Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Guest: Alyson Schafer, parenting expert

Guest: John Gailus, founder/director/lawyer, DGW Law Corporation

Guest: Ian Garner, Russia media watcher, author of Stalingrad Lives

Guest: Lana Payne, national president, UNIFOR

Guest: Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute

No soft landing for the federal transport minister as he blames the pandemic for Canadian airport and airline chaos this summer Guest: Duncan Dee, former chief operating officer at Air Canada Energy tops the agenda as the German chancellor makes a rare visit to Canada Guest: Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Political Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University 3D models s...

Looking into the LEGO Group as it celebrates its 90th birthday Guest: Mike Moynihan, Senior Vice President of Global Brand, Marketing, Insights and Partnerships for The Lego Group

3D models show the massive shark called megalodon was faster, fiercer than we thought Guest: Jack Cooper, PhD candidate, University of Swansea

The Colorado River crisis leads to more water restrictions, why should Canadians be concerned? Guest: Jack Schmidt, a watershed scientist at Utah State University

Can an Apple security flaw allow hackers to fully control your Apple devices? Should the ArriveCan app be canned? Guest: Carmi Levy, technology analyst & journalist

Energy tops the agenda as the German chancellor makes a rare visit to Canada Guest: Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Political Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University

No soft landing for the federal transport minister as he blames the pandemic for Canadian airport and airline chaos this summer Guest: Duncan Dee, former chief operating officer at Air Canada

What is causing a nationwide shortage of children’s cold and flu medicine?  Guest: Justin Bates, CEO, Ontario Pharmacists Association How scientists plan to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger 90 years after their extinction  Guest: Andrew Pask, Professor of Biosciences, University of Melbourne Do all variants of the COVID-19 virus have a common “weak spot”?  Guest: Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, a professor a...

How scientists plan to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger 90 years after extinction Guest: Andrew Pask, professor of biosciences, University of Melbourne

The view from Dieppe as Canada marks 80 years since the deadliest day in our military history Guest: David O’Keefe, author, historian, professor of history at Marianopolis College

Do all variants of the COVID virus have a common “weak spot”? Guest: Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, a professor at UBC’s faculty of medicine

The pope rejects a church investigation into Cardinal Ouellet’s alleged misconduct, was the preliminary inquiry handled properly? Guest: Emma Anderson, a religious studies professor at the University of Ottawa

Companies are also starting to offer free menstrual products to staff Guest: Josie Jones, Director of Sales, Aunt Flow

Women in Scotland now have a legal right to free menstrual products, should Canada follow suit? Guest: Danielle Kaftarian, Operations Manager, The Period Purse

What is causing a nationwide shortage of children’s cold and flu medicine? Guest: Justin Bates, CEO, Ontario Pharmacists Association

Assisted dying offer puts Veterans Affairs’ mental health supports in doubt Guest: Phil Ralph, Director of health services, Wounded Warriors The pluses and problems with current rules on medical assistance in dying in Canada  Guest: Kerry Bowman, Bioethicist and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto Will the retail resurrection for the Zellers brand work? Gues...

Did Russian embassy staff deface a symbol of Ukrainian resistance on public property outside their embassy in Ottawa?  Guest: Peter O'Neil, former Vancouver Sun report and Ottawa speechwriter 

One year since the fall of Kabul: A new initiative tries to bring Afghan women’s stories and voices from out of the shadows Guest: Zahra Nader, Afghan-Canadian Journalist, editor-in-chief of the Zan Times and and PhD student at York University

Journo Corner: Jas Johal on Afghanistan one year after the fall of Kabul Guest: Jas Johal, host of The Jas Johal Show on News Talk 980 CKNW

Will the retail resurrection for the Zellers brand work? Guest: Bruce Winder, Retail analyst and author of “RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19