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
Recording of RCMP meeting in the aftermath of t...
16 min
1927
Canada’s handgun ban goes into effect today, wi...
13 min
1928
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
61 min
1929
A taxi scam in Toronto leads to a TikTok video ...
13 min
1930
Persistent drought and conflict drives Somalia ...
15 min
1931
Covid in Canada heading into the colder months;...
15 min
1932
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 ye...
13 min
1933
Canadian military investigates whether former f...
15 min
1934
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
14 min
1935
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
59 min
1936
What happens when you start to run out of water...
13 min
1937
The Safety Dance at 40: Catching up with Men Wi...
13 min
1938
Canada’s intelligence service told the Federal ...
16 min
1939
Journo Corner: The blame game at the Emergencie...
16 min
1940
Can we do more to prepare police officers to ha...
7 min
1941
The death in the line of duty of Burnaby RCMP C...
10 min
1942
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
13 min
1943
31-year old RCMP officer killed in the line of...
51 min
1944
Using Wikipedia to shine a spotlight on the acc...
13 min
1945
Sarah Richardson transforms Whistler B&B in HGT...
15 min
1946
Why aren’t Canadian authorities doing more to f...
17 min
1947
Canadians plan to curb holiday spending this year
7 min
1948
How much impact will Loblaw’s freezing prices o...
9 min
1949
Russia hits civilian and infrastructure targets...
17 min
1950
31-year old RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang killed in...
11 min