Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Ottawa reaches a deal with Google on Online News Act Guest: Blayne Haggert, CIGI senior fellow and associate professor of political science U.S. criminal indictment alleges Indian government plot to carry out multiple assassinations across North America Guest: Michael Kugelman, director of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd premieres on History Channel Guest...

BC RCMP issue sextortion warning after 12-year-old’s suicide Guest: Carol Todd, founder of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society Dogs sickened with mysterious, potentially fatal illness in several U.S. states, what should Canadian pet owners know? (15:35) Guest: Danny Joffe, Vice President, Medical Operations, VCA Canada Animal Hospitals China’s mystery illness hits kids, WHO demands answers (25:30) Gues...

Bad news and personal finances: Why Canadians are angrier than ever (1:37) Guest: Dan Arnold, Chief Strategy Officer, Pollara Strategic Insights How to better manage your anger (15:54) Guest: Julie Christiansen, psychotherapist, author of upcoming book “The Rise of Rage” Fake AI-generated writers publishing articles at Sports Illustrated (31:55) Guest: Maggie Harrison, staff writer, Futurism Vanco...

Joshua Kutryk will become the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part on an extended mission to the International Space Station (1:49) Guest: Joshua Kutryk, Canadian Astronaut The New Reality: The AI future (15:26) Guest: Mike Drolet, Global National Toronto Correspondent Teaching veterans to code (23:49) Guest: Jeff Mussan, Executive Director, Coding for Veterans The light at the end of the tunnel...

What will the temporary truce in Gaza mean for the conflict? (1:40) Guest: Jon Allen, former Canadian ambassador to Israel and Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto  As 50 hostages held by Hamas are set to be released, a former Iran hostage shares his story (14:29) Guest: Barry Rosen, an American former diplomat who was held hostage during the 1979–198...

Fiery crash at Niagara border kills 2, alarming Ottawa and Washington (1:46) Guest: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, author of Security. Cooperation. Governance.: The Canada-United States Open Border Paradox Ex-RCMP intelligence officer Cameron Ortis guilty of sending sensitive information to alle...

Israeli cabinet approves ceasefire with Hamas that includes release of captives on both sides Guest: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and Political Science and University of Toronto Fall Economic Update: Affordable Housing Guest: Ray Sullivan, Executive Director, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association Pain relief part two: The evolution of pain management Guest: Dr. Hance Clarke...

Why Canada is in desperate need of a spending plan and fiscal discipline Guest: Goldy Hyder, President and CEO, Business Council of Canada Why Ottawa needs a better plan to curb spending Guest: Robert Shepherd, professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University A Little More Pain Relief - Dealing with chronic pain and its impacts Guest: Lara Pingue, programming editor, The...

Tips on how to make the best of Black Friday (1:15) Guest: Barry Choi, personal finance expert at moneywehave.com Open AI’s CEO steps down and is TikTok fueling praise for Osama Bin Laden (15:05) Guest: Scott Nover, Contributing writer for Slate and GZERO Festivities in Hamilton ahead of the 110th Grey Cup (33:53) Guest: Derek Taylor, voice of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on 680 CJOB Celebrating loca...

Nathaniel Veltman convicted of first-degree murders of four members of a London Muslim family in 2022 (1:35) Guest: Nawaz Tahir, partner, McCague Borlack LLP and and head of Hikma Public Affairs, an advocacy group for London and area Muslims Federal Court judge rules Ottawa listing plastic items as toxic was "unreasonable and unconstitutional." (16:16) Guest: Marie-Pierre Boudreau, environmental l...

The top 10 most stolen vehicles in Canada (1:44) Guest: Sid Kingma, Director, Investigative Services Western & Pacific Region, Équité How a B.C. gang war is spilling into provinces across Canada (15:12) Guest: Doug Spencer, retired Vancouver Police Department gang squad unit officer Journo Corner: Edmonton’s gangland issues, Manning report on COVID-19 response, and more (33:03) Guest: Dave Breaken...

The legacy of Vivian Silver (1:43) Guest: Lynne Mitchell, friend of Vivian Silver Victory for his victims, Peter Nygard found guilty of sexual assault (15:50) Guest: Shannon Moroney, trauma therapist and survivor advocate True Crime: 15-year anniversary of the murder of realtor Lindsay Buziak (32:16) Guest: Jeff Buziak, father of Lindsay Buziak The first African-American puppeteer on Sesame Street...

