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
Handgun ban in effect, Ottawa's cybersecurity b...
74 min
1952
Warnings Ottawa’s cybersecurity bill is flawed ...
14 min
1953
Russia may be stepping up cyberattacks worldwid...
12 min
1954
Can employees get away with bad behaviour and p...
15 min
1955
Meet B.C.’s next premier: Who is David Eby and ...
16 min
1956
Recording of RCMP meeting in the aftermath of t...
16 min
1957
Canada’s handgun ban goes into effect today, wi...
13 min
1958
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
61 min
1959
A taxi scam in Toronto leads to a TikTok video ...
13 min
1960
Persistent drought and conflict drives Somalia ...
15 min
1961
Covid in Canada heading into the colder months;...
15 min
1962
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 ye...
13 min
1963
Canadian military investigates whether former f...
15 min
1964
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
14 min
1965
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
59 min
1966
What happens when you start to run out of water...
13 min
1967
The Safety Dance at 40: Catching up with Men Wi...
13 min
1968
Canada’s intelligence service told the Federal ...
16 min
1969
Journo Corner: The blame game at the Emergencie...
16 min
1970
Can we do more to prepare police officers to ha...
7 min
1971
The death in the line of duty of Burnaby RCMP C...
10 min
1972
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
13 min
1973
31-year old RCMP officer killed in the line of...
51 min
1974
Using Wikipedia to shine a spotlight on the acc...
13 min
1975
Sarah Richardson transforms Whistler B&B in HGT...
15 min