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
Did China’s Communist Party fool the West into ...
17 min
1902
Bank of Canada expected to hike interest rates ...
15 min
1903
Former senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Mini...
14 min
1904
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
13 min
1905
Canada’s competition watchdog wants to know wha...
61 min
1906
How a portrait artist uses the healing powers o...
14 min
1907
Two Canadians were kidnapped and killed by terr...
14 min
1908
As Russia’s war in Ukraine falters, how much is...
15 min
1909
BC doctor specializing in emergency medicine ge...
16 min
1910
What lessons does Britain’s political chaos hav...
16 min
1911
Canada’s competition watchdog wants to know wha...
13 min
1912
Handgun ban in effect, Ottawa's cybersecurity b...
74 min
1913
Warnings Ottawa’s cybersecurity bill is flawed ...
14 min
1914
Russia may be stepping up cyberattacks worldwid...
12 min
1915
Can employees get away with bad behaviour and p...
15 min
1916
Meet B.C.’s next premier: Who is David Eby and ...
16 min
1917
Recording of RCMP meeting in the aftermath of t...
16 min
1918
Canada’s handgun ban goes into effect today, wi...
13 min
1919
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
61 min
1920
A taxi scam in Toronto leads to a TikTok video ...
13 min
1921
Persistent drought and conflict drives Somalia ...
15 min
1922
Covid in Canada heading into the colder months;...
15 min
1923
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 ye...
13 min
1924
Canadian military investigates whether former f...
15 min
1925
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
14 min