Shane Hewitt and movie expert Steve Stebbing break down what’s worth watching (and what’s not) this weekend! 🍿

🔹 Death of a Unicorn – Is this one magical or a total miss? 🦄
 🔹 Working Man – A hidden gem or a snooze fest? 🏭
 🔹 Seth Rogen’s The Studio – Comedy gold or just another Hollywood swing? 🎭

Plus, even more picks to help you decide what to stream, rent, or skip! 🎥🎙️

Shane Hewitt and movie expert Steve Stebbing break down what&rsquo;s worth watching (and what&rsquo;s not) this weekend! 🍿
🔹 Death of a Unicorn &ndash; Is this one magical or a total miss? 🦄 🔹 Working Man &ndash; A hidden gem or a snooze fest? 🏭 🔹 Seth Rogen&rsquo;s The Studio &ndash; Comedy gold or just another Hollywood swing? 🎭
Plus, even more picks to help you decide what to stream, rent, or skip! 🎥🎙️

Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift is your late-night companion for real talk, bold ideas, and unfiltered conversations that matter. Hosted by Canadian radio veteran Shane Hewitt, each episode dives into the headlines, human stories, and hidden truths shaping our world—always with curiosity, compassion, and a sharp edge.

From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane’s signature style—thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.

If you crave meaningful dialogue, smart perspectives, and late-night radio energy in podcast form, subscribe now and join The Nightshift.

Shane Hewitt &amp; The Nightshift is your late-night companion for real talk, bold ideas, and unfiltered conversations that matter. Hosted by Canadian radio veteran Shane Hewitt, each episode dives into the headlines, human stories, and hidden truths shaping our world&mdash;always with curiosity, compassion, and a sharp edge.
From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
If you crave meaningful dialogue, smart perspectives, and late-night radio energy in podcast form, subscribe now and join The Nightshift.

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift

Shane Hewitt is known for his engaging and relatable on-air personality, which captivates listeners. His ability to blend insightful commentary with humour and empathy creates a genuine connection with listeners.  Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift provides relatable content, informative discussions and expert insights – along with a balance of anecdotes and entertainment.

Shane Hewitt is known for his engaging and relatable on-air personality, which captivates listeners. His ability to blend insightful commentary with humour and empathy creates a genuine connection with listeners.  Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift provides relatable content, informative discussions and expert insights – along with a balance of anecdotes and entertainment.

🎬 What the Hell Should We Watch This Weekend? 🎬

Grocery competition in Canada is vanishing from your town before you ever realize it's gone. The grocer down the street didn't just win your business. They bought the land next door to make sure nobody else ever could. When you drive through rural Canada and see only one option for food, that's not geography. That's strategy.

Canada's grocery store density dropped from 22.1 to 20.2 stores per 100,000 people since 2020, and fewer stores almost always means higher prices. The Competition Bureau has flagged property controls for years without a single meaningful change, because grocers lobby municipalities directly and the federal government can't reach that far down. One premier, in Manitoba, is the only politician in Canada who has publicly named the problem out loud.

The agency called the Competition Bureau cannot stop the anti-competitive behavior. The politicians who could act are the ones being lobbied. And the fix that would save every Canadian $500 to $700 a year on food has been available for years, sitting there ignored, while everyone watches the news from Washington.

Topics: grocery competition Canada, property controls food prices, food inflation Canada, Competition Bureau, interprovincial trade barriers

GUEST: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois | @‌foodprofessor

Originally aired on 2026-02-26

Grocery competition in Canada is vanishing from your town before you ever realize it's gone. The grocer down the street didn't just win your business. They bought the land next door to make sure nobody else ever could. When you drive through rural Canada and see only one option for food, that's not geography. That's strategy.
Canada's grocery store density dropped from 22.1 to 20.2 stores per 100,000 people since 2020, and fewer stores almost always means higher prices. The Competition Bureau has flagged property controls for years without a single meaningful change, because grocers lobby municipalities directly and the federal government can't reach that far down. One premier, in Manitoba, is the only politician in Canada who has publicly named the problem out loud.
The agency called the Competition Bureau cannot stop the anti-competitive behavior. The politicians who could act are the ones being lobbied. And the fix that would save every Canadian $500 to $700 a year on food has been available for years, sitting there ignored, while everyone watches the news from Washington.
Topics: grocery competition Canada, property controls food prices, food inflation Canada, Competition Bureau, interprovincial trade barriers
GUEST: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois | @&zwnj;foodprofessor
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-26

SHIFTHEADS: Canada’s Small Towns Often Have One Grocery Store. That's Not an Accident

The US Canada hockey rivalry just landed in uncomfortable territory, and you felt it watching that clip. You saw the laugh. You saw the AI video of Brady Tkachuk appearing to insult Canadians, fake and taken down. But statistically, based on the last election, about half those players probably didn't want to be there either, and that half never makes the highlight reel.

