Synopsis
Join Rob Breakenridge weekday afternoons from 12:30pm - 3:00pm.
Episodes
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AFL responds to province's Bill 32
10/07/2020 Duration: 15minWe spoke with Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bill 204 and possible changes to plasma donation in Alberta
09/07/2020 Duration: 13minWe spoke with Tany Yao, the UCP MLA for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Keystone XL pipeline runs into yet another roadblock
08/07/2020 Duration: 15minWe spoke with Dennis McConaghy, ex-TransCanada Executive VP, commentator on current energy and carbon issues, author - "Breakdown: The Pipeline Debate and the Threat to Canada's Future" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How worried should we be about "airborne" transmission of the novel coronavirus?
08/07/2020 Duration: 13minWe spoke with infectious disease specialist Dr. John Conly - Medical director of the W21C Research and Innovation Centre at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Get Cronk: The revival of a popular drink from over a century ago
07/07/2020 Duration: 10minWe spoke with Paul Fairie, senior research associate and instructor at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Vaccine update; Calgary to Banff train?; Comedian Trent McClellan
02/07/2020 Duration: 36minToday's guests: Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, Assistant Professor / Canada Research Chair - Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba Karen Sorenson, Mayor of Banff Trent McClellan, Comedian - appearing Thur-Fri-Sat at The Laugh Shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is this the end for Hong Kong's autonomy?
30/06/2020 Duration: 14minWe spoke with Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at Freedom House - www.freedomhouse.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Boosting Alberta's economy; keeping COVID-19 in check; preventing nursing home deaths
29/06/2020 Duration: 35minToday's guests: Trevor Tombe, associate professor of economics - University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy Dr. Craig Jenne, Infectious disease researcher / Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases - University of Calgary Dr. Nathan Stall, geriatrician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and a research fellow at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Serological testing; paid plasma; calls to release Meng Wanzhou; Alberta's Bill 29
25/06/2020 Duration: 45minToday's guests: Dr. Timothy Evans, Associate Dean and Director of McGill’s School of Population and Global Health in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Barzin Bahardoust, CEO - Canadian Plasma Resources Hugh Segal, Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policy - School of Policy Studies, Queen's University / former Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee / former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Mulroney Joe Ceci, NDP MLA/ Opposition Critic for Municipal Affairs / former finance minister / former Calgary city councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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U.S. visa restrictions; constitutional challenge against Bill 1; more evidence of masks' benefits
23/06/2020 Duration: 34minToday's guests: Robert Falconer, research associate - School of Public Policy (University of Calgary), focusing on immigration and refugee policy Guy Smith, president - Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) Christopher Leffler, associate professor of ophthamology - Of Virginia Commonwealth University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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New revelations about the NS gunman
22/06/2020 Duration: 13minWe spoke with author and investigative journalist Paul Palango Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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China's escalation; hockey hazing lawsuit; pro sports & virus transmission
19/06/2020 Duration: 45minToday's guests: - Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Affairs - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University - Ken Campbell, Senior Writer at the Hockey News - Brad Humphreys, sports economist / Professor of Economics, West Virginia University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Trudeau's UN Security Council failure; police reform; Alberta's push for a "fair deal"
18/06/2020 Duration: 39minToday's guests: - Matthew Fisher, International affairs columnist and foreign correspondent - Dr. Irwin Cohen, Associate Professor / Director, Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research - University of the Fraser Valley - Derek Robinson, spokesperson with the Buffalo Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada needs to allow compensation for plasma donors
15/06/2020 Duration: 18minWe spoke with Peter Jaworski, Associate Teaching Professor in Strategy, Ethics, Economics and Public Policy at Georgetown University / Author of new study: "Bloody Well Pay Them: The Case for Voluntary Remunerated Plasma Collections" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why Canada needs a functioning Parliament
15/06/2020 Duration: 15minWe spoke with Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University and senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Avenue Innovation Event: How innovation can drive Alberta's economy
10/06/2020 Duration: 39minToday's guests: Mary Moran, President and CEO of Calgary Economic development Terry Rock, President and CEO of Platform Calgary Jim Gibson, Co-founder and Partner - Thin Air Labs Alice Reimer, Site Lead - Creative Destruction Lab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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COVID-19: testing concerns, confusion over asymptomatic spread
10/06/2020 Duration: 15minWe spoke with Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Clinician Investigator at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Alberta's new impaired driving penalties; analyzing the latest jobless numbers; "rehabilitating" the economy
05/06/2020 Duration: 34minToday's guests: Greg Dunn, criminal defence laywer - Dunn & Associates Trevor Tombe, associate professor of economics - University of Calgary / research fellow - School of Public Policy Jennifer Robson, associate professor of political management - Carleton University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sweden's COVID gamble
05/06/2020 Duration: 18minWe spoke with Matt Gurney, columnist and editor with the National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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HCQ - new questions & evidence; COVID risk assessment; protecting journalists covering protests; Alberta's new vaping regulations
03/06/2020 Duration: 39minToday's guests: Derek Lowe, Medical chemist / drug discovery researcher - covers drug & vaccine development at the "In the Pipeline" blog at sciencemag.org Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics, HEC Montréal Roy Gutterman, journalism professor and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech at New York’s Syracuse University Dr. Chris Lalonde, Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria / Academic advisor to Rights4Vapers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices