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
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Three Canadian schools make the World’s Top 50 ...
15 min
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Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
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What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
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How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
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A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
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The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
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Rambo Tourism
13 min
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Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
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What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
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An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
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Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
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The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
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What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
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How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
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Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
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Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
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Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
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Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
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What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
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Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
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The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
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Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min
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Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy
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Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors resign...
16 min
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Tech company shows ArriveCan could have been bu...
15 min