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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Most stolen vehicles in Canada - EV mandate sta...
45 min
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Melting point: What a reporter learned during m...
16 min
53
The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers: H...
16 min
54
Trump ‘declassifies’ thousands of Amelia Earhar...
18 min
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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
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Feared lost forever, how one of Europe’s most f...
17 min
59
How did Canada go backwards on Measles preventi...
17 min
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Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga's 'shocking' $173K ...
6 min
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The Strumbellas settle into a new groove with a...
17 min
62
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50yrs later: w...
17 min
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A reporter’s tale of Afghanistan’s tumultuous...
32 min
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Liberal MP's blunt budget assessment - Canadia...
37 min
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Alan Doyle takes you on a journey through his f...
18 min
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Defense spending - Budget reaction - Mamdani Ma...
47 min
67
Canadian classic rockers Coney Hatch on 40 year...
17 min
68
How the FBI solved the biggest stolen artifacts...
18 min
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MP Floor crossing - Budget breakdown - Shower b...
47 min
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One of Canada’s premier investigative journalis...
24 min
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A timely warning about the past as Canada look...
17 min
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Newfoundland’s Rachel Cousins teams up with A-l...
8 min
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How one Canadian heartthrob found fame and fail...
9 min
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Blue Jays post mortem - New federal budget comi...
37 min
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 How the 1995 referendum result saw Quebec turn...
18 min