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
1926
Should Ottawa be doing more to repatriate Canad...
14 min
1927
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
61 min
1928
Need a floppy disk, there’s still a company in ...
17 min
1929
A look behind the scenes of hockey broadcasts w...
14 min
1930
Did China’s Communist Party fool the West into ...
17 min
1931
Bank of Canada expected to hike interest rates ...
15 min
1932
Former senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Mini...
14 min
1933
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
13 min
1934
Canada’s competition watchdog wants to know wha...
61 min
1935
How a portrait artist uses the healing powers o...
14 min
1936
Two Canadians were kidnapped and killed by terr...
14 min
1937
As Russia’s war in Ukraine falters, how much is...
15 min
1938
BC doctor specializing in emergency medicine ge...
16 min
1939
What lessons does Britain’s political chaos hav...
16 min
1940
Canada’s competition watchdog wants to know wha...
13 min
1941
Handgun ban in effect, Ottawa's cybersecurity b...
74 min
1942
Warnings Ottawa’s cybersecurity bill is flawed ...
14 min
1943
Russia may be stepping up cyberattacks worldwid...
12 min
1944
Can employees get away with bad behaviour and p...
15 min
1945
Meet B.C.’s next premier: Who is David Eby and ...
16 min
1946
Recording of RCMP meeting in the aftermath of t...
16 min
1947
Canada’s handgun ban goes into effect today, wi...
13 min
1948
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
61 min
1949
A taxi scam in Toronto leads to a TikTok video ...
13 min
1950
Persistent drought and conflict drives Somalia ...
15 min