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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How well do federal party promises add up?
18 min
377
London Junior hockey assault trial begins
15 min
378
Post-Debate: Looking to the last stretch before...
5 min
379
Post-Debate: Body language of the leaders
8 min
380
Post-Debate: The Panel
62 min
381
Post-Debate: Energy issues
7 min
382
Post-Debate: Facing Donald Trump
7 min
383
Post-debate: Liberal view.
8 min
384
Post-debate: Conservative view
10 min
385
The sweet science of chocolate
17 min
386
Journo Corner: French debate reaction
18 min
387
How a speech therapist lost her ability to spea...
17 min
388
Port of Churchill sees renewed interest as Cana...
17 min
389
Big Bill is Canada’s answer to Carhartt
8 min
390
Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in...
9 min
391
Interest rates held as GTA faces a condo crisis
17 min
392
A Toronto author sets out to find the true stor...
37 min
393
Behind the scenes of the box office smash with ...
17 min
394
Hockey trumps politics: How a crucial Canadiens...
19 min
395
Alberta’s plan for forced treatment of drug us...
7 min
396
Alberta moves ahead with forced treatment plan ...
10 min
397
Tariffs, Trump, reports, and rumours shake Cana...
19 min
398
Ozempic for youth? Childhood obesity care gets ...
16 min
399
How a McMaster economist’s work is being used b...
21 min
400
As trade war tensions rise, one U.S. city sends...
17 min