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
The best movies to set a spooky mood this Hallo...
21 min
1902
The B.C. government says no to supporting the I...
14 min
1903
Census shows Canadians are losing their religion
14 min
1904
An Act of Evil - The untold story of the small...
14 min
1905
Elon Musk gets set to transform Twitter
15 min
1906
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
64 min
1907
The many reasons why the Dutch don’t say sorry
14 min
1908
The mysterious rise of food allergies in North ...
13 min
1909
A Canadian leads the Philadelphia Phillies into...
16 min
1910
Looking ahead to the US midterm elections - imp...
15 min
1911
One month since Fiona: Newfoundland and Labrador
9 min
1912
One month since Fiona: Cape Breton
9 min
1913
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
13 min
1914
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
50 min
1915
What life skills do young adults today feel the...
13 min
1916
An ode to ginger beef: the hidden history of Ch...
15 min
1917
Pennsylvania’s senate debate reveals the ongoin...
17 min
1918
Journo Corner: The Bank of Canada pushes ahead ...
13 min
1919
Why new arrivals to Canada continue to settle i...
8 min
1920
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
8 min
1921
Should Ottawa be doing more to repatriate Canad...
14 min
1922
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
61 min
1923
Need a floppy disk, there’s still a company in ...
17 min
1924
A look behind the scenes of hockey broadcasts w...
14 min
1925
Did China’s Communist Party fool the West into ...
17 min