Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

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 second chance andwas found innocent. He made it to his daughter’s high schoolgraduation with 1 hour to spare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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-for-facing-up-to-unruly-kid-finds-support-in-former-students Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Professor at the University of Lethbridge is urging open debate on the holocaust and believes that the Sep. 11 attacks were perpetrated by Israel and not Al Qaeda.  B'nai Brith Canada is asking the U to investigate the Prof based on some of the things he has said.  Joining Rob from B'nai Brith Canada is Amanda Hohmann, their National Director of Advocacy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An uptick in rural crime has some farmers arming themselves for protection.  Joe O'Connor from the National post has been following this story and joins Rob on air to chat, you can read his story here: http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/fear-in-farm-country-saskatchewan-farmers-take-up-arms-after-masked-men-enter-land Also joining Rob on air, Lee Smith, one of the creators of the Farmers With Firearms facebook group.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Councillor Diane Colley Urquhart joins Rob to chat about her perspective of why FOIP requests need to be looked at. Rob also asks her about a poll that showed dismal approval for Calgary police.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary Council is drafting new rules that could see all FOIP requests end in a data dump online. Michael Platt with the Calgary Sun has written about it and joins Rob on air to chat, you can read his column here: http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/09/27/city-councils-policy-of-open-information-serves-to-muzzle-media?token=d7c8a9c441af8996a6646e6f90f4befc   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angry citizens of Airdrie have created a facebook group to bring awareness to a project Airdrie council has been working on without prior public consultation.  Rob invited Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown on today to chat about the situation.  You can listen to Bruce Kenyon's interview with Marnie Marr, representative from the facebook group here:   https://omny.fm/shows/the-morning-news-with-bruce-kenyon/airdrie-is-screwed   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob welcomes to the show Gretta Vosper, atheist minister, ordained by the United Church.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Lunau, Canadian Editor of Motherboard - VICE Media's digital vertical dedicated to science, technology and future culture, joins Rob to chat about Elon Musk's big announcement regarding Mars today as well as Nasa's announcement this week about Europa, Jupiter's moon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Councillor Druh Farrell joins Rob on air to chat about some questions they have about the composition of the Calgary Olympics exploration committee. You can read Rob's blog on it here:  http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/breakenridge-study-into-olympic-bid-must-be-rigorous Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob welcomes to the show Byron Nelson who has thrown his name in the running for PC Leadership.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by Political Scientist Bob Murray to chat about the first presidential debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices