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