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 are Trump’s tariff threats viewed in Washin...
16 min
702
The Bank of Canada cuts rates, braces for tariffs
18 min
703
Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? A name chang...
17 min
704
Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower...
17 min
705
Toronto man has big hopes for his tiny homes fo...
18 min
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Foreign interference inquiry finds causes for c...
17 min
707
Trump uses World Economic Forum speech to threa...
19 min
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The Winnipeg thief who shocked the World
18 min
709
Arlene Dickinson says it’s time for Canada to b...
18 min
710
Money: The history of cold hard cash
33 min
711
80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
18 min
712
His 13-year-old daughter was kidnapped by an on...
18 min
713
Streaming services hike prices and Chinese star...
18 min
714
Is Trump eyeing Canada’s water? Moving it aroun...
17 min
715
Curl Power: A Canadian coming-of-age documentar...
19 min
716
Calgary woman turns near death vacation experie...
18 min
717
Consumers are urged to “Buy Canadian”, why it’s...
8 min
718
The hat says ‘Canada is not for sale’, so why i...
9 min
719
Trump is trying to kill the EV business, how wi...
17 min
720
I Will Survive: Disco’s Revenge highlights why...
35 min
721
Oscar nominations: surprises, snubs, Canadian c...
17 min
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Tom Cochrane feels the weight as Garth Hudson, ...
18 min
723
Poilievre says he wants to cut the federal publ...
18 min
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Federal immigration department to cut more than...
17 min
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Trump claims fentanyl and migrants are coming a...
18 min