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
China copes with surge in COVID cases and prote...
9 min
1702
Paying tribute to Börje Salming and his fight a...
24 min
1703
High interest rates are sending Canada’s housin...
61 min
1704
As Saudi Arabia enjoys a national holiday after...
14 min
1705
How some car dealerships using supply issues to...
12 min
1706
Sanctions are hurting Vladimir Putin and Russia...
18 min
1707
Journo Corner: Canada vs Belgium, Alberta vs Ot...
16 min
1708
The collapse of crypto trading platform FTX and...
15 min
1709
High interest rates are sending Canada’s housin...
13 min
1710
Public safety minister lays out the federal gov...
60 min
1711
December is around the corner, time for a refre...
13 min
1712
Team Canada gets set to play its first men’s Wo...
16 min
1713
A Kyiv human rights lawyer on holding Russia t...
15 min
1714
Alberta Premier promises inflation relief and ...
16 min
1715
Colorado Springs attack revives painful memorie...
17 min
1716
Public safety minister lays out the federal gov...
13 min
1717
Women gymnasts testify in Ottawa hearings on th...
59 min
1718
The Ontario flour mill behind the resurrection ...
12 min
1719
The fall of Elizabeth Holmes and the myth of th...
14 min
1720
The story behind one of the 70s biggest hits as...
16 min
1721
How Canada can help put advance democracy in Be...
14 min
1722
COP27 reaches deal for rich countries to pay fo...
15 min
1723
Women gymnasts testify in Ottawa hearings on th...
13 min
1724
Why high insurance rates are driving private co...
65 min
1725
From adulting to zonkey, 500 new words have bee...
17 min