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 world-renowned endurance swimmer on why he's ...
16 min
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Everyone Knew His Name: George Wendt, Norm and ...
19 min
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Solving the mystery of Alberta's dinosaur grave...
17 min
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NASA warns of huge solar flares that could caus...
8 min
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Bell outage: New rules were put in place after ...
9 min
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The US Dollar has ruled the world for ages, is ...
37 min
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Daughter/father duo from Orangeville take the R...
18 min
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Everyone Knew His Name: paying tribute to Geor...
6 min
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No easy answers to the problems plaguing Canada...
11 min
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45 years after the deadliest volcanic eruption ...
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BC architect and adventurer on his 500-kilometr...
19 min
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A baby name consultant dissects the top names f...
18 min
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Apple and China: How Did their lucrative union ...
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Canada’s EV Industry already had a Bumpy Road A...
16 min
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Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the r...
18 min
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The weird, wacky and downright bizarre food bei...
15 min
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Big grocers warn that tariffs could start to t...
17 min
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Leafs fans confront a familiar and dreaded sin...
12 min
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Oscar-nominated director tackles the tale of a ...
18 min
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Montreal launches one of the world’s toughest c...
15 min
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Prime Minister Carney’s new cabinet gets to wor...
20 min
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Your health data may be being sold to third par...
17 min
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The Menendez brothers could be granted parole f...
19 min
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Great Big Sea’s Sean McCann sets out on Great B...
35 min
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How do Canadian honking habits compare to our p...
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