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
Bank of Canada hikes interest rates again. Are ...
15 min
1952
Fifty years since the Canada/USSR Summit Series
30 min
1953
The deadly Saskatchewan attacks will require a ...
8 min
1954
How do police track and capture a mass murder s...
9 min
1955
Saskatchewan manhunt, What’s causing Canada’s p...
65 min
1956
UBC researchers say insulin pill to treat diabe...
10 min
1957
What’s causing Canada’s paper shortage
15 min
1958
Code Blue: is there room for more private optio...
17 min
1959
Number of Canadians living with dementia to rea...
14 min
1960
Saskatchewan manhunt: challenges in tracking do...
15 min
1961
Saskatchewan manhunt: The impact of the attack ...
15 min
1962
The number of Americans crossing land borders i...
65 min
1963
Are voters in Quebec ready to turn their backs ...
17 min
1964
How one Vancouver Police officer helped put a d...
18 min
1965
Why rising grocery prices should change how we ...
16 min
1966
Who will be the next British Prime Minister and...
16 min
1967
The number of Americans crossing land borders i...
13 min
1968
Pierre Poilievre promises to enact a “Plain Lan...
14 min
1969
Moderna's Omicron COVID Booster Vaccine, Nation...
55 min
1970
Movie theatres look for a boost as they celebra...
11 min
1971
Pakistan faces a growing humanitarian disaster ...
13 min
1972
Watch what you post online: B.C. man's negative...
15 min
1973
A new report shows toxic chemicals in several d...
14 min
1974
Is Ottawa's new 'luxury tax' on pricey cars, pl...
17 min
1975
Health Canada approves Moderna’s Omicron COVID ...
13 min