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
2701
NATO nuclear policy
18 min
2702
Concerns about “airport snooping” law; Bill S-7
15 min
2703
How to talk to your children about school shoot...
16 min
2704
Long delays for Service Canada customers
15 min
2705
Marking one year since the discovery of 215 gra...
56 min
2706
IATA sounds the alarm over Canadian Airport delays
11 min
2707
China and Canola
16 min
2708
Just for Laughs Festival in Vancouver - how did...
18 min
2709
Gun control in Canada
8 min
2710
The latest on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas
9 min
2711
Marking one year since the discovery of 215 gra...
15 min
2712
Another deadly school shooting the U.S., Storm ...
70 min
2713
Why the storm cleanup in Ottawa could be a leng...
10 min
2714
Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine on the war and r...
14 min
2715
First government charter of Ukrainian refugees ...
17 min
2716
Are Canadian communities prepared for increasin...
13 min
2717
What caused the Ontario storm to be so powerful...
9 min
2718
Saturday storm causes extensive damage in Ottawa
7 min
2719
Reaction to another deadly school shooting in t...
12 min
2720
Canada confirms three new cases of monkeypox, C...
62 min
2721
Fentanyl continues to devastate communities acr...
17 min
2722
Canada needs to do more to protect women's righ...
17 min
2723
The impact of Russia’s naval blockade on Ukrain...
17 min
2724
Why investigators now believe a deadly plane cr...
15 min
2725
What’s causing huge line-ups at Canadian airpor...
17 min