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
Former senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Mini...
14 min
1952
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
13 min
1953
Canada’s competition watchdog wants to know wha...
61 min
1954
How a portrait artist uses the healing powers o...
14 min
1955
Two Canadians were kidnapped and killed by terr...
14 min
1956
As Russia’s war in Ukraine falters, how much is...
15 min
1957
BC doctor specializing in emergency medicine ge...
16 min
1958
What lessons does Britain’s political chaos hav...
16 min
1959
Canada’s competition watchdog wants to know wha...
13 min
1960
Handgun ban in effect, Ottawa's cybersecurity b...
74 min
1961
Warnings Ottawa’s cybersecurity bill is flawed ...
14 min
1962
Russia may be stepping up cyberattacks worldwid...
12 min
1963
Can employees get away with bad behaviour and p...
15 min
1964
Meet B.C.’s next premier: Who is David Eby and ...
16 min
1965
Recording of RCMP meeting in the aftermath of t...
16 min
1966
Canada’s handgun ban goes into effect today, wi...
13 min
1967
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
61 min
1968
A taxi scam in Toronto leads to a TikTok video ...
13 min
1969
Persistent drought and conflict drives Somalia ...
15 min
1970
Covid in Canada heading into the colder months;...
15 min
1971
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard sentenced to 5 ye...
13 min
1972
Canadian military investigates whether former f...
15 min
1973
UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in o...
14 min
1974
Why raising interest rates even further won’t h...
59 min
1975
What happens when you start to run out of water...
13 min