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Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

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Weekends with Ben O’Hara Byrne will showcase Ben’s signature curiosity, good humour, and love for great Canadian stories - whenever you're listening. Learn new things, hear surprising perspectives, and head into your day with fresh stories to talk about. Ben O’Hara Byrne brings decades of experience in journalism, broadcast, and connecting with people to the microphone. Throughout his career, he’s held reporting & anchor roles across Canada, from Quebec City to Ottawa to Victoria. He’s been a network bureau chief in Beijing and London, U.K. And, he’s reported on stories around the world, inclu...

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Why is Canada seeing a surge in counterfeit toonies? 05.07.2022 14:38

Guest: Brent Mackie, treasurer, Waterloo Coin Society

Why is the Prime Minister acting so slowly in appointing new senators? 05.07.2022 17:49

Guest: Paul Thomas, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Manitoba

Why passengers should hold airlines to account for cancelled flights and airport chaos 05.07.2022 16:32

Guest: Gabor Lukacs, Air Passenger Rights Advocate and President of Air Passenger Rights.ca

Case of Edmonton teen further highlights dangers of online luring 05.07.2022 17:25

Guest: Stephen Sauer, director of Cybertip.ca at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.

Victoria bank robbery and shootout has echoes of 1997 LA heist 05.07.2022 16:50

Guest: Det. Staff Sgt. (ret’d) Chris Horsley, Saanich Police Department

Canada Day Road Trip: Yukon 02.07.2022 17:38

Guest: Robin Anderson, Global Marketing Manager, Travel Yukon

Canada Day Road Trip: British Columbia 02.07.2022 16:18

Guest: Sabrina Robson, A/Manager, Travel Media Relations, Destination British Columbia

Canada Day Road Trip: Alberta 02.07.2022 17:26

Guest: Tannis Gaffney, Chief Marketing Officer, Travel Alberta

Canada Day Road Trip: Saskatchewan 02.07.2022 16:00

Guest: Amy McInnis, VP of Marketing and Communications, Tourism Saskatchewan

Canada Day Road Trip: Manitoba 02.07.2022 17:37

Guest: Jillian Recksiedler, Senior Content Specialist, Travel Manitoba

Canada Day Road Trip: Ontario 02.07.2022 16:18

Guest: Kevin Forget, Broadcast Media Specialist, Destination Ontario

Why did Air Canada cancel dozens of daily flights this summer, Hong Kong marks 25yrs since handover to Chinese rule, New poll shows Canada is far from a divided society & Lytton marks anniversary of deadly wildfire - June 30th, 2022 Why did Air Canada cancel dozens of daily flights this summer and what impact will it have on passengers Guest: Duncan Dee, former chief operating officer at Air Can...

Hong Kong marks 25yrs since handover to Chinese rule 01.07.2022 16:31

Guest: Diana Lary, Professor Emerita, Department of History, UBC

New poll shows Canada is far from a divided society 01.07.2022 18:19

Guest: Charles Breton, Executive Director, Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation, Institute for Research on Public Policy

Lytton marks anniversary of deadly wildfire: Rebuilding the community 01.07.2022 8:13

Guest: Chief Matt Pasco, Chief Chair at Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council.

Lytton marks anniversary of deadly wildfire: Residents reflect 01.07.2022 10:17

Guest: Edith Loring-Kuhanga, Lytton Resident

Hockey Canada: sponsors drop from World Juniors after sexual assault case 01.07.2022 16:32

Guest: Ken Campbell, writer, Hockey Unfiltered

Why did Air Canada cancel dozens of daily flights this summer and what impact will it have on passengers 01.07.2022 15:58

Guest: Duncan Dee, former chief operating officer at Air Canada and a member of the panel appointed to review the Canada Transportation Act in 2016.

BC reaches settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions, Remembering Terry Fox & Lytton one year later 30.06.2022 1:06:51

BC reaches settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions, Remembering Terry Fox & Lytton one year later - June 29th, 2022 BC reaches settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions Guest: Reidar Mogerman, lawyer handling the class action cost recovery litigation for the province of British Columbia Remembering Terry Fox Guest: Fred Fox, brother, manager of supporter relations at...

The Legacy of the heat dome: How to design cities to beat the heat 30.06.2022 16:13

Guest: Alex Boston, Executive Director, Renewable Cities, Simon Fraser University

Lytton one year later: Journalist 30.06.2022 18:45

Guest: Katie DeRosa, Vancouver Sun legislative reporter

Lytton one year later: Prevention 30.06.2022 16:27

Guest: Alan Westhaver, ForestWise Environmental Consulting Ltd, co-author of a report on the Lytton fire for the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and co-creator of Canada’s FireSmart program.

Lytton one year later: Residents 30.06.2022 19:19

Guests: Jennifer Thoss, Lytton property owner & Rosalin Miles of Lytton First Nation

BC reaches settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid addictions 30.06.2022 16:26

Guest: Reidar Mogerman, lawyer handling the class action cost recovery litigation for the province of British Columbia

BC Premier John Horgan announces he’s stepping down, A UBC scientist wants you to mail him mosquitos, Assessing the Impact of heat dome on ecosystems in BC & Canada’s COVID response ranked highly compared to similar countries - June 28th, 2022 BC Premier John Horgan announces he’s stepping down Guest: Keith Baldrey, Global News legislative correspondent Ow what bit me? A UBC scientist wants...