First World War postcard project connects past to present Guest: Jonathan Vance, professor of history, Western University Silver Cross Mom remembers her son’s weekly phone calls from Bosnia Guest: Gloria Hooper, 2023 Silver Cross Mother Our War: A new series on The History Channel tracks the search for the lost stories of military heroics Guest: Tex Antonucci, co-executive producer, Our War Injure...

A mother learns her late daughter’s big secret - she’s a part of the new Beatles track Guest: Erika Buckman, mother of the late Caroline Buckman Studios will steal artists’ faces and voices: AI-generated actors, singers and visual artists stand to replace the real thing Guest: Jim Parker, professor of computer science and art, University of Calgary Concerns over antisemitism in Canada Guest: Antho...

 Four month SAG-AFTRA strike comes to an end, what does it mean for Canada? (1:28) Guest: Julian De Zotti, Canadian actor and producer Journo Corner: RCMP alleges a B.C. woman returning home from Syria was part of an ISIS women’s battalion (15:35) Guest: Stewart Bell, Investigative journalist, Global News. Celebrating Indigenous Veterans Day (31:42) Guest: Debbie Eisan, an honorary captain of HMCS...

Rick Mercer’s new memoir looks back on his road years (1:17) Guest: Rick Mercer, author, The Road Years and Talking to Canadians: A Memoir Hiring consultants to…cut back on consultants? Is federal outsourcing out of control? (31:45) Guest: Gord Johns, NDP MP for Courtenay—Alberni A BC company is spearheading the rise of the smart robots. (46:14) Guest: Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO, Sanctuary A...

Catching up with Glass Tiger (1:20) Guest: Alan Frew and Sam Reid, founding member of Glass Tiger A high-risk sex offender disappears from his halfway house in BC (32:18) Guest: Mary Campbell, former director-general of the corrections and criminal justice directorate in the Public Safety Department The strange origins of Newfoundland Time (48:18) Guest: Ainsley Hawthorn, historian and author of L...

B.C. man's family of 11 people living through conflict in Gaza Guest: Omar Mansour, Vancouver resident

Chrystia Freeland meets with finance ministers over Alberta Pension Plan (1:30) Guest: Nate Horner, Alberta’s Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board The New Reality: Alberta Renewables (16:42) Guest: Heather Yourex-West, Alberta Correspondent, Global National The constant battle to keep Alberta a rat-free province (26:56) Guest: Karen Wickerson, rat and pest program specialist, Govern...

Is it time for Trudeau to go? One longtime Liberal and Senator thinks so (1:35) Guest: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News Montreal couple charged in NY with violating Russian sanctions (16:06) Guest: John Boscariol, head of the International Trade & Investment Law Group and a partner in their Litigation Group, McCarthy Tetrault The latest from Ukraine (22:46) Guest: Kira Rudik,...

Retailers sound the alarm about rising theft and street crime (1:25) Guest: Clint Mahlman, President and CEO, London Drugs. Crypto on trial: Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand (15:05) Guest: Daniel Silva, lawyer, former federal prosecutor,   Criminal Code change makes it easier for sexual assault survivors to remove publication bans on own names (31:01) Guest: Kelly Favro, Victoria woman who campai...

Self-checkouts and the downside of DIY for consumers (1:43) Guest: Christopher Andrews, author of The Overworked Consumer: Self-Checkouts, Supermarkets, and the Do-It-Yourself Economy." Why are new arrivals to Canada leaving in greater numbers? (16:57) Guest: Daniel Bernhard, CEO, Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Meet the Calgary family that hands out 2L bottles of soda on Halloween (33:38) Gue...

 Losing a Friend - remembering Matthew Perry (1:51) Guest: Saul Austerlitz, author, Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era Public support for immigration falls sharply amid affordability concerns (15:54) Guest: Andrew Parkin, Executive Director, Environics Institute for Survey Research Ottawa moves to curb international student fraud (25:16) Guest: Michael Bat...

How well is Ottawa handling its carbon tax policies after latest freeze? Guest: Kathryn Harrison, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia How old is too old to trick or treat and does it matter?  Guest: Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, child psychologist and parenting educator Canadian teen takes skateboarding gold at the Pan Am Games Guest: Fay De Fazio Ebert, skateboarding go...

Lewiston under lockdown as search for mass shooter continues (1:50) Guest: Michael Rocque, Lewiston resident, Department Chair Understanding mass shootings and how to better prevent them (17:38) Guest: Katherine Schweit, former FBI special agent and creator of the FBI's Active Shooter Program, author of Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting CrisisSociology, Bates College One of America’s...