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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Journo Corner: Finance and a new show on the Co...
7 min
1577
Some Chinese cities rollback COVID restrictions...
10 min
1578
Will the “Alberta Sovereignty within a United C...
13 min
1579
Danielle Smith calls companies on vaccine requi...
73 min
1580
The allure of conspiracy theories and the rise ...
26 min
1581
Food insecurity is a growing problem in Canadia...
16 min
1582
As Canada marks Giving Tuesday, charities are s...
12 min
1583
Helping pave the way to accredit more foreign d...
14 min
1584
Danielle Smith charts a new and controversial c...
14 min
1585
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
65 min
1586
Why small talk is so important to our mental he...
14 min
1587
CSIS investigates death threats from Iran again...
14 min
1588
Fixing the problems with our Canadian cities - ...
17 min
1589
B.C. becomes the first jurisdiction in Canada t...
13 min
1590
How DNA and genetic genealogy led Toronto polic...
17 min
1591
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
14 min
1592
The prime minister testified that his decision...
64 min
1593
What does it take to be a great mascot? We ask ...
17 min
1594
Why your brain gets a real kick out of Black Fr...
14 min
1595
A large increase in cases of sextortion involv...
8 min
1596
The murders of four female students at the Univ...
9 min
1597
A former advisor to prime minister Stephen Harp...
15 min
1598
What did the Emergencies Act inquiry hear over ...
18 min
1599
The prime minister testified that his decision ...
14 min
1600
Paying tribute to Börje Salming and his fight a...
73 min