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
OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil producti...
70 min
1902
How a Vancouver concert helped launch Loretta L...
12 min
1903
How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood
16 min
1904
A Manitoba man is trying to help end the cycle ...
17 min
1905
Journo Corner: Looking ahead to the results of...
16 min
1906
Why protests in Iran are giving hope to those i...
9 min
1907
Canadian businesses can charge credit card fees...
8 min
1908
OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil producti...
14 min
1909
Cold water immersion is a hot health trend, doe...
12 min
1910
Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions on ...
55 min
1911
Canadian kids and youth see their grades slip i...
12 min
1912
How Joanna Griffiths followed her own path to b...
16 min
1913
Employers increasing salaries as talent shortag...
15 min
1914
Russia’s very bad month in Ukraine and what’s next
9 min
1915
Elon Musk reverses course and offers to buy Twi...
9 min
1916
Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions abo...
14 min
1917
Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia...
65 min
1918
Daring rescue: Florida man swims 800 meters to ...
14 min
1919
Prisoners of the Castle: Author Ben MacIntyre’s...
15 min
1920
Incumbent premier Francois Legault and Coalitio...
17 min
1921
More than 125 people are killed in Indonesia so...
16 min
1922
Brazil’s presidential vote heads to a second ro...
16 min
1923
Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia...
15 min
1924
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
88 min
1925
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation aroun...
8 min