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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Was invoking the Emergencies Act necessary?
7 min
3152
A look at policing - where did Ottawa fail? Wha...
8 min
3153
Pre-arrival COVID PCR tests scrapped - what doe...
7 min
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Pre-arrival COVID PCR tests scrapped - how does...
7 min
3155
Understanding the Emergencies Act, Controversy ...
45 min
3156
Remembering Ivan Reitman & The great love songs...
17 min
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Anti-Racism Social Media Tool
8 min
3158
RCMP seize weapons and ammunition and arrest 12...
10 min
3159
Is invoking the Emergencies Act the right move?
6 min
3160
Understanding the Emergencies Act from the form...
8 min
3161
Injunction granted to remove Ambassador Bridge ...
43 min
3162
Pressure of Competing at the Olympics and why s...
17 min
3163
How social cohesion has eroded over the pandemic
13 min
3164
Mother of 4yr old who died in father’s custody ...
16 min
3165
One of Putin’s Greatest Foes says Economic Sanc...
16 min
3166
Talking Politics and Protest
9 min
3167
New Poll Shows Divisions over Canadian attitude...
8 min
3168
Border Blockade Latest and Ontario’s State of E...
6 min
3169
Injunction granted to remove Ambassador Bridge ...
8 min
3170
How the continued closing of Ambassador Bridge ...
38 min
3171
High Cost of Team Canada Olympic Gear?
17 min
3172
Once in a Millennium rogue Wave off Vancouver I...
12 min
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Looking back on the Pickton Case 20 years later
16 min
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Why aren’t our leaders doing more to contain th...
8 min
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Why do authorities seem unable to protect again...
6 min