Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Why Calgary’s massive water main break is a warning for other cities (1:48) Guest: Tricia Stadnyk, Canada Research Chair Tier II (Hydrologic Modelling) Professor, Schulich School of Engineering (Civil) & Faculty of Arts (Geography) D-Day - A man returns to France to find the place where his dad fought for Canada, 80 years ago (15:45) Guest: Don Levers, author, Our Fathers' Footsteps What’s behind...

The Bank of Canada drops interest rates for the first time in more than four years, what will it mean for borrowers? (1:49) Guest: Dawn Desjardins, chief economist, Deloitte Canada  Journo Corner: Opposition parties press Trudeau government to name MPs suspected of colluding with foreign agents (14:41)  Guest: Steven Chase, senior parliamentary reporter, The Globe and Mail Fan favorites, new takes...

Auditor general criticises federal government over McKinsey contracts (1:49) Guest: Karen Hogan, Auditor General of Canada Which federal politicians allegedly colluded with foreign states? (15:17) Guest: Wesley Wark, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation We rewind to pay tribute to the hugely influential cassette tape (33:17) Guest: Marc Masters, author of Hi Bias - The Dis...

Amanda Marshall on her return to music, Juno success, and a new summer tour (1:33) Guest: Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter The voice of the Edmonton Oilers on the playing for a Stanley Cup (31:19) Guest: Jack Michaels, play-by-play announcer of the Edmonton Oilers on 630 CHED What should we know about Mexico’s first female president? (50:35) Guest: Joy Langston, a political science prof...

Serial killer Rober Pickton dies in hospital following jail attack (1:42) Guest: Wally Oppal, senior counsel, Boughton Law and former Attorney General of British Columbia Baseball revisits its past and reveals a new all-time MLB batting champion (15:19) Guest: Sean Gibson, executive director of the Josh Gibson Foundation and great-grandson of Josh Gibson Ticketmaster hacked; How bad is the data br...

Trump Verdict: Donald J. Trump found guilty on all 34 felony charges (1:05) Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent, Global News Trump Verdict: What was it like Inside the courtroom when the verdict was read out (16:43)  Guest: Alex Woodward, senior U.S. correspondent, U.K. Independent Trump Verdict: Why was the prosecution successful and what happens next for Donald Trump? (34:30)  Guest...

The fate of the former President is now in the hands of a jury of 12 ordinary Americans (1:23) Guest: Daniel Medwed, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Northeastern University, Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School Journo Corner: Why are taxpayers footing a big bill so the province can speed up putting liquor in convenience stores? (16:44) Guest: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief,...

More Canadians only making minimum payment on credit cards (1:17) Guest: Matthew Fabian, director of financial services research, TransUnion Canada Trump closing arguments (14:45)  Guest: Richard Serafini, a criminal defense attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and former prosecutor with the U.S. Justice Department Oilers fan support stretches into South America (32:58) Guest: Gabriel Candido, Oi...

New worker protections in Canada as MPs pass an anti-scab bill (1:26) Guest: Barry Eidlin, Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University, Author, Labor and the Class Idea in the U.S. and Canada Employment lawyer who struggled with alcoholism on why admitting to a problem is the best way to protect your job (15:15) Guest: David A. Whitten, founding partner, Whitten & Lublin Employment Lawye...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada issues warning about impact of second Trump term on Canada (1:19)  Guest: Bruce Heyman, Former United States Ambassador to Canada Oilers fan travels to Dallas to see playoff games on the road (18:50) Guest: Dale Steil, Oilers fan Jays fan hit by foul ball gets her own baseball card and more (27:00) Guest: Liz McGuire, Toronto Blue Jays fan Competition Bureau launch...

Canada to extend citizenship to children born abroad, restoring rights of ‘lost Canadians’ (2:00) Guest: Don Chapman, the leader of the Lost Canadians Society and author of The Lost Canadians: A Struggle for Citizenship Rights, Equality, and Identity From the first real six-string to now - the band that inspired the song Summer of ‘69 reunites (15:55) Guest: Jim Vallance, Canadian singer/songwrite...

Go West: Calgary and Edmonton see huge population jumps (1:59)  Guest: Kevin McQuillan, Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary  Journo Corner: How a B.C. student died after overdosing in a Victoria dorm — and the major mistakes her parents say were made that night (14:49) Guest: Lori Culbert, reporter, Vancouver Sun The quest to find Canada’s greatest song is over, who w...

Donny Osmond on six decades in showbiz and taking his Las Vegas show on the road this summer (1:31)  Guest: Donny Osmond, singer, songwriter and actor How all-you-can-eat shrimp helped sink Red Lobster (33:42)  Guest: Aaron Allen, founder and chief strategist, Aaron Allen & Associates Singapore Airlines flight turns to horror after turbulence (43:47) Guest: Shem Malmquist, Boeing 777 pilot, a visi...

