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
Helping pave the way to accredit more foreign d...
14 min
1702
Danielle Smith charts a new and controversial c...
14 min
1703
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
65 min
1704
Why small talk is so important to our mental he...
14 min
1705
CSIS investigates death threats from Iran again...
14 min
1706
Fixing the problems with our Canadian cities - ...
17 min
1707
B.C. becomes the first jurisdiction in Canada t...
13 min
1708
How DNA and genetic genealogy led Toronto polic...
17 min
1709
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
14 min
1710
The prime minister testified that his decision...
64 min
1711
What does it take to be a great mascot? We ask ...
17 min
1712
Why your brain gets a real kick out of Black Fr...
14 min
1713
A large increase in cases of sextortion involv...
8 min
1714
The murders of four female students at the Univ...
9 min
1715
A former advisor to prime minister Stephen Harp...
15 min
1716
What did the Emergencies Act inquiry hear over ...
18 min
1717
The prime minister testified that his decision ...
14 min
1718
Paying tribute to Börje Salming and his fight a...
73 min
1719
What you need to know when planning for winter ...
13 min
1720
A marketing expert on how to best navigate Bla...
14 min
1721
How the UK Supreme Court looked to Canada in sa...
18 min
1722
Gang-related murders are on the rise in Canada,...
14 min
1723
China copes with surge in COVID cases and prote...
9 min
1724
Paying tribute to Börje Salming and his fight a...
24 min
1725
High interest rates are sending Canada’s housin...
61 min