The Shift with Shane Hewitt

Art, a 70-year old man from Toronto, told a story earlier this week about getting pulled over after returning his empties. New federal rules in force since December could see police coming to your home or your drinking establishment and insisting you provide a breath sample. Some lawyers say they are worried, including criminal defense lawyer Kyla Lee. 

ARE YOU OK WITH...Prospective renters wanting to pre-interview their potential next door neighboors before they agree to move in? We chat to Winnipeg's Shalinda Kirby (Host, Power 97 mornings) about the weird text she received with that suggestion.

Plus, Bob's Bits!

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As parts of the U.S. government remain closed in a battle over border security, President Donald Trump called attention to what he claims to be a crisis at the Southern Border...saying the only fix is more money. We cross simulcasted our show with Overnight America and Ryan Wrecker at KMOX in St. Louis, and had a chat about Trump's speech.

ARE YOU OK WITH...a guy licking a doorbell for 3 hours? Yeah...it happened.

Plus, for dessert...Bob's Bits!

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Two Quebecers suffering from incurable degenerative diseases were in court Monday to challenge provincial and federal laws that have left them ineligible for medically assisted death.  We ask lawyer Kyla Lee where she sees the assisted dying conversation going, plus we took your calls.

ARE YOU OK WITH...parents hog tying a 28 year old man who'd allegedly come to their home to have sex with their 13 year old daughter being charged?  A bizarre story out of BC.

Plus, for dessert...Bob's Bits!

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In light of the online bullying of Team Canada's captain after their loss to Team Finland, do we need to start doing something about cyberbullying? 

Global's Janet Brown interviewed Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney, and Tom had a lot to say including calling for senior levels of government to come up with legislation to deal with cyberbullying. 

Plus, we talked perogies! Lily, a caller from Edmonton called us to tell us about the Orthodox Christmas Eve, where you celebrate with 12 meatless dishes, and perogies was one of them. She mentioned cottage cheese perogies, and the phones went crazy!

What started out as a light chat about Dry January led us to a discussion about alcohol abuse...and a call from Eric that you are going to want to hear.

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Bird Box is a new movie from Netflix that went live over the holidays...it's about monstrous entities that compel any human who sees them to quickly try to kill themselves.  Part of the plot is that you have to keep your eyes covered...or you're dead!  The Bird Box Challenge has led to people getting hurt, which has led to Netflix tweeting about it.  We chat to afternoon drive guy Drew Dalby from Regina's 1049 The Wolf who is really annoyed with the Bird Box Challenge.

Plus, did you hear the one about the guy who tried to kill a spider...and then the police show up?  Well, it happened in Australia.  We also discover that in the last 5 years, 3 guys have burnt their houses down trying to kill spiders.

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Global News has obtained some federal government internal polling on the carbon tax that Ottawa has imposed on Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick.  Women support it, men not so much.  But some Canadians see it firmly as a tax grab, including Andrew Scheer.

More and more high school kids are using food delivery apps to get food delivered to school.  It's an issue in Ontario, Alberta and BC...but is it an issue, or just the times changing?

Plus...more Weird Science with Andrew Ferreira!  We chat Ultima Thule, and why Queen's Brian May wrote a song about it...

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There's a lot of nasty stuff on twitter, but occasionally you'll find something positive and awesome...like a game started by Kyle Ashley in Toronto that went viral: Tell me your age based on a famous event, person,show etc. from the year you were born.  We chat with Kyle about the game and play a radio version of it.

Plus, Ontario now has the toughest distracted driving laws in the country...you could get a fine for $1000 for your first offense.  But as we found out from caller Dan in Toronto who works in law enforcement, it could turn out to be much more expensive than you think.

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One of our colleagues was threatened with eviction from a hockey arena for ringing a cowbell to support her child. We opened the phones and found out where you stood on cowbells. Our twitter was divided 50/50 between love and extreme hate.

ARE YOU OK WITH...a new thing called "selfie wrist"?  It's a thing now you know.

Plus for dessert...Bob's Bits!

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Health Canada is trying to pinpoint how a Winnipeg-based cannabis producer distributed pot without knowing where it came from. The mysterious marijuana, all 200kg of it, sparked two rounds of recalls and led to senior staff being fired.

ARE YOU OK WITH...a Canadian Premier doing a year-end interview with a fake news outlet?

Andrew Ferreira is back with another dose of Weird Science!  Astronauts get new agreements, and we have "Super Blood Moons" coming in January.

Plus...for dessert...it's Bob's Bits.

Is Boxing Day a thing of the past?  It seemed a little quieter than usual on Wednesday this year. Did you brave the crowds, or did you stay in?

ARE YOU OK WITH...a wrestling referee forcing a student athlete to cut off his dreads before wrestling?  The school district is backing the kid.

Plus...for a heap of post-Christmas baking...Bob's Bits!

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