Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

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, including Afghanistan, North Korea, Libya, Ukraine and Russia.

News
Politics
2601
Sports and politics
16 min
2602
NATO nuclear policy
18 min
2603
Concerns about “airport snooping” law; Bill S-7
15 min
2604
How to talk to your children about school shoot...
16 min
2605
Long delays for Service Canada customers
15 min
2606
Marking one year since the discovery of 215 gra...
56 min
2607
IATA sounds the alarm over Canadian Airport delays
11 min
2608
China and Canola
16 min
2609
Just for Laughs Festival in Vancouver - how did...
18 min
2610
Gun control in Canada
8 min
2611
The latest on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas
9 min
2612
Marking one year since the discovery of 215 gra...
15 min
2613
Another deadly school shooting the U.S., Storm ...
70 min
2614
Why the storm cleanup in Ottawa could be a leng...
10 min
2615
Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine on the war and r...
14 min
2616
First government charter of Ukrainian refugees ...
17 min
2617
Are Canadian communities prepared for increasin...
13 min
2618
What caused the Ontario storm to be so powerful...
9 min
2619
Saturday storm causes extensive damage in Ottawa
7 min
2620
Reaction to another deadly school shooting in t...
12 min
2621
Canada confirms three new cases of monkeypox, C...
62 min
2622
Fentanyl continues to devastate communities acr...
17 min
2623
Canada needs to do more to protect women's righ...
17 min
2624
The impact of Russia’s naval blockade on Ukrain...
17 min
2625
Why investigators now believe a deadly plane cr...
15 min