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
1951
Covid in Canada heading into the colder months;...
15 min
1952
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 ye...
13 min
1953
Canadian military investigates whether former f...
15 min
1954
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
14 min
1955
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
59 min
1956
What happens when you start to run out of water...
13 min
1957
The Safety Dance at 40: Catching up with Men Wi...
13 min
1958
Canada’s intelligence service told the Federal ...
16 min
1959
Journo Corner: The blame game at the Emergencie...
16 min
1960
Can we do more to prepare police officers to ha...
7 min
1961
The death in the line of duty of Burnaby RCMP C...
10 min
1962
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
13 min
1963
31-year old RCMP officer killed in the line of...
51 min
1964
Using Wikipedia to shine a spotlight on the acc...
13 min
1965
Sarah Richardson transforms Whistler B&B in HGT...
15 min
1966
Why aren’t Canadian authorities doing more to f...
17 min
1967
Canadians plan to curb holiday spending this year
7 min
1968
How much impact will Loblaw’s freezing prices o...
9 min
1969
Russia hits civilian and infrastructure targets...
17 min
1970
31-year old RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang killed in...
11 min
1971
Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans wh...
13 min
1972
Four years of legalized cannabis in Canada - wh...
14 min
1973
New data tells us Canadians are concerned about...
17 min
1974
On the heels of the Amanda Todd sentencing, how...
15 min
1975
One month since Mahsa Amini’s death, ongoing Ir...
18 min