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
1751
A woman who survived stomach cancer fights to r...
13 min
1752
Journo Corner: Finance and a new show on the Co...
7 min
1753
Some Chinese cities rollback COVID restrictions...
10 min
1754
Will the “Alberta Sovereignty within a United C...
13 min
1755
Danielle Smith calls companies on vaccine requi...
73 min
1756
The allure of conspiracy theories and the rise ...
26 min
1757
Food insecurity is a growing problem in Canadia...
16 min
1758
As Canada marks Giving Tuesday, charities are s...
12 min
1759
Helping pave the way to accredit more foreign d...
14 min
1760
Danielle Smith charts a new and controversial c...
14 min
1761
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
65 min
1762
Why small talk is so important to our mental he...
14 min
1763
CSIS investigates death threats from Iran again...
14 min
1764
Fixing the problems with our Canadian cities - ...
17 min
1765
B.C. becomes the first jurisdiction in Canada t...
13 min
1766
How DNA and genetic genealogy led Toronto polic...
17 min
1767
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
14 min
1768
The prime minister testified that his decision...
64 min
1769
What does it take to be a great mascot? We ask ...
17 min
1770
Why your brain gets a real kick out of Black Fr...
14 min
1771
A large increase in cases of sextortion involv...
8 min
1772
The murders of four female students at the Univ...
9 min
1773
A former advisor to prime minister Stephen Harp...
15 min
1774
What did the Emergencies Act inquiry hear over ...
18 min
1775
The prime minister testified that his decision ...
14 min