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		<title>Rutherford shuts off his microphone</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/23/rutherford-shuts-off-his-microphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AM 770 CHQR]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Rutherford]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naheed Nenshi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Rutherford, the king of Calgary talk radio, will quit his long-running show when his contract expires in July 2013. The 64-year-old broadcaster had been thinking about this for some time. His decision became final when the station, AM 770 &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/23/rutherford-shuts-off-his-microphone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kelly Jay cleans house</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/11/kelly-jay-cleans-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Jay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oh What a Feeling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’d known for some time that Kelly Jay was a bit of a pack rat. He told me about his collecting passion back in September 1989, when I interviewed him for a magazine story about his experiences as a rock &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/11/kelly-jay-cleans-house/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Ralph Klein the reporter</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/07/remembering-ralph-klein-the-reporter/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/07/remembering-ralph-klein-the-reporter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Herald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFCN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Cunningham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Klein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I first met Ralph Klein in April 1974. He was a 31-year-old city hall reporter for CFCN TV in Calgary. I was a 30-year-old police reporter for the Calgary Herald. As a newly-arrived staffer at the so-called &#8220;newspaper of record&#8221; for &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/04/07/remembering-ralph-klein-the-reporter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The once and future Calgary Public Library</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/20/the-once-and-future-library/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/20/the-once-and-future-library/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Calgary Herald, in three separate articles this past week, has come up with a stunning revelation: The city&#8217;s new central library will be &#8220;more of a community centre than a book depository.&#8221; One of the paper&#8217;s bloggers, David Marsden, &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/20/the-once-and-future-library/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Calgary 1988 Olympics – 25 years on</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/13/twenty-five-years-on/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/13/twenty-five-years-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter Olympics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It began not with a hockey game, a figure-skating contest or a ski-jumping competition. The Calgary 1988 Olympics began with the biggest festival of music, theatre, dance, visual and literary arts ever staged in conjunction with a Winter Games. It &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/13/twenty-five-years-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the death of a friend</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/07/celebrating-the-death-of-a-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/07/celebrating-the-death-of-a-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He never learned to play an instrument and could barely carry a tune. Yet my friend John was a far better judge of musical talent than Simon Cowell or Paula Abdul. Today, I celebrate his death. Not mourn, celebrate. If &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/02/07/celebrating-the-death-of-a-friend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Dish 29/1/2013</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/29/morning-dish-2912013/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/29/morning-dish-2912013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conrad Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry KIssinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoomer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Back on the coffee, today?&#8221; &#8220;Too cold for Malbec. They should be serving mulled wine in here.&#8221; &#8220;So what&#8217;s new?&#8221; &#8220;Conrad Black has been offered his own TV show.&#8221; &#8220;This is a joke, right?&#8221; &#8220;No joke. He&#8217;ll be co-hosting a &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/29/morning-dish-2912013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Dish 28/1/2013</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/28/morning-dish-2812013/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/28/morning-dish-2812013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charisma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trudeaumania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Still on the Malbec, I see. So how was your weekend?&#8221; &#8220;Uneventful. Mostly I just watched TV. Did you see Justin pressing the flesh with those folks in that country restaurant?&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;ve no clue what he was doing there. He&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/28/morning-dish-2812013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Dish 25/1/2013</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/25/morning-dish-2512013/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/25/morning-dish-2512013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alison Redford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bitumen bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil-rich Alberta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What&#8217;s with the wine, today? The sun isn&#8217;t over the yardarm yet.&#8221; &#8220;It is in Newfoundland.&#8221; &#8220;Perhaps I&#8217;ll join you then. I like the coffee here but a change is as good as a rest. Did you watch Alison on &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/25/morning-dish-2512013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Dish 24/1/2013</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/24/morning-dish-2412013/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/24/morning-dish-2412013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Bieber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lloyd Robertson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I see the Beebs is bigger than Lady Gaga now.&#8221; &#8220;Bigger?&#8221; &#8220;On Twitter. More than 33 million followers, if you can believe it. A new follower every other second. Bigger than Lady Gaga. Bigger than Barack Obama. Bigger than Shakira.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2013/01/24/morning-dish-2412013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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