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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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NATO nuclear policy 27.05.2022 19:34

Guest: Ernie Regehr, a senior fellow in defence and Arctic security at The Simons Foundation Canada

Concerns about “airport snooping” law; Bill S-7 27.05.2022 15:56

Guest: Paula Simons, an Independent Alberta senator

How to talk to your children about school shootings 27.05.2022 17:18

Guest: Katherine Williams, a child and adolescent psychologist and professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego

Long delays for Service Canada customers 27.05.2022 16:11

Guest: Crystal Warner, vice-president, Canada Employment and Immigration Union

Marking one year since the discovery of 215 graves at the Kamloops Residential School, IATA sounds the alarm over Canadian Airport delays, Just for Laughs Festival in Vancouver - how did comedy fare over the pandemic & The latest on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas - May 25th, 2022 Marking one year since the discovery of 215 graves at the Kamloops Residential School Guest: Rosanne Casimir,...

IATA sounds the alarm over Canadian Airport delays 26.05.2022 12:21

Guest: Peter Cerdá, IATA's Regional Vice President for the Americas

China and Canola 26.05.2022 17:00

Guest: Roger Chevraux, canola farmer, Chair of Alberta Canola Producers Commission

Just for Laughs Festival in Vancouver - how did comedy fare over the pandemic? 26.05.2022 19:13

Guest: Dana Gould, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and voice artist

Gun control in Canada 26.05.2022 9:28

Guest: Heidi Rathjen, Ecole Polytechnique survivor and head of PolySeSouvient

The latest on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas 26.05.2022 10:34

Guest: Lisa Falkenberg, opinion editor, Houston Chronicle

Marking one year since the discovery of 215 graves at the Kamloops Residential School 26.05.2022 15:46

Guest: Rosanne Casimir, Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Kukpi7 (Chief)

Another deadly school shooting the U.S., Storm causes damages in Ottawa & First charter of Ukrainian refugees lands in Winnipeg 25.05.2022 1:11:45

Reaction to another deadly school shooting in the U.S. Guest: Ron Avi Astor - Marjorie Crump Chair Professorship in Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs with a joint appointment in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Saturday storm causes extensive damage in Ottawa Guest: Keith Egli - Ottawa City Councillor and resident What caused the Ontario storm...

Why the storm cleanup in Ottawa could be a lengthy one 25.05.2022 11:29

Guest: Alan Gonthier - General Manager, Public Works, City of Ottawa

Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine on the war and reopening the embassy in Kyiv 25.05.2022 15:34

Guest: Larisa Galadza - Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine

First government charter of Ukrainian refugees lands in Winnipeg 25.05.2022 18:26

Guest: Nick Krawetz - Director at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities, volunteer with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC)

Are Canadian communities prepared for increasingly intense storms? 25.05.2022 14:33

Guest: Eva Cohen - Disaster relief expert, founder of Civil Protection Youth Canada

What caused the Ontario storm to be so powerful and widespread? 25.05.2022 10:38

Guest: David Phillips - Senior climatologist, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Saturday storm causes extensive damage in Ottawa 25.05.2022 7:46

Guest: Keith Egli - Ottawa City Councillor and resident

Reaction to another deadly school shooting in the U.S. 25.05.2022 12:58

Guest: Ron Avi Astor - Marjorie Crump Chair Professorship in Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs with a joint appointment in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Canada confirms three new cases of monkeypox, Canada needs to do more to protect women's rights in Afghanistan, The impact of Russia’s naval blockade on Ukraine and how to end it & What’s causing huge line-ups at Canadian airports and how to fix it - May 20th, 2022 Canada confirms three new cases of monkeypox, what’s next? Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious disease expert, Toronto General Hos...

Fentanyl continues to devastate communities across North America 21.05.2022 18:04

Guest: Kavita Babu, Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Canada needs to do more to protect women's rights in Afghanistan 21.05.2022 17:45

Guest: Zahra Nader, an Afghan-Canadian journalist based in Toronto, Ph. D. Student in Gender & Women's Studies at York University

The impact of Russia’s naval blockade on Ukraine and how to end it 21.05.2022 18:44

Guest: Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London, author of Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

Why investigators now believe a deadly plane crash in China was intentional 21.05.2022 16:40

Guest: John Cox, Flight Safety Systems CEO and Flight Safety Investigator

What’s causing huge line-ups at Canadian airports and how to fix it 21.05.2022 18:24

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