharma, about situations such as Jim Lewis'. How can this happen? What are the next steps for people going through the same thing as Jim Lewis? How long should people keep immigration documents for?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After 69 years of living in Canada and believing he was Canadian, ICBC informed him, while renewing his driver’s license, that he was short a piece of primary ID and they would be unable to give him photo ID. So he decided to apply for a permanent resident card, after all that’s what he was. Casey Lewis, son of Jim Lewis (AKA Benny the Bear,) joins the show to explain the situtation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Conor Wild, neuroscientist at the Brain and Mind Institute, at Western University, joins the show to talk about a massive Western University study into sleep.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recently posted C.D. Howe Institute blog, suggests that Alberta’s barriers on beer act as a tariff, and questions the constitutionality of Alberta’s levy on small breweries. The author of the blog Robert Mysicka, joins the show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is it hard for Canada 150 to compete with Expo 67? Bob Bothwell, professor of history, at the University of Toronto, and author of Your Country My Country: A Unified History of Canada and the United States, joins the show to answer this question and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Akin, Global’s chief political correspondent, talks about Canada Day at Parliament Hill.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Horgan will be B.C.'s new premier. David Moscrop, political scientist, at the Simon Fraser University, joins the show to talk about what comes next.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Gurney from our sister station AM640 in Toronto joins Rob to chat about the optics of praising a Canadian sniper for a record shot while professing to not be in combat overseas, as well as the decision to extend Canada's involvement in the ISIS mission.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob welcomes to the show the President of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Al Kemmere to chat about concerns raised by the move to reduce the amount of legislative seats in rural areas to match the population.  Nathan Cooper, Wildrose MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills also phones in with his thoughts  More here: http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/rural-communities-fear-fewer-seats-will-diminish-voice-in-alberta-legislature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine concluded that the biological limit to a human lifespan in 115 years old. But this year, Canadian researchersd at Mcgill argue that initial research was flawed and that there is no limit to the human lifespan. Bryan Hughes Postdoctoral Fellow at Mcgill University Co-authored this age study in the Hekimi Lab at Mcgill University.  More here: http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/no-detectable-limit-to-human-lifespan/wcm/45192f37-db70-4730-a3a7-1e4169ae703a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samra Zafar is a former teen bride who has escaped an abusive marriage and gone forward to become a speaker, activist, and scholar.  Her website here: http://www.samrazafar.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Adrian Owen Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Imaging and Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario and author of the new book Into The Gray Zone has been involved in some groundbreaking research showing that some patients who haver been written off as in a vegetative state- are very much aware of what is happening.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Illegal dumping is up in and around Calgary- is this related to the restricted dump hours since January? City councillor Shane Keating says yes. Rob also takes calls from many listeners who protest the dumping is getting out of hand.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Through a FOIP the Wildrose Party has discovered which parts of AB highways are the most deadly. Grant Hunter, Wilrose MLA and Shadow Cabinet Minister for Transportation and Technology.  The map is here. Rob takes a few calls as well about where the roads get ugly in our province.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Clark, Leader of the Alberta Party, is pointing to the 800 million dollars more the Sturgeon Refinery is supposed to cost, over budget. And he has some questions about how this affects Alberta's finances.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent studies from American cities have shown that 15$ minimum wage may not be conducive to positive growth. Trevor Tombe Economist, Fellow at The School of Public Policy at the U of Calgary joins Rob to chat about it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Taylor, the drummer of Duran Duran joins Rob on air to preview the Roundup Music Fest two weeks from today.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by Bruce McAdams, Assistant Professor in the School of Hospitality, Food, and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph.  He says that the amount we tup is constantly increasing- and it may be getting out of hand More here: https://news.vice.com/story/north-americas-tipping-culture-is-increasingly-oppressive?utm_source=vicetwitterca   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices