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
Why are more Canadians being killed in fires
14 min
1502
Idaho student killings suspect identified by DN...
59 min
1503
Remembering Jean Paré - the author of the Compa...
11 min
1504
Canada’s highest-paid CEOs made record average ...
14 min
1505
The brief but grizzly history of the rise and f...
16 min
1506
Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest through ...
15 min
1507
China slams ‘excessive’ COVID-19 curbs on trave...
8 min
1508
New COVID variant could be the one to watch out...
8 min
1509
Idaho student killings suspect identified by D...
14 min
1510
Rogers-Shaw deal: Competition watchdog appeals ...
59 min
1511
The Taliban bans women from universities and NG...
14 min
1512
Why are so many employees ready to look for new...
12 min
1513
What we’ve lost playing the lottery and why gov...
16 min
1514
Rogers-Shaw deal: Competition watchdog appeals ...
14 min
1515
Did our bail system fail an OPP constable kille...
45 min
1516
How recent winter storms reveal gaps in our em...
14 min
1517
Remembering Canadian music icon Ian Tyson
18 min
1518
What was it like to be scored on by Pele? Dick ...
16 min
1519
When weather chaos strikes, what responsibility...
8 min
1520
How an Edmonton family navigated the Sunwing fi...
8 min
1521
Did our bail system fail an OPP constable kill...
14 min
1522
Buffalo digs out from a historic blizzard, A f...
68 min
1523
Journo Corner: Year in Review 2022
19 min
1524
A family from Abbotsford helps at the scene of ...
16 min
1525
How a huge winter storm exposed bigger problems...
9 min