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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How can we better improve our memory skills?
15 min
1552
B.C. woman ordered to reimburse former employer...
13 min
1553
Is your phone listening to your conversations?
15 min
1554
International aid organizations halt work in Af...
15 min
1555
Why would teen girls attack a homeless man in d...
7 min
1556
Who was Ken Lee? Remembering the homeless victi...
10 min
1557
How fraudsters are putting homes that don’t bel...
13 min
1558
FAA meltdown, Why you should care about the dis...
60 min
1559
Why you should care about the disappearance of ...
12 min
1560
Why has Canada put a halt on things entering th...
15 min
1561
US ponders banning gas stoves, should Canada co...
6 min
1562
US ponders banning gas stoves, should Canada co...
9 min
1563
Journo Corner: Banff parking spat, & "just tran...
16 min
1564
The Trudeau government seems awfully cozy with ...
16 min
1565
FAA meltdown - and the reliability of aviation IT
13 min
1566
Business leaders urge Three Amigos to move past...
60 min
1567
A real jailbird - how would you train a pigeon ...
10 min
1568
After a turbulent 2022 for many retailers, how ...
13 min
1569
A Little More True Crime: Cold Case BC
33 min
1570
As the political rhetoric heats up, a reality c...
16 min
1571
Business leaders urge Three Amigos to move past...
15 min
1572
Canada makes it official and opts for the F35, ...
62 min
1573
A close encounter with a Giant Pacific Octopus
15 min
1574
Two classmates look for answers in the 1975 dis...
15 min
1575
Dutch supermarket chain introduces “chat checko...
15 min