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
1801
More Canadians than ever living with cancer
8 min
1802
Children's hospitals across Canada stretched as...
8 min
1803
US Midterms: Can the Republicans take control o...
13 min
1804
Health ministers gather in Vancouver a critical...
60 min
1805
Forget a baby bust, the U.S. actually saw a pan...
13 min
1806
The rise and fall of Edda Mussolini and how the...
13 min
1807
In Tuesday’s midterms, a Republican Party trans...
15 min
1808
Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that Ch...
14 min
1809
Mom of last Canadian soldier killed in Afghanis...
16 min
1810
Health ministers gather in Vancouver a critical...
13 min
1811
What’s next in the labour battle of CUPE versus...
63 min
1812
Live music is back, why do many artists find it...
17 min
1813
The dark cloud hanging over the upcoming World ...
13 min
1814
Why are climate activists targeting priceless ...
16 min
1815
Canadian home energy costs are on the rise this...
12 min
1816
Jody Wilson-Raybould’s new book explores true r...
16 min
1817
What’s next in the labour battle of CUPE versus...
14 min
1818
Federal fiscal updates warn of stormy economic ...
77 min
1819
What is our bat population in decline?
10 min
1820
Time to turn back the clocks, how much longer w...
14 min
1821
What could a Russian spy have learned in a deca...
16 min
1822
The Russian spy who lived in Canada for a decad...
13 min
1823
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
6 min
1824
Federal fiscal updates warn of stormy economic ...
13 min
1825
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
10 min