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Podcast: The rapid rise and equally fast fall for Alberta's minimum wage
We zoomed to highest in the country, and now we're the lowest. What does this mean for our economy and workers?
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September 2025
Podcast: Are the Edmonton police defending the public's interests, or attacking the Crown?
A brutal killing causes controversy for in and for our legal system.
Sep 24
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Rob Breakenridge: Smith can stop a referendum ... if she wants to
There’s a sense now that a separation vote is inevitable, even if actual support for separation is well-short of a majority.
Sep 23
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Podcast: Does Alberta have a point about bad federal policy?
And if so, is change going to come under PM Carney?
Sep 17
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Podcast: A conversation with Corey Hogan, Calgary’s (lone) Liberal voice
Hogan on his political origins, how we won in Alberta, and the challenges facing the province and the country right now.
Sep 10
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Podcast: Should Alberta go nuclear?
(Not the weapons. The power plants. Important detail.)
Sep 3
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August 2025
Rob Breakenridge: Less focus on Ottawa and more on the books, please
This government needs to focus as much on its own massive spending as it does picking fights over 'sovereignty.'
Aug 29
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Podcast: The highs and lows in an energy dependent province
Fiscal uncertainty arrives at a time when Alberta is hoping Ottawa can deliver on some major new energy infrastructure.
Aug 28
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Rob Breakenridge: A fascinatingly dull by-election result for Poilievre
The orchestrated candidate deluge forced Elections Canada to create a special write-in ballot for this byelection. Oh, and Poilievre still won handily.
Aug 21
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Podcast: An Alberta Provincial Police force — is this about policing, or politics?
What would this cost, and who would this benefit?
Aug 20
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Podcast: In Battle River-Crowfoot, an Alberta byelection takes on national significance
Rob Breakenridge and independent candidate Bonnie Critchley discuss the byelection campaign that Pierre Poilievre hopes will return him to Parliament.
Aug 13
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Podcast: Conversation with a separatist —Why are so many ready to sever ties with Canada?
How an easterner became a separatist.
Aug 6
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