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