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
What is our bat population in decline?
10 min
1702
Time to turn back the clocks, how much longer w...
14 min
1703
What could a Russian spy have learned in a deca...
16 min
1704
The Russian spy who lived in Canada for a decad...
13 min
1705
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
6 min
1706
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
10 min
1707
Federal fiscal updates warn of stormy economic ...
13 min
1708
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
60 min
1709
How tech helps us better understand the sounds ...
14 min
1710
Journo Corner: A reporter’s journey to Taiwan
13 min
1711
Just how damaging are federal environmental pol...
14 min
1712
What is the Saskatchewan First Act?
15 min
1713
Lawyer tells Emergencies Act inquiry that Convo...
16 min
1714
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
14 min
1715
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
59 min
1716
How a man made his case for a cameo on CSI over...
13 min
1717
Would you watch ads to pay less for a streaming...
13 min
1718
Doctors see more resistance to treatments over ...
15 min
1719
How foreign actors have used social media to tr...
14 min
1720
How can Canadian workplaces better address the ...
14 min
1721
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
13 min
1722
Former Ottawa police chief denies looking for a...
51 min
1723
The Halloween Scare That Won’t Go Away
12 min
1724
Man charged in Pelosi home attack allegedly tol...
8 min
1725
Brazil ops for left over right in electing in c...
14 min