Robert Hill

Join Robert Hill on The Morning Rush weekdays from 6-Noon.
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A Eulogy For The Dreams of Oilers Fans
As dreams of The Cup lay shattered and broken across Alberta this morning… a few words. – Robert Hill
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Watch: The Giant Mechanical Elephant of France
It’s been a minute since I posted a Tom Scott video on the blog. So here’s your annual reminder that Tom Scott is a cool channel that looks at cool things. Every video he puts out I’m
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The Top Secret WW2 Shipwreck in Alberta
Did you know there’s an honest to goodness ww2 era shipwreck in Alberta? There is. And you’re saying “Robert, you know Alberta is a landlocked province right?” And I’m here to say yes I do. And the
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Someone Threw Cake At The Mona Lisa
It’s fine. I’ll say that right at the top. No need to keep you in suspense. The Mona Lisa is kept behind some fancy, cake-proof glass, and was thus undamaged by the patisserie pitcher. Yesterday, a man
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Watch: Chicken Pot Recipe/ History of Shenzhen
You know how everyone loves to complain about the rambling preludes to online recipes? About how they just want to read the recipe and don’t need to hear a 1000 word essay about this recipe being handed
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Old Timey People Crashing Trains On Purpose
I learned something very interesting this week. Did you know back in the day they used to crash trains into each other for entertainment? Seriously. Like full size steam engines. Going full speed into each other…. Sounds
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Calgary Stampede’s Weird Midway Food
Ah the Calgary Stampede. As a Calgary person born and raised, I have a special fondness in my heart for the annual clown fiesta which takes over the city ten days at a time. There’s just something
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Watch: Michael Moschen performs THE TRIANGLE
You might see this title and assume this is gonna be some dude playing the little metal shape instrument we all love to make jokes about for being easy to play… But you would be wrong. Instead
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Cool Old Stuff For Cheap
I’ve said it before but one of my favourite genres of story is “Person acquires cool thing with a lot of value in unexpected way”. Finding a priceless piece of porcelain at a garage sale, locating an
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Movie Monday: Oh No. Avatar 2 Looks Kinda Good
Just one week ago I was dunking on James Cameron for queueing up four sequels to a movie 10 years late no one particularly wanted or asked for. And I still stand by that opinion, but ol’
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Video: I Once Again Asked You To Pick The Ingredients For Dinner
I had so much fun with it last time, I wanted to do it again. On Tuesday I asked YOU to vote for ingredients. Whichever comments on a Facebook post got the most likes would determine which
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Space Crime Doesn’t Pay
Bad news everyone. It’s now illegal for Canadians to commit crimes in space. Sorry if that ruins any of your plans. A sneaky lil amendment made its way onto the criminal code on the proposed 2022 federal
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Movie News and Reviews
It’s movie Monday so we gotta talk about movies on Monday. First off: Movie news! Avatar 2: Electric Boogaloo Last week we got our very first look at Avatar 2! “The Way of Water”. They’re blue and
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What To Eat When You Have No Food And You Feel Like You’re Dying
This week after returning from my vacation I unfortunately came down with some kinda bug. This is not particularly surprising considering how out and about I was for the week, but also annoying because I was the
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Watch: Kid cracks up at funny word in spelling bee
I love this clip. I love how the kid doesn’t take the whole competition too seriously and remembers to have some fun. Near the end when he’s like “Fine” you know that’s a smart kid.
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Sometimes Crime Does Pay
Are you or someone you know absolutely obsessed with true crime dramas? Maybe you’re the type of person who binges 4 different podcasts about serial killers. Or your friend won’t stop talking about unsolved cold cases from
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The Boat’s Still Stuck
I would love for someone to explain to me why I feel such immense joy in seeing giant shipping freighters get stuck. It’s just so funny to me I really don’t get it. Three weeks ago, the
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Monster Monday: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Holy heck y’all… We did it. Thats the last Godzilla movie. We’re finally at the end. 36 movies in 36 weeks. I gotta admit, I’m at least a little proud of myself for not missing a week
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The New Harry Styles Video Features Cool Penguin Architecture
So there I am. 6am. Just found out some new Harry Styles music came out while I was sleeping. I’m jammin out in the studio and watching the music video. Thinking “This is some good stuff Mr.Styles”
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Food News: Burger Vending Machine?
What is it with people wanting food to come out of a vending machine? I also don’t really want to interact with other humans, but personally that fear is outweighed by the desire to have food which
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