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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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Pet Cloning - a new trend for Instagram influencers? 16.02.2022 12:39

Guest: Melain Rodriguez, Client Service Manager, ViaGen Pets

An update on Coutts, Alberta - the last 24 hours 16.02.2022 11:01

Guest: Heather Yourex-West, Network Digital Journalist: Alberta Correspondent, Global News

Talking Flags with Owner of The Flag Store in Barrie, Ontario 16.02.2022 8:32

Guest: Cecilia Burke, Owner, The Flag Store

A tumultuous year for the Canadian flag 16.02.2022 10:31

Guest: Richard Nimijean, Political Science and Public Policy, Carleton University

Understanding New Financial Rules for Crowdfunding 16.02.2022 16:56

Guest - James Cohen, Executive Dir., Transparency International Canada

Was invoking the Emergencies Act necessary? 16.02.2022 8:19

Guest: Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director of CCLA.

A look at policing - where did Ottawa fail? What can other cities learn? 16.02.2022 9:24

Guest - Wesley Wark, National security expert and senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Pre-arrival COVID PCR tests scrapped - what does this mean for Canadian travel? 16.02.2022 8:08

Guest: Claire Newell, Travel Expert & Journalist, Owner of Travel Best Bets

Pre-arrival COVID PCR tests scrapped - how does this affect the Canadian tourism industry? 16.02.2022 8:40

Guest: Beth Potter, President & CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Canada

Understanding the Emergencies Act, Controversy surrounding Russian figure skater & Remembering Ivan Reitman 15.02.2022 47:16

Understanding the Emergencies Act, Controversy surrounding Russian figure skater & Remembering Ivan Reitman - Feb 14th, 2022 Understanding the Emergencies Act from the former defense minister who introduced it 35 years ago: Guest: Perrin Beatty, Former Minister of National Defense Controversy surrounding Russian figure skater: Guest: Rob Koelher, Director General of Global Athlete Rememb...

Remembering Ivan Reitman & The great love songs and how Valentine’s Day would be nowhere without them 15.02.2022 18:12

Guest: Eric Alper, Entertainment publicist and Music Commentator

Anti-Racism Social Media Tool 15.02.2022 8:58

Guest: Linda Hoang, Stop Race-based Hate

RCMP seize weapons and ammunition and arrest 12 in Coutts 15.02.2022 11:18

Guest: Heather Yourex-West, Global National Alberta Correspondent

Is invoking the Emergencies Act the right move? 15.02.2022 7:03

Guest: Rob Huebert, Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Calgary

Understanding the Emergencies Act from the former defense minister who introduced it 35 years ago 15.02.2022 9:35

Guest: Perrin Beatty, Former Minister of National Defense

Injunction granted to remove Ambassador Bridge protesters, One of Putin’s Greatest Foes says Economic Sanctions over Ukraine will Stop Russia in its Tracks & Pressure of Competing at the Olympics and why some athletes struggle - Feb 11th, 2022 Injunction granted to remove Ambassador Bridge protesters: Guest: Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association One of Putin...

Pressure of Competing at the Olympics and why some athletes struggle 12.02.2022 18:25

Guest: Dr. Jamey Houle, Lead Sports Psychologist - University of Ohio Department of Athletics

How social cohesion has eroded over the pandemic 12.02.2022 14:10

Guest: Vardit Ravitsky, Bioethicist, University of Montreal and Harvard Medical School

Mother of 4yr old who died in father’s custody Fights for Law to better Educate Judges about domestic abuse 12.02.2022 16:57

Guest: Jennifer Kagan-Viater and Philip Viater, Keira’s mother and stepfather

One of Putin’s Greatest Foes says Economic Sanctions over Ukraine will Stop Russia in its Tracks 12.02.2022 17:02

Guest: Bill Browder - financier, founder and champion of the Global Magnitsky Act and author of Red Notice and Freezing Order

Talking Politics and Protest 12.02.2022 10:02

Guest: Jeremy Nuttall, Toronto Star Journalist covering Politics and China

New Poll Shows Divisions over Canadian attitudes towards protests 12.02.2022 9:07

Guest: Darrell Bricker - Ipsos

Border Blockade Latest and Ontario’s State of Emergency explained 12.02.2022 7:39

Guest: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, Senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute

Injunction granted to remove Ambassador Bridge protesters 12.02.2022 9:10

Guest: Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association

How the continued closing of Ambassador Bridge is “killing” this Canadian business, Looking back on the Pickton Case 20 years later & Once in a Millennium rogue Wave off Vancouver Island Explained - Feb 10th, 2022 How the continued closing of Ambassador Bridge is “killing” this Canadian business: Guest: Tim Galbraith, Cavalier Tool Sales Manager Looking back on the Pickton Case 20 years la...