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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Journo Corner: The blame game at the Emergencie...
16 min
1752
Can we do more to prepare police officers to ha...
7 min
1753
The death in the line of duty of Burnaby RCMP C...
10 min
1754
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
13 min
1755
31-year old RCMP officer killed in the line of...
51 min
1756
Using Wikipedia to shine a spotlight on the acc...
13 min
1757
Sarah Richardson transforms Whistler B&B in HGT...
15 min
1758
Why aren’t Canadian authorities doing more to f...
17 min
1759
Canadians plan to curb holiday spending this year
7 min
1760
How much impact will Loblaw’s freezing prices o...
9 min
1761
Russia hits civilian and infrastructure targets...
17 min
1762
31-year old RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang killed in...
11 min
1763
Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans wh...
13 min
1764
Four years of legalized cannabis in Canada - wh...
14 min
1765
New data tells us Canadians are concerned about...
17 min
1766
On the heels of the Amanda Todd sentencing, how...
15 min
1767
One month since Mahsa Amini’s death, ongoing Ir...
18 min
1768
Ottawa city manager, police officers among witn...
14 min
1769
A mother’s quest for justice, Looking back at w...
68 min
1770
China’s Xi tightens his grip on power and gets ...
17 min
1771
Looking back at when Mr. Peanut ran for mayor o...
18 min
1772
Three Canadian schools make the World’s Top 50 ...
15 min
1773
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1774
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1775
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min