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
Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans wh...
13 min
1827
Four years of legalized cannabis in Canada - wh...
14 min
1828
New data tells us Canadians are concerned about...
17 min
1829
On the heels of the Amanda Todd sentencing, how...
15 min
1830
One month since Mahsa Amini’s death, ongoing Ir...
18 min
1831
Ottawa city manager, police officers among witn...
14 min
1832
A mother’s quest for justice, Looking back at w...
68 min
1833
China’s Xi tightens his grip on power and gets ...
17 min
1834
Looking back at when Mr. Peanut ran for mayor o...
18 min
1835
Three Canadian schools make the World’s Top 50 ...
15 min
1836
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1837
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1838
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
1839
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1840
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1841
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1842
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1843
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1844
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1845
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1846
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1847
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1848
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1849
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1850
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min