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
926
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
17 min
927
Health-care workers hope to revolutionize frost...
17 min
928
The Ford government’s plan to send nuclear powe...
17 min
929
Ride like the wind: A new documentary pays tri...
34 min
930
Manhunt continues for shooter in NYC murder of ...
17 min
931
Grocery prices could jump by 3-5% in 2025; Some...
17 min
932
An iconic style of Canadian movie theatre is qu...
18 min
933
Journo Corner: Canadian music funding body FACT...
17 min
934
There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught Ameri...
33 min
935
Air Canada drops carry-on bags for basic fare c...
16 min
936
How a term coined back in the 1850’s became the...
17 min
937
How small acts of kindness and connection reall...
15 min
938
Trump needles Trudeau about Canada becoming the...
20 min
939
What are you really eating? Why seafood so ofte...
18 min
940
Top Chef Canada winner brings a unique life sto...
17 min
941
Giving Tuesday kicks off a crucial month for Ca...
17 min
942
Who’s winning the thermostat wars and why
17 min
943
Air Canada starts rolling out facial recognitio...
15 min
944
Coffee prices are boiling over, how will it fil...
16 min
945
Why is parental estrangement seeing an uptick w...
18 min
946
President Biden under fire for going back on h...
17 min
947
Just five years after a devastating fire, Paris...
19 min
948
What did Canadians check out on YouTube in 2024?
19 min
949
B.C. scores court win in quest to sue opioid pr...
17 min
950
Could the death of an amateur MMA fighter in a ...
15 min