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
726
Arlene Dickinson says it’s time for Canada to b...
18 min
727
Money: The history of cold hard cash
33 min
728
80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
18 min
729
His 13-year-old daughter was kidnapped by an on...
18 min
730
Streaming services hike prices and Chinese star...
18 min
731
Is Trump eyeing Canada’s water? Moving it aroun...
17 min
732
Curl Power: A Canadian coming-of-age documentar...
19 min
733
Calgary woman turns near death vacation experie...
18 min
734
Consumers are urged to “Buy Canadian”, why it’s...
8 min
735
The hat says ‘Canada is not for sale’, so why i...
9 min
736
Trump is trying to kill the EV business, how wi...
17 min
737
I Will Survive: Disco’s Revenge highlights why...
35 min
738
Oscar nominations: surprises, snubs, Canadian c...
17 min
739
Tom Cochrane feels the weight as Garth Hudson, ...
18 min
740
Poilievre says he wants to cut the federal publ...
18 min
741
Federal immigration department to cut more than...
17 min
742
Trump claims fentanyl and migrants are coming a...
18 min
743
Journo Corner: Prince Harry settles lawsuit wit...
19 min
744
Hollywood’s most fascinating flops: 26 movies t...
35 min
745
A new documentary pulls back the curtains on o...
37 min
746
Has Spotify changed the music industry for bett...
17 min
747
What we learned on Day One about Trump 2.0
18 min
748
How Trump’s tariff threats and plans for US ene...
18 min
749
Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico could ...
17 min
750
The true story of a Swiss Family Robinson-style...
17 min