Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Pollster Janet Brown shares the results of a poll commissioned by the Global Petroleum Show to show what part was leading at the time, and what concerns were at the top of Albertans' minds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freedom Conservative Party leader Derek Fildebrandt joins Rob in studio to discuss why he and his party won't be on Thursday's leader's debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One week after the Calgary Inferno won the Champion's Cup, & 12 years after the league started up, the Canadian Women's Hockey League announced they are folding effective May 1. Lisa MacGregor, of Global Calgary sports joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lil Nas X's single "Old Town Road" has been climbing the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart lately. However, it has now been removed from the list because Billboard said the song, "does not embrace enough elements of today's country music to chart in its current version." Angela Stefano, Editor-in-chief of TheBoot.com joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Canadian infectious disease epidemiologist, Steffanie Strathdee turned to a very old, and experimental treatment option after her husband, Thomas Patterson, contracted a superbug while they were travelling in Egypt in 2015. She looked into something called “Phage Therapy” (using an infection to fight an infection). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The JWR tape between her and Wernick is proof that she is telling the truth. So now what?? Andrew Coyne, national columnist for Postmedia joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city of Calgary has launched an application process for people who would like to have livestock emotional support animals (LESA). Calgarians will be allowed to keep a LESA on their property if they meet the requirements. Aalika Kohli, Business and Policy Analyst for Calgary Community Standards joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission has released a new report, 10 Myths about Carbon Pricing in Canada. Bev Dahlby, Commissioner of the Ecofiscal Commission and Distinguished Fellow and Research Director in the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with the four members of our “Citizen’s Panel” about the election and issues that matter to them. This same panel will join Rob every Thursday until the election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Beryl Wajsman - publisher of The Metropolitain, editor-in-chief of The Suburban Newspaper Group, and founder & president of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Nash, president of the Alberta Motor Transport Association, joins Rob to discuss the state of the industry after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and the criminal lawsuits against the driver and trucking company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple announced Monday they are launching a new streaming service that will compete with the likes of Netflix etc. Is another streaming option good or bad for Canada? Daniel Bernhard, executive director of Friends of Broadcasting joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta Teachers Association president Greg Jeffrey joins Rob to discuss the issues the Association has with class sizes, standardized testing, GSAs and charter schools for the next Alberta government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sue Tomney, CEO of YWCA Calgary, joins Rob to discuss the issues that affect women that could be determined in the provincial election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Alberta judge in Edmonton decided today Khadr’s 8-year sentence, imposed in 2010, has expired. The former Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan in 2002 has completed his sentence and is now as free as any other Canadian citizen. Scott Newark, Adjunct Professor in the TRSS Program in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University; Former Alberta Crown Prosecutor; Former Vice Chair of the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime; Former Security Policy Advisor to the governments of Ontario and Canada joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump is clean as a whistle…or is he? We dive into the dirt of the Mueller Report with Ken White, Contributing Writer at the The Atlantic; Attorney - Brown, White & Osborn LLP in Los Angeles; and Former federal prosecutor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark von Schellwitz, VP Western Canada with Restaurants Canada, joins Rob to discuss some of the concerns the restaurant industry has in Alberta, after a recent study showed one-third of restaurateurs have considered closing their doors due to the current labour legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Canadian comedian and actor Shaun Majumder, who is appearing this weekend at the Laugh Shop https://www.laughshopcalgary.com/events/list/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with singer-songwriter Corey Hart about his remarkable career, his induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and the "Milestones: Corey Hart" exhibition at the National Music Centre in Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob's thoughts on the bombshell interview Jane Philpott gave to Maclean's magazine where the former cabinet minister suggests that there's much more on the SNC Lavalin affair that Canadians need to learn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices