Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

An influx of demand at homeless shelters as extreme cold rages in Western Canada Guest: Tim Pasma, Director of Programs, Homelessness, Hope Mission, Edmonton The “Banana Hammer Blues” - and other fun cold weather experiments Guest: Kyle Brittain, freelance weather videojournalist Hospital emergency departments are at a crisis point, why isn’t more being done?  Guest: Dr. Jill McEwen, Attending Em...

Remembering Ed Broadbent Guest: Anne McGrath, national director of the New Democratic Party Federal government was warned about immigration’s strain on housing two years ago  Guest: Andrew Griffith, former director at Immigration and Citizenship Canada Winter arrives with a vengeance: How does the body sense cold? Keys to staying warm?  Guest: Chris Minson, Professor, Director, Human Cardiovascula...

Canada’s favorite snacks revisited  Guest: Janis Thiessen, professor of history, University of Manitoba, author of Snacks: A Canadian Food History and the upcoming MMM... Manitoba Journo Corner: Celebrating two years of A Little More Conversation Guest: Jas Johal, host, The Jas Johal Show A Little More True Crime: Madeleine McCann Guest: Jon Clarke, author of My Search for Madeleine: One Reporter’...

Manitoba crash Guest: Sharon Wiebe, daughter of victim Claudia Zurba (we may also get Adrienne, Sharon's sister, alongside this) Dialed in: Do your best when it matters most Guest: Dr. Dana Sinclair, performance psychologist and author of Dialed In: Do Your Best When It Matters Most Conservative MP backs petition for Canada to pull out of United Nations Guest: Michael Manulak, Assistant Professor...

Toronto police chief apologizes after officer delivers coffee to anti-Israel protesters Guest: Michael Mostyn, President and CEO, B’Nai Brith Canada Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blow out Guest: Ed Pierson, founder, Foundation for Aviation Safety, a former senior manager at the 737 factory for Boeing A preview of CES 2024 in Las Vegas G...

U.S. is set to allow State of Florida to buy drugs from Canada Guest: Joel Lexchin, Professor Emeritus in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto U.S. Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president Guest: Justin Levitt, served as adviser for democracy and voting ri...

It’s been a mild winter so far across Canada, will it last? Guest: Anthony Farnell, chief meteorologist, Global News Thousands of small businesses struggling to meet upcoming CEBA repayment deadline Guest: Kara Deringer, owner of the Pink Gorilla restaurant in Edmonton It could cost Ottawa $900 million to extend the CEBA repayment deadline, is it worth it? Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO, CFIB...

Japan jet crash: How crew pulled off flawless evacuation Guest: John Cox, aviation safety professional, retired airline pilot, author, aircraft accident investigator Journo Corner: How a feud festered in paradise: Dominica murders of Daniel Langlois and Dominique Marchand Guest: Sheila Wang, investigative reporter, Toronto Star  What is it like to live in total darkness for 100 days each year? Gue...

An earthquake and a plane crash: What is going on in Japan? Guest: Jeff Hall, Special Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies How a Manitoba professor cracked a near-unbreakable code Guest: Wayne Chan, research computer analyst, University of Manitoba Why we fail to fulfill our New Year's resolutions Guest: Jim Davies, professor of cognitive science, Carleton University  Seek: How cu...

COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results (00:14) Guest: Patti Sonntag, national online correspondent for Global News’ investigative unit In memoriam: musicians we lost in 2023 (7:33) Guest: Eric Alper, publicist and music commentator Christmas traditions and trivia (25:36) Guest: Kelsey Campbell, executive producer, A Little More Conversation How...

What are the costs and logistics of at-home charging for EV vehicles? (00:14) Guest: Mark Marmer, owner, Signature Electric A look at retail with Christmas and Boxing Day on the horizon (13:55) Guest: Bruce Winder, retail analyst and author of RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19 I Won’t be Home for Christmas: Australia (28:24) Guest: Kirsty Feely, a Canadian living in Australia Journo Corner: C...

A Little More Conversation with Guest Host Syd Smith Pierre Poilievre voted CP's Newsmaker of the Year - what do the Federal Conservatives need to do to keep momentum up in 2024? (00:14) Guest: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies Canada plans to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2035 - is this feasible? (13:26) Guest: David Adams, President, Global Automakers of Canada  I Won’t be Home for Ch...

The difficulty for charities to catch people’s attention and why it’s so important around the holidays Guest: Nicole Danesi, Senior Manager, Public Relations & Unite for Change I Won’t Be Home for Christmas: Sweden  Guest: Bryn Griffiths, afternoon drive host, 630 CHED in Edmonton Why are Canadian students’ math scores dropping and should we change how we teach it? Guest: Anna Stokke, a math profe...

A year of turmoil for Justin Trudeau - what can we expect from the Prime Minister in 2024 (00:13) Guest: Kevin Bosch, a managing partner and co-founder of Sandstone Group How to deal with a rise in crime across the country? (14:21) Guest: Bruce Pitt-Payne, Retired RCMP Major Crime Investigator and Consultant  A look at some of our favourite holiday songs - including the 65th anniversary of Rockin’...

A Little More Conversation with Guest Host Syd Smith Thousands of Ukrainians want to stay in Canada permanently - what challenges are they facing? (0:13) Guest: Randall Baran-Chong, executive director of Pathfinders Dealing with holiday stress and re-connecting with loved ones (12:06) Guest: Yonah Budd, life coach and host of At Your Best Canada tries to lure in a new supermarket chain - will it w...

2023: A year of wild weather in Canada and worldwide (0:43) Guest: David Phillips, senior climatologist, Environment Canada 2023: Canada’s year of record breaking wildfires (15:06) Guest: Robert Gray, wildfire ecologist, president of R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd. 2023: Affordability was front and center for many Canadians  (34:36) Guest: Rubina Ahmed-Haq, personal finance journalist, host of “For What...

Murder charges laid against Ontario man accused of aiding suicide with sodium nitrite Guest: Joseph Neuberger, criminal defense lawyer A Little More True Crime: From Mother to Murderer Guest: Sherri Aikenhead, author, Mommy Don’t: From Mother to Murderer, the True Story of Penny and Karissa Boudreau Passengers on Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit make unexpected 24hr visit to Goose Bay, Labra...

Three people seeking shelter die in a northwest Calgary shed fire (1:41) Guest: Samantha Lowe, Senior Director of Shelter Operations, The Mustard Seed Why do people gaslight their romantic partners? (16:56) Guest: Willis Klein, PhD Student, Department of Psychology, McGill University Ottawa announces process to review abuse in Canadian sports (34:29) Guest: Kim Shore and Amelia Cline, co-founders,...

Cases and death toll rises in 'major' cantaloupe salmonella outbreak (1:38) Guest: Lawrence Goodridge, Leung Family Professor of Food Safety at the University of Guelph and Director of Guelph's Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety. Global Calgary anchor’s on-air response to body shaming strikes a chord (15:16) Guest: Leslie Horton, traffic anchor, Global News Calgary Millions of Canadians c...

Food prices set to rise again in 2024, some cause for optimism (1:43) Guest: Matias Margulis, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia Genetic testing firm 23andMe admits hackers accessed DNA data of 7m users (15:55) Guest: Kerry Bowman, Professor of Bioethics and Global Health, University of Toronto Canada...

Will we finally see interest rates lower in 2024? (1:30) Guest: Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer of Economics at Concordia University Journo Corner: Reader’s Digest Canada ends its run (14:40) Guest: Mark Pupo, editor-in-chief of Reader’s Digest Canada from 2019-2022 To go or not to go? How employees should handle staff holiday parties (33:29) Guest: Melanie Peacock, HR management professional, Doubl...

How to navigate a bitter feud with a neighbour (1:45) Guest: Colm Brannigan, mediator, mediate.ca What’s at stake militarily in Gaza (15:44) Guest: Maj. Gen (Ret’d) Mick Ryan, Australian Army, author of War Transformed What it’s like to play the same character on a hit soap opera for 40 years (34:53) Guest: Lauralee Bell, actress, Christine “Cricket” Blair on The Young and the Restless Gut check o...

Kangaroo on the loose in Ontario finally caught, officer punched during capture (1:56) Guest: Cameron Preyde, park supervisor and head keeper for the Oshawa Zoo and Fun Farm Let’s Talk with Dani Stover (16:57) Guest: Dani Stover, host, Let’s Talk with Dani Stover The Ongoing History of New Music (24:38) Guest: Alan Cross, host, The Ongoing History of New Music The legacy of Christine Sinclair and...

Why are so many Canadians dreading retirement? (1:35) Guest: Hwan Kim, partner, Deloitte Canada Why are Canadians’ attitudes towards immigration changing? (14:24) Guest: Michael Donnelly, a political science professor at the University of Toronto U.S. Congress expels one of their own for just the sixth time in history (30:43) Guest: Casey Burgat, Director, Legislative Affairs program, Graduate Sch...

Cities look to ban right turns on red, but safety data lacking (1:47) Guest: Pamela Fuselli, President and CEO, Parachute Canada What the hell is wrong with Elon Musk? (15:00) Guest: Bill George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School, author of True North and Authentic Leadership How the new 988 suicide crisis helpline can help Canadians struggling with me...