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
A mother’s quest for justice: Dutch man sentenc...
16 min
1952
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
59 min
1953
Rambo Tourism
13 min
1954
Why is Canada Post starting to offer loans?
15 min
1955
What a recession in 2023 means for you - and ho...
14 min
1956
An immigration backlog is forcing qualified wor...
15 min
1957
Why Canada and Canadian businesses needs to ada...
17 min
1958
The public inquiry investigating the use of the...
14 min
1959
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
67 min
1960
How to win a heaviest pumpkin contest? One of ...
14 min
1961
Europe braces for energy shortages this fall a...
14 min
1962
Journo Corner: former Ukrainian journalist and ...
18 min
1963
Alberta premier makes controversial comments on...
15 min
1964
Two officers are shot and killed north of Toron...
17 min
1965
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
1966
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
1967
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
1968
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min
1969
Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy
13 min
1970
Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors resign...
16 min
1971
Tech company shows ArriveCan could have been bu...
15 min
1972
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, is it time...
13 min
1973
Alberta is about to have a new premier, how wil...
75 min
1974
With high food prices impacting your thanksgivi...
9 min
1975
How to keep misinformation off the menu when yo...
9 min