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
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Documenting human rights abuses by the Russian ...
16 min
2677
Journo Corner: Gord Steinke
18 min
2678
Passport application delays
16 min
2679
Concern over military spending in the 2022 Budget
17 min
2680
Canada’s aging population and the impact
15 min
2681
The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease , Les...
68 min
2682
The allure of toxic relationships
13 min
2683
Why isn’t there more focus on a negotiated peac...
17 min
2684
Lessons learned from being in the Kremlin’s cro...
18 min
2685
Marianas Trench lead singer Josh Ramsay
16 min
2686
Is Canada doing enough to help Ukrainians hopin...
17 min
2687
The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease
15 min
2688
Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transp...
57 min
2689
Why is Russia’s Church backing Putin’s War in U...
10 min
2690
France says “non” to the far-right but Marine L...
17 min
2691
How inflation is driving down real wages in Canada
16 min
2692
Ringing up some phone history on National Telep...
16 min
2693
Elon Musk takes Twitter: the impact on the tech...
14 min
2694
Elon Musk takes Twitter: the business case
5 min
2695
Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transp...
8 min
2696
The world’s first carbon capture soap - and car...
13 min
2697
. Conservation group's fish carry scheme save t...
16 min
2698
University of Calgary students convert ATV to s...
16 min
2699
Journo Corner: environmental journalist
16 min
2700
Living a low carbon lifestyle and life as a “Cl...
18 min