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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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Latest episode

Mar 15, 2026

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Episodes

The legacy of Serena Williams with her final elimination from a Canadian tennis tournament 12.08.2022

Guest: Joe Wood, Director of Player Development, Tennis BC

Researcher hopes trove of rare residential school photos can help identify missing children 12.08.2022

Guest: Raymond Frogner, head of archives, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Canada’s housing crisis is getting worse. Taxing million-dollar-home owners can help 12.08.2022

Guest: Paul Kershaw, professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health and founder of Generation Squeeze

Witness demands answers, calls for better mental health support following Saanich bank robbery and shootout 12.08.2022

Guest: Shelli Fryer, Saanich bank robbery and shootout witness

Cabinet documents reveal Trudeau government was told of ‘potential for a breakthrough’ with protesters a day before it used Emergencies Act 12.08.2022

Guest: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor, Criminology, University of Ottawa

Nurses doing more OT than ever, Hootsuite layoffs and what lies ahead for Canada’s tech industry & Remembering Oilers superfan Ben Stelter 11.08.2022

Nurses doing more OT than ever, Hootsuite layoffs and what lies ahead for Canada’s tech industry & Remembering Oilers superfan Ben Stelter - August `10th, 2022 Nurses doing more OT than ever - is it driving them out of the profession? Guest: Sylvain Brousseau, head of the Canadian Nurses Association An Edmonton mother helps fight the opioid and overdose crisis Guest: Angie Staines, founder, 4B Har...

Remembering Oilers superfan Ben Stelter and the huge impact the six-year old had on his team and his community 11.08.2022

Guest: Reid Wilkins, host, Inside Sports on 630 CHED

Employees don’t want to come back to the office. Maybe they’re right to stay away 11.08.2022

Guest: Elaine Chin, founder of the Executive Health Centre, author of Welcome Back! How to Reboot Your Physical and Mental Well-Being for a Post-Pandemic World.

An Edmonton mother helps fight the opioid and overdose crisis 11.08.2022

Guest: Angie Staines, founder, 4B Harm Reduction Society

Hootsuite layoffs and what lies ahead for Canada’s tech industry 11.08.2022

Guest: Ritesh Kotak, Cybersecurity and technology analyst

Journos Corner: ArriveCan, Trudeau’s Travels and Travails 11.08.2022

Guest: Tristin Hopper, National Post reporter and columnist

Nurses doing more OT than ever - is it driving them out of the profession? 11.08.2022

Guest: Sylvain Brousseau, head of the Canadian Nurses Association

The state of emergency rooms in Canada, a new documentary explores the life of Diana, Princess of Wales & Did Humans arrive on North America much earlier than previously thought 10.08.2022

The state of emergency rooms in Canada, a new documentary explores the life of Diana, Princess of Wales & Did Humans arrive on North America much earlier than previously thought - August 9th, 2022 The state of emergency rooms in Canada Guest: Dr. Katharine Smart, President, Canadian Medical Association 25 years after her death, a new documentary explores the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.  Gues...

Did Humans arrive on North America much earlier than previously thought 10.08.2022

Guest: Tim Rowe, paleontologist, University of Texas at Austin

How effective were travel restrictions at reducing COVID-19 cases in Canada? 10.08.2022

Guest: Angela McLaughlin, PhD candidate, department of Bioinformatics, UBC

25 years after her death, a new documentary explores the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. 10.08.2022

Guest: Ed Perkins, director, The Princess

Donald Trump says FBI executed search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago home 10.08.2022

Guest: Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History; Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University

Nagasaki marks atomic bombing anniversary amid fears of a new nuclear arms race 10.08.2022

Guest: Douglas Roche, author, parliamentarian, diplomat and peace activist.

The state of emergency rooms in Canada 10.08.2022

Guest: Dr. Katharine Smart, President, Canadian Medical Association

Amanda Todd trial, Olivia Newton-John’s legacy & New study shows COVID-19 almost certainly didn’t come from a lab leak 09.08.2022

Amanda Todd trial, Olivia Newton-John’s legacy & New study shows COVID-19 almost certainly didn’t come from a lab leak - August 8th, 2022 Amanda Todd trial: guilty verdict on five charges for Aydin Coban Guest: Carol Todd, Amanda’s mother and founder of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo Guest: Tim Caulfield, Professor of hea...

Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo 09.08.2022

Guest: Tim Caulfield, Professor of health law & science policy, University of Alberta

Olivia Newton-John’s legacy on music & film 09.08.2022

Guest: Eric Alper, publicist and music commentator

New study shows COVID-19 almost certainly didn’t come from a lab leak 09.08.2022

Guest: Michael Worobey, professor and head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.

Air Canada denies certain compensations claims, calls staff shortages a 'safety-related issue' 09.08.2022

Guest: Gabor Lukacs, founder and president, Air Passengers Rights

What next as tensions with China over Taiwan continue to rise? 09.08.2022

Guest: Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta.

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