RCMP link Calgary murders to American serial killer who died in prison; believe there are more victims (1:39) Guest: Lee Mellor, criminologist and author, Cold North Killers Canadian author’s book on the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire nominated for Pulitzer Prize (16:17)  Guest: John Vaillant, author, Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast  Oilers/Canucks series on the line this weekend (34:51) Guest: D...

Grandfather who received donated stem cells flies to U.K. to meet the man who saved his life (1:28) Guest: Rod Neander, stem cell recipient Paying tribute to veteran sportscaster Darren Dutchyshen who passed away at the age of 57 (14:59)  Guest: James Duthie, Canadian sportscaster A breakthrough in ALS research could be cause for optimism (31:20) Guest: Dr. Michael Strong, Professor of Neurology a...

Saskatchewan farmer finds 100 lb piece of space junk (1:58) Guest: Barry Sawchuk, Saskatchewan farmer Danger from above: The threat of falling space junk is growing (10:34) Guest: Samantha Lawler, professor of astronomy, University of Regina Journo Corner: Fort McMurray wildfire update: covering it now and then (18:37)  Guest: Carrie Tait, reporter in The Globe and Mail's Calgary Bureau Why provin...

Evacuations begin around Fort McMurray as wildfire grows (1:24) Guest: Ian Seggie, Fort McMurray evacuee 2024 Fort McMurray wildfire brings back memories of 2016 for many (12:08) Guest: Melissa Blake, former mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen places longtime boss at the centre of the hush money payment and cover-up (17:17) Guest: Gene Rossi, former...

Fort Nelson is evacuated as wildfire threatens the northeast B.C. community (1:27) Guest: Rob Fraser, mayor, Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Wildfire prompts evacuation order in Fort McMurray (10:54)  Guest: Josée St-Onge, Provincial Information Officer, Alberta Wildfire How severe is the wildfire threat this spring and summer? (17:13) Guest: Steve Taylor, research scientist, Canadian Fores...

How a solar storm may spread the Northern Lights across Canada (1:27) Guest: Ian Cohen, deputy chief scientist for Space Exploration at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab Don’t be afraid to ask: How to re-awaken our curiosity to learn in life (14:19)  Guest: Jeff Wetzler, co-CEO of Transcend and author of Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs...

“We really don’t know why London Drugs was targeted” London Drugs President on the cyberattack that brought its operations to a halt for days (1:28) Guest: Clint Mahlman, President and CEO, London Drugs Journo Corner: TD Bank caught in money-laundering scheme - will it lead to billions in fines and executive changes? (15:49) Guest: Tim Kiladze, financial reporter and columnist, The Globe and Mail...

Sailing the world is a dream for some - a British executive on how it made her childhood a nightmare (1:45) Guest: Suzanne Heywood, author of Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free National Nursing Week - we check in with how nurses in Canada are coping four years since the 2020 pandemic (32:26) Guest: Lisa McKendrick-Calder, associate professor of nursing, MacEwan University Canadian kids get a 'D...

How will the Drake mansion shooting be investigated? (2:03) Guest: David Perry, CEO of Investigative Solutions Network Inc, private investigator & former Toronto police detective Stormy Daniels takes the stand (16:01) Guest: Alex Woodward, senior US reporter, UK Independent True Crime: Why these women are building a database of 12,000 missing, murdered people in Canada (32:54) Guest: Sasha Reid, D...

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson on why he deserves a chance to clear his name (1:25) Guest: Ben Johnson, former Canadian sprinter, and Olympian The meteoric rise and inevitable fall of Justin Trudeau (16:46) Guest: Paul Wells, journalist and author of Trudeau on the Ropes   Nijjar arrests diplomatic fallout (34:48) Guest: Michael Kugelman, Director, South Asia Institute, Wilson Centre Winnipeg man a...

RCMP arrests alleged hitmen accused of killing B.C. Sikh leader Guest: Stewart Bell, National Investigative Journalist, Global News Foreign interference a ‘stain’ on Canada’s electoral process Guest: Sam Cooper, investigative journalist, The Bureau How intense student protests may hurt Joe Biden’s election chances, and Donald Trump’s TIME magazine interview Guest: Larry Jacobs, director of the Cen...

Canadian sportscasting legend Rod Black’s greatest call of them all: His son’s Tyler’s MLB debut in Milwaukee (1:45) Guest: Rod Black, Canadian sports broadcaster Wacko or a work in progress? Scrutiny of B.C. drug decriminalization pilot program intensifies (16:17) Guest: Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson, Vancouver Police Department, President, BC Association of Chiefs of Police What’s next for the Edmon...