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
Remembering the 1972 summit series: The Soviet ...
18 min
1927
50th Anniversary of Paul Henderson’s Summit Ser...
16 min
1928
Journo Corner: On the frontlines of Hurricane F...
19 min
1929
Hurricane Ian latest from Florida
14 min
1930
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI, ...
64 min
1931
Vancouver author’s new book is a love letter to...
16 min
1932
Why are Chinese police operating in Canada, whi...
15 min
1933
Poilievre denounces Diagolon 'losers' over thre...
15 min
1934
New poll shows Conservatives and Pierre Poiliev...
7 min
1935
Adding up the insurance costs of Fiona
9 min
1936
Prime Minister tours storm destruction in PEI a...
14 min
1937
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona, NA...
63 min
1938
NASA’s DART mission to crash a spacecraft into ...
12 min
1939
Canadians take drastic steps to save on groceri...
15 min
1940
Italy elects its first far-right government in...
17 min
1941
Ottawa drops remaining COVID travel and border ...
15 min
1942
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Ex...
9 min
1943
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Re...
13 min
1944
Atlantic Canada begins clean-up after Fiona: Po...
10 min
1945
Bracing for Fiona, Protests in Iran over death ...
87 min
1946
Aaron Judge quietly chases home run history in ...
17 min
1947
How the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman...
17 min
1948
Is Vladimir Putin starting to lose his iron gri...
18 min
1949
Can Canada be part of the solution to Europe’s ...
15 min
1950
Bracing for Fiona: Prince Edward Island
5 min