Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

A high school in Sturgeon has added gender neutral bathrooms, but the students say they feel uncomfortable with the change and wish for it to be reversed.  With Global News' Sarah Kraus. More on this story here:  https://globalnews.ca/news/3867936/after-gender-neutral-conversion-sturgeon-students-ask-for-more-gender-specific-bathrooms/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Bank of Canada report says 51% of all transactions are still in cash but that seems to be changing quickly. Why are Canadians reticent to give up their paper cash and what does this say about the future of transactions? With Dr. Norman Shaw, Associate Professor Ted Rogers School of Retail Management at Ryerson University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the weekend we have learned that the City has downplayed critical analysis of what hosting the Olympics could mean for Calgary.  Rob has had enough. Joining him is expert of the economics of professional sports and Professor at Concordia University Moshe Lander.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The leader of Alberta's Liberal Party David Khan will run against UCP Leader Jason Kenney in the upcoming Calgary-Lougheed byelection.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colin Craig with the CTF filed an FOI request for information pertaining to plans or discussion of repairing or renovating the Saddledome. This is what came back.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CFL is looking for space in Halifax and the NHL might be looking at Houston. National Post Sports Columnist Scott Stinson.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Breakenridge speaks with Ward 1 Councillor Ward Sutherland on what Calgary needs to do to improve its short-term rental situation to account for Airbnb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent study claims that 90 per cent of classes in Alberta are way over the provincial standard of 17 students per class. The Alberta Teachers' Association says they need over 3,000 more educators in order to even out class sizes to give students a better learning experience. But how much do class sizes affect a child’s learning process? Michael Swaagstra, a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre joins Rob Breakenridge to comment on what's really the best way for kids to learn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dana Larsen's charges in Calgary for handing out pot seeds have been stayed by a judge.His lawyer is Kirk Tousaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine having your brain operated on without having to wait for an incision to heal afterwards. This is now a possibility at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Our guest is Max Findlay, Clinical Professor and Neurosurgeon working with this technology.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Film maker Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi doesn't have the easiest name to pronounce or spell, and it made him curious about how that affected him growing up. His film, Name, premieres at the Calgary Underground Film Festival this weekend. More info here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another iconic Calgarian store is facing closure, Chuckles, famous for costumes and gags. Owner Dave Fletcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Third's family is thrilled that after almost 60 days their missing dog Vader was found two provinces away. This is a crazy story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you still feel safe in Calgary? Doug King, Professor of Justice Studies at Mount Royal University says that Calgary is still a safe city.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Canada has so much oil how come our gas costs so much? With Postmedia's Tristin Hopper.  His piece here: http://calgaryherald.com/news/canada/if-canada-has-so-much-oil-why-is-our-gasoline-so-expensive/wcm/8b156020-555c-456d-84ef-46d5d760ccdc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta is pilot projecting a clinic that would administer heroin to addicts. Dr Scott MacDonald M.D. runs Providence Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver that already does.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Producer Andrea Montgomery dislikes hearing big announcements on her facebook feed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sean Parker, a founder of Facebook, has admitted that the networking site was designed to be addictive. How has the addictive nature of social media affected children growing up under their influence? Jean Twenge joins Rob to share her thoughts, she is the  author of iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warren Jeffs' daughter Rachel Jeffs has written a book about her experience with FLDS and the abuse she suffered by her father's hand.  It is called Breaking Free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natasha Tusikov, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Criminology Department at York University says that in the wake of election interference accusations and the rise of fake news attention needs to be paid to how social media controls the flow of information.  Her book is Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices