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Author: Shawn Knox
Publication Date: February 19, 2026 - 12:23
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10/3 podcast: How a culture of silence thrived in Canadian hockey
February 19, 2026
In this special episode of 10/3, National Post’s Robert Cribb sits down with award-winning journalist Rick Westhead to discuss his bestselling and deeply unsettling book, We Breed Lions. A book where Rick looks into systemic sexual abuse, toxic masculinity, and institutional failures within Canadian junior hockey — and examines how a culture built on loyalty and silence allowed harm to persist for decades.
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