Rob Breakenridge pulls out the Sidney Crosby comparison: 100% proud Canadian, loves Pittsburgh, went to the White House when the Penguins won the Cup during Trump's first term, and nobody had a problem with it. The AI video is where the line is, and that's Trump being boorish and clumsy, not the players being disloyal. Kash Patel was there guzzling beers in the background. That detail got leaked.

Dumping Trump's behavior onto young men who just won gold is the easy move. The boogeyman framing feels righteous. These are still just hockey players, and if they take a stand, they face the consequences.

Topics: US Canada hockey rivalry, Brady Tkachuk White House, American hockey players Trump, Alberta budget deficit, Rob Breakenridge

GUEST: Rob Breakenridge | robbreakenridge.ca

Originally aired on 2026-02-26

The US Canada hockey rivalry just landed in uncomfortable territory, and you felt it watching that clip. You saw the laugh. You saw the AI video of Brady Tkachuk appearing to insult Canadians, fake and taken down. But statistically, based on the last election, about half those players probably didn't want to be there either, and that half never makes the highlight reel.
Rob Breakenridge pulls out the Sidney Crosby comparison: 100% proud Canadian, loves Pittsburgh, went to the White House when the Penguins won the Cup during Trump's first term, and nobody had a problem with it. The AI video is where the line is, and that's Trump being boorish and clumsy, not the players being disloyal. Kash Patel was there guzzling beers in the background. That detail got leaked.
Dumping Trump's behavior onto young men who just won gold is the easy move. The boogeyman framing feels righteous. These are still just hockey players, and if they take a stand, they face the consequences.
Topics: US Canada hockey rivalry, Brady Tkachuk White House, American hockey players Trump, Alberta budget deficit, Rob Breakenridge
GUEST: Rob&nbsp;Breakenridge | robbreakenridge.ca
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-26

NEW -  Half of Those Players Probably Didn't Want to Be There

The Pablo Escobar and El Mencho comparison lands differently once you hear the Colombia data. Violence dropped significantly after Escobar was killed in 1993. That is true. Colombia's cocaine exports are now four or five times higher than they were at the time. Also true, and it complicates the whole story.

Jean Daudelin's explanation: killing Escobar ended the big Colombian cartels and moved the epicenter of the drug trade to Mexico. The business didn't stop, it relocated. Now Mexico exports synthetic drugs to the largest drug market in the world across a border that processes 90 million car crossings annually. Twenty tons of fentanyl per year feeds the US market. That concentration means it moves invisibly through legal crossings.

Sheinbaum's offensive is serious. A super ministry of security, nearly 100 extraditions, thousands of weapons seized, a police chief who was personally targeted by El Mencho running the operation. Whether it ends the big cartels is plausible. Whether it ends the trade, Colombia already answered that.

Topics: Pablo Escobar El Mencho parallel, Colombia after Escobar cocaine exports, Mexico cartel Sheinbaum crackdown, fentanyl US border volume, Jean Daudelin Carleton

GUEST: Jean Daudelin | Associate Professor, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Originally aired on 2026-02-26

The Pablo Escobar and El Mencho comparison lands differently once you hear the Colombia data. Violence dropped significantly after Escobar was killed in 1993. That is true. Colombia's cocaine exports are now four or five times higher than they were at the time. Also true, and it complicates the whole story.
Jean Daudelin's explanation: killing Escobar ended the big Colombian cartels and moved the epicenter of the drug trade to Mexico. The business didn't stop, it relocated. Now Mexico exports synthetic drugs to the largest drug market in the world across a border that processes 90 million car crossings annually. Twenty tons of fentanyl per year feeds the US market. That concentration means it moves invisibly through legal crossings.
Sheinbaum's offensive is serious. A super ministry of security, nearly 100 extraditions, thousands of weapons seized, a police chief who was personally targeted by El Mencho running the operation. Whether it ends the big cartels is plausible. Whether it ends the trade, Colombia already answered that.
Topics: Pablo Escobar El Mencho parallel, Colombia after Escobar cocaine exports, Mexico cartel Sheinbaum crackdown, fentanyl US border volume, Jean Daudelin Carleton
GUEST:&nbsp;Jean Daudelin | Associate Professor, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-26

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