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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Jay Ingram explores why we love our pets in new...
17 min
27
Canada/USA/Mexico leaders meet - World Cup Draw...
48 min
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How trackers could help monarch butterflies s...
8 min
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Tiny trackers allow for revolution in how we ...
9 min
30
Comedian and author Mark Critch delivers an una...
17 min
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Why is Canada’s Dental Care Plan already over b...
10 min
32
How Ryan Wedding became a drug kingpin - Why's ...
46 min
33
Investments in Artificial Intelligence are driv...
18 min
34
He recorded at Abbey Road, toured with Black Sa...
18 min
35
How professional women's hockey finally took off
17 min
36
Barred from livestreaming your own kid playing ...
16 min
37
Zelensky's top adviser resigns after Ukrainian ...
10 min
38
What makes Canada worth fighting for with Mark ...
47 min
39
 Grammy-award winning Alex Cuba returns with hi...
16 min
40
The Guess Who's Randy Bachman and Burton Cummin...
17 min
41
Ottawa science chief urges creation of national...
8 min
42
How the Haida found hoops and made basketball t...
8 min
43
Most stolen vehicles in Canada - EV mandate sta...
45 min
44
Melting point: What a reporter learned during m...
16 min
45
The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers: H...
16 min
46
Trump ‘declassifies’ thousands of Amelia Earhar...
18 min
47
Cummings on Guess Who Reunion - Olympian turned...
43 min
48
Another major sports gambling scandal - Can Lib...
40 min
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Why is Canada opening a consulate in Greenland?
9 min
50
Feared lost forever, how one of Europe’s most f...
17 min