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
A mother’s quest for justice, Looking back at w...
68 min
1902
China’s Xi tightens his grip on power and gets ...
17 min
1903
Looking back at when Mr. Peanut ran for mayor o...
18 min
1904
Three Canadian schools make the World’s Top 50 ...
15 min
1905
Anti-government protests in Iran continue to gr...
16 min
1906
What precedent does the conviction and sentence...
7 min
1907
How did the prosecution succeed in putting Aman...
10 min
1908
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1909
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1910
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1911
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1912
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1913
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1914
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1915
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1916
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1917
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1918
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1919
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1920
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1921
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1922
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1923
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
1924
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
1925
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min