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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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LNG Canada reaches important milestone 09.04.2025 18:50

Guest: Teresa Waddington, VP Corporate Relations, LNG Canada.

True Crime: How an elaborate sting netted Winnipeg Police a suspect in a 2007 murder 09.04.2025 19:31

Guest: John O’Donovan, retired Winnipeg police detective sergeant.

Why would Beijing look to promote Mark Carney for PM? 09.04.2025 17:43

Guest: Dennis Molinaro, former national security analyst with the federal government specializing in foreign interference, and an instructor in legal studies at Ontario Tech University.

D-Day for Trump’s tariffs as the US-China trade war escalates 08.04.2025 20:00

Guest: Jeff Mahon, director of geopolitical and international business advisory at consulting firm StrategyCorp and an executive-in-residence at the Canada West Foundation.

History shows a long US fascination with annexing Canada, and a long history of resistance 08.04.2025 18:44

Guest: Madelaine Drohan, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and author of He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada

A former NHL goalie on what it’s like to face new NHL career goal leader Alexander Ovechkin 08.04.2025 20:43

Guest: Ben Scrivens, former NHL goalie.

Why did Trump slap tariffs on a tiny remote Australian island? We ask a Canadian couple who live there 08.04.2025 9:31

Guest: Jesse Schiller and Rachel Evans, Canadian business owners on Australia’s Norfolk Island.

Markets are reeling because Trump’s tariff math makes no sense 08.04.2025 10:12

Guest: Dan Ives, Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Technology sector at Wedbush Securities.

How a mother and daughter’s concern and a TikTok video propelled a Canadian author into the spotlight 08.04.2025 19:40

Guest: Jonathan Stanley, author of Purposeful Performance.

Is there any end in sight to Trump’s tariff sparked chaos? 08.04.2025 19:22

Guest: Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University.

Preston Manning warns another Liberal win will spark a national unity crisis, is he right? 07.04.2025 19:19

Guest: Preston Manning, founder and leader of the Reform Party, former Leader of the Official Opposition.

A Canadian reporter on the post-Liberation Day mood in Washington 05.04.2025 20:09

Guest: Jeremy Nuttall, Vancouver-based reporter, Green Street News

CrossTalk Spotlight: The fallout from Trump’s “Liberation Day” 05.04.2025 8:19

Guest: Shaye Ganam, Mike Smyth and Mike Drolet

How Bizarre: New types of “easter eggs”, a steal of an art deal, the woolly mouse and the blobfish 05.04.2025 11:26

We discover new types of Easter Eggs, learn all about Woolly Mouse and get to know the World's Ugliest Animal.!

Did Trump’s tariff announcement open the door to renegotiate a free trade deal with Canada and Mexico? 05.04.2025 19:44

Guest: Goldy Hyder, President & CEO of the Canadian Business Council

Why are more American doctors looking to come to Canada? 05.04.2025 19:23

Guest: Michelle Flynn, COO, CanAM Physician Recruiting

Why Trump is ignoring the market chaos and sticking with his tariffs 05.04.2025 19:36

Guest: Alex Isenstadt, senior political writer at Axios, author of Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power.

How will Canadian consumers feel the impact of a global trade conflict? 04.04.2025 14:56

Guest: Samuel Roscoe, Lecturer in Supply Chain and Operations Management, University of British Columbia.

How Canada can navigate Trump and his tariffs 04.04.2025 22:46

Guest: Derek Burney, former chief of staff to PM Brian Mulroney and former Canadian Ambassador to the United States.

Honing a champion’s mindset with Canada’s Gold medal B-Boy Phil “Wizard” Kim 04.04.2025 36:31

Guest: Philip Kim aka Phil Wizard, Canadian breakdancer and 2024 Olympic Gold Medallist.

How could the latest Trump tariffs impact the federal election campaign? 04.04.2025 10:02

Guest: David Coletto, founder and CEO, Abacus Data.

A day of reckoning in the global economy, how much could this trade war escalate? 03.04.2025 10:04

Guest: Michael Dobner, partner, PWC Canada.

What could 25% tariffs mean for Canada’s auto industry? 03.04.2025 8:17

Guest: Dimitry Anastakis, Wilson-Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto, and the author of Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971.

Trump’s auto tariffs lead to layoffs on both sides of the border 03.04.2025 11:24

Guest: James Stewart, president, Unifor 444 Windsor.

How does Canada navigate a global trade landscape uprooted by tariffs? 03.04.2025 18:58

Guest: John Manley, former MP, deputy prime minister and minister of finance.