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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Investments in Artificial Intelligence are driv...
18 min
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He recorded at Abbey Road, toured with Black Sa...
18 min
28
Barred from livestreaming your own kid playing ...
16 min
29
How professional women's hockey finally took off
17 min
30
Zelensky's top adviser resigns after Ukrainian ...
10 min
31
What makes Canada worth fighting for with Mark ...
47 min
32
 Grammy-award winning Alex Cuba returns with hi...
16 min
33
The Guess Who's Randy Bachman and Burton Cummin...
17 min
34
Ottawa science chief urges creation of national...
8 min
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How the Haida found hoops and made basketball t...
8 min
36
Most stolen vehicles in Canada - EV mandate sta...
45 min
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Melting point: What a reporter learned during m...
16 min
38
The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers: H...
16 min
39
Trump ‘declassifies’ thousands of Amelia Earhar...
18 min
40
Cummings on Guess Who Reunion - Olympian turned...
43 min
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Another major sports gambling scandal - Can Lib...
40 min
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Why is Canada opening a consulate in Greenland?
9 min
43
Feared lost forever, how one of Europe’s most f...
17 min
44
How did Canada go backwards on Measles preventi...
17 min
45
Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga's 'shocking' $173K ...
6 min
46
The Strumbellas settle into a new groove with a...
17 min
47
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50yrs later: w...
17 min
48
A reporter’s tale of Afghanistan’s tumultuous...
32 min
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Liberal MP's blunt budget assessment - Canadia...
37 min
50
Alan Doyle takes you on a journey through his f...
18 min