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
The Trudeau government seems awfully cozy with ...
16 min
1502
FAA meltdown - and the reliability of aviation IT
13 min
1503
Business leaders urge Three Amigos to move past...
60 min
1504
A real jailbird - how would you train a pigeon ...
10 min
1505
After a turbulent 2022 for many retailers, how ...
13 min
1506
A Little More True Crime: Cold Case BC
33 min
1507
As the political rhetoric heats up, a reality c...
16 min
1508
Business leaders urge Three Amigos to move past...
15 min
1509
Canada makes it official and opts for the F35, ...
62 min
1510
A close encounter with a Giant Pacific Octopus
15 min
1511
Two classmates look for answers in the 1975 dis...
15 min
1512
Dutch supermarket chain introduces “chat checko...
15 min
1513
Prince Harry tells all in his autobiography “Sp...
15 min
1514
The Brasilia riots and the poisonous influence ...
17 min
1515
Canada makes it official and opts for the F35, ...
14 min
1516
Canada’s first electric car makes its debut at ...
54 min
1517
Why does American milk chocolate taste so tangy...
17 min
1518
New Zealand’s aggressive anti-smoking strategy ...
15 min
1519
How a B.C. stuntwoman followed in her mother’s ...
15 min
1520
What’s behind a continued shortages of cold and...
9 min
1521
Canada’s first electric car makes its debut at ...
12 min
1522
Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for ...
56 min
1523
How far does a gold medal for Canada and a succ...
12 min
1524
Why is the quality of the “stuff” we buy declin...
15 min
1525
Cutting back on meetings in 2023, how one of Ca...
12 min