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
1701
How is the federal government reacting to the p...
10 min
1702
Why NATO’s secretary general worries the war in...
13 min
1703
Céline Dion reveals diagnosis of rare neurologi...
62 min
1704
What’s in a name? Find out Canada’s most popula...
14 min
1705
New research shows the undeniable benefits of a...
14 min
1706
Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary release ...
17 min
1707
A new fund to help fight cancer set up in memor...
13 min
1708
Céline Dion reveals diagnosis of rare neurologi...
15 min
1709
The politics behind a high-profile prisoner swa...
13 min
1710
Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again but s...
60 min
1711
The enduring appeal of A Charlie Brown Christm...
14 min
1712
The jaw-dropping AI Chatbot is so good that it ...
14 min
1713
How Canadian museums should approach the repatr...
16 min
1714
Journo Corner: Ottawa to review RCMP equipment ...
18 min
1715
Why Canada is not poised to become a critical m...
14 min
1716
Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again but s...
13 min
1717
Auditor General warns that billions in ineligib...
61 min
1718
The Oxford Dictionaries word of the year celebr...
13 min
1719
The senate vote in Georgia and how the makeup o...
15 min
1720
The future may not be as digital as we once tho...
17 min
1721
The crisis in children’s health care and what n...
15 min
1722
Medical experts call on government to delay exp...
17 min
1723
Auditor General warns that billions in ineligib...
13 min
1724
Why food prices will continue to climb in 2023,...
55 min
1725
Why drinking eight glasses of water a day is un...
10 min