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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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The politicization of Covid-19 protections and what comes next 12.03.2022 16:59

Guest: Tim Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in health law and policy and professor at the University of Alberta

Mask mandates are coming to an end, Award-winning journalist joins the fight against Russian in Ukraine & On the frontlines of Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis 11.03.2022 49:03

Mask mandates are coming to an end, Award-winning journalist joins the fight against Russian in Ukraine & On the frontlines of Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis - March 10th, 2022 Mask mandates are coming to an end, should I still wear one? Guest: Tim Sly, an emeritus professor of epidemiology with the School of Public health at Ryerson University Award-winning journalist joins the fight against...

Brittney Griner, US Women’s Basketball star held in Moscow 11.03.2022 15:39

Guest: Dr. Courtney Cox, assistant professor of indigenous, race, and ethnic studies at the University of Oregon

A Canadian describes how much life has changed in Lviv 11.03.2022 8:03

Guest: Christine Eliashevsky, editor and translator for Euromaidan press and a resident of Lviv,

Kyiv resident reunited with her daughter in Edmonton 11.03.2022 9:46

Guest: Olga Renneberg, Edmonton resident

International organizations mobilize to help those fleeing Ukraine 11.03.2022 19:36

Guest: Rema Jemus Inseis, UN High Commission for Refugees representative in Canada

On the frontlines of Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis 11.03.2022 17:35

Guest: Chad Martz, director of operations for Hungry for Life International

Award-winning journalist joins the fight against Russia in Ukraine 11.03.2022 19:31

Guest: Sergei Loiko, award winning journalist, joins from outside of Kyviv

Mask mandates are coming to an end, is it too soon? 11.03.2022 7:09

Guest: Dr. Amy Tan, associate clinical professor with UBC, a palliative care & family practice doctor, and member of Protect our Province BC

Mask mandates are coming to an end, should I still wear one? 11.03.2022 10:54

Guest: Tim Sly, an emeritus professor of epidemiology with the School of Public health at Ryerson University

Fighting Russia and what Ukraine needs to defend itself, Powerplant Nikola Tesla built in B.C.’s interior in 1897 still going strong & How can Putin be stopped? 10.03.2022 49:34

Fighting Russia and what Ukraine needs to defend itself Guest Andreyii Bukvych, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Ukraine in Canada Powerplant Nikola Tesla built in B.C.’s interior in 1897 still going strong Guest: Hal Wright with Silversmith Power and Light How can Putin be stopped? Guest: Anders Aslund, a senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum, adjunct professor at Georgetown Uni...

Powerplant Nikola Tesla built in B.C.’s interior in 1897 still going strong 10.03.2022 14:42

Guest: Hal Wright with Silversmith Power and Light

Why has Russia’s military strategy failed in Ukraine? 10.03.2022 19:13

Guest: Mathieu Boulegue, a senior research fellow with Russia & Eurasia Programme at Chatham House

How can Putin be stopped? 10.03.2022 17:26

Guest: Anders Aslund, a senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum, adjunct professor at Georgetown University, and author of Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy

After Ukraine, there is no going back for Russia or the west 10.03.2022 18:12

Guest: Molly McKew, Russia expert and lead writer at GreatPower.us

Fighting Russia and what Ukraine needs to defend itself 10.03.2022 16:23

Guest Andreyii Bukvych, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Ukraine in Canada

Tips on tackling the affordability crisis, Documenting the war in Ukraine and fighting Russian disinformation on the frontlines in Kharkiv & Assessing the Conservative leadership race - March 8th, 2022 Tips on tackling the affordability crisis Guest: Melissa Leong, author of Happy Go Money Documenting the war in Ukraine and fighting Russian disinformation on the frontlines in Kharkiv Guest: M...

Latest on Lytton rebuild 09.03.2022 13:35

Guest: Jennifer Thoss, Delta, B.C. resident, who owns home in Lytton on latest on the rebuilding

A plea for help from Kyiv 09.03.2022 8:33

Guest: Oleksandra Matviichuck, human rights lawyer and head of the Centre for Civil Liberties

Documenting the war in Ukraine and fighting Russian disinformation on the frontlines in Kharkiv 09.03.2022 18:36

Guest: Maria Avdeeva, founder and research director of the European Expert Association, Kharkiv resident.

Assessing the Conservative leadership race 09.03.2022 16:58

Guest: Lori Williams, political scientist at Mount Royal University

The Conservative leadership race loses a potential candidate 09.03.2022 19:33

Guest: Tasha Kheiriddin, principal at Navigator, and political columnist for post media

Tips on tackling the affordability crisis 09.03.2022 15:55

Guest: Melissa Leong, author of Happy Go Money

Albertan helps Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland, The view from the Baltics of the war in Ukraine & Wild pigs run amok on the prairies 08.03.2022 49:52

Albertan helps Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland, The view from the Baltics of the war in Ukraine & Wild pigs run amok on the prairies - March 7th, 2022 Albertan helps Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland Guest: Heidi Baumbach, Albertan in Poland helping Ukrainian refugees The view from the Baltics of the war in Ukraine: Why Putin must be stopped Guest: Darius Suksevicus, Lithuania’s a...

Wild pigs run amok on the prairies 08.03.2022 13:22

Guest: Ryan Brook, associate professor with the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan