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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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15 de mar de 2026

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Back to school: Tips on beating inflation 23.08.2022

Guest: Alyson Schafer, parenting expert

The first Indigenous person nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada, and did the Canadian government let catholic entities off the hook from raising money for residential school survivors? 23.08.2022

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

The daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist and thinker known as Putin’s brain is killed by suspected a car bomb, who could be behind it and why? 23.08.2022

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

Canada’s largest private sector union has a new leader as the battle over inflation and wages heats up 23.08.2022

Guest: Lana Payne, national president, UNIFOR

New survey shows more than half of Canadians can’t keep up with cost of living 23.08.2022

Guest: Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute

Federal transport minister blames COVID-19 for travelling chaos this summer, Massive shark was faster than we thought & What to do if hackers control your Apple device? 20.08.2022

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 20.08.2022

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 20.08.2022

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? 20.08.2022

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? 20.08.2022

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 20.08.2022

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 20.08.2022

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

A Nationwide Shortage of children’s cold and flu medicine, Plans to resurrect the Tasmanian tiger 90 years after extinction and Does the COVID-19 virus have a common "weak spot"? 19.08.2022

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 19.08.2022

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 19.08.2022

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”? 19.08.2022

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? 19.08.2022

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 19.08.2022

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? 19.08.2022

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? 19.08.2022

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, Will the retail resurrection for the Zellers brand work? & Bringing Afghan women’s stories and voices from out of the shadows 18.08.2022

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? 18.08.2022

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 18.08.2022

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 18.08.2022

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? 18.08.2022

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

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