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
Handgun ban in effect, Ottawa's cybersecurity b...
74 min
1802
Warnings Ottawa’s cybersecurity bill is flawed ...
14 min
1803
Russia may be stepping up cyberattacks worldwid...
12 min
1804
Can employees get away with bad behaviour and p...
15 min
1805
Meet B.C.’s next premier: Who is David Eby and ...
16 min
1806
Recording of RCMP meeting in the aftermath of t...
16 min
1807
Canada’s handgun ban goes into effect today, wi...
13 min
1808
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
61 min
1809
A taxi scam in Toronto leads to a TikTok video ...
13 min
1810
Persistent drought and conflict drives Somalia ...
15 min
1811
Covid in Canada heading into the colder months;...
15 min
1812
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 ye...
13 min
1813
Canadian military investigates whether former f...
15 min
1814
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
14 min
1815
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
59 min
1816
What happens when you start to run out of water...
13 min
1817
The Safety Dance at 40: Catching up with Men Wi...
13 min
1818
Canada’s intelligence service told the Federal ...
16 min
1819
Journo Corner: The blame game at the Emergencie...
16 min
1820
Can we do more to prepare police officers to ha...
7 min
1821
The death in the line of duty of Burnaby RCMP C...
10 min
1822
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
13 min
1823
31-year old RCMP officer killed in the line of...
51 min
1824
Using Wikipedia to shine a spotlight on the acc...
13 min
1825
Sarah Richardson transforms Whistler B&B in HGT...
15 min