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
What is our bat population in decline?
10 min
1802
Time to turn back the clocks, how much longer w...
14 min
1803
What could a Russian spy have learned in a deca...
16 min
1804
The Russian spy who lived in Canada for a decad...
13 min
1805
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
6 min
1806
Federal fiscal updates warn of stormy economic ...
13 min
1807
Ontario parents scramble to cope with potential...
10 min
1808
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
60 min
1809
How tech helps us better understand the sounds ...
14 min
1810
Journo Corner: A reporter’s journey to Taiwan
13 min
1811
Just how damaging are federal environmental pol...
14 min
1812
What is the Saskatchewan First Act?
15 min
1813
Lawyer tells Emergencies Act inquiry that Convo...
16 min
1814
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
14 min
1815
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
59 min
1816
How a man made his case for a cameo on CSI over...
13 min
1817
Would you watch ads to pay less for a streaming...
13 min
1818
Doctors see more resistance to treatments over ...
15 min
1819
How foreign actors have used social media to tr...
14 min
1820
How can Canadian workplaces better address the ...
14 min
1821
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
13 min
1822
Former Ottawa police chief denies looking for a...
51 min
1823
The Halloween Scare That Won’t Go Away
12 min
1824
Man charged in Pelosi home attack allegedly tol...
8 min
1825
Brazil ops for left over right in electing in c...
14 min