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
1601
Why Canada is not poised to become a critical m...
14 min
1602
Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again but s...
13 min
1603
Auditor General warns that billions in ineligib...
61 min
1604
The Oxford Dictionaries word of the year celebr...
13 min
1605
The senate vote in Georgia and how the makeup o...
15 min
1606
The future may not be as digital as we once tho...
17 min
1607
The crisis in children’s health care and what n...
15 min
1608
Medical experts call on government to delay exp...
17 min
1609
Auditor General warns that billions in ineligib...
13 min
1610
Why food prices will continue to climb in 2023,...
55 min
1611
Why drinking eight glasses of water a day is un...
10 min
1612
Danielle Smith says she is open to amending the...
15 min
1613
How effective has Canadian gun control legislat...
17 min
1614
Remembering the 14 women killed in the Ecole Po...
12 min
1615
Canada welcomes the world for a major UN biodiv...
9 min
1616
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is acquitted of sexual as...
8 min
1617
Why food prices will continue to climb in 2023
13 min
1618
Canadian officials knew for years existing laws...
62 min
1619
How much would increased policing help address ...
18 min
1620
Are unprepared drivers to blame for traffic cha...
15 min
1621
A Canadian scientist helps put a new face on th...
16 min
1622
Mother of Alberta man who disappeared from a BC...
16 min
1623
Alleged serial killings of four women in Winnip...
17 min
1624
Canadian officials knew for years existing laws...
13 min
1625
Why Ottawa’s new dental benefit for kids falls ...
59 min