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
The Russian spy who lived in Canada for a decad...
13 min
1702
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
6 min
1703
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
10 min
1704
Federal fiscal updates warn of stormy economic ...
13 min
1705
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
60 min
1706
How tech helps us better understand the sounds ...
14 min
1707
Journo Corner: A reporter’s journey to Taiwan
13 min
1708
Just how damaging are federal environmental pol...
14 min
1709
What is the Saskatchewan First Act?
15 min
1710
Lawyer tells Emergencies Act inquiry that Convo...
16 min
1711
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
14 min
1712
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
59 min
1713
How a man made his case for a cameo on CSI over...
13 min
1714
Would you watch ads to pay less for a streaming...
13 min
1715
Doctors see more resistance to treatments over ...
15 min
1716
How foreign actors have used social media to tr...
14 min
1717
How can Canadian workplaces better address the ...
14 min
1718
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
13 min
1719
Former Ottawa police chief denies looking for a...
51 min
1720
The Halloween Scare That Won’t Go Away
12 min
1721
Man charged in Pelosi home attack allegedly tol...
8 min
1722
Brazil ops for left over right in electing in c...
14 min
1723
New briefing warns of staffing crisis in the ca...
15 min
1724
Former Ottawa police chief denies looking for a...
13 min
1725
The B.C. government says no to supporting the I...
63 min