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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UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announ...
18 min
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Canada's Iconic K-Tel is still going strong
18 min
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Why threats against Mitch Marner should be a wa...
8 min
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The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims ...
18 min
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Sprinter in her 90s has muscle cells of someone...
10 min
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Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a ...
8 min
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Canada axes U.S. counter-tariffs - Defending yo...
26 min
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The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking ...
17 min
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Harassment, hardship and hope in wildland firef...
17 min
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Trump tariffs illegal? - De minmis crunch - Sec...
38 min
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Why Veteran investigative journalist Linden Mac...
17 min
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The class of 2025 inductees into the Canadian S...
16 min
113
Fit for TV Reveals the Complicated History of T...
17 min
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Ice Cube steps off the big screen and picks up ...
10 min
115
Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a...
17 min
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Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is r...
17 min
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Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein ca...
9 min
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What are Canada’s five major cities? A summer o...
36 min
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Canada removes retaliatory tariffs on U.S, Apri...
45 min
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Rick Mercer Interview
15 min
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Canada gave its citizens the right to die, now ...
18 min
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8-year-old boy is killed by stray bullet while ...
8 min
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Sleep Country co-founder reveals crack addictio...
21 min
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Air Canada strike, Canola seed tariffs take eff...
47 min
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Vancouver band Mother Mother celebrates 20 year...
17 min