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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Why Canada’s housing crisis showed few signs of...
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How immigration became a dominant topic in Cana...
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Trudeau founders, incumbents stagger, Trump ret...
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After a devastating wildfire, Jasper ends 2024 ...
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What events, people, and trends Canadians were ...
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The surprising ways in which games have changed...
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Airlines try to crackdown on air rage incidents...
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The humble origins of one of the world’s most e...
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Giving a gift? Turns out late isn’t a bad thing...
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A top FBI criminal profiler on what we’ve learn...
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Man suspected of killing United Healthcare CEO ...
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Syrians around the world react to the fall of A...
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How cancer can mean ‘staggering’ costs for pati...
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40 years since Do They Know It’s Christmas and ...
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The fragile place we call Earth and how the uni...
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How much higher can Bitcoin climb?
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What’s hot and what’s not in Canadian real esta...
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2024’s most mispronounced words
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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Health-care workers hope to revolutionize frost...
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The Ford government’s plan to send nuclear powe...
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Ride like the wind: A new documentary pays tri...
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Manhunt continues for shooter in NYC murder of ...
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Grocery prices could jump by 3-5% in 2025; Some...
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An iconic style of Canadian movie theatre is qu...
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