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
1501
Where do hot cross buns come from? St. Albans ...
65 min
1502
Vancouver authorities move to clear away one of...
76 min
1503
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen to become the ...
78 min
1504
Meet the makers of a massive meatball made with...
91 min
1505
Shaw/Rogers deal and what it means for Canadian...
60 min
1506
Donald Trump indicted in alleged hush-money cr...
94 min
1507
Families of the victims prepare for release of ...
92 min
1508
Why do we dislike new music as we grow older
90 min
1509
Biden’s chocolate gift an ‘unbelievable’ moment...
87 min
1510
Do we focus too much on negative news?
60 min
1511
The power of nostalgia: why shoppers are flocki...
86 min
1512
Sources tell Global News that Liberal MP Han Do...
91 min
1513
Customer sues Tim Hortons for $500K after being...
91 min
1514
Nobody knows how to hang out anymore and it's m...
91 min
1515
The hockey player who broke the NHL colour barr...
92 min
1516
Eight Canadian police officers killed on the jo...
90 min
1517
Former governor general David Johnston named ra...
88 min
1518
The legacy of Kiska, the last Orca to die in ca...
85 min
1519
Why did Flair Airlines see four of its planes s...
91 min
1520
A look behind the curtains at the Oscars and th...
62 min
1521
How to have a bad day
88 min
1522
Seinfeld and Economics: Lessons on everything f...
90 min
1523
The Ongoing History of New Music celebrates 30 ...
74 min
1524
Prime Minister lays out multipronged foreign in...
87 min
1525
What is thundersnow?
96 min