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’s behind Alberta’s record quarterly popula...
9 min
1927
Vancouver gas prices go through the roof
5 min
1928
Hurricane Ian aftermath: Florida coast devastated
8 min
1929
Hurricane Ian aftermath: Stranded on Sanibel Is...
7 min
1930
Hurricane Ian devastates southwestern Florida, ...
69 min
1931
The impact of Canada closing the border to impo...
11 min
1932
Bank of England intervenes to stem crisis as IM...
17 min
1933
Remembering the 1972 summit series: The Soviet ...
18 min
1934
50th Anniversary of Paul Henderson’s Summit Ser...
16 min
1935
Journo Corner: On the frontlines of Hurricane F...
19 min
1936
Hurricane Ian latest from Florida
14 min
1937
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI, ...
64 min
1938
Vancouver author’s new book is a love letter to...
16 min
1939
Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, whi...
15 min
1940
Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over thre...
15 min
1941
New poll shows Conservatives and Pierre Poiliev...
7 min
1942
Adding up the insurance costs of Fiona
9 min
1943
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI a...
14 min
1944
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona, NA...
63 min
1945
NASA’s DART mission to crash a spacecraft into ...
12 min
1946
Canadians take drastic steps to save on groceri...
15 min
1947
Italy elects its first far-right government in...
17 min
1948
Ottawa drops remaining COVID travel and border ...
15 min
1949
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Ex...
9 min
1950
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Re...
13 min