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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A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
2802
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
2804
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
2807
Afghan Canadian military interpreters plan hung...
17 min
2808
Canadian gymnasts demand investigation into tox...
11 min
2809
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
13 min
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Former chief of the defence staff pleads guilty...
9 min
2811
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
2813
Why NATO should be doing more to help Ukraine
15 min
2814
Why the federal government’s climate reduction ...
10 min
2815
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
2818
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
13 min
2819
The Slap heard around the world, Alcohol-relat...
58 min
2820
Canada’s men’s soccer team qualifies for its fi...
13 min
2821
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies at age 62
5 min
2822
Indigenous leaders meet with Pope Francis at th...
11 min
2823
Canada identifies the F-35 as its preferred cho...
9 min
2824
Siblings look for home in B.C. for family membe...
8 min
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What are Putin’s aims in Ukraine and is there a...
17 min