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
A mother’s quest for justice, Looking back at w...
68 min
1802
China’s Xi tightens his grip on power and gets ...
17 min
1803
Looking back at when Mr. Peanut ran for mayor o...
18 min
1804
Three Canadian schools make the World’s Top 50 ...
15 min
1805
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1806
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1807
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
1808
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1809
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1810
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1811
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1812
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1813
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1814
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1815
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1816
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1817
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1818
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1819
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1820
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1821
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1822
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1823
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
1824
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
1825
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min