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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A Kyiv human rights lawyer on holding Russia t...
15 min
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Alberta Premier promises inflation relief and ...
16 min
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Colorado Springs attack revives painful memorie...
17 min
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Public safety minister lays out the federal gov...
13 min
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Women gymnasts testify in Ottawa hearings on th...
59 min
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The Ontario flour mill behind the resurrection ...
12 min
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The fall of Elizabeth Holmes and the myth of th...
14 min
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The story behind one of the 70s biggest hits as...
16 min
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How Canada can help put advance democracy in Be...
14 min
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COP27 reaches deal for rich countries to pay fo...
15 min
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Women gymnasts testify in Ottawa hearings on th...
13 min
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Why high insurance rates are driving private co...
65 min
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From adulting to zonkey, 500 new words have bee...
17 min
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Alberta’s premier takes a wrecking ball to the ...
14 min
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Few men have played for Canada at the World Cup...
15 min
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Inside the Canadian company making armoured veh...
13 min
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Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco an...
17 min
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Why high insurance rates are driving private co...
13 min
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The most important source of Canada’s inflation...
74 min
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A California man turns up the heat - and sets a...
13 min
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A grizzly bear so dominant they call him “The B...
16 min
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BC tech company uses big data to help Minnesota...
15 min
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As easy as 123456 a new list reveals just how m...
13 min
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Why are rental prices soaring and will they sta...
9 min
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The reality of the increasing cost of rent acro...
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