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