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
1826
The best movies to set a spooky mood this Hallo...
21 min
1827
The B.C. government says no to supporting the I...
14 min
1828
Census shows Canadians are losing their religion
14 min
1829
An Act of Evil - The untold story of the small...
14 min
1830
Elon Musk gets set to transform Twitter
15 min
1831
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
64 min
1832
The many reasons why the Dutch don’t say sorry
14 min
1833
The mysterious rise of food allergies in North ...
13 min
1834
A Canadian leads the Philadelphia Phillies into...
16 min
1835
Looking ahead to the US midterm elections - imp...
15 min
1836
One month since Fiona: Newfoundland and Labrador
9 min
1837
One month since Fiona: Cape Breton
9 min
1838
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
13 min
1839
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
50 min
1840
What life skills do young adults today feel the...
13 min
1841
An ode to ginger beef: the hidden history of Ch...
15 min
1842
Pennsylvania’s senate debate reveals the ongoin...
17 min
1843
Journo Corner: The Bank of Canada pushes ahead ...
13 min
1844
Why new arrivals to Canada continue to settle i...
8 min
1845
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
8 min
1846
Should Ottawa be doing more to repatriate Canad...
14 min
1847
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
61 min
1848
Need a floppy disk, there’s still a company in ...
17 min
1849
A look behind the scenes of hockey broadcasts w...
14 min
1850
Did China’s Communist Party fool the West into ...
17 min