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
1901
Ottawa drops remaining COVID travel and border ...
15 min
1902
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Ex...
9 min
1903
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Re...
13 min
1904
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Po...
10 min
1905
Bracing for Fiona, Protests in Iran over death ...
87 min
1906
Aaron Judge quietly chases home run history in ...
17 min
1907
How the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman...
17 min
1908
Is Vladimir Putin starting to lose his iron gri...
18 min
1909
Can Canada be part of the solution to Europe’s ...
15 min
1910
Bracing for Fiona: Prince Edward Island
5 min
1911
Bracing for Fiona: Cape Breton
12 min
1912
Bracing for Fiona: Emergency Preparedness in Ha...
4 min
1913
Bracing for Fiona: The latest from Nova Scotia
10 min
1914
Preparing for Fiona, why are whales stranded on...
63 min
1915
The oldest recorded mammal is much older than p...
10 min
1916
The surge in demand for rare coins and notes f...
16 min
1917
Why are huge numbers of whales stranded on Aust...
16 min
1918
Russians protest over Putin’s mobilization anno...
15 min
1919
The Prime Minister faces a new Leader of the Of...
17 min
1920
Atlantic Canada braces for Fiona: How one munic...
6 min
1921
Atlantic Canada braces for Fiona: Where is it ...
8 min
1922
The mission to feed one million kids each year ...
9 min
1923
Statistics Canada releases new data on housing ...
16 min
1924
The mechanics of the Canadian lending industry ...
6 min
1925
The mechanics of the Canadian lending industry ...
11 min