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
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1902
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1903
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
1904
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1905
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1906
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1907
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1908
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1909
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1910
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1911
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1912
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1913
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1914
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1915
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1916
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1917
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1918
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1919
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
1920
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
1921
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min
1922
Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy
13 min
1923
Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors resign...
16 min
1924
Tech company shows ArriveCan could have been bu...
15 min
1925
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, is it time...
13 min