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
2901
What is the legal impact of the Pope’s apology?
6 min
2902
Chief Judy Wilson discusses apology from Cathol...
11 min
2903
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
13 min
2904
TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment of a ...
98 min
2905
What makes an April Fool’s prank work?
12 min
2906
Why do we fall for April Fool’s pranks?
16 min
2907
Why the healthcare system needs to be better pr...
17 min
2908
A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
2909
What the TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailm...
17 min
2910
The TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment o...
15 min
2911
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
43 min
2912
Building a network to help house those fleeing ...
16 min
2913
The challenge in providing humanitarian aid to ...
18 min
2914
Afghan Canadian military interpreters plan hung...
17 min
2915
Canadian gymnasts demand investigation into tox...
11 min
2916
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
13 min
2917
Former chief of the defence staff pleads guilty...
9 min
2918
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
37 min
2919
Life now for those who fled the fighting in Kyiv
10 min
2920
Why NATO should be doing more to help Ukraine
15 min
2921
Why the federal government’s climate reduction ...
10 min
2922
Navigating the federal government’s climate red...
11 min
2923
Microplastics detected in human blood for the f...
11 min
2924
Russia declares it’s scaling back its military ...
17 min
2925
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
13 min