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
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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active ...
13 min
1752
Problems in our Canadian cities - do downtown b...
6 min
1753
Problems in our Canadian cities - a store owner...
10 min
1754
A woman who survived stomach cancer fights to r...
13 min
1755
Journo Corner: Finance and a new show on the Co...
7 min
1756
Some Chinese cities rollback COVID restrictions...
10 min
1757
Will the “Alberta Sovereignty within a United C...
13 min
1758
Danielle Smith calls companies on vaccine requi...
73 min
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The allure of conspiracy theories and the rise ...
26 min
1760
Food insecurity is a growing problem in Canadia...
16 min
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As Canada marks Giving Tuesday, charities are s...
12 min
1762
Helping pave the way to accredit more foreign d...
14 min
1763
Danielle Smith charts a new and controversial c...
14 min
1764
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
65 min
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Why small talk is so important to our mental he...
14 min
1766
CSIS investigates death threats from Iran again...
14 min
1767
Fixing the problems with our Canadian cities - ...
17 min
1768
B.C. becomes the first jurisdiction in Canada t...
13 min
1769
How DNA and genetic genealogy led Toronto polic...
17 min
1770
Anger over ongoing COVID-19 restrictions prompt...
14 min
1771
The prime minister testified that his decision...
64 min
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What does it take to be a great mascot? We ask ...
17 min
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Why your brain gets a real kick out of Black Fr...
14 min
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A large increase in cases of sextortion involv...
8 min
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The murders of four female students at the Univ...
9 min