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  • Food safety fail: The hidden risks in Alberta restaurants

    Food safety fail: The hidden risks in Alberta restaurants
    Nov 4 2025
    Do you really know how safe your restaurant meal is? MacEwan University Associate Professor Steve Lillebuen joins Dave Breakenridge to uncover what an investigation found in Edmonton kitchens and what needs to change in food safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 min
  • What we know about the alleged ‘deputy’ in the cocaine ring led by a former Vice editor

    What we know about the alleged ‘deputy’ in the cocaine ring led by a former Vice editor
    Oct 29 2025
    A Vice Canada scandal resurfaces — new details about a former staffer accused of helping run an international cocaine ring. Adrian Humphreys joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the “deputy” at the centre of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 min
  • Canada's fentanyl crisis now claiming the lives of babies and toddlers

    Canada's fentanyl crisis now claiming the lives of babies and toddlers
    Oct 7 2025
    Opioid poisonings have killed tens of thousands across Canada, the vast majority of them adults. But, in a heartbreaking group of cases, babies and toddlers have fallen victim to fentanyl or its more toxic cousin carfentanil. Sharon Kirkey joins the show to discuss how many young children have died from opioid overdoses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 min
  • Under watch: Iran’s reach into Canada

    Under watch: Iran’s reach into Canada
    Oct 2 2025
    The Iranian government is viewed by Canada and others as a human rights violator and sponsor of terrorism. Many in Canada’s Iranian diaspora oppose the regime, but some fear spying and intimidation. Reporter Tom Blackwell joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss these concerns and the federal government's response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min
  • The rise of involuntary addiction treatment in B.C.

    The rise of involuntary addiction treatment in B.C.
    Sep 30 2025
    Canada’s drug crisis has some policy makers looking away from measures such as harm reduction and toward expansion of treatment beds. And along with that has come discussion of measures to compel addicts into treatment. Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culbert joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss how involuntary treatment works, the legal questions around the practice, and the stories of some patients who have been forced into treatment. Background reading: Does involuntary care work? Three B.C. residents share their personal stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 min
  • Can Carney deliver? Liberals' ambitious fall session begins

    Can Carney deliver? Liberals' ambitious fall session begins
    Sep 19 2025
    MPs returned to Ottawa this week for what’s expected to be a busy legislative session, as Mark Carney’s Liberals look to make headway on its lofty agenda. But with big ideas can come issues around execution, politics, and how to pay for it all. National Post politics writer Simon Tuck joins me to discuss Carney’s priorities for the fall, how the government hopes to implement some of its agenda, and whether there could be any surprises. Read more: From a big deficit budget to cracks in the coalition: The next 100 days for Mark Carney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 min
  • Why Gen Zs are freezing their eggs and sharing their stories

    Why Gen Zs are freezing their eggs and sharing their stories
    Sep 12 2025
    Canadian women are changing the conversation around when and how they want to have babies, with many of them opting to freeze their eggs. And more and more, led by Gen Z, they’re having the conversation online. Calgary Herald reporter Devika Desai joins Dave Breakenridge to explore why, and how social media is shaping the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 min
  • Psychosurgery is back — but this isn’t your grandfather’s lobotomy

    Psychosurgery is back — but this isn’t your grandfather’s lobotomy
    Sep 9 2025
    Modern brain surgery for mental health, like OCD, is far more precise than past methods like lobotomies—but is it safer or more ethical? Reporter Sharon Kirkey joins Dave Breakenridge to explore the history, new tech, and lingering concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 min