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
Why is the Lytton cleanup still progressing so ...
16 min
2702
Why last Summer’s heat dome in western Canada w...
8 min
2703
Covid-19 - two new variants in South Africa
9 min
2704
CPC leadership race
15 min
2705
What’s causing long security waits at Canadian ...
67 min
2706
Why did Anglo-Saxon kings eat such a vegetable-...
13 min
2707
How a US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe...
16 min
2708
The widespread impact on India of a blistering ...
18 min
2709
A new book looks at why the 1972 war on ice bet...
18 min
2710
Journos Corner: Talking Defence with David Pugl...
15 min
2711
What’s causing long security waits at Canadian ...
14 min
2712
A preview of the 2022 Ontario election campaign...
73 min
2713
Why does the icing in an Oreo usually stick to ...
13 min
2714
Montreal and the hockey world says goodbye to G...
15 min
2715
Why are so many Canadian drivers distracted beh...
7 min
2716
Why are cannabis prices plummeting in Canada?
10 min
2717
Leaked ruling suggests the U.S. Supreme Court m...
18 min
2718
A preview of the 2022 Ontario election campaign
15 min
2719
Comparing protests and how Canada reacts to them
16 min
2720
The risks and rewards of single-game sports gam...
19 min
2721
260,000 tossed masks recycled for furniture, pl...
16 min
2722
Should Elon Musk remove dictators from Twitter?
18 min
2723
Amber Heard fires PR team ahead of testimony in...
16 min
2724
Are police in Ottawa better prepared for the la...
68 min
2725
The blame game within Russia over military fail...
18 min