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
3001
The Conservative leadership race loses a potent...
18 min
3002
Tips on tackling the affordability crisis
15 min
3003
Albertan helps Ukrainian refugees arriving in P...
47 min
3004
Wild pigs run amok on the prairies
12 min
3005
The cost and effectiveness of energy sanctions ...
16 min
3006
The view from the Baltics of the war in Ukraine...
17 min
3007
The state of the cyber war between Russia and t...
16 min
3008
B.C. charity gets ready to welcome Ukrainian re...
12 min
3009
Saskatchewan non-profit moves victims of human ...
6 min
3010
Albertan helps Ukrainian refugees arriving in P...
16 min
3011
An update on Ukraine heading into the weekend, ...
40 min
3012
Living with Fear
16 min
3013
Listening to how fish communicate
15 min
3014
How fear of Putin stops Russians from speaking out
8 min
3015
Targeting Russian Oligarchs
8 min
3016
Journalist Corner: What a week for Alberta. Oil...
16 min
3017
Oil prices on the rise, how far will they go?
8 min
3018
Is Canada doing enough to help Ukraine?
8 min
3019
An update on Ukraine heading into the weekend
6 min
3020
Ukrainian nuclear power plant hit in Russian at...
45 min
3021
What local Ukrainians are doing to help war eff...
13 min
3022
The information war inside Russia
16 min
3023
What have we learned in the first week of the war
17 min
3024
What it’s like being a refugee in Canada
16 min
3025
New immigration rules for Ukrainians
8 min