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
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
59 min
1827
What happens when you start to run out of water...
13 min
1828
The Safety Dance at 40: Catching up with Men Wi...
13 min
1829
Canada’s intelligence service told the Federal ...
16 min
1830
Journo Corner: The blame game at the Emergencie...
16 min
1831
Can we do more to prepare police officers to ha...
7 min
1832
The death in the line of duty of Burnaby RCMP C...
10 min
1833
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
13 min
1834
31-year old RCMP officer killed in the line of...
51 min
1835
Using Wikipedia to shine a spotlight on the acc...
13 min
1836
Sarah Richardson transforms Whistler B&B in HGT...
15 min
1837
Why aren’t Canadian authorities doing more to f...
17 min
1838
Canadians plan to curb holiday spending this year
7 min
1839
How much impact will Loblaw’s freezing prices o...
9 min
1840
Russia hits civilian and infrastructure targets...
17 min
1841
31-year old RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang killed in...
11 min
1842
Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans wh...
13 min
1843
Four years of legalized cannabis in Canada - wh...
14 min
1844
New data tells us Canadians are concerned about...
17 min
1845
On the heels of the Amanda Todd sentencing, how...
15 min
1846
One month since Mahsa Amini’s death, ongoing Ir...
18 min
1847
Ottawa city manager, police officers among witn...
14 min
1848
A mother’s quest for justice, Looking back at w...
68 min
1849
China’s Xi tightens his grip on power and gets ...
17 min
1850
Looking back at when Mr. Peanut ran for mayor o...
18 min