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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Comedian and author Mark Critch delivers an una...
17 min
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Why is Canada’s Dental Care Plan already over b...
10 min
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How Ryan Wedding became a drug kingpin - Why's ...
46 min
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Investments in Artificial Intelligence are driv...
18 min
130
He recorded at Abbey Road, toured with Black Sa...
18 min
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Barred from livestreaming your own kid playing ...
16 min
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How professional women's hockey finally took off
17 min
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Zelensky's top adviser resigns after Ukrainian ...
10 min
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What makes Canada worth fighting for with Mark ...
47 min
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 Grammy-award winning Alex Cuba returns with hi...
16 min
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The Guess Who's Randy Bachman and Burton Cummin...
17 min
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Ottawa science chief urges creation of national...
8 min
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How the Haida found hoops and made basketball t...
8 min
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Most stolen vehicles in Canada - EV mandate sta...
45 min
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Melting point: What a reporter learned during m...
16 min
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The Biggest Failure in a Century of Sneakers: H...
16 min
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Trump ‘declassifies’ thousands of Amelia Earhar...
18 min
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Cummings on Guess Who Reunion - Olympian turned...
43 min
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Another major sports gambling scandal - Can Lib...
40 min
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Why is Canada opening a consulate in Greenland?
9 min
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Feared lost forever, how one of Europe’s most f...
17 min
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How did Canada go backwards on Measles preventi...
17 min
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Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga's 'shocking' $173K ...
6 min
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The Strumbellas settle into a new groove with a...
17 min
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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50yrs later: w...
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