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
1726
As Saudi Arabia enjoys a national holiday after...
14 min
1727
How some car dealerships using supply issues to...
12 min
1728
Sanctions are hurting Vladimir Putin and Russia...
18 min
1729
Journo Corner: Canada vs Belgium, Alberta vs Ot...
16 min
1730
The collapse of crypto trading platform FTX and...
15 min
1731
High interest rates are sending Canada’s housin...
13 min
1732
Public safety minister lays out the federal gov...
60 min
1733
December is around the corner, time for a refre...
13 min
1734
Team Canada gets set to play its first men’s Wo...
16 min
1735
A Kyiv human rights lawyer on holding Russia t...
15 min
1736
Alberta Premier promises inflation relief and ...
16 min
1737
Colorado Springs attack revives painful memorie...
17 min
1738
Public safety minister lays out the federal gov...
13 min
1739
Women gymnasts testify in Ottawa hearings on th...
59 min
1740
The Ontario flour mill behind the resurrection ...
12 min
1741
The fall of Elizabeth Holmes and the myth of th...
14 min
1742
The story behind one of the 70s biggest hits as...
16 min
1743
How Canada can help put advance democracy in Be...
14 min
1744
COP27 reaches deal for rich countries to pay fo...
15 min
1745
Women gymnasts testify in Ottawa hearings on th...
13 min
1746
Why high insurance rates are driving private co...
65 min
1747
From adulting to zonkey, 500 new words have bee...
17 min
1748
Alberta’s premier takes a wrecking ball to the ...
14 min
1749
Inside the Canadian company making armoured veh...
13 min
1750
Few men have played for Canada at the World Cup...
15 min