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
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1927
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1928
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1929
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1930
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1931
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1932
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1933
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1934
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1935
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1936
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1937
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1938
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1939
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1940
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1941
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
1942
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
1943
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min
1944
Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy
13 min
1945
Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors resign...
16 min
1946
Tech company shows ArriveCan could have been bu...
15 min
1947
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, is it time...
13 min
1948
Alberta is about to have a new premier, how wil...
75 min
1949
With high food prices impacting your thanksgivi...
9 min
1950
How to keep misinformation off the menu when yo...
9 min