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
What is the Saskatchewan First Act?
15 min
1927
Lawyer tells Emergencies Act inquiry that Convo...
16 min
1928
Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shor...
14 min
1929
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
59 min
1930
How a man made his case for a cameo on CSI over...
13 min
1931
Would you watch ads to pay less for a streaming...
13 min
1932
Doctors see more resistance to treatments over ...
15 min
1933
How foreign actors have used social media to tr...
14 min
1934
How can Canadian workplaces better address the ...
14 min
1935
Ontario tries to force a new contract on teache...
13 min
1936
Former Ottawa police chief denies looking for a...
51 min
1937
The Halloween Scare That Won’t Go Away
12 min
1938
Man charged in Pelosi home attack allegedly tol...
8 min
1939
Brazil ops for left over right in electing in c...
14 min
1940
New briefing warns of staffing crisis in the ca...
15 min
1941
Former Ottawa police chief denies looking for a...
13 min
1942
The B.C. government says no to supporting the I...
63 min
1943
There’s nothing scary about spending on Hallowe...
11 min
1944
The best movies to set a spooky mood this Hallo...
21 min
1945
The B.C. government says no to supporting the I...
14 min
1946
Census shows Canadians are losing their religion
14 min
1947
An Act of Evil - The untold story of the small...
14 min
1948
Elon Musk gets set to transform Twitter
15 min
1949
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
64 min
1950
The many reasons why the Dutch don’t say sorry
14 min