The Shift with Shane Hewitt

Are You OK with a judge ordering Amazon to hand over an Alexa recording that might contain audio of two women being murdered?

Amazon was ordered by a judge to hand over recordings taken by an Echo device in the New Hampshire home where Christine Sullivan lived with her boyfriend. Sullivan was found murdered in the backyard of the home in January 2017, along with Jenna Pellegrini who was staying at the home.  We chat with criminal lawyer Paul Doroshenko about it.

and in Bob's Bits...name calling!  Calgary Stampeders coach Dave Dickenson was caught on camera yelling at officials and apparently yelled "F&*%ing Canadian" at Winnipeg coach Mike O'Shea.

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One month after legalization came into effect on Oct.17, a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News reveals that of those who have purchased cannabis in the last month, 35% went back to their pre-legalization sources.  In other words, they skipped legal avenues in favour of their old dealer.

We chat to cannabis journalist and author Amanda Siebert.

ARE YOU OK WITH...a guy denying farting at the World Championships of Darts?

Plus Bob's Bits!

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In October of 2017 a homeless veteran named Johnny Bobbitt used his last $20 to buy gas for a woman who was stranded on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.  In return, she created a GoFundMe campaign with her boyfriend to raise money for Bobbitt to thank him...turns out it was all a scam.

We also discuss sex...in autonomous cars.

And Mark Breslin, the founder of the Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs will receive the Order of Canada, we chat about his 40+ years in comedy.

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Another search & rescue operation has been robbed, this time in Merritt, BC.  We spoke to Radio NL reporter Colton Davies about what was stolen, and what's next for the search & rescue crew now that they're out $8,000.

Weird Science with Andrew Ferreira!  We chat about the Soyuz rocket that will be taking a Canadian to the ISS come December, plus what we have learned about space from the conclusion of the Keppler & DAWN missions.

Plus Bob's Bits!

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Bashir Mohamad refuses to back down from legal threats from an Edmonton MP who is threatning to sue Mohamed about tweets he posted about Kerry Diotte associating with white nationlist Faith Goldy. 

ARE YOU OK WITH...an Ontario city making it illegal to feed wild animals?  

Plus Bob's Bits!

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Stan Lee is dead at the age of 95.  The guy behind Marvel lived a hell of a life, and our movie guy Steve Stebbing joined us to chat the passing of Stan, and the legacy he'll leave behind.

Rick Mercer was on with us to chat about his new book with some of his final rants from his CBC TV show.  It's called Final Report and it's out now!

Plus Bob's Bits!

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The Shift Daily Podcast with guest host Eric Chapman!

We continue to talk about the Tony Clement sexting incident. Maureen McGrath (The Sunday Night Health Show) joined us.

ARE YOU OK WITH...two people kissing at a concert and being asked to leave?

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MP Tony Clement claims he is a victim of extortian, in a late breaking story from Ottawa. He has resigned because of a sexting scandal.

Plus we discuss Claire's Law with Regina journalist David Boles from CKRM. 

Plus Bob's Bits!

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Are you OK with parents spanking their kids?  America's leading pediatricians' group says 20 years of research on children and discipline strongly supports a no-spanking policy.  We took a bunch of calls from parents across the country.

Plus, a dose of Bob's Bits!

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Toronto rapper Drake took to Instagram early Saturday calling a Vancouver casino "the worst run business I have ever witnessed" and accusing the casino of racially profiling him and not allowing him to gamble.  We chatted to Tomee Sojourner-Campbell, who is a Senior Learning & Development Consultant in the field of Consumer Racial Profiling.

ARE YOU OK WITH...A canadian being booted from a WestJet flight because he took a sedative and fell asleep?

Plus Bob's Bits! 

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