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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Doctors call for changes in the way obesity is ...
17 min
802
Should Canada leverage energy exports to the US...
18 min
803
No fun in the sun: Why do some tropical resorts...
18 min
804
Canadian patients dying while waiting for treat...
17 min
805
We're seeing a Hunger Games' across Ontario: Hu...
17 min
806
Journo Corner: Canada should brace for chaos in...
17 min
807
Canadian business owner contemplates move to US...
16 min
808
Why Starbucks is taking in the welcome mat for ...
17 min
809
BC man taken to court by coworkers for $2M lott...
17 min
810
US Food and Drug Administration bans us of cont...
18 min
811
P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of me...
15 min
812
Yukon hair freezing contest is on for 2025, wea...
13 min
813
Record antarctic ice core
16 min
814
American talk shows, popular podcasts, why Cana...
18 min
815
True Crime: Cold Case Course/Elizabeth Bain mur...
19 min
816
Damage from natural disasters in Canada hit rec...
17 min
817
LA faces a long and difficult rebuild and tough...
7 min
818
Winnipeg firefighter rushes to the rescue while...
9 min
819
Remembering “Soul Man” Sam Moore of Sam & Dave ...
35 min
820
From science fiction to reality, how close are ...
17 min
821
Why Trump’s threats aimed at Canada, Greenland,...
18 min
822
From LA to Jasper: We’re in a new era of wildf...
18 min
823
Trudeau’s dithering on capital gains should be ...
17 min
824
Trudeau plans his exit, Trump gets set to retur...
17 min
825
We live in a time of information abundance, why...
17 min