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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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Mar 15, 2026

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Ottawa to review 1994 murder convictions of Indigenous sisters 07.06.2022

Guest: Kate Pate, independent Senator from Ontario 

Hedley lead singer Jacob Hoggard will remain out on bail and return to BC after being convicted of sexual assault 07.06.2022

Guest: Paola Loriggio, courts reporter, The Canadian Press

Amanda Todd trial begins 07.06.2022

Guest: Simon Little, Online Journalist, Global BC

One year anniversary of London, Ontario attack 07.06.2022

Guest: Saboor Khan, friend of victim Salman Afzaal

What does low voter turnout tell us about the Ontario election, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, The impact of the war on couples looking for surrogates, What’s behind Quebec’s tough new language restrictions & How is the federal government responding to Bill 96 04.06.2022

What does low voter turnout tell us about the Ontario election, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, The impact of the war on couples looking for surrogates, What’s behind Quebec’s tough new language restrictions & How is the federal government responding to Bill 96 - June 3rd, 2022   What does low voter turnout tell us about the Ontario election  Guest: Dr. Richard Johnston, Professor Emeritus of Political...

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 04.06.2022

Guest: Tom Rachman, a Canadian-British writer based in London

The impact of the war on couples looking for surrogates 04.06.2022

Guest: Anna Feigenbaum, a professor in digital storytelling at Bournemouth University and the author of the forthcoming book Fertile Fortunes: IVF and the Business of Baby-making.

How is the federal government responding to Bill 96 04.06.2022

Guest: Anthony Housefather, Liberal MP for Mont-Royal in Montreal 

What’s behind Quebec’s tough new language restrictions 04.06.2022

Guest: Patrick Dery, columnist 

Ontario’s Right-to-Disconnect legislation is in effect, how will it work? 04.06.2022

Guest: Mackenzie Irwin, associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP

What does low voter turnout tell us about the Ontario election 04.06.2022

Guest: Dr. Richard Johnston, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UBC

The latest on the Ontario election, Shanghai lifts its long lockdown, Singapore’s robot baristas and how automation impacts labour shortages &How Lithuania cut off all Russian energy imports and will other EU countries be able to follow its lead 03.06.2022

The latest on the Ontario election, Shanghai lifts its long lockdown, Singapore’s robot baristas and how automation impacts labour shortages &How Lithuania cut off all Russian energy imports and will other EU countries be able to follow its lead  - June 2nd, 2022   The latest on the Ontario election  Guest: Cristine de Clercy, associate professor of political science, Western University   Shanghai...

Is it time for Canada to drop imperial measurements? 03.06.2022

Guest: Werner Antweiler, Director, Sauder School of Business Prediction Markets Associate Professor & Chair, Strategy and Business Economics Division, University of British Columbia

Shanghai lifts its long lockdown 03.06.2022

Guest: Carl Breau, CEO of Saimen Intelligent Manufacturing and Shanghai Resident

Singapore’s robot baristas and how automation impacts labour shortages 03.06.2022

Guest: Keith Tan, Founder & CEO, Crown Digital

How Lithuania cut off all Russian energy imports and will other EU countries be able to follow its lead 03.06.2022

Guest: Gabrielius Landsbergis, Foreign Affairs Minister of Lithuania 

Revenue Canada ramps up CERB repayment efforts 03.06.2022

Guest: Blair Mantin, Sands & Associates President and Licensed Insolvency Trustee

First Monkeypox case confirmed in Alberta 03.06.2022

Guest: David Evans, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta

The latest on the Ontario election 03.06.2022

Guest: Cristine de Clercy, associate professor of political science, Western University

Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again and signals more to come, Double double trouble for Tim Hortons over how its app tracked customers’ movements without their permission, What factors swayed the jury in Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation tria 02.06.2022

Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again and signals more to come,  Double double trouble for Tim Hortons over how its app tracked customers’ movements without their permission,  What factors swayed the jury in Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial & How to get a good night’s sleep with shorter and warmer nights - June 1st, 2022   Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again and signals more...

How to get a good night’s sleep with shorter and warmer nights 02.06.2022

Guest: Cox Tan-Ngo, sleep therapist and registered respiratory therapist at Clinical Sleep Solutions, Vancouver

June is a time to raise awareness about ALS 02.06.2022

Guest: Wendy Toyer, Executive Director, ALS Society of British Columbia

What factors swayed the jury in Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial 02.06.2022

Guest: Dr. Lillian Glass, one of the world’s most well respected and foremost authorities in the field of Communication and the Psychology of Human Behavior

Double double trouble for Tim Hortons over how its app tracked customers’ movements without their permission 02.06.2022

Guest: Sharon Polsky, Data Protection/Privacy Advisor, President of the Privacy and Access Council of Canada

Journo corner: Previewing the Ontario election with polls showing the Progressive Conservatives heading for another majority 02.06.2022

Guest: Sabrina Nanji, journalist and founder, Queen’s Park Observer 

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