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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TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment of a ...
98 min
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What makes an April Fool’s prank work?
12 min
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Why do we fall for April Fool’s pranks?
16 min
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Why the healthcare system needs to be better pr...
17 min
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A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
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What the TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailm...
17 min
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The TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment o...
15 min
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Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
43 min
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Building a network to help house those fleeing ...
16 min
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The challenge in providing humanitarian aid to ...
18 min
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Afghan Canadian military interpreters plan hung...
17 min
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Canadian gymnasts demand investigation into tox...
11 min
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Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
13 min
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Former chief of the defence staff pleads guilty...
9 min
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Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
37 min
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Life now for those who fled the fighting in Kyiv
10 min
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Why NATO should be doing more to help Ukraine
15 min
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Why the federal government’s climate reduction ...
10 min
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Navigating the federal government’s climate red...
11 min
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Microplastics detected in human blood for the f...
11 min
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Russia declares it’s scaling back its military ...
17 min
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Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
13 min
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The Slap heard around the world, Alcohol-relat...
58 min
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Canada’s men’s soccer team qualifies for its fi...
13 min
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Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies at age 62
5 min