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.

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Politics
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Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in...
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Interest rates held as GTA faces a condo crisis
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A Toronto author sets out to find the true stor...
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Behind the scenes of the box office smash with ...
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Hockey trumps politics: How a crucial Canadiens...
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Alberta’s plan for forced treatment of drug us...
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Alberta moves ahead with forced treatment plan ...
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Tariffs, Trump, reports, and rumours shake Cana...
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Ozempic for youth? Childhood obesity care gets ...
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How a McMaster economist’s work is being used b...
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As trade war tensions rise, one U.S. city sends...
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Debate week is here, what’s at stake?
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The Explorer’s Gene: Why curiosity and trying n...
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45 years later, Terry Fox's brother retraces th...
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Will Jennifer Pan go free? Supreme Court orders...
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Could Trump’s tariffs drive up the price of tec...
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Polls, how they work and why some people doubt ...
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A memoir of food, restaurants, chefs, addiction...
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Do big election campaign promises on housing ad...
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One week from the debates, how solid is the Lib...
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Is one of America’s most dangerous volcanoes pr...
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The incredible true story of an FBI agent who w...
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How and why key Canadian supporters of India’s ...
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Confessions of a Restaurant Kid: A story of imm...
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New 3D scan reveals truths about Titanic’s fina